How about we stop congratulating ourselves/each other on being mediocre, or making minimal effort?
Let’s care enough to do something awesome. Be bigger than mediocre. Don’t just phone in the minimum requirement.
(Maybe I’m ~ruining the joke~, but I see this kind of stuff way too often.)
Sometimes life, as wonderful as it is, can be extraordinarily challenging. Taking things day by day and counting the victories, no matter how small, is important to me. I’m sorry we don’t see eye to eye on this
please click through to watch him read green eggs and ham. this guy makes $174,000 a year.
This is what a faux filibuster looks like: Senator Ted Cruz reads Green Eggs and Ham to his daughters because Green Eggs and Ham, according to him, is just like Obamacare for the American people: “they do not like Obamacare in a box, with a fox, in a house, or with a mouse.”
Diane in Prabal Gurung – Diane Kruger stepped out to attend the Metropolitan Opera season opening production of ‘Eugene Onegin’ held earlier today in New York City. The German actress wore a color-blocked dress from Prabal Gurung’s resort 2014 collection. Diane paired the look with Casadei for Prabal Gurung shoes and Prabal Gurung for Chris Habana jewelry.
this cracked me up. UH HUHHHHHH macguyver you sarcastic fuck
Scoff as we may, we've all been there before. One of your gadgets starts acting up and, even though you know it's wrong, banging on it with your fists just feels so right. Why, even TV and movie people do it—a lot, actually. Vimeo user Duncan Robson was kind enough to round up the best belligerent-tech-smashing-clips that TV and movies have to offer, and the result is absolutely delightful.
house of cards ladies look awesome. julie bowens dress is pretty. Taystee looks GORGEOUS. tina fey kills it always. hate kelly osbourne from the front, like it from the back. lol at "vaguely vaginal" amanda peet looks TERRIBLE.and sarah silermans heels are wild
Last night at the 65th annual Emmy Awards, there were plenty of nice, safe, beautiful gowns… But the red carpet also saw a few ugly dresses and ill-conceived ensembles. Let's just jump right in, shall we?
oh holy shit i hope so. this comic was so nitty-gritty it was so good.
When people talk about the ideal comic-book television show, the name "Gotham Central" always comes up. The story of cops solving cases in Batman's shadow captured people's imaginations — and co-creator Ed Brubaker thinks a TV show is a serious possibility, if the somewhat similar Agents of SHIELD does well.
A rare Red Panda cub was born in July at Lincoln Children's Zoo in Nebraska. Baby Lincoln, as zookeepers are calling him, is currently being hand-raised because his mother is unable to care for him. He is one of only four Red Panda cubs in the country being hand-raised. Lincoln spends his days in an incubator with around-the-clock care, and is growing stronger and healthier every day. Like his older brothers, Rusty and Wayne, he will eventually move to another zoo. Zookeepers named him Lincoln to represent the city of Lincoln and state of Nebraska when he moves to a new home in the future.
Photo credits: Lincoln Children's Zoo
See a video of the cub in his nursery:
See and read more after the fold.
Red Pandas are not closely related to Giant Pandas; rather, they belong in their own unique group that is more closely related to weasels. They are native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. Fully grown, they are slightly larger than domestic cats. Red Pandas spend most of their time in trees, eating a variety of fruits, leaves and eggs. Their long bushy tails are excellent for balance, and also serve as a cozy wrap-around scarf for the Red Panda in cold weather.
Although protected throughout most of their range, Red Pandas are threatened by poaching and habitat loss. They have been classified as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Species; it is estimated that there are fewer than 10,000 adult Red Pandas. When he eventually moves to a new zoo, Lincoln will be a valuable addition to the coordinated breeding effort that aids Red Panda conservation.
It's not surprising that Bobby Flay's Hamptons kitchen has a commercial 10-burner stove, two Viking ovens, a fryer, griddle, salamander, and seating that includes a farm table and two café tables. (He is a professional chef and TV star, after all.) But what is surprising is the color choice — a beautiful marine blue that is such a lovely change of pace from the all-white kitchens we're used to seeing.
