paulftompkins:

All I wanted to do was just hang out here on weekends, just to unwind and chill out— watch a dog get neutered, a kitten take a pill. Maybe see a hamster get thrown in the trash. Then one day this guy said, Hey, wanna try something wild? Well, he took me to a different animal hospital, a much more intense one, and it. Was. A RUSH. Have you ever seen a rhino get a tonsillectomy? Ever seen a giraffe hooked up to a dialysis machine? Man, it’s like nothing else. Now I need more and more and I’m out of control. I’m watching crocodiles get skin tags removed like 5, 6 times a day. Oops! Somehow I died from this? Now I’m in heaven with all the trash-can hamsters! LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, KIDS!

madbogscience:

secretlymisha:

as far as i can tell from my dash there’s some sort of gay musical olympics going on that only europe was invited to

You know if the individual states of the US had to do something like this every year we would probably hate on each other a lot less.

There’s just one problem: what in the world would Delaware sing about?

dresdencodak:

Inspired by Anita Sarkeesian’s Video Game Tropes vs Women, I wanted to pitch a Zelda game where Zelda herself was the hero, rescuing a Prince Link. 

Clockwork Empire is set 2,000 years after Twilight Princess, and is not a reboot, but simply another iteration in the Zelda franchise. It just so happens that in this case, Zelda is the protagonist. I’m a very big Zelda fan, and worked hard to draw from key elements in the continuity and mythos.

This concept work is meant to show that Zelda as a game protagonist can be both compelling and true to the franchise, while bringing new and dynamic game elements that go farther than being a simple gender swap.

Hope you like it!

AW DANG I WOULD PLAY THE HELL OUT OF THIS GAME

Sometimes when I’m feeling lost and aimless, I draw pictures of rotund cartoon mammals in historical fancy dress.

It doesn’t always help, but it hasn’t hurt so far.

Here is Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest by B.H. Fairchild.

In honor of world poetry day, Scheherazade by Richard Siken.

google you are making me real uncomfortable right now

From Night Gardens, National Geographic. Photographed by Diane Cook and Len Jenshel.

Two weeks ‘til World Poetry Day. Let’s make this happen!

Make a recoding of yourself reading any sort of poetry—haiku, sonnets, free-form, something you wrote that you’ve always been proud of, earnest spoken performances of 1980’s pop songs—whatever speaks to you.

Record more than one if you feel like it!

Tag ‘em #poetry party 2013

Share the poems that have connected with you, and discover poems that have touched others. Maybe get some new favorite poems along the way?

March 21. Tumblr poetry party. Spread the word.

paulftompkins:

“No, no— more modern. MORE modern! I want the font to be as modern as the style of the glasses! We’re trying to sell people on MODERNITY! Just step aside, I’LL do it. Here— hold my hat, cane and gloves.”