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It's like the rabbit-duck illusion, but with directions. [via Qikipedia]

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Kobone the barbarian by chief-orc

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The mailman brings my dog a treat every day. This is what she does when she hears the truck approaching our street

superfist:

"Today’s shooting in Troutdale, about a half-hour east of Portland, comes just two days after the mass shooting in Las Vegas.

Which came just two days after the shooting at the courthouse in Forsyth County, Georgia.

Which came just four days after the shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific University.

Which came just a week after the mass shooting near UC Santa Barbara.”

You just wrap your head around that for a couple of minutes, without judgement. Read that quote calmly, logically, without dogma or political leanings.

The fact that our culture allows this to continue is abhorrent. Not from an anti or pro stance, nor from a right or left, but from the simplest form of basic human existence in which one has the right to live.

America, we are doing it wrong and, until we act, we prove that we are not nearly as disturbed by that fact as we should be.

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While TV has plenty of respectable actors of its own, everyone knows that movie actors are the stars that truly shine the brightest. For years, though, only the best and/or worst movie actors have had the talent (or lack thereof) to make it on TV. Actors like Mads Mikkelsen, Zooey Deschanel, and Christian Slater made the jump from movies to regular roles on TV, and, at the very least, they all managed to avoid burning anything down. Some more than others.

Now, sadly, we won’t get to see Paul Giamatti do the same, as FX has decided not to pick up the pilot for Hoke, a darkly comic detective show that Giamatti was set to star in. This news comes via Deadline, which also reports that Hoke is the only drama pilot ordered by FX this year that it is not moving forward with. The other two, Tyrant ...

The Falcons' defense takes a big hit with the loss of their leader in the middle.

Atlanta Falcons linebacker Sean Weatherspoon suffered a ruptured Achilles on Tuesday while working with the team's medical staff, according to the team's website. He will miss the 2014 season.

Weatherspoon was running when the injury occurred and immediately underwent testing that confirmed the season-ending ailment. He will have a procedure to repair the damage soon and is expected to make a full recovery.

"During Sean’s run today with our medical staff, he suffered an injury," head coach Mike Smith said. "We sent Sean to the doctor for some additional testing and evaluation and unfortunately the results showed that he ruptured his Achilles tendon. Sean had been working extremely hard to get back on the field, but regrettably he will miss the entire 2014 season. He will have a procedure done in the near future and we expect him to make a full recovery."

The 26-year-old was a play-caller with the Falcons' defense. His absence will be felt among a unit that finished 27th in total defense last season, according to Pro-Football-Reference.com. He played in and started just seven games in 2013 and was working to get back on the field under a clean bill of health for the 2014 season.

As Dave Choate of The Falcoholic points out, the Falcons now have to lean upon a very inexperienced bunch to step in at an important position:

This also has a cascade effect on the rest of the linebacking corps, obviously. 'Spoon was a lock to start if he was healthy, but without him the Falcons will be leaning more heavily on their second year and rookie linebacker in his absence. Kroy Biermann and Jonathan Massaquoi will likely start outside, with Paul Worrilow, Prince Shembo and Akeem Dent competing for starting gigs on the inside. The Falcons also have Marquis Spruill, Osi Umenyiora, Tyler Starr and Yawin Smallwood in the mix, so they're not short on options, even if many of those options are unproven.

In four NFL seasons, Weatherspoon has suited up for all 16 games just once in 2011, his best campaign where he registered four sacks, defensed eight passes and finished with 86 solo tackles and 39 assists on tackles.