There's widespread consensus that the best cosplayers at this year's Dragoncon were the people who dressed up in bodysuits patterned after the notoriously bizarre institutional carpet at the Atlanta Marriott hotel, one of the event's venues. But when one of the cosplayers offered to supply carpet-camo to other attendees, Couristan Inc (the company that designed the carpet) sent them a legal threat.
Of all the things to get a Cease and Desist over, of ALL the replicas I've made over the years, I've received one from Couristan Inc., designers if the Marriott Marquis Atlanta hotel carpet. Spoonflower has pulled the design, as is their right, so sorry everyone who wanted some fabric of their own!
Court rules that Islamist party's assets should be confiscated as crackdown on supporters of Mohamed Morsi escalates
The Egyptian authorities have banned the Muslim Brotherhood, sealing the marginalisation of the Islamist movement that was the country's most powerful political group until as recently as the July overthrow of Mohamed Morsi.
A court on Monday ordered the freezing of the Brotherhood's assets and also banned its spin-off groups, state media reported.
In practice, the group had almost been forced underground already by the arrest this summer of thousands of its members – including most of its leaders – and the killing of about 1,000 more.
It is a familiar predicament for the Brotherhood, which has been banned for most of its 85-year history and has successfully fought off every threat to its existence.
Originally banned under Gamal Abdel Nasser, it was tacitly tolerated under his successor, Anwar Sadat. During the last years of Hosni Mubarak's regime, several of its members were allowed to be elected to parliament in an independent capacity.
"I don't think it will have an effect," Abdel-Rahman Daour, a pro-Morsi activist close to several leading Brotherhood members, said of the new ban.
"People think the Brotherhood can be dissolved through governmental decisions. But it has existed for 85 years and survived far worse."
The group's London-based spokesman, Abdullah al-Haddad, tweeted: "The Muslim Brotherhood are part and parcel of Egyptian society. Corrupt illegitimate judicial decisions cannot change that … [The Muslim Brotherhood] will continue to be present on the ground: they cannot kill an idea, they tried before and failed – they are trying again and they will fail."
Brotherhood members who remain at liberty say that the arbitrary arrests and state-led killings of their colleagues remain a far more serious threat to the organisation's operational capacity.
Young members say this breakdown in communication has made the group more fragmented, and also finally given them the chance to have more say in the activities of the group, which is usually highly hierarchical.
"Now the youth are just by themselves," said Daour. "And they work together far better than when the leaders are involved. Now that the leadership is gone, no one needs to ask permission for anything any more."
In an example of the Brotherhood's current organisational chaos, a group of younger members spent over two months drafting an apology for some of the mistakes the movement made during the post-Mubarak period. But when the statement was released on a Brotherhood-linked website, one of the remaining Brotherhood leaders instantly ordered its removal, claiming it did not represent the group.
Daour said this had frustrated young members but claimed they still wanted to remain part of the group. "No one is going to leave. But it's going to get more revolutionary," Daour argued.
Thought to number between 300,000 and 1 million members, the Brotherhood remains highly unpopular among much of the rest of Egypt's population of 85 million, who blame the group for trying to grab too much power following Morsi's election in 2012.
b takes care of the goats and alpacas at all the kimballs now. the goats are like dogs once they get to know you
And, they shake their pom-poms! Expectant Alpaca Mama Lily (due in November) and daughter Rose do a little celebrating upon arrival two weeks ago at Children’s Zoo at Celebration Square. They are even having a Royal Alpaca Party on September 28! How posh!
“Hello CO! Just wanted to share with you our newest zoo residents- alpaca mom Lily (sporting the white fleece) and her one year old cria, Rose (adorned in scarlet). Donated to us by a private owner, these two are pure pedigrees with fancy lineages (pinky up!)… but within the first day in their new enclosure, they were ready to get down and dirty. Watch their little pom-pom tails and fluffy ‘tocks just wiggle with excitement! This was their first day in their exhibit after a looooong trailer ride. We all love your site! Cordially, Lizzy S.”
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