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Emails from the House Sitter [grimmalkin/picrequests]

Electronic Store | CO, USA

(I am waiting in line, the next to be up, when I hear this a customer start shouting about how she refuses to show ‘some Mexican’ her ID in order to purchase something.)

Customer: “I don’t know where you get off asking to see MY ID! I don’t ask to see your green card!”

Employee: “Your credit card doesn’t have a signature on it, so I have to get an ID or I can’t let you use it.”

Customer: “This is so rude! I cannot believe you people are even allowed to ask for it, for ANY REASON!”

(Having had enough, and just wanting to buy my videogame, I start walking towards the customer.)

Me: “Ma’am, what’s the problem here?!”

Customer: “This illegal wants to see my ID!”

Me: “She’s obviously not illegal, but if you don’t want her to see your ID, then maybe you can just let me see both cards and I’ll verify it to her?”

Customer: “That’s fine. A nice American boy doing the right thing. Thank you.”

(The clerk hands me the credit card, and the woman hands me her ID. I look at them and nod to the clerk. I don’t hand the lady back her ID, though.)

Me: “So… your name’s [Name].”

Customer: “Yes, that’s right.”

Me: “You live at [Address]?”

Customer: “That’s what the ID says.”

Me: “Do you know my name?”

Customer: “Uh, huh? No, I don’t. Of course not. Don’t be silly. We just met.”

Me: “Do you know my address?”

Customer: “Well, obviously I wouldn’t. What’s your point?”

Me: “[Full Name] who lives at [Address], why would you give me your ID without knowing who I am, what I want, or what I would do with it? I know who you are and where you live now.”

(The customer just stares at me, speechless as I hand her back the card and the clerk gives her the items she came in to buy.)

Me: “Oh, and by the way – I’m Italian, so think about how badly you just screwed up as you walk back to your car. I’m not saying I would change my locks. I’m just saying I’d be smarter about things!”

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homelimag:

Hut on Sleds can be dragged by tractor to escape the sea’s advance (from Homeli)

amazing designed cabin

allisonfoley: smile.amazon.com allows you to choose a charity to receive a portion of your amazon order, provided you go to smile.amazon.com before placing said order…

This is no more difficult that remembering to through ebates and we’re all champs at that, right???

thedept: Reblogging as a signal boost. I had no idea about this and just did the same (and for the same charity, naturally).

too cool not to share. i was able to add planned parenthood as my charity. looks like they have a strong list to choose from. totally going to use this every time i shop now.

signal boost: http://smile.amazon.com

Conspiracy theories about dead celebrities not really being dead have become the norm. Now we have a Dutch brewing company postulating that a handful of dearly departed icons are, in fact, very much alive and lounging in a tropical paradise.

That includes the likes of Elvis Presley, Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur, Bruce Lee, Marilyn Monroe and John Lennon, all of whom are enjoying their time far removed from the realities of fame, according to Bavaria, which is promoting its new, fruit-flavored beer. What do these famous faces do on said island? Monroe rubs suntan lotion on Tupac's belly, the King lounges on an inflatable raft, and Cobain gags when Monroe's skirt repeats the famous "Seven Year Itch" gambit. Then a ship approaches, and PANIC! The stars hide their tropical setup and take shelter, except Presley's portly belly gives them away.

See this wild ad for yourself. Whatever questions arise in your mind are probably legit, like: Why have some of them aged (Lennon, Monroe) while others don't look a day older than when we last saw them (Cobain, Tupac)? Or: Who wants fruit-flavored beer? (No, but really. Who wants it?)

Dedicated to Clydene – happy birthday to you!

Here are more cat adventures.

Jean & Scott, Episode 7 by Max Wittert

(Twitter: TallBlondNRich / Instagram: FionaSnapple)

See previous episodes:

Episode 1

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

inthemiddleeast:

An homage to all things Middle Eastern

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National Library of China, Beijing - National Geographic Travel Daily Photo

A selection of favorite SCIENCE comics is over at The Nib this week!

In this fun series of photos from the streets of Milan and Paris, artist Etienne Lavie imagines what the world might be like if invasive street advertisements were replaced with classical paintings. If instead of waiting for the bus next to a back-lit ad for a new car, you were given the opportunity to stare at Marco d’ Oggiono’s The Three Archangels. Lavie has shared very little about the tongue-in-cheek project titled “OMG who stole my ads?,” but art triumphing over consumerism in an urban utopia is pretty clear message. You can see much more of the series here. (via Colossal Submissions)

A biochemist by training, photographer Linden Gledhill is fascinated by the beauty of infinitesimally small aspects of nature and science, from capturing the flight of insects to exploring the beauty of magnetic ferrofluid. Among his most jaw-dropping images are macro photographs of butterfly wings that reveal complex patterns that look like perfectly organized flower petals. These tiny protrusions are actually scales, similar to what you would find on reptile, though extremely small and fragile. Gledhill’s photography recently inspired an episode of Smarter Every Day where Destin Sandlin learns how to shoot similar photos. (via awkwardsituationist.tumblr.com)

750 Year Old Sequoia Tree

“The revolution that takes place in your head, nobody will ever see that.”

- Gil Scott Heron

Photos of i Light Marina Bay 2014, “Asia’s only sustainable light art festival,” featuring an international group of artists with a display of 28 innovative light installations in Singapore’s scenic Marina Bay.

See, and share, more photos of art in the Light Art in Singapore gallery.

Photos from Chris Elemos, S.L. Chan, chooyutshing, kieranburgess, and eddielimcs.

The next time you grab the toolbox for a quick home improvement project, forget boring old flat or Phillips head screws, these happiness-inducing screws are guaranteed to put a smile on your load bearing beam. Screw :) is a collaborative project between Japanese designer Yuma Kano and a screw factory called Komuro Seisakusho in East Osaka, Japan. Kano began thinking about the potential to infuse emotion into small, ubiquitous objects like screws, the design of which has rarely changed since its invention. Of course smiley face screws aren’t meant as a replacement for more standard designs, but would make a fun detail for smaller projects or areas where a screw might be more visible. You can see much more over on his website. (via NOTCOT, Designboom)

Quiznos‘ entertainment channel Toasty TV has released “House of Thrones,” a House of Cards meets Game of Thrones parody that follows Frank Underwood as he ravages Westeros.

submitted via Laughing Squid Tips

Cat facts. [x]

Photographer and visual artist Ernest Goh is known for his work photographing wildlife and other animals. His latest book documents the strange world of chicken beauty pageants in Malaysia where he encountered a breed of bird called the Ayam Seramas, an ornate chicken raised not for its meat but purely for its appearance. These chickens not only have decorative plumage but possess the ability to strike ridiculous poses. You might think these photos are somehow manipulated (or worse, the animals forced into these positions) but a behind-the-scenes video by Goh shows the chicken’s ability to strut just as depicted. The book, titled Cocks: The Chicken Book, is available now through his website. All photos courtesy the artist. (via Peta Pixel)

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