The Big Picture’s coverage of the the Egyptian gathering in Tahrir Square is ruling it:

A massive demonstration of Egyptians gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo today to mark the anniversary of the uprising that eventually led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak.

7:02 pm  •  26 January 2012

lpaige90:

<3 u wheezy pup

7:06 pm  •  22 January 2012  •  3 notes

“Rivers, mountains, and plains, fertile soil and poor, racial strains and early experiences — all tend to set a people apart and stamp them with an individuality. In addition, place them on a borderland between two diverging civilizations, and that individuality becomes more marked and complete. Thus, only, can much that is peculiar to Kentucky be explained.
Kentucky, among all the states of the Union, has long held a position of special importance and significance. Pronounced characteristics desirable and otherwise have always been associated with the Kentuckian. … As time went on, it was still the custom to think of them as being apart from the people of the other states surrounding them.
As between Indiana and Illinois, little or no difference might be noted; but, as between either of these and Kentucky, a new race would likely be conjured up. The Civil War, its causes and its results, gave additional proof that Kentuckians were not like other people.”

— E. Merton Coulter, The Civil War and Readjustment in Kentucky.

10:39 am  •  5 December 2011

attn: awanderingjew

I just thought of this and I still can’t get over it

11:45 pm  •  23 September 2011

awanderingjew:

When I was working in the French high school, one day one of the teachers I worked with asked me to talk to my students about the American justice system. They had lots of questions about the death penalty.

Then the teacher asked them about the death penalty in France: did they have it? ”No! Of…

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11:13 pm  •  21 September 2011  •  23 notes

7:52 am  •  14 September 2011  •  1 note

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9:24 am  •  6 September 2011  •  25 notes

“Make a crisp grilled cheese sandwich, with good bread and not too much good cheese. Let it cool, then cut into croutons. Put them on anything, but especially tomato and basil salad. This you will do forever.”

— Mark Bittman (from his list of 101 salads)

7:12 pm  •  22 August 2011  •  19 notes

So like, right now for example. The Haitians need to come to America. But some people are all, “What about the strain on our resources?” Well it’s like when I had this garden party for my father’s birthday, right? I put RSVP ‘cause it was a sit-down dinner. But some people came that like, did not RSVP. I was like totally buggin’. I had to haul ass to the kitchen, redistribute the food, and squish in extra place settings. But by the end of the day it was, like, the more the merrier. And so if the government could just get to the kitchen, rearrange some things, we could certainly party with the Haitians. And in conclusion may I please remind you it does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty. Thank you very much.

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8:53 pm  •  3 August 2011  •  5,317 notes

is there a more good & poignant song than this? no.

9:27 pm  •  6 July 2011

writersandkitties:

William Burroughs and kitty tripping the fuck out.

4:27 pm  •  1 July 2011  •  239 notes

Playboy Tre, just sittin on the playground slide, nbd

12:19 am  •  3 June 2011

can’t get enough

12:35 am  •  1 June 2011  •  6 notes

lord christ yall the promise ring playin football

2:15 am  •  28 May 2011  •  1 note

mandaflewaway:

CLICK TO MAKE SOME MUSIC

11:27 pm  •  27 May 2011  •  503,367 notes