everqueer:

Unbelievably, still the official state song:

 

The despot’s heel is on thy shore,

Maryland!*

His torch is at thy temple door,

Maryland!

Avenge the patriotic gore

That flecked the streets of Baltimore,

And be the battle queen of yore,

Maryland! My Maryland!

II

Hark to an exiled son’s…

I sing this to the tune of “Ratigan” from the Great Mouse Detective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MNNY9zPIXk

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n-a-s-a:

A Large Tsunami Shock Wave on the Sun -  Tsunamis this large don’t happen on Earth. During 2006, a large solar flare from an Earth-sized sunspot produced a tsunami-type shock wave that was spectacular even for the Sun.

(via jtotheizzoe)

losertakesall:

penguinteen:

Speaking of Marcel, he has a new picture book coming out this fall: Marcel the Shell With Shoes on: Things About Me.

we here at the store are unreasonably excited about the Marcel the Shell book.

Eeeeeeeeeee!

myidealhome:

• window seat

Vegetable beef soup

3lb. chuck roast, cut into chunks
1 large white onion, cut in half and peeled
1lb. new potatoes, cut in half
8 oz. fresh green beans, snapped
1 ear corn, kernels sliced off
4 carrots, unpeeled and sliced into 2in. segments
46 oz. spicy & hot V8 juice
2 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp olive oil, plus extra
Salt
Pepper
Ground red pepper

Heat a large dutch oven or a large pot over medium-high heat. Add in the butter and olive oil. Let heat until the butter is melted.

Pat the chuck roast chunks dry with a paper towel and salt and pepper both sides. Sear all sides of the meat, working in batches if necessary. Remove the meat.

Drain the liquid and add more olive oil to cover the bottom of the pot. Add in the onion and carrot, cook until they have some color. Remove the onion and carrot, add in the potatoes. Cook until they take on some color. 

Add in the removed meat, onion, and carrot. Add in the green beans and corn. Pour in the V8 juice, and make sure it covers the ingredients in the pot. Add 1 tsp. salt, pepper and ground red pepper to taste. 

Let cook over medium heat at a simmer for 4-5 hours until the meat is tender.

myidealhome:

• sunday shopping: vinyl weekly planner chalboard calendar (by SimpleShapes on etsy)

GIMME

1. I love you.

2. Thank you.

3. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

4. Anything regarding the most interesting news topic of the day.

5. I need help.

6. I am proud of you.

7. A response to any one question Cliff asks me.

8. Hold on, I’ll email you.

9. What are we eating today?

10. Look at the sunrise/sunset.

I can’t tell you how tempted I was to say “I hate having homework” or “I can’t, I have homework” or “I can’t wait until this degree is over with,” but I would try to avoid the negativity given my limitations. And of course, I had to include the email loophole… But overall, these are the things that I would wish to express each day if given only 10 sentences to speak. 

More responses at: http://www.soulpancake.com/post/1597/the-cancer-of-silence.html

emma-woodhouse-k:

Rick Perry Meets Galileo

Zing!

(via jtotheizzoe)

photojojo:

Goodbye Summer by the unbelievably amazing Paul Octavious. You probably already know and love his book series and his hill series. If not, well where the heck have you been?

This post is by Hrrrthrrr as part of Photojojo’s Show & Tell.

Finally. Accurate scale.

myidealhome:

• blackboard in the kitchen (via klikk)

This should be my life, like, YESTERDAY.