February 2012
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Documents: PETA kills more than 95 percent of pets... →
Documents published online this month show that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an organization known for its uncompromising animal-rights positions, killed more than 95 percent of the pets in its care in 2011. Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/24/documents-peta-kills-more-than-95-percent-of-pets-in-its-care/#ixzz1nUvjaMQ9
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Daily Afflictions
“Saudade”
Variant emotional state of nostalgia
The “Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguese” defines saudade (or saudades) as
“A somewhat melancholic feeling of incompleteness. It is related to thinking back on situations of privation due to the absence of someone or something, to move away from a place or thing, or to the absence of a set of particular and...
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M.J.E. Perennial Garden Design →
Hey tumblr followers, I made a tumblr page for my fledgling perennial garden design business as a portfolio for pictures of most of the various landscaping projects and designs I’ve done from the past three years. I favor impressionistic looks that fuses North American native plants and xeriscaping principles alongside traditional antique and heirloom bedding plants and flowers from...
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What is it that bothers me about The Amazing...
Is it the flaunting of American upper middle class (and mostly white) privilege with the token handful of blue collar or minority teams that bothers me or is it the somewhat objectification of other cultures around the world as people “sort of” interact with the daily life there? The grand prize is one million dollars, and yet the prizes of vacations they can amass for winning various...
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Becoming intrigued by paper and textile water...
Particularly Japanese suminagashi and “Turkish style” ebru, the former seems relatively inexpensive to experiment with on textile. Hmmm…
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Valentine's Day
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Forever dissapointed in you DC Comics
You should have made Barbara Gordon with her restored mobility your answer to Marvel’s Black Widow, whom I’m sure will only get even more popular with Scarlett Johansson’s portrayal of the character in the The Avengers movie coming out soon. As the token female member of the team I can’t expect less than an explosion of interest.
Yeah, you should have made her that instead...
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rose seedlings in the basement
I have a flat with maybe about six to twelve small rose seedlings right now next to the washer. I think half are ‘Roseraie de l’Haÿ’ open pollinated seedlings, so said seedlings can be a cross with anything else in the garden through bees that visited both flowers. The baby leaves show distinct rugosa rose “rugose” or crinkled traits even on their first tiny set of...
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Let me be clear.: An Open Letter to Non-Natives in... →
swanblood:
apihtawikosisan:
tânisi!
I see you are confused about what constitutes cultural appropriation. I would like to provide you with resources and information on the subject so that you can better understand what our concerns are.
However, I also want you to have…
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