Date a girl who doesn’t read. Find her in the weary squalor of a Midwestern bar. Find her in the smoke, drunken sweat, and varicolored light of an upscale nightclub. Wherever you find her, find her smiling. Make sure that it lingers when the people that are talking to her look away. Engage her with unsentimental trivialities. Use pick-up lines and laugh inwardly.
(Source: thoughtcatalog.com)
So most of you know by now that Marvel and DC Comics are both taking steps forward in their representation and portrayal of LGBTQA characters.
Both franchises already have gender and sexual minority characters (Northstar, Rictor, Shatterstar, Courier, Batwoman, …
Donate your functioning but unused iPod or other MP3 player to a great cause:
Hopefully, by now you’ve seen the video clip of “Alive Inside,” the documentary capturing the wondrous results of elderly nursing home patients being re-introduced to the music of their youth. … Daniel Cohen, the man who initiated bringing mp3 players into nursing homes and thus sparked filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennet into making the documentary, is in need of more music players.
“There’s a huge need for iPod donations at many public and private nursing homes, where the interest from patients who miss their favorite music is far greater than the arrival of donated iPods to our collection centers,” writes Music & Memory, Cohen’s organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for the elderly through music.
If you have an old iPod that’s gathering dust, consider donating it to Music & Memory. The organization checks out—Cohen is the actual guy the documentary crew followed around for a year—so you can be sure your old iPod will go to good use. “We’ll accept old, new, used, and even broken or damaged iPod players that our volunteer team can check and repair if possible for use in one of our centers,” says Music & Memory. “Our residents don’t mind a few case scratches or decals.”
Click here for info on how to donate.
(via Help Out Music & Memory, Org from “Alive Inside” Doc, With Your Old iPod - Core77)
“I am driven by two main philosophies; know more today about the world than I knew yesterday, and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you.”
(Source: friendlyneighborhoodliferuiner)
HEY GUYS DO YOU KNOW WHAT TODAY’S DATE IS?
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT DAY IT IS. IT IS THE PERFECT DATE.
April 25th.
The most damning information here:
Dropbox — terms can be found here:
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Google Drive — terms can be found here:
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This is why I will be sticking with Dropbox.