December 2009
Too Fat to Graduate? →
autismsucks:
one-twenty-five:
Check out the cnn article above; I would not have been able to graduate had I gone there.
I had a bmi of 34.2 my final year…
wow… I smell a lawsuit for discrimination…
Back in 1979 the private college I had grown up dreaming about and wanting to attend didn’t admit women my size to their school, so I didn’t apply. At that time I was...
November 2009
my mum gave our puppy away without telling me and...
(via frenchiejane)
That is just awful. My Dad gave my kittens away when I was small and it was one of the worst days of my life. I’m so sorry.
Scientists 'grow' meat in laboratory →
(via 2020)
Now this is just plain weird and one more reason for me to go completely vegetarian…
The Superman symbol
clientsfromh:
me: So, we’ve decided that the Superman symbol would be the best image to represent [what we do].
me: The Superman symbol. Do you mean the “S” inside a shield logo from Superman’s chest?
they: And on his cape! It’s perfect, so we’re going to use it.
me: Have you licensed it?
they: What?
me: Have you licensed it for use from Warner Brothers?
they: It’s a comic book, you see it...
You see, in my view a writer is a writer not because she writes well and easily,...
– Junot Diaz (via buffy)
remember when facebook was actually a classy...
macmankev:
(via skycandy)
Before they let high schoolers and everyone and their grandmother join? Yes.
Hey now. I’m a grandmother and my facebook page is classy…and I’m a classy lady!
Parents of babies and toddlers:
jaydensmommie:
kaffeineme:
Right now you’re always tired, aren’t you? You’d give anything if the little darling would just sleep in past 6am, wouldn’t you?
Don’t despair. I come from the future to tell you that in 12-14 years your child will still be sleeping at noon. You can sleep AS LATE AS YOU WANT TO.
Of course, by this time, the early waking habit will be so deeply ingrained that you...
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of...
– Paulo Coelho (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
Grandma delivers baby, Thanksgiving dinner →
tlmonahan:
Mass. woman raced to save turkey after daughter gave birth 2 weeks early
BOSTON - A Boston woman has succeeded at one of the all-time great Thanksgiving Day juggling acts: She cooked the turkey while helping deliver her baby granddaughter.
Patricia McCalop was in the middle of preparing the meal when her daughter suddenly went into labor two weeks early.
McCalop called 911, and a...
Sometimes...
I see what people post on tumblr and I just wonder…
WHY???
Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is...
– John Wooden (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
RAWR
sendchocolate:
Today, I attended a co-worker’s wedding. A little boy who looked about 6 was coming down the aisle and he took two steps, stopped, and turned to the crowd (alternating between bride’s side and groom’s side), put his hands up like claws, and roared. Step, step, ROAR, step step, ROAR, all the way down the aisle. The crowd was near tears from laughing so hard by the time he reached...
Just for the record...
It’s not that my spelling is bad. It’s that my eyesight is. I don’t always see what I type.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Seriously.