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Aug. 3rd, 2014 06:13 am* "Eric Garner's death ruled a homicide:"
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* Greenwick found, "Oil refinery threatened by sea-level rise, asks government to fix problem:" http://grist.org/climate-energy/oil-refinery-threatened-by-sea-level-rise-asks-government-to-fix-problem/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_term=irony,delaware,oil&utm_campaign=greenpeace&__surl__=Ig04g&__ots__=1406832656355&__step__=1
* Greenwick found, "Uganda court declares anti-gay laws 'null and void':" http://www.smh.com.au/world/uganda-court-declares-antigay-laws-null-and-void-20140801-zzoke.html
* "Former “ex-gay” leaders come clean: “Conversion therapy harms people”:" http://www.salon.com/2014/07/31/former_ex_gay_leaders_come_clean_conversation_therapy_harms_people/
* "El Dorado in the Amazon: A Deluded German and Three Dead Bodies:" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-fantasy-life-of-tatunca-nara-in-the-amazonian-rainforest-a-978594.html#ref=rss
* Things I wish I could make "Coconut Apricot Cardamom Bourbon Popsicles {Vegan}:" http://tasty-yummies.com/2014/05/19/coconut-apricot-cardamom-bourbon-popsicles-vegan/
* "Bananas Foster Popsicles:" http://snappygourmet.com/2012/08/08/bananas-foster-popsicles/
* "If MORE Famous Literary Characters Had Online Dating Profiles:" http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/if-more-famous-literary-characters-had-online-dating-profiles/
* Vikings: Perhaps Floki is Ragnar's Shadow, the dark to his light. They don't move the same, but there is something sinuous about both of them, that makes them look like echoes. I think of photo negatives, the same thing with the colours reversed.
Ragnar and Athelstan have chemistry. There is something beautifully intimate about Ragnar replacing the bracelet on Athelstan's wrist, and the way Ragnar asks him to come back.
* I hate the commercials where a man says wires are ugly where his marionette wife and child can hear and feel bad about themselves. He always claims that he doesn't mean their wires, but knowing it hurts them he keeps doing it and encouraging his friends to do it. It's set up as if this emotional abuse is meant to be funny. Yuck.
* "31 Adorable Slang Terms for Sexual Intercourse from the Last 600 Years:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/57872/31-adorable-slang-terms-sexual-intercourse-last-600-years
* "35 Classy Slang Terms for Naughty Bits from the Past 600 Years:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/52339/35-classy-slang-terms-naughty-bits-past-600-years
My favorite? "Credentials," as in "He showed her his credentials." Ah, Victorians.
* "British Men Romp Nude in Beautiful Homoerotic Glory:" http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/07/british-men-romp-nude-in-beautiful-naked-glory.html?
* Things I've Learned from MUSHIng: Even though RL it is incredibly hard for a 50+ year old virgin to get laid, in a MUSH, people line up to try to seduce one.
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* Greenwick found, "Oil refinery threatened by sea-level rise, asks government to fix problem:" http://grist.org/climate-energy/oil-refinery-threatened-by-sea-level-rise-asks-government-to-fix-problem/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_term=irony,delaware,oil&utm_campaign=greenpeace&__surl__=Ig04g&__ots__=1406832656355&__step__=1
* Greenwick found, "Uganda court declares anti-gay laws 'null and void':" http://www.smh.com.au/world/uganda-court-declares-antigay-laws-null-and-void-20140801-zzoke.html
* "Former “ex-gay” leaders come clean: “Conversion therapy harms people”:" http://www.salon.com/2014/07/31/former_ex_gay_leaders_come_clean_conversation_therapy_harms_people/
* "El Dorado in the Amazon: A Deluded German and Three Dead Bodies:" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-fantasy-life-of-tatunca-nara-in-the-amazonian-rainforest-a-978594.html#ref=rss
* Things I wish I could make "Coconut Apricot Cardamom Bourbon Popsicles {Vegan}:" http://tasty-yummies.com/2014/05/19/coconut-apricot-cardamom-bourbon-popsicles-vegan/
* "Bananas Foster Popsicles:" http://snappygourmet.com/2012/08/08/bananas-foster-popsicles/
* "If MORE Famous Literary Characters Had Online Dating Profiles:" http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/if-more-famous-literary-characters-had-online-dating-profiles/
* Vikings: Perhaps Floki is Ragnar's Shadow, the dark to his light. They don't move the same, but there is something sinuous about both of them, that makes them look like echoes. I think of photo negatives, the same thing with the colours reversed.
Ragnar and Athelstan have chemistry. There is something beautifully intimate about Ragnar replacing the bracelet on Athelstan's wrist, and the way Ragnar asks him to come back.
* I hate the commercials where a man says wires are ugly where his marionette wife and child can hear and feel bad about themselves. He always claims that he doesn't mean their wires, but knowing it hurts them he keeps doing it and encouraging his friends to do it. It's set up as if this emotional abuse is meant to be funny. Yuck.
* "31 Adorable Slang Terms for Sexual Intercourse from the Last 600 Years:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/57872/31-adorable-slang-terms-sexual-intercourse-last-600-years
* "35 Classy Slang Terms for Naughty Bits from the Past 600 Years:" http://mentalfloss.com/article/52339/35-classy-slang-terms-naughty-bits-past-600-years
My favorite? "Credentials," as in "He showed her his credentials." Ah, Victorians.
* "British Men Romp Nude in Beautiful Homoerotic Glory:" http://nymag.com/thecut/2014/07/british-men-romp-nude-in-beautiful-naked-glory.html?
* Things I've Learned from MUSHIng: Even though RL it is incredibly hard for a 50+ year old virgin to get laid, in a MUSH, people line up to try to seduce one.