It is the same as before.

I don't know what the heck this is.
Being a Unitarian AND a Universalist, I recognize this to be funny because it is true!

Being a Unitarian AND a Universalist, I recognize this to be funny because it is true!

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archaeology: April 21, 753 BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome, according to Livy. Auguri, Roma! Happy Birthday, Rome!

archaeology:

April 21, 753 BCE is the traditional date of the founding of Rome, according to Livy.

Auguri, Roma!

Happy Birthday, Rome!

thefrogman: I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures like this lately. Overweight people sitting down in restaurants or perhaps someone out and about on a mobility scooter. I find it very frustrating. First, taking a picture of someone without their consent is dubious. And then putting it on the internet to be mocked is just mean. Yes, it is possible this person is just lazy. But it is also possible that they have a myriad of medical conditions. You have no idea, Sometimes my fatigue is so bad that if I am standing and I don’t sit down immediately, I will collapse. I could seriously injure myself otherwise. My father has arthritis in every joint in his body. Every step he takes brings with it a lot of pain. Just standing can be torturous. And if he needs to sit down to be relieved of that pain, he should not be mocked for it. And people with mobility scooters might have a very good reason to need them. In fact, these people could be overweight mostly because they have poor health.  The truth is, you don’t know. So maybe you should stop being jerks and leave these people alone.  Yep.

thefrogman:

I’ve been seeing a lot of pictures like this lately. Overweight people sitting down in restaurants or perhaps someone out and about on a mobility scooter. I find it very frustrating. First, taking a picture of someone without their consent is dubious. And then putting it on the internet to be mocked is just mean.

Yes, it is possible this person is just lazy. But it is also possible that they have a myriad of medical conditions. You have no idea, Sometimes my fatigue is so bad that if I am standing and I don’t sit down immediately, I will collapse. I could seriously injure myself otherwise. My father has arthritis in every joint in his body. Every step he takes brings with it a lot of pain. Just standing can be torturous. And if he needs to sit down to be relieved of that pain, he should not be mocked for it. And people with mobility scooters might have a very good reason to need them. In fact, these people could be overweight mostly because they have poor health. 

The truth is, you don’t know. So maybe you should stop being jerks and leave these people alone. 

Yep.

The DIY Couturier: 21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together When You're Depressed.

rosalindrobertson:

A while ago, I penned a fairly angry response to something circulating on the internet – the 21 Habits of Happy People. It pissed me off beyond belief, that there was an inference that if you weren’t Happy, you simply weren’t doing the right things.

I’ve had depression for as long as I can…

Someone shared this post on Facebook this morning, and I have to say that it was something that needs to be shared more.  I’m bookmarking this and hopefully I’ll remember to read it again when the depression strikes.

Want to Be Happier? Stop Doing These 10 Things Right Now

wilwheaton:

This is a really great post from Lifehacker. I’ll just excerpt one to get you started:

Impressing

No one likes you for your clothes, your car, your possessions, your title, or your accomplishments. Those are all “things.” People may like your things—but that doesn’t mean they like you. Sure, superficially they might seem to, but superficial is also insubstantial, and a relationship that is not based on substance is not a real relationship.

Genuine relationships make you happier, and you’ll only form genuine relationships when you stop trying to impress and start trying to just be yourself.

Take a minute to go read the rest. You’ll be glad you did.

I really needed to read this today.

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This kind of reaction is not uncommon, for Skyler in particular and for women – often wives – on top-drawer TV dramas in general. Characters like Skyler become targets of vituperation unimaginable to their male counterparts, most of whom engage in vastly more destructive and immoral behavior every episode. By failing to indulge every whim of the the male antiheroes around whom their shows are built, the women become obstacles to those men getting exactly what they want when they want it at all times, which is the core fantasy of antihero fiction. Cold cunning, ruthlessness, rage, self-interest, a propensity for physical violence – we gender these unheroic characteristics as male, and celebrate them; passivity, bitterness, grief, emotional enmeshment, a knack for attacking and deflating egos – we gender these unheroic characteristics as female, and loathe them. Skyler White, Betty Francis, Megan Draper, Catelyn Stark, Sansa Stark, Cersei Lannister, Carmela Soprano: On the sole count of “being women,” Fan Court finds you guilty as charged.

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‘Breaking Bad’ Recap: The Sky Is Falling

Been seeing some .. pretty COLORFUL critiques of characters from popular shows lately!  You don’t like them?  They deserve what because you don’t like them?  Ok.

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