So my cousin’s band played at the Blockbuster he’s the manager of and is closing…
1 month ago • 3 notes
April 12, 2012
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To the Hummer driver who honked at me because I didn’t accelerate fast enough
You keep enjoying your 16 mpg. I’ll keep my 43 mpg and my smug grin.
1 month ago • 1 note
April 3, 2012
Like a lame friend of Jeremy I only have one pair of 3D glasses on my desk at work but they came from the Center for Civil War Photography so that should count for something! You should all check out their website where you an use your glasses to view Civil War stereo views as they were meant to be seen!
That is one more pair than the lamest friend of Jeremy has
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1 month ago • 4 notes
March 17, 2012
March 11, 2012
![thedailywhat:
End Of An Era of the Day: Just over half a century since she was christened the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name “Enterprise,” the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is setting sail for the last time.
In addition to being the only one in her class, the so-called “Big E” is also the longest and oldest aircraft carrier currently in operation. That has presented many a problem for the warship’s 4,000-strong crew, who are often forced to resort to makeshift solutions in order to keep the old girl going.
“It’s kind of like when you get older and you know it’s harder to get out of the bed in the morning,” explains commanding officer Capt. William Hamilton. “It takes you a couple hours to kind of really get up and then you’re fine. Well, it’s the same sort of thing here with Enterprise.”
The USS Enterprise was originally slated to be decommissioned 25 years ago, but a ship-wide overhaul in 1979 gave the warship a second wind that lasted another 25 years.
She will eventually be put out to pasture in December, but before then, she’s headed to the Middle East for a seven-month stint during which she’ll be charged with providing support should tensions with Iran boil over.
When she returns home later this year, the Enterprise will receive a proper sendoff from the President, and then shipped to Newport News, where her nuclear fuel will be removed. Afterwards, it’ll be on to Washington state, where the rest of the ship will be scrapped.
There will be no floating museum: The process of removing the nuclear fuel would require repairs too costly to make.
Past and present crew members, however, don’t need a storage space for their memories. “Life is hard on Enterprise,” said Capt. Hamilton. “But when they leave here, they leave knowing if they can do this, they can do anything.”
[ap / @therealnimoy.]
My grandfather was on the ship during its round the world tour in 1964. He had this really cool medallion of the Enterprise that he proudly displayed for as long as I can remember.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0qnfoaZ0H1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
End Of An Era of the Day: Just over half a century since she was christened the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name “Enterprise,” the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is setting sail for the last time.
In addition to being the only one in her class, the so-called “Big E” is also the longest and oldest aircraft carrier currently in operation. That has presented many a problem for the warship’s 4,000-strong crew, who are often forced to resort to makeshift solutions in order to keep the old girl going.
“It’s kind of like when you get older and you know it’s harder to get out of the bed in the morning,” explains commanding officer Capt. William Hamilton. “It takes you a couple hours to kind of really get up and then you’re fine. Well, it’s the same sort of thing here with Enterprise.”
The USS Enterprise was originally slated to be decommissioned 25 years ago, but a ship-wide overhaul in 1979 gave the warship a second wind that lasted another 25 years.
She will eventually be put out to pasture in December, but before then, she’s headed to the Middle East for a seven-month stint during which she’ll be charged with providing support should tensions with Iran boil over.
When she returns home later this year, the Enterprise will receive a proper sendoff from the President, and then shipped to Newport News, where her nuclear fuel will be removed. Afterwards, it’ll be on to Washington state, where the rest of the ship will be scrapped.
There will be no floating museum: The process of removing the nuclear fuel would require repairs too costly to make.
Past and present crew members, however, don’t need a storage space for their memories. “Life is hard on Enterprise,” said Capt. Hamilton. “But when they leave here, they leave knowing if they can do this, they can do anything.”
[ap / @therealnimoy.]
My grandfather was on the ship during its round the world tour in 1964. He had this really cool medallion of the Enterprise that he proudly displayed for as long as I can remember.
2 months ago • 526 notes
March 4, 2012
![thedailywhat:
Santorum Santorum Says of the Day: Gone mostly unnoticed until very recently is a comment made by presidential candidate Rick Santorum during a December 30th NBC News interview, in which he made clear his intention to nullify all legal same-sex marriages currently in existence across the country.
