Crystal Methamphetamine and Conceptual Art

nprfreshair:

oliphillips:

The War Against Christmas

by Alan Sailer

wow.

Fareed Zakaria’s facebook status (via almaswithinalmas)

You’ve seen me use the word puritanicalism before, and this is a perfect example of America’s relationships with work and with leisure.  American puritanicalism tells us that all of our time must be productive.  Productive time does stuff: it cooks or cleans, it balances checkbooks or makes slide presentations, it engineers bridges or fixes potholes.  We come to believe that play is wrong, that we aren’t allowed to have fun.  So we Americans take vacations, and we bring our Blackberry and laptop with us.  We answer work-related calls instead of being in the moment with those we love.  And we never, ever, ever play.

The truth of the matter is that play is tremendously important, for children and for adults.  When we insist that all of our time must be productive — defined in such limiting ways — then we exclude intuition and creativity, which are such amazing gifts.  When we never let ourselves play, our brains never get to take a break, and we get sick.  Play is important.  True leisure is absolutely critical.  It is in these times of rest or relaxation when our minds come up with truly amazing answers.

Puritanicalism poisons our roots. It kills the very things we need to grow and thrive, like relaxation and play.  It also tells us that nudity always equals sexuality, that drinking alcohol is always wrong, and that we must always be wary or even fearful that not only are our actions good and right but our thoughts be also.

Yeah, it’s possible to indulge too much in play, to be truly lazy or slothful.  But it’s really hard to find Americans who do this.  We’re all too afraid that God will hurl down lightning bolts upon us for not keeping all our time productive.

Ignore Mr. Zakaria.  Go play some more Angry Birds or World of Warcraft or,  my favorite game lately, Glitch.  Give your mind and body a rest.  You’ll be amazed how much it does for you.

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I’m certainly not afraid of any gods, lightning bolts or not, but I really like this. And I’m also perusing Tumblr despite not having written the finals I’m giving tomorrow. So there you go.

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Refreshing.

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staff:

Now in Polish!

Mówicie po polsku? Tumblr też! Od dzisiaj Tumblr obsługuje język polski. Aby zacząć z niego korzystać, trzeba po prostu przełączyć swoje ustawienia językowe na stronie Preferencje.

We <3 our growing Polish community. So today we’re incredibly proud to launch our Polish translation, making Tumblr available in nine languages!

Head to your Preferences page to switch your language settings and be sure to follow Tumblr’s official Polish-language Staff Blog, too.

Ale jazda!

Uuugh. Need to work on my Polish so I can understand more than two words in that above sentence. One of them being ‘Tumblr’

STEVE JOBS.

(via Gizmodo)

(Source: inothernews)

inothernews:

mabelmoments:

Corruption Perceptions Index 2011

10 least corrupt countries:

1. New Zealand

2. Denmark

3. Finland

4. Sweden

5. Singapore

6. Norway

7. Netherlands

8. Australia

9. Switzerland

10. Canada

Who do we have to bribe to get on this list?

drinkyourjuice:

• The Recessionary Charms of American Horror Story | Tess Lynch for Grantland
• How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the OWS Protests | Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone
• The Soft Animal | Elena Schilder for This Recording

Read the second one. 

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rrrick:

elledark:

A Simple Truth

All around the world, in Akansas and Afghanistan, in London and Leningrad, from the noisy hustle of Manhattan to the silence of the Mohave desert, people are pretty much the same.

Oh sure we dress up in the multi-colored clothes of nationalism and religion and culture but underneath that superficial outer show we all want the same things. We want peace and prosperity for ourselves and our families. We want to be valued and loved. We want our children to grow up healthy and secure. We want the simple things that go to make up a worthwhile human life.

When our government sends soldiers to foreign countries to kill they’re not destroying some other species that is evil incarnate.They’re snuffing out the lives and hopes of real people just like you and me. When the bombs explode they kill brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers just like ours. The houses they turn to rubble are homes like our own homes.

This is surely something we need to remember the next time someone starts beating the drum of war or fanning the flames of hatred and fear. The simple truth is that, all over the world, across race and country and religion, what connects us is far more real and powerful than anything that divides us.

Nicely said.

ask anyone, anywhere, want they want…health, and happiness for themselves and those they love is a pretty common answer.

Who wears their baby like this? 

thedailywhat:

Questionable Political Slogan of the Day: I’m beginning to think the Cain Train was never fitted with brakes.

A day after referring to Nancy Pelosi as “Princess Nancy” during the CNBC Republican Presidential Debate (later kinda, sorta recanting after being called on it), frontrunner Herman Cain introduced supporters in Michigan to his latest controversy-baiting slogan: “How do you beat Obama? Beat him with a Cain.”

Asked why he chose that term, given its racial connotations, Cain responded: “Cain. Herman Cain. C-A-I-N. Do I have to connect all the dots for you?”

Meanwhile, the “Beat him with a Cain” bumper sticker is already up on the Herman Cain 2012 Shop.

[atlantic / cbsnews / nyt / globe.]

Gross.

littleorphanammo:

gastrogirl:

kheer - indian rice pudding with nuts and saffron.

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Hmm. There’s a Persian dish just like this but instead of nuts, you add rose water and a shit load of cinnamon on the top.