Sharing Purell with Howard Hughes

Am all “hell yeah!” when Public Enemy come up and accept their Rock and Roll Hall of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:20:10 -0400

Am all “hell yeah!” when Public Enemy come up and accept their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction and talk about rap music as not being “low art” and the problems black Americans (especially young black men face).

Instantly feel really uncomfortable when Chuck D. mentions Louis Farrakhan. I was expecting that from Professor Griff (and held my breath a bit while he was speaking), but not from Chuck.

Dude….No. Dude’s an anti-Semite, a homophobe, and definitely helped in Malcolm X’s assassination.

And as a black, homosexual, Judaically-inclined guy…Knowing that someone like Chuck D. supports a person like that is very alienating.

The amount of vitriol that people in the community seem to have for Jews who date/marry non-Jews is...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:32:00 -0400

The amount of vitriol that people in the community seem to have for Jews who date/marry non-Jews is really astounding. Seriously, there people that are totally cool with the more progressive movements (Reform, Reconstructionist, Conservative) embracing GLBTQ congregants and rabbis, but still go on that whole spiel about “the death of the Jewish people” when someone marries a Gentile.

I knew it was going to happen, and I probably shouldn’t have even looked, but there’s a nasty shitstorm in the comments of The Forward about the Reform rabbi (her partner-now wife-is not “officially” Jewish) who has written an open letter to HUC about their policy of not accepting rabbinical school applicants who are in committed relationships with non-Jews. And there are people who are still pissed about the Reform movement accepting interfaith couples and accepting patrilineal descent.

I don’t know, it is at times like this that make me just want to throw my hands up and go “Nope, I give up…I quit”. Especially since I know I will be scrutinized even harder has a convert…So, I am really not looking to what kind of comments I will have to hear if/when I am in a relationship with someone who isn’t Jewish.

Not to mention that (this is for another discussion entirely) the fact that my Orthodox-inclined friends (some of whom are among my longest and closest college friends) probably won’t consider my conversion “official” anyway…Since there’s no way in hell that I would want to or be able to go through an Orthodox conversion. Conservative, maybe…Orthodox would me impossible for me.

Frustration.

Phoenix, AZ is a terrible place anyway.

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:10:02 -0400

Phoenix, AZ is a terrible place anyway.

bettydraperlookingpissed: This was so satisfying to...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:03:55 -0400

bettydraperlookingpissed:

This was so satisfying to watch.

Pete, you can’t even come down the stairs angrily right.

You guys

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:02:10 -0400

gayasaclockworkorange:

I just realized what’s going to happen

There’s going to be a Gatsby fandom on Tumblr.

Shipping.

Feels.

Gatsbylock.

#can we talk about how damaged Jay is for a second?

It’s gonna happen you guys.

Ugh.

I can already see it happening…

I want it to stop.

MAKE IT STOP.

ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT FILM IS AN ABOMINATION TO THE BOOK.

thebluthcompany: Submitted by: jrowske Oh my god…

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:30:27 -0400

thebluthcompany:

Submitted by: jrowske

Oh my god…

the-overlook-hotel: Lisa and Louise Burns were twelve years old...

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:18:51 -0400

the-overlook-hotel:

Lisa and Louise Burns were twelve years old when they played the Grady Twins in The Shining. It was the only film appearance for the sisters.

In a June, 2002 issue of JANE magazine, the twins, then 35, recalled running around in the Hedge Maze set, getting lost and forcing crew members to remove panels to let them out. They discussed still owning a pair of the dresses they wore in the film, and Louise recalled, “I got to keep a jar of fake blood. I stored it in the fridge until it congealed.”

guardian: Here are some great archive pictures from Edinburgh...

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:30:37 -0400

guardian:

Here are some great archive pictures from Edinburgh Zoo - which is 100 years old this year. The zoo was established by Edinburgh lawyer Thomas Gillespie. Just check out the baby chimps cuddling their keeper Mr D. Johnstone. The zoo’s history will be celebrated in an exhibition opening to the public on Wednesday.

Photographs: T.H. Gillespie/Edinburgh Zoo/PA

Photo

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:30:16 -0400

"Souvenirs only reminded you of buying them."

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:32:46 -0400

“Souvenirs only reminded you of buying them.”

- Excerpt from David Berman’s poem “Governors on Sominex” from his book, Actual Air (via letterswapwithm)

Photo

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:19 -0400

Why do people care more about dumb but honest comments from a douchey CEO of a company that caters to middle schoolers than one of the worst manufacturing disasters in human history?

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:16:02 -0400

wtfsocialjustice:

I’m actually not condemning anyone over not caring about the Bangladesh factory collapse of May 2013 that killed over 1000 people but tumblr needs to stop pretending that it has its priorities straight. In good faith, I’m going to say that I have not seen one post of outrage over Gap and their practices. Here on tumblr douchey comments from a guy in a scurrilous industry is a tragedy, but the deaths of hundreds of people is a statistic.

EDIT: It doesn’t seem to be clear, so I’ll explain that it was Gap that was associated with the factory in Bangladesh. I have not seen any concern about this event or the company on tumblr.

Because tumblr social justice is built on hypocrisy and ignorance, duh.

If you don't want to hate everything today

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:19:00 -0400

I highly suggest not reading about what the mayor of Osaka said.

Bloody fucking hell, Japan…How did that guy become the mayor of a major city?!

m0rphling: I LEFT YOU ALONE FOR FIVE FJUCKING MINUTES I wonder...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:30:30 -0400

m0rphling:

I LEFT YOU ALONE FOR FIVE FJUCKING MINUTES

I wonder how the guitar sounds with the ferret in there.

omegablaster: Silver Jews - Slow Education. And you got that...

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:25:08 -0400

omegablaster:

Silver Jews - Slow Education.

And you got that one idea again

The one about dying

Perfection.

Mon, 13 May 2013 20:22:09 -0400

Perfection.

hellyeahhorrormanga: Maternal Love by DaShu...

Mon, 13 May 2013 09:30:14 -0400

hellyeahhorrormanga:

Maternal Love by DaShu Jiang

Uh…I…What?

Holy shit, Mad Men… That was kinky and sexy. Well, this is at least the second time that Mad...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:38:05 -0400

Holy shit, Mad Men…
That was kinky and sexy.
Well, this is at least the second time that Mad Men has more-than-implied female masturbation.
Love you, Mad Men writers. Between this and how you handled Sally getting getting her period, you all know how to make basic cable tv push depictions of the bodily domain.

waffleguppies: obesealpaca: do you think he knows What I find...

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:30:35 -0400

waffleguppies:

obesealpaca:

do you think he knows

What I find really astonishing isn’t that a giant land snail managed to earn a doctorate, but that he managed to land a national TV spot despite displaying this kind of egregious, disrespectful behaviour towards his co-host.

books-and-boats: -The Monkees, ‘Daydream Believer’ I used to...

Sun, 12 May 2013 01:48:49 -0400

books-and-boats:

-The Monkees, ‘Daydream Believer’

I used to sing this to Ezra sometimes while I would hold him. I always screwed up the verses, and he seemed generally bewildered but fine with me singing this.