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A new wall calendar has appeared over at a Calendar website. This one works for both 2015 and 2016 if you choose the specific options on the store page. Can ponies help guide your new years resolution in 2016?

You can get that over here. Thanks to Roy for sending it.

And below the break, RANDOM MERCH! Now go!


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ithelpstodream:

The arm was designed and built just for Isabella by Team Unlimbited volunteer Stephen Davies. On average, prosthetics cost more than $10,000. However, an e-Nable limb ranges from $50 to $150 in price, which means more people can get prosthetic devices!

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Dear Hogwarts,

Please tell me, do you really have 1000 year old plumbing?

Sincerely, Salazar Slytherin master of toilets

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Dedicated to Kristina T. – happy birthday to you!!

And here’s another valuable cat lesson.

In parts of North Carolina, homophobia is alive and well — but so is resilience. And resilience, it turns out, is rainbow-colored.

Wedgewood Church in Charlotte is well-known as an LGBT-friendly church, and this month they placed a sign on the front lawn that read “LGBT Equality.” Shortly after, still-unidentified vandals spray-painted “Fags are Pedos” across the church’s front doors and crossed out the words on the sign with black paint.

Church leaders were devastated:

In a lengthy Facebook post, Wedgewood Rev. Chris Ayers called the vandalism “heart-piercing.” and told The Huffington Post in an interview that he didn’t interpret the incident as an attack on his church as much as a general expression of hate against the local LGBT community as a whole.

“I thought of my friends and all the people throughout the years whose stories I’ve heard over the years, and how this was just one more rejection,” he said in the interview.

After church members posted photos of the vandalism online, community members responded in droves asking how they could help. So the church decided to come together and paint Westwood’s front doors a giant rainbow, a sign to the community as a whole that love and support would outshine hate.

Ayers said the paint job is just one more example of how Wedgewood aims to “let people know “that there are churches and Christians out there who believe that sexual orientation and gender identity are not sins, but great gifts from God,” as well as “celebrate the tremendous courage for those who came out so long ago and set the stage for the wonderful things that have happened.”

Ayers said the response has been overwhelmingly positive, except for one unpleasant email. But that doesn’t faze him.

“We don’t worry about that. We’ve had people unhappy with us for a long time, so that doesn’t really bother us,” he said. “We’re for the full equality of all people, and [the LGBT community] is an important part of that.”

This is Christianity done right. “Love thy neighbor” means loving thy gay neighbors, too, and fighting back when others try to intimidate them. And who wouldn’t want a church painted in rainbows, anyway?

The fronts of cars look like faces

Trying to recover from an artblock, so here's a simple drawing of the music ponies. Wanted to drew them together for a while.

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Characters and MLP:FiM (c) Lauren Faust, Hasbro
Octavia's CM vector (c)
Artwork (c) me
No stealing. Thank you.

Transforming Birthday Cake - Optimus Prime

Russell Munro helped create a robotic transforming birthday cake for his son, using 3D printing to help build its frame:

My boy asked for a Transformers cake for his 6th birthday. I decided to up the ante, my wife did the actual cake. 

Here is a short demo of the actual robotic frame itself, complete with Transformers sound clips:

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I HAVE THE LIQUID!!!!!!

I liked the poses in that original shot so much, that I decided to make a wallpaper, no blue discord though. Hope someone likes it enough to use it!
By god do I think this is my best work ;_; Now that I've peaked I guess its all downhill from here. Stick it out with me and I might make it through this hard time

Like what you see? Check out the rest of Rainbow Tales in my gallery!

The fourth entry for the Pudge's Pretty Pouting Ponies series. This series will consist of the Mane 6 hand drawn and painted onto 12×12 inch 140 lbs watercolorpaper.

Once the series is complete, the Mane 6 will be up for auction, if you'd like to own one of them. 

Other pics in the series>>>   

Photo courtesy of Matt Wood.
Found in Yeongduck, Korea.

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Claire has a very weak stomach and it was a struggle for Rarity and Spike to figure out what she was able to eat without getting sick. Luckily, momma's glowing horn was always able to soothe her.

From  ALL Next Gen Fun Facts!This is fan made!

