A virtual hoard of the shiny things I find on the internet.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Subway has remained a major sponsor of Chuck, and has been the beneficiary of winkingly obvious product placements that fans have basically promised to cheerfully tolerate. “They brought in Subway flatbread breakfast sandwiches!” says a character in this clip. “With Chipotle Southwest sauce!” When the show’s most adoring, social-media-savvy fans see those Subway placements, they don’t associate them merely with crude commercialism, but with a successful negotiation. The sponsor, who is normally seen as an intrusive, obnoxious presence in a television show, has managed to become part of the team that brings the show to the people who love it.
Farewell To An Unlikely Hero: Why ‘Chuck’ Packed Such A Potent Punch : Monkey See : NPR
Yes, I really was one of the nerds who went into my nearest Subway on a particular day, bought a footlong sub, and filled out a comment card to say that I did so because they sponsored Chuck, and that I wanted them to keep it up.
And yes, the Subway product placement after that has always made me smile.
Capital City Diner to Close This Weekend: DCist
NOOOOOOOOOOO WHO WILL MAKE ME BREAKFAST NOW.
FYLadyMary.
TONY STARK - GAME OF TRHONES—- GOOD ENDING
Cooking Tip of the Day: To lengthen the shelf life of cheese, wrap it in waxed or parchment paper, and then loosely with aluminum foil.
Relevant to my interests.
Someone hung this on the door of our academic building.
That this is at my college makes me giggle just a little.
…what does separate Christians from the world is a relentless tenderness toward human bodies. We consider the care for all earthly bodies to be directly under our jurisdiction because we believe God inhabited a human body, meaning there is nothing more holy than human anatomy. God tabernacled in flesh, then decreed that that our very bodies would be the temple of the Holy Spirit. It is why Christians, while we need not be squeamish, must in turn be protective of fragile bodies. A body taking shape in a womb, a body rotting in a prison. The body of a screaming baby and the body of an incontinent senior citizen. A body in west Charlotte and a body in Afghanistan. It is the birthright of the church to show the world what it means to cherish, value and care for human bodies on an unprecedented level, since we believe both that human beings are made in the image of God and that God touched the ground in human form. We know holiness when we see it, because the most holy people touch and regard other bodies with the greatest tenderness.
Jonathan Martin (via azspot)
Something I’ve been pondering lately, too.
Psst. In the UK? Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show live this summer. With the original cast. Venues and dates, with more to come, at http://www.hitchhikerslive.com
BRB, looking for flights to London.
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davyjonesing:
“Did you get [Benedict] in The Hobbit or did he get you in The Hobbit or did both your agents get you both in The Hobbit?”
#cant breath send help
Martin Freeman Is Angry is my new favorite Tumblr.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly7vjhCHsl1qb44qfo1_r1_500.gif)
“Did you get [Benedict] in The Hobbit or did he get you in The Hobbit or did both your agents get you both in The Hobbit?”
Martin Freeman Is Angry is my new favorite Tumblr.
GOP Nostalgia is a Symptom of Privilege
Author Melissa Harris-Perry recently appeared on “The Colbert Report” to speak about her new book, Sister Citizen, which examines a number of stereotypes of African-American women. As he often does, Colbert teed up a common conservative talking point about “going back to he good old days.” Perry’s response kept ringing in my head for days afterward.
She said that there is no time in American history you would want to go back to as a black girl.
The point is simple but compelling. Those in the position of privilege to write history are the ones whose story is most prominently told. So when we talk about going back to some better time, it’s with the lens of that same privilege that we’re looking back.
The fact is that, unless you’re a white, Christian, straight male, there’s little to look back to and say, “Yeah, I was better off back then.”
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, THIS.
(Source: azspot)
