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Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:08:08 -0700

It’s past 3 and IReally do miss you, lil guy.Here’s a bad haiku.

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:28:13 -0800

It’s past 3 and I
Really do miss you, lil guy.
Here’s a bad haiku.

See, when somebody first told me about the Harlem Shake videos,...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:33:13 -0800

See, when somebody first told me about the Harlem Shake videos, my immediate response was: “Ummmm I feeeeeel… Ummm… Howwww do people from Harlem feel about this?”

Have my answer.

drugdoer: liberals are an untapped resource because they care about people even though they’re not...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:48:31 -0800

drugdoer:

liberals are an untapped resource because they

care about people even though they’re not very good at it

like at all

god

wow

conservatives are an untapped resource because

we need firewood for the revolution

vile-insect: wandatinasky: sighdie: “Dysphoria” - GROKE you...

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:58:42 -0800

vile-insect:

wandatinasky:

sighdie:

“Dysphoria” - GROKE

you look more like me than i’ll ever look

bandcamp

i just bought the groke album and you probably should, too

ughhhhhh groke are so goood uuuurghh

you look more like me than I’ll ever look

ohmygod.

not-that—easy: nait93: I know this is a light hearted...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 20:03:00 -0800

not-that—easy:

nait93:

I know this is a light hearted joke but it makes me feel really uncomfortable and kind of makes me mad. Graham Chapman was, himself, gay, and because of the way people reacted to it (not the members of Python, they were totally cool with it) and probably more pressures than just that as suicide is never about just one thing, he killed himself.

To me this post seems in VERY poor taste.

^ I do agree with you. At the same time, the dialogue of the scene is very fitting for how Dan Savage behaves and how lots of queer people react to him. Although it’s in some poor taste, some of it is painfully accurate.

Umm. Graham Chapman died of cancer. JFC.

What American accent do you have?

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:27:50 -0800

What American accent do you have?:

jane-potter:

iamlittlei:

What American accent do you have?

My Result: The Inland North(85%)

You may think you speak “Standard English straight out of the dictionary” but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like “Are you from Wisconsin?” or “Are you from Chicago?” Chances are you call carbonated drinks “pop.”

Additional Results:

The Inland North (85%)

The Midland (80%)

The Northeast (64%)

Philadelphia (60%)

The South (54%)

The West (49%)

Boston (31%)

North Central (29%)

Visit: What American accent do you have?

What American accent do you have?

Your Result: North Central

100%

“North Central” is what professional linguists call the Minnesota accent. If you saw “Fargo” you probably didn’t think the characters sounded very out of the ordinary. Outsiders probably mistake you for a Canadian a lot.

What American accent do you have?

Your Result: The Midland

95%

“You have a Midland accent” is just another way of saying “you don’t have an accent.” You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:16:49 -0800

athousandchurches: [drawing of the virgin mary and a thought...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:08:44 -0800

athousandchurches:

[drawing of the virgin mary and a thought bubble saying “virginity is a social construct”]

faintfamiliarity:

feministdykewhore:

Finished!

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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:08:04 -0800

f0otballtothegroin: Haha YEAH! BMO!

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:02:06 -0800

f0otballtothegroin:

Haha YEAH! BMO!

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Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:45:51 -0800

"And I know Fuck is a bad word, but it sounds so good. Good, like flipping off the preacher whenever..."

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:12:33 -0800

““And I know Fuck is a bad word, but it sounds so good.
Good, like flipping off the preacher
whenever he forgets that Eve was Adam’s teacher,
‘cause apples are fucking healthy you patriarchal piece of shit.””

- Andrea Gibson (via lipstick-feminists)

thecalamityvillehorror: “Cal! Your hair’s gone!”

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 05:09:19 -0800

thecalamityvillehorror:

“Cal! Your hair’s gone!”

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Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:44:31 -0800

I’ll never forget you.They said we’d never make...

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:50:00 -0800

I’ll never forget you.
They said we’d never make it.
My sweet joy,
Always remember me.

I’ll never forget you.
At times we couldn’t shake it.
You’re my joy.
Always remember me.

Fight Fire with Fire and You're Going to Get Burned

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:49:10 -0800

^lesson for the day

WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW:

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 04:06:56 -0800

wheninacademia:

guardiancomment: Chelsea Welch, the US waitress who was fired...