All Next Gen Fun Facts! :iconwoootplz: Everything from my previous fun facts journals as well as some new ones are in here I probably won't make any more new Fun Facts journals. Instead, I'll just add them in here and let you know if there are any updates (if they are worth mentioning of course) I'll probably add more to the younger characters later since I'm still developing them. HOLY FRICK THIS JOURNAL IS LONG!
Valiant Heart:
Valiant goes by "Lance" 
Valiant's love life isn't very successful even though he's kind, charming and handsome. He's been out with quite a few mares making him seem like a player but he's just looking for the right one. 
He's jealous of Prism's relationship with Whirlwind and wonders why she and Prism broke up in the first place. He thinks they should get back together. 
Red June is his best, non-royal friend. Claire and Candy keep trying to convince him to go out with her but

• Claire has a weak stomach and gains weight really easily.
  

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catsbeaversandducks:

Loki The Vampire Cat

“I can sucks ur bluud?”

Photos by ©Loki

Okay, we won’t go back to McDonald’s then

Now that is one smooth painting! It almost looks like it was printed on there instead of painted. Man, I don't know how painters do it.

Time for some news my friends! Sorry it took so long, but it has been rather slow lately. Hopefully tonight can make up for the lack of news lately!

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Maple Bacon Bars with Bourbon Cream Filling

Every now and then we see a recipe that makes our eyes almost pop right out of our heads. This is one of those recipes. Maple bacon bars have become commonplace, but this recipe one-ups the beloved maple bar by adding a bourbon cream filling. The creative genius behind this silky, boozy filling is Tessa, the mastermind behind the food blog Handletheheat.com. She describes these maple bacon bars as taking all day to make, but being totally worth it. We couldn’t agree more. Make these for a special occasion like a birthday or anniversary, and whoever you make them for will love you forever. Follow Tessa on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest for more eye-popping recipes.

Photography by HandleTheHeat.com

Yield: 12 doughnuts

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 4 hours
Note: If you don’t have instant yeast, use active dry yeast and just let it proof with the warm water for 5 minutes, or until frothy, before proceeding.

Ingredients:
For the doughnuts:

3 tablespoons (yes, tablespoons not teaspoons) instant yeast
1 cup very warm (105 degree) water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 teaspoons fine salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 cups (18 ounces) bread flour
4 tablespoons (2 ounces) unsalted butter
3 large egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Peanut oil, for frying
For the filling:
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons heavy cream
2 tablespoons bourbon

For the maple glaze:

4 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup pure maple syrup
1 1/2 teaspoon light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 teaspoon pure maple extract
1/4 cup hot water
10 slices bacon, crisp cooked and roughly chopped

Directions:

For the doughnuts:

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the dough hook, combine all the dough ingredients until a cohesive dough begins to form. On medium speed, knead until smooth and soft, about 6 minutes.

Place the dough in an oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise until doubled in size, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Punch down the dough and turn it out onto a lightly floured work surface. Roll the dough into an 11×12? rectangle. Cut the dough into 12 rectangles about 5×2-inch big. Transfer the dough rectangles back to a floured baking sheet, spaced about 1 1/2-inches apart. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rise again until doubled, about 30 minutes.

When the dough is almost done rising, heat at least 2 inches of peanut oil in a large, deep pot with a candy thermometer attached. Heat to 350°F. Carefully transfer 2 to 3 rectangles to the hot oil and fry for about 1 minute, or until golden, then flip and cook for another minute or until golden brown. Remove from the hot oil, allow to drain on paper towels. Test a doughnut to make sure it’s cooked through before repeating with the remaining dough.

For the filling:

In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Gradually add the powdered sugar on low speed. Add in the cream and bourbon and increase speed to high. Beat for 3 minutes, or until very well combined and light. Transfer to a pastry bag fitted with a small plain tip.

Using the tip, poke a small hole in one end of a doughnuts and fill with about 1 tablespoons of the filling each. Repeat with the other end of the doughnuts.

For the glaze:

Whisk together the glaze ingredients. Dip the bars into the icing. Immediately sprinkle with the bacon. Allow to set for 15 minutes before serving.

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