Ally Blue's Blog, page 21
November 26, 2012
richardarmitageconfessions:
The premiere, which Richard has...
The premiere, which Richard has been confirmed to be attending, is airing tomorrow at 9:50 pm EST from www.thehobbit.com.
Sooo, I just have to get a last-minute passport, book a last-minute flight to New Zealand, and sweet talk the right person into giving me a ticket. Oh yeah, and explain to my boss that I’m missing work for two days because I’m a ginormous dork. Piece of cake!
November 25, 2012
OMFG THE HOBBIT!!! It’s almost HERE, y’all, DO YOU...
OMFG THE HOBBIT!!! It’s almost HERE, y’all, DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?!?!? **dies**
A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God? How Kentucky is Persecuting Atheists
The law and its sponsor, state representative Tom Riner, have been the subject of controversy since the law first surfaced in 2006, yet the Kentucky state Supreme Court has refused to review its constitutionality, despite clearly violating the First Amendment’s separation of church and state.
Fuck everything about this, and fuck everyone who claims there’s some kind of “war on religion” in the United States.
Signed,
An Atheist.
@_@ What Wil said.
With love,
Another Atheist.
wilwheaton:
fishingboatproceeds:
It’s so very strange to me...
It’s so very strange to me that something my chaplaincy supervisor said to me when I was 22 years old would become a Doctor Who gif with a gajillion notes.
In short, on this Thanksgiving, I am grateful for tumblr.
This. So much this.
November 24, 2012
wilwheaton:
geekandsundry:
Geek Butt of the Day
More like...
Geek Butt of the Day
More like Geek Butt of the Forever.
Forever reblog! Because one can never have too much of Cap’n No-Pants
November 20, 2012
Eat Dessert First: Traditions
So, for Thanksgiving week, we at the Fiction With Friction blog are writing short stories with the theme Eat Dessert First. My contribution is called Traditions and is posted now on the blog. It stars Greg and Adrian from Love, Like Ghosts. The boys are starting the new Mojo Mysteries series next month with Demon Dog, which is pretty harrowing for them, so I figured they needed a break first :)
Here’s a little taste. Click the link to read the rest. Enjoy!
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© Copyright 2012 Ally Blue
The way Greg figured, it was the ghost’s fault he ruined Thanksgiving dinner.
Adrian laughed at that idea like it was the funniest thing ever. The rat. “How do you blame a ghost in Mobile for you forgetting to put the turkey in the oven in Chapel Hill?”
“It’s a haunted gay strip club. I was picturing naked ghost strippers.” Greg used his best death glare when Adrian fell sideways on the sofa, laughing so hard he didn’t even make any noise. “Shut up. It’s not that funny.”
“Yeah, it kind of is.” Adrian sat up, still grinning and wiping tears from his eyes. “You’re the only person I know who gets distracted thinking of naked ghosts.”
“Naked ghost strippers. Get it right.”
November 15, 2012
rowanmcbride:
ravensrandoms:
fag-nificent:
un-toldstories:
tr...
I shit you not, it says “But no trace was ever found”
“I find it very beautiful” HAHAHAHHAHA
“That’ll give everyone a chance to rest. ” wtf?!
“The sensory input is focused by descending activation of inhibitory neurons that co-release glycine and GABA, two CNS inhibitory transmitters.”
OH YEAH NERDY SEX YEAH
From Brian Jacques’ Marlfox:
“Aye, with a good beaker of elderberry wine poured in.”
Basically I’ll be drunk most of the time. ok then
“Well now.”
WTF
“Martha Stolz’s workplace.”
…huh?
“He’ll also bring them game - he and I made a pact about this a year or so ago - and will probably not ask for compensation, but they should thank with some kind of trade, like milk or medicine.”
Huh….sound accuracy.
“I wish you would,” says Prim. She gives me a kiss. “Try and sleep now, all right?”
“He was the young man that Rerebawa had challenged to the club fight over the possession of Rerebawa’s wife’s younger sister.”
“‘Have to decline the kind offer, Honourable Lady,’ Rook said.” (Followed by: “Though for all I probably couldn’t afford it, I’m sure it makes a lovely view.” Yes, he’s talking to a prostitute. Nice timing, Rev Rook & Chess. I blame @hawthornetaylor & @kalenodonnell for this book being nearby.)
