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fullcredit: Our girl kitten plays with my jewelry, while the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:28:32 -0500

Our girl kitten plays with my jewelry, while the boy is totally not interested. Way to reinforce heteronormative gender stereotypes, Nico.

Now this is what I call Happy Hour. (at Memory Grove Bike Path,...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:46:33 -0500

Now this is what I call Happy Hour. (at Memory Grove Bike Path, Salt Lake City)

My favorite? “I express my individuality through...

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:09:00 -0500

My favorite? “I express my individuality through mass-produced bumper stickers.” (at Salt Lake City, UT)

Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:16:48 -0500

Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities; (at Chicago, illinois)

One happy dog. (at Spring Road Dog Park)

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:50:57 -0500

One happy dog. (at Spring Road Dog Park)

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:50:55 -0500

One happy dog. (at Spring Road Dog Park)

chicagobusiness: It’s official: Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack is...

Sat, 11 May 2013 08:34:46 -0500

chicagobusiness:

It’s official: Danny Meyer’s Shake Shack is coming to Chicago.

It’s a brawl up in here. #Bulls (at United Center)

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:33:30 -0500

It’s a brawl up in here. #Bulls (at United Center)

annamarie: Literally cannot wait to be Mrs. Mulaney. Also my...

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:34:42 -0500

annamarie:

Literally cannot wait to be Mrs. Mulaney. Also my sincerest condolences to Leonardo DiCaprio, so sorry I’m off the market.

Adventures in gardening, year 2. Kicking it up a notch! (at...

Wed, 08 May 2013 19:07:48 -0500

Adventures in gardening, year 2. Kicking it up a notch! (at Village Green)

Literally separated at birth.

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:51:31 -0500

Literally separated at birth.

My House of Cards marathon starts….now.

Wed, 01 May 2013 22:59:20 -0500

My House of Cards marathon starts….now.

Dear Coquette: On spiritual paralysis

Wed, 01 May 2013 20:20:54 -0500

Dear Coquette: On spiritual paralysis:

dearcoquette:

Due to the fact that everything is meaningless, I have no motivation whatsoever to do anything in particular with my life. I keep myself busy by fulfilling my basic human needs of water, food, sleep, internet and weed. Outside of that, fuck all happens.

This has been made worse by learning…

I love Coquette.

nprfreshair: Was there ever a more charming letter writer than...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:22:46 -0500

nprfreshair:

Was there ever a more charming letter writer than Vonnegut?

slatevault:

In which Kurt Vonnegut modestly offers his talents to the JFK campaign. Our favorite line? “On occasion, I write pretty well.” http://slate.me/11QNcwA

Holey moley, do I love this.

whitehouse: Getting ready for the Correspondents’ Dinner. Watch...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:10:02 -0500

whitehouse:

Getting ready for the Correspondents’ Dinner.

Watch it live tonight at 10 p.m. ET on http://wh.gov/live

OMG. They promised gifs and the delivered, big time.

"What we’ve said to the girls is, if you guys ever decide to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get..."

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:08:44 -0500

“What we’ve said to the girls is, if you guys ever decide to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we’ll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo.”

- President Barack Obama

DAAAAAAAA-AAADDDDDDD!

(via rachelfershleiser)

Rebellious: Getting a tattoo

Maybe not as rebellious: Getting a tattoo that your parents will match

Most rebellious: Getting a tattoo that you parents will match even though it says “Haters off my diiiiiiiick” and shows a bald eagle wringing the life out of the Constitution.
(via bestrooftalkever)

World Book Night 2013 at the Glen Ellyn Children’s...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:58:18 -0500

World Book Night 2013 at the Glen Ellyn Children’s Resource Center! The Phantom Tollbooth in the house! #WBN2013

megwhat: For you, Ellie.

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:27:12 -0500

megwhat:

For you, Ellie.

elliemce: Today, in a fit of anger over the rejection of the...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:26:04 -0500

elliemce:

Today, in a fit of anger over the rejection of the gun safety bill, I went to the senate’s website to find out if my senators had been part of the block that stopped it. One of my senators, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-ILL), was listed as a “nay” on one of the ammendments voted on today. Incensed, I decided to make my voice heard, and wrote him an extremely strongly worded letter. After sending, I realized that all the other “nay” votes on this particular gun bill ammendment were by democrats. It dawned on me that I was, in fact, looking at the wrong ammendment entirely.

Turns out Sentor Kirk was one of THREE republicans to dissent from the party and stand up to NRA lobbyists and actually vote to pass the ammendment to expand background checks. This shows a laudible act of bipartisanship and good sense. So, throughly embarrassed, I sent this correction to my previous message.

While I don’t recommend messing up which way your Senator voted, I do stand by contacting your senators about the issues you care about.

ALL PEOPLE SHOULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN DEMOCRACY, EVEN IDIOTS LIKE ME.

The 2013 all-McElvain NCAA pool winners. A Glen Ellyn trifecta....

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:46:36 -0500

The 2013 all-McElvain NCAA pool winners. A Glen Ellyn trifecta. We tried to look as smug as possible. Think we succeeded.