Novelties

The 17 Creepiest Cats You Meet On OkCupid

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:52:41 -0400

The 17 Creepiest Cats You Meet On OkCupid:

I mean, one of these guys could be your cat-mate.

well internet, I guess we’re done now.

#11

Sunday in Spring

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:00:25 -0400

Spent today making kombucha, strawberry vanilla jam, granola, and focaccia dough, along with asparagus, sweet pea, and artichoke pasta salad and baked chicken for dinner.

Also enjoyed a 3 mile walk with the puppy, who tried to lay down at least once per mile. Lazy dog.

omgnashville: Good (hazy) night Nashville!

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:45:17 -0400

omgnashville:

Good (hazy) night Nashville!

These American Companies Refused To Sign The Bangladesh Safety Accord

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:05:39 -0400

These American Companies Refused To Sign The Bangladesh Safety Accord:

chefberlinreed:

The deadline to sign onto the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh passed on Tuesday, and at least 14 major North American retailers declined to participate.

BIG SURPRISE. American corporations doing their favorite dance, it is called the Sweatshop Shuffle and they’ve made it look effortless. Americans won’t change their consumption habits, so why would these companies change the production methods that keep everyone looking fly? Get that Gap, girl.

This is also why I won’t just talk about food and food justice. I am ultimately only interested in decolonization. This is the world that Western Capitalist Imperialism has built. This is about industrial channels of production and consumption practices that RELY on the dehumanization of others. Our food system is just one cog in this shitty machine. Working toward an oppression-free lifestyle has always been important to me, and for fashion-based reasons alone, I wouldn’t be caught DEAD in these stores/brands as it is. But, I’m always quite thankful for a little update to my boycott list.

14 companies refused to sign, and we should all know who they are:

Wal-Mart

Gap

Macy’s

SEARS

JC Penney’s

NorthFace

Target

Kohl’s

CATO Fashions

Osh Kosh

Nordstrom

American Eagle Outfitters

Foot Locker

The Children’s Place

Fuck em and Duck em, ya’ll.

Love Letter to Hamtramck: A Love Letter to Hamtramck

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:16:00 -0400

Love Letter to Hamtramck: A Love Letter to Hamtramck:

laneie:

loveletter2hamtramck:

my

heart beats, house rumbles

with the subwoof, bass banging

breaking windows down my block

hip hop and the call to prayer

at 7:00

meld into one seamless melody

reminding me to

bow my head in reverence

to heritage

and sewer scents

this is

beauty in spite of…

aw! random internet find

yoisthisracist: anonymous asked: I have only ever had positive experiences with cops, but I realize...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:58:36 -0400

yoisthisracist:

anonymous asked: I have only ever had positive experiences with cops, but I realize that is because I am a “nice white lady” and that shit is fucked up.

WHAT A SURPRISE

As a “nice white lady” pulled over by a cop for no reason in southern Mississippi last month, first thing I said after was “that would have been so much worse if I was black.”

internetsnarkivist: I like your style #hummus #waynestate (at...

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:05:43 -0400

internetsnarkivist:

I like your style #hummus #waynestate (at WSU Parking Lot #41)

undercovershelf: electricollection: under the bar at Ferris...

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:43:15 -0400

undercovershelf:

electricollection:

under the bar at Ferris and Jack. #librarylove (at MileNorth, A Chicago Hotel)

This must be where they keep all the illegal moonshine and extra strong hooch—“For librarians only.”

lyshaeskro: AHHH.

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:28:20 -0400

lyshaeskro:

AHHH.

"You look like an owl. No! It’s cute. Because of your glasses. Not because you have brown and..."

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:02:48 -0400

“You look like an owl. No! It’s cute. Because of your glasses. Not because you have brown and white feathers or anything.”

- Library patron, to me.

"Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:54:14 -0400

“Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.”

- Robert H. Schuller (via larmoyante)

Women of Library History: Clara Stanton Jones

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:20:50 -0400

Women of Library History: Clara Stanton Jones:

womenoflibraryhistory:

Submitted by Lorna Peterson, University at Buffalo. Image from “Mourning the Loss of Clara Stanton Jones,” Detroit Public Library.

Clara Stanton Jones, born May 14, 1913 and died September 30, 2012, was the first woman and first African American to lead the Detroit Public Library. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she died in Oakland, California at age 99. Her appointment as DPL library director was controversial. Two library board members quit in protest but she was supported by the United Auto Workers and a coalition of progressive businessmen. Her legacy with DPL was the delivering of services to nontraditional library users. With a bachelor degree from Spelman College earned in 1934, she completed the library science degree from the University of Michigan in 1938.

Libraries Changed My Life: Send us letters!

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:27:04 -0400

Libraries Changed My Life: Send us letters!:

librarieschangedmylife:

image via flickr/tschiae - CC-BY

In addition to our e-mailbox, Libraries Changed My Life accepts letters and postcards. If you’ve always wanted to send a thank you note (or a love letter) to libraries, here is your chance. If you include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE), we’ll…

"Find something you’re passionate about, and keep tremendously interested in it."

Tue, 14 May 2013 19:02:13 -0400

“Find something you’re passionate about, and keep tremendously interested in it.”

- Julia Child (via thatkindofwoman)

Pasta forks.

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:19:46 -0400

Pasta forks.

choosechoice: AMEN

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:51:44 -0400

choosechoice:

AMEN

Family fun in Nashville. And fried pickles.

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:41 -0400

Family fun in Nashville. And fried pickles.

💜 hangin with mom 💜

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:37:13 -0400

💜 hangin with mom 💜

Justin Bartels, Impression. ‘The series focuses on the clothing...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:01:05 -0400

Justin Bartels, Impression.

‘The series focuses on the clothing that women think they should wear, or are told what to wear, to impress someone in a sexual manner. There is a physical mark that is left from these clothes, showing the discomfort women go through.’

Photo

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:56:48 -0400