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helainetieu: As most of you know, Steven and I just drove back...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:11:52 -0400

As most of you know, Steven and I just drove back to Florida from Arizona but on the way here, he asked if we could stop by his friend Alex’s place for the night so we did. I’m sure some of you have seen the photo of his friend and I:

This friendly giant and his mother are two of the friendliest people I know of. His mother is disabled, so she doesn’t work and Alex is unemployed because he has to stay home and take care of his mother. They don’t have a lot of money, well in all honesty — they don’t have much money at all but they were generous enough to open up their home to us and my dog and told us to make ourselves feel at home and help ourselves to anything we wanted. I returned my gratitude towards them by buying them some groceries & lunch and they were so overwhelmed from joy because they really appreciated the help — even if it was small. Alex has gone through a lot the past couple of years and he is still one of the most humble and modest man alive so I want all of you to please either reblog this or go vote for him in this sweepstake for him to have something new to sleep on, here is his description for why he wants to win:

“Hi, my name is Alex.. I’m around 6’8.. I’m living with my mother who is disabled and she has the only bed in our house.. I am living Conway, Arkansas. I had to leave college because she needed me. I have been sleeping on couches for around 6 years.. because of my height. it’s hard to find a bed that fits me haha. This couch doesn’t fit, but I can bend my knees and be ok for the time being. I have a lot of back aches, but its ok. As long as my mother is happy and okay. Im 22 years old. I have an old Sony TV that weighs about 300 lbs and is only 40 inches big.. but the screen tears around the edges and the color is going. I’ve had couch woes for a long time, and would love the opportunity to be a part of your Cool My Couch contest. Thank you for your consideration. byebye, Alex.”

This contest does not benefit me at all, I am just trying to help him out because I know he deserves some luck in his life so if all of you could just take a few seconds out of your day and go to the link below and vote for him, it would mean a lot to me! Thank you so much if you do -

https://www.facebook.com/Skype?sk=app_525110657547895&app_data=view-vote%2Cfor-634234

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Wed, 22 May 2013 19:56:44 -0400

bryarly: “I’m sad.” “OK. I’ll lick you until you’re not...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:41:17 -0400

bryarly:

“I’m sad.”

“OK. I’ll lick you until you’re not sad.”

“…OK.”

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Wed, 22 May 2013 19:39:18 -0400

vegenista: Farm to Yoga at Suzie’s Farm On Sunday my Mom &...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:37:39 -0400

vegenista:

Farm to Yoga at Suzie’s Farm

On Sunday my Mom & I ventured down to Suzie’s Farm, a local organic produce farm, & the CSA which I am a member of, for San Diego’s second “Farm to Yoga” event with Suzie’s Farm, Green Truck, & Sarah Clark Wellawareness Yoga. Three of my favorite things - my CSA, vegan food, & yoga - I certainly couldn’t pass that up!

Farm to Yoga was founded in New York by yogi, farmer, & healthy foodie Abby Paloma, whose goal is to “unite yoga communities with their local farmers & farmers with their local yogis.” As Abby is a San Diego native, & our city has a growing number of organic farms, a thriving yoga community, & passionate locavore chefs, it was only natural that Abby bring the Farm to Yoga experience here.

The weather couldn’t have been more perfect for this fun farm adventure. We began the afternoon with a lovely yoga practice completely outdoors - under the blue sky, the trees, & in the warm spring breeze. The closest I’d practiced yoga outdoors was in a palapa in Costa Rica., which was awesome, but this was even better! I couldn’t help but leave my eyes open during savasana & focus meditatively on the trees above me. So peaceful! Sarah is one of my absolute favorite teachers in San Diego & I was lucky enough to spend 3 weeks with her in January during an intensive “Living Yoga Immersion” at Pilgrimage of the Heart.

After yoga, we toured the farm, foraged & nibbled edible weeds like “Lamb’s Ear,” & experienced “Amcella Oleracea” aka, the “Toothache Plant,” an edible flowerhead that causes a novocain like numbing sensation in the mouth. It’s acrid ignition causes extreme salivation, followed by a few moments of numbness, then a stimulating tingling sensation. Wow. It was quite a fun experience for me, a CSA member of Suzie’s, to walk the among the rows & rows of gorgeous organic vegetables & see where the nourishing food I prepare my meals with is actually grown. Standing there on that farm I could really seeing the heart that goes into cultivating the land really reaffirmed my mission to eat locally, as locally & organically as possible. As I often hear, “we vote with our dollars,” & my vote is for supporting local farmers’ & farmers’ markets.

After the farm tour we were treated to a lovely “al fresco” vegan meal prepared by Green Truck who serves fresh, local, organic food out of their veggie oil truck & solar powered kitchen! San Diego’s Green Truck sources much of their produce for their menu from Suzie’s Farm, & 98% of the meal created for us that day was made from Suzie’s produce.

“Green Truck’s Farm to Yoga Menu”

First Course:

“Kale Coconut Curry Salad” - curly kale, watermelon radish, raw beet, quinoa, coconut curry dressing, & crispy curry cashews

Dinner Course:

“Garlic Green & Yellow Beans” - steamed & seared in California EVOO, Bragg liquid aminos, & red chiles

“Baby Broccoli Tacos” - grilled baby broccoli, fresh lemon, almond chile romesco sauce, local fresh corn tortilla

“The Farm Pesto” - grilled Floridor squash, balsamic wilted spinach, basil & nettle pesto, white arugula flower

Dessert:

“Fresh Suzie’s Strawberries & Lemon Verbena” - simple as that!

The meal was amazing! So fresh & flavorful. I am already planning a recreation of that kale salad. And those tacos? Perfection! I know what I’ll be doing with my next bunch of Suzie’s baby broccoli. I absolutely leapt off the bench at the opportunity for seconds! Yum.

It was a truly unique & wonderful experience, & I can’t wait to do it again! Thank you to Abby, Sarah, Suzie’s Farm, & Green Truck for a magical day!

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Wed, 22 May 2013 19:28:52 -0400

alphynix: There’s a trend in paleoart known as...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:41:05 -0400

alphynix:

There’s a trend in paleoart known as “shrink-wrapping”, where dinosaurs and other beasties are drawn as little more than the barest amount of flesh over a skeleton, as if the distant past was entirely populated by bizarrely anorexic wildlife. It was very prevalent in the 90s, although thankfully less so these days.

A recently-released book, All Yesterdays, features some wonderful speculative paleoart, showcasing a few more fanciful and fun depictions of prehistoric life as a reminder that we might still be just as wrong about some of these animals as were the lumbering swamp-monster dinosaurs of the 1950s. It also has a section based around “reconstructing” a few animals of today as they might be seen by a non-human paleontologist in the far future.

And I’ve done something similar here. This is a suitably shrink-wrapped and scalified version of a modern critter — our hypothetical future-scientist only had a skeleton to work from, and no soft-tissue evidence at all for this particular group of animals.

So, let’s have a little interactivity here: what is this thing?

Edit: The answer is here. Thanks for guessing! :D

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Tue, 21 May 2013 23:14:37 -0400

Want!! The green ones are flawless

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:09:46 -0400

Want!! The green ones are flawless

typette: silverpastel: luz-sonriente: Siren Song series by...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:07:32 -0400

typette:

silverpastel:

luz-sonriente:

Siren Song series by Victor Nizovtsev

I FUCKIN LOVE MERMAIDS I JUST WANNA SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS PLEASE LET ME BE ONE OF YOU

ahh I love it, her scales look like pretty coins

I want all of these as prints so I can hang them up in my room