“Fresh food is usually cooked quickly in the Korean kitchen, but cooks also use many different techniques, which have evolved over the centuries to extract goodness from other ingredients.”
I…could get down with that.
“Whatever we were feeling inside, outside it was all business.” From Skin Trade by Laurell K Hamilton. Um. Okay o_O
November 12, 2012
"There are the occasions that men—intellectual men, clever men, engaged men—insist on playing devil’s..."
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Melissa McEwan, of course, on the terrible bargain. My life as a woman, as a queer person, as a fat person, is not your thought experiment. (via sanitywatchers)
Fucking this. This. This. This. “Why are you yelling?” BECAUSE IT’S MY LIFE. AND YOUR WAY OF THINKING MAKES ME WONDER IF YOU EVEN SEE ME AS HUMAN.
(via itscandidlycara)
oh GOD i have several friends who do this to me, (not to mention an ex) and it is SO FUCKING FRUSTRATING THAT IS WHY I AM CHAINSMOKING AND CRYING WHILE WE ARGUE
(via methodistcoloringbook)
OH GOD THIS QUOTE IS LIKE ONE OF MY FAVES.
And really this is my issue with dudes who like to “debate” when women are discussing our most raw and hurtful experiences and how we view and interact with the world as a result.
This is why I just immediately blow up most of the time when a dude reblogs a discussion or post I have on my blog about these issues and starts with, “While I see your point…” or “Ok granted, but…”
NO. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. FUCK YOU. STOP IT.
(via face-down-asgard-up)
YES! Yes. Yes. Yes. All of it. I love the men in my life. I do not love random men on the interwebs. I do not want EITHER ONE telling me that my actual experiences as an actual woman are somehow wrong. Guys, your penis does not, in fact, give you magic knowledge of all things. When a woman says that her experience has been a particular way, do not contradict her. Do not tell her how she is confused because of her vagina. STFU and believe EVERY FUCKING WORD SHE SAYS because trust me, buddy, it’s the truth.
Ladies and gentlemen, meet my two boyfriends <3
Ladies and gentlemen, meet my two boyfriends
I cried. This is an incredible human...
I cried. This is an incredible human being.
and now i’m all snotty.
“Six months ago, Taylor [Morris] was serving our nation in Afghanistan. And as a member of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, his job was one of the most dangerous there is: to lead the way through territory littered with hidden explosives; to clear the way for his brothers-in-arms.
On May 3rd, while out on patrol, Taylor stepped on an IED. The blast threw him into the air. And when he hit the ground, Taylor realized that both his legs were gone. And his left arm. And his right hand.
But as Taylor lay there, fully conscious, bleeding to death, he cautioned the medics to wait before rushing his way. He feared another IED was nearby. Taylor’s concern wasn’t for his own life; it was for theirs.
Eventually, they cleared the area. They tended to Taylor’s wounds. They carried him off the battlefield. And days later, Taylor was carried into Walter Reed, where he became only the fifth American treated there to survive the amputation of all four limbs.
Now, Taylor’s recovery has been long. And it has been arduous. And it’s captivated the nation. A few months after the attack, with the help of prosthetics, the love and support of his family, and above all his girlfriend Danielle, who never left his side, Taylor wasn’t just walking again. In a video that went viral, the world watched he and Danielle dance again.
I’ve often said the most humbling part of my job is serving as Commander-in-Chief. And one of the reasons is that, every day, I get to meet heroes. I met Taylor at Walter Reed. And then in July, at the White House, I presented him with the Purple Heart. And right now, hanging on a wall in the West Wing is a photo of that day, a photo of Taylor Morris smiling wide and standing tall.
I should point out that Taylor couldn’t make it here today because he and Danielle are out kayaking. In Taylor we see the best of America—a spirit that says, when we get knocked down, we rise again. When times are tough, we come together. When one of us falters, we lift them up. In this country we take care of our own—especially our veterans who have served so bravely and sacrificed so selflessly in our name. And we carry on, knowing that our best days always lie ahead.”
—President Obama on Veterans Day