The latest census data, collected in 2010, puts the number of married same-sex couples at 131,000, but that number is likely higher now.
Santorum said he plans to introduce an amendment to the Constitution that would not only make same-sex marriages illegal throughout the nation in perpetuity, but would also invalidate all existing unions.
“We can’t have 50 different marriage laws in this country,” he remarked. “You have to have one marriage law.”
The former Senator has come under fire in the past for comparing same-sex marriages to the matrimony of “man on child” and “man on dog.”
Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich has expressed their intention to ban same-sex marriage through a Constitutional amendment, but have not gone so far as to demand the retroactive nullification of existing marriages.
Ron Paul, who is personally opposed to same-sex marriage, says the federal government should not be involved in deciding who can and cannot get married.
Asked how he would go about getting such an amendment approved, given growing public support for gay rights, Santorum inadvertently made a powerful appeal to history in favor of marriage equality.
“Just because public opinion says something doesn’t mean it’s right,” he said. “I’m sure there were times in areas of this country when people said blacks were less than human.”
[sfgate.]
I’m certainly not a constitutional lawyer, but doesn’t this fall under the prohibition of ex-post facto law?](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0djkzrxcN1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Santorum Santorum Says of the Day: Gone mostly unnoticed until very recently is a comment made by presidential candidate Rick Santorum during a December 30th NBC News interview, in which he made clear his intention to nullify all legal same-sex marriages currently in existence across the country.
The latest census data, collected in 2010, puts the number of married same-sex couples at 131,000, but that number is likely higher now.
Santorum said he plans to introduce an amendment to the Constitution that would not only make same-sex marriages illegal throughout the nation in perpetuity, but would also invalidate all existing unions.
“We can’t have 50 different marriage laws in this country,” he remarked. “You have to have one marriage law.”
The former Senator has come under fire in the past for comparing same-sex marriages to the matrimony of “man on child” and “man on dog.”
Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich has expressed their intention to ban same-sex marriage through a Constitutional amendment, but have not gone so far as to demand the retroactive nullification of existing marriages.
Ron Paul, who is personally opposed to same-sex marriage, says the federal government should not be involved in deciding who can and cannot get married.
Asked how he would go about getting such an amendment approved, given growing public support for gay rights, Santorum inadvertently made a powerful appeal to history in favor of marriage equality.
“Just because public opinion says something doesn’t mean it’s right,” he said. “I’m sure there were times in areas of this country when people said blacks were less than human.”
[sfgate.]
I’m certainly not a constitutional lawyer, but doesn’t this fall under the prohibition of ex-post facto law?
2 months ago • 2,822 notes
March 3, 2012
March 1, 2012
![life:
March 1, 1969: Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball.
After a bad bat, Mickey Mantle flings his helmet away in disgust, June 25, 1965. Mantle made the All-Star team for 14 straight seasons and finished in the top five in MVP voting nine times. But this 1965 John Dominis photo, one of the most famous portraits of an athlete in decline ever recorded, shows something else: a man on the downside of a glorious career, ravaged by injuries, betrayed by the very body that had brought him fame and riches.
(see more — Mickey Mantle: Glory and Pain)
This photo is awesome. Wonder if this bad [at-]bat was in the third or fourth inning and he needed something to relax him. Perhaps under the right field bleachers…](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0420t7Gsw1qbz9meo1_500.jpg)
life:
March 1, 1969: Mickey Mantle announces his retirement from baseball.
After a bad bat, Mickey Mantle flings his helmet away in disgust, June 25, 1965. Mantle made the All-Star team for 14 straight seasons and finished in the top five in MVP voting nine times. But this 1965 John Dominis photo, one of the most famous portraits of an athlete in decline ever recorded, shows something else: a man on the downside of a glorious career, ravaged by injuries, betrayed by the very body that had brought him fame and riches.
(see more — Mickey Mantle: Glory and Pain)
This photo is awesome. Wonder if this bad [at-]bat was in the third or fourth inning and he needed something to relax him. Perhaps under the right field bleachers…
2 months ago • 539 notes