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:11:52 -0800

guardiancomment:

Chelsea Welch, the US waitress who was fired after she posted a picture of a tip receipt on Reddit, wrote for us:

I was a waitress at Applebee’s restaurant in Saint Louis. I was fired Wednesday for posting a picture on Reddit.com of a note a customer left on a bill. I posted it on the web as a light-hearted joke.

This didn’t even happen at my table. The note was left for another server, who allowed me to take a picture of it at the end of the night.

Someone had scribbled on the receipt, “I give God 10%. Why do you get 18?”

I assumed the customer’s signature was illegible, but I quickly started receiving messages containing Facebook profile links and websites, asking me to confirm the identity of the customer. I refused to confirm any of them, and all were incorrect.

I worked with the Reddit moderators to remove any personal information. I wanted to protect the identity of both my fellow server and the customer. I had no intention of starting a witch-hunt or hurting anyone.

Now I’ve been fired.

The person who wrote the note came across an article about it, called the Applebee’s location, and demanded everyone be fired — me, the server who allowed me to take the picture, the manager on duty at the time, the manager not on duty at the time, everyone. It seems I was fired not because Applebee’s was represented poorly, not because I did anything illegal or against company policy, but because I embarrassed this person.

In light of the situation, I would like to make a statement on behalf of wait staff everywhere: We make $3.50 an hour. Most of my paychecks are less than pocket change because I have to pay taxes on the tips I make.

After sharing my tips with hosts, bussers, and bartenders, I make less than $9 an hour on average, before taxes. I am expected to skip bathroom breaks if we are busy. I go hungry all day if I have several busy tables to work. I am expected to work until 1:30am and then come in again at 10:30am to open the restaurant.

I have worked 12-hour double shifts without a chance to even sit down. I am expected to portray a canned personality that has been found to be least offensive to the greatest amount of people. And I am expected to do all of this, every day, and receive change, or even nothing, in return. After all that, I can be fired for “embarrassing” someone, who directly insults his or her server on religious grounds.

In this economy, $3.50 an hour doesn’t cut it. I can’t pay half my bills. Like many, I would love to see a reasonable, non-tip-dependent wage system for service workers like they have in other countries. But the system being flawed is not an excuse for not paying for services rendered.

I need tips to pay my bills. All waiters do. We spend an hour or more of our time befriending you, making you laugh, getting to know you, and making your dining experience the best it can be. We work hard. We care. We deserve to be paid for that.

I am trying to stand up for all of us who work for just a few dollars an hour at places like Applebee’s. Whether a chain steakhouse or a black-tie establishment, tipping is not optional. It is how we get paid.

I posted a picture to make people laugh, but now I want to make a serious point: Things like this happen to servers all the time. People seem to think that the easiest way to save money on a night out is to skip the tip.

I can’t understand why I was fired over this. I was well liked and respected at Applebee’s. My sales were high, my managers had no problems with me, and I was even hoping to move up to management soon. When I posted this, I didn’t represent Applebee’s in a bad light. In fact, I didn’t represent them at all.

I did my best to protect the identity of all parties involved. I didn’t break any specific guidelines in the company handbook – I checked. But because this person got embarrassed that their selfishness was made public, Applebee’s has made it clear that they would rather lose a dedicated employee than an angry customer. That’s a policy I can’t understand.

I am equally baffled about how a religious tithe is in any way related to paying for services at a restaurant. I can understand why someone could be upset with an automatic gratuity. However, it’s a plainly stated Applebee’s policy that a tip is added automatically for parties over eight like the one this customer was part of. I cannot control that kind of tip; it’s done by the computer that the orders are put into. I’ve been stiffed on tips before, but this is the first time I’ve seen the “Big Man” used as reasoning.

Obviously the person who wrote this note wanted it seen by someone. It’s strange that now that the audience is wider than just the server, the person is ashamed.

I have no agenda here. I seek no revenge against the note writer. I have no interest in exposing their identity, and, at this point, I’m not even sure I want my job back. I was just trying to make a joke, but I came home unemployed.

I’ve been waiting tables to save up some money so I could finally go to college, so I could get an education that would qualify me for a job that doesn’t force me to sell my personality for pocket change.

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Sat, 02 Feb 2013 02:55:49 -0800