landscapelifescape: Costa Rican Staring Frog by Blepharopsis 

double trap!

criminalwisdom: Jailers Key Guns

“It’s tough to keep a gun drawn on a prisoner when the cell door lock requires two hands to open - that’s where the Key Gun comes in. It’s literally both a key AND a gun.” (Gizmodo)

(via architectureblog)

architectureblog: (via designismymuse)

nythroughthelens:

Watching you. Street art mural. NoLita, New York City.

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second chicken mural i have seen!

sovietpostcards:

by Yevgeniy Ivanovich Charushin (a well-known Soviet author and illustrator of children’s books about nature and animals), 1955

misha!

Linda Holmes | NPR Monkey See | Going, Going, And Gone?: No, The Oxford Comma Is Safe … For Now (via fromoneroomaway)

love this - i do feel that the oxford comma is neat, useful, and pleasing to my eyes…

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nythroughthelens:

The Empire State Building towering over the New York City skyline. Midtown, New York City.

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“Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.” -Le Corbusier

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lakebrandt: laphamsquarterly:

The eating habits of Mac users v. PC users. Nothing too surprising here. Although “Mac users prefer bistro fries” makes us wonder what exactly bistro fries are. Who knows! Sounds fussy!

See the entire infographic of the divided lifestyles of Mac and PC users over at Hunch

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jacquesofalltrades: Intelligent Life

Here is the second half of an email from my mom, in which she gives the menu from the university restaurant (she scribbled it down while eating), and then adds some entertaining tidbits:

Stewed Forrest Toad with Hawaii Papaya

Flagrant duck heads

Coir Raincoat Cucumber

Jellyfish in aged vinegar

Braised goose intestine with chili

White fungus in orange juice

Sautéed chicken tendon with hot spicy sauce

Mixed goose gizzard with Chinese toon

Food-fashion salad stick

Quick-fried bullfrog in XO sauce

Braised pigeon maw and green vegetable with XO sauce

Nestle Lucky Dish with Four Treasures

Golden goose liver grains

Stewed angle-shaped refined flower stuffing with eggs and pork

Pickled Tile-shaped Pig Lip

New-style braised sliced kidney with pepper

Special gluttonous bullfrog with chili

Clodhopper-style gluttonous dish

Lron-grilled Weever with Soy Sauce

…. needless to say, we are facing some challenges here. Even when we manage to identify something we might imagine eating, they are wont to tell us they are out of it. There is also something strange about the portions. We figured dumplings are a pretty safe bet, but there is a column labeled “Dumplings” and nothing under that heading is translated, so we are just working our way down it, pointing at one after another. The first night we were told that the minimum dumpling portion was 15. Ok. But the next night when we asked for ONE order of dumplings, we got about 30. And tonight when again we asked for ONE order of dumplings, we got TWO plates with about thirty on each. We figure that if this goes on much longer, in a short while the whole restaurant will be filled to the ceiling with our dumplings…

Well, just when I thought that is definitely enough (dumplings and text), T discovered a card that had been set on our beds. Here is the content:

Go to bed

In the evening, the lower the temperature here, please take care yourself.

Weather forecast

21-28 °C

If you have anything else, let me know please.

Your housekeeper

Good night

 ****

Stay tuned!

love,

—mom

The Federal Election Commission, approving a bid by “Colbert Report” host Stephen Colbert to set up a super PAC, allowing him to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on the 2012 elections. (via officialssay)

OH BOY

What I actually yelled at my sister this morning. 

Her rejoinder: “Who cares! We used to take baths together when we were little!”

Ugh. We are in our 20s. Her boyfriend lives with us. Am I the crazy one? This happens fairly often, even when friends are over, and even though I have even given her multiple bath robes. I think she might be getting better about it though?? Please LORD?!

officialssay:

“There are a variety of minimalist running shoes available for purchase and wear. Effective immediately, only those shoes that accommodate all five toes in one compartment are authorized for wear. Those shoes that feature five separate, individual compartments for the toes, detract from a professional military image and are prohibited for wear with the IPFU or when conducting physical training in military formation.” —An Army order banning toe shoes. (photo via realblades) 

hahahhahahaha.