I love this
And this is why I love studying humans.
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The Green Lantern Is Gay
It’s time to tally up the betting pools and start paying out: If you picked Green Lantern as DC Comics surprise gay character you won. But depending on who was making your odds, you probably didn’t win much. As far as the speculation goes, the Green Lantern had been the favorite, mostly because rumors sourced to those in the know had been making their way around the Web for days saying as much.
At DC’s own blog, Alex Nagorski says the newly reimagined Alan Scott experienced “a traumatic event [that] will serve as the catalyst for him assuming his superhero identity as The Green Lantern.”
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It’s time to tally up the betting pools and start paying out: If you picked Green Lantern as DC Comics surprise gay character you won. But depending on who was making your odds, you probably didn’t win much. As far as the speculation goes, the Green Lantern had been the favorite, mostly because rumors sourced to those in the know had been making their way around the Web for days saying as much.
At DC’s own blog, Alex Nagorski says the newly reimagined Alan Scott experienced “a traumatic event [that] will serve as the catalyst for him assuming his superhero identity as The Green Lantern.”
[Image: DC Comics]
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The Short Order: Chef Scott Signori's Guide to the Finger Lakes Restaurants Bars: GQ.com -
I can’t wait to go back home to Seneca Lake this summer. The Stonecat Cafe is usually my first place to stop for libations, great food, and fantastic company.
Tracie McMillan: My Year on Food Stamps -
As federal entitlement programs once again face threats of cuts, a tribute to SNAP.
Gourmet || May 30, 2012
Read her book too.
Another one to be added to the reading list…
Having grown up in poverty, and watching my mother drag herself out of poverty by taking low-paying but noble human service jobs that helped the impoverished, I will always be strongly tied to social justice for the poor. As a public health worker, I’m shocked by the prevailing stigmatizing attitude that even my co-workers have towards poor people—the stereotype of the welfare queen is still very much alive and well, as is the con-artist lazy bum, or the perpetually pregnant horrible mother.
What’s worse is the folks who grew up in poverty and then denigrate and judge those that are impoverished. People forget how dehumanizing it is to exist at that level, and how so many roadblocks are set up to keep you stuck in the cycle of poverty. ”It’s your fault, it’s your problem, I shouldn’t have to be responsible for your failures.” It’s always easier to blame the individual—and it removes the burden of guilt on those who didn’t help their fellow humans.
“Artisanal, a word that fought early in his career to ensure recognition of craftsmen for their important contributions to society before later being drafted into the creation of a worldwide gourmet branding glut, died Wednesday at his brownstone in Brooklyn overlooking a small gourmet mayonnaise store. At best estimates, he was approximately 474 years old. Cause of death is unknown at this time, but it’s suspected that he simply stopped being artisanal, or, perhaps, people stopped being able to identify him as such because no one knows what that word means anymore.” —
Well played, Jen Doll. (via thethirdshift)
I know that street.
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“He is survived by his wife, Organic, and their two small boys, Natural and Green, as well as his cousinHipster, though the two had fallen out in the ’70s and were no longer on speaking terms. “
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SISTER, IT IS BETTER THAT YOU SHOULD RUSH UPON THAT BLADE THAN ENTER THE CIRCLE WITH FEAR IN YOUR HEART.
HOW DO YOU ENTER?
With perfect love and perfect trust.
GOOD. WELCOME TO OUR COVEN. ONLY A COUPLE OF GROUND RULES:
1. NO TAKING INTO YOURSELF ALL THE POWER OF MANON. WE HAD SOME TROUBLE WITH THAT A FEW YEARS AGO.
2. YOU CAN’T WEAR A TANK TOP TWO DAYS IN A ROW, AND YOU CAN ONLY WEAR YOUR HAIR IN A PONYTAIL ONCE A WEEK.
3. ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR PINK.
BLESSED BE.
References to The Craft and Mean Girls = awesome
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Look, Ma! I went hiking!
Photo by Bryce Royal
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“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” — Neil Gaiman
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Maine’s Bold Coast (Cutler Coast Public Reserved Land)
This weekend, the Yeti and I drove 3.5 hours downeast to the Cutler Coast Public Reserved Lands… also known as Emer’s first adventure in hike-in camping (also: first time hiking with a backpack). Beautiful views, but completely ill-prepared for the steep up-down-up-down of the coastal terrain. The inland trail wasn’t nearly as strenuous as the coastal trail (the coastal hike took us over 6 hours to get to our site, hiking back to the trailhead on the inland trail took us 4 hours—with much longer resting times).