omgwtf!

You know, there really doesnt tend to be a whole lot of serious treatment of the penis in the art world, and that’s kind of rude. Chicks get all the attention.

Now, personally, I dont think a penis is all that interesting to look at, really. Fun to play with? Absolutely. But as far as staring at the thing, you know, I’ve got to be honest and say it doesnt really thrill me any more than staring at a boob would.

I like artistic nudity but the zero-in focus on a boob or an ass or a toe or what have you isnt really my thing, for the most part.This, though, is a rare exception in that it’s a pretty damn good shot of blatantly casual penis. You just dont see enough casual penis. It is my considered opinion that if there were a lot more casual penis in the world, there would be a lot less tension.

So, in this holiday season, I would like to wish you all the very very best of new years. May you all be healthy, wealthy, and wise, and may your lives overflow with hope, joy, love, and casual penis.

Thanks to Loony for pointing me to that pic. I think he’s trying to tell me something, but I’m going to overlook that in the spirit of the season.

<3

Edit: It would appear that SurfKace at Deviant Art took down this original from his gallery, so I’ve changed the link just to go to his page instead of the original link, which went to this specific photo. A shame, ’cause I still think it’s a really good artistic nude shot. Maybe I’ll email him and ask him why he took it down, but in the meantime I didnt want to leave a broken link on the image. Moo!

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Stupid people abound.

Sometimes I despair of ever again being able to just be in the world. People are so incredibly, noxiously, belligerently ignorant and proud of it that I find myself wanting to brick total strangers in the face just because the likelihood that they are really, really, insufferably stupid is immense and the last thing we need is another idiot. Especially one of voting age.

Right now, though, I’d like to make a small PSA:

There is no such word as “real-a-tor,” people. There is only ONE A in that word. There are two syllables: real-tor. That’s why it’s spelled “realtor” and not “realator.”

It drives me crazy that people say it like that in the first place, but goddamn it, when youre actually SPEAKING to a realtor and he’s PRONOUNCING IT realtor and you insistently and continuously pronounce it “real-a-tor,” then you are being hopelessly, persistently stupid, and have shown your abundant lack of ability to learn things that are prominently displayed right in front of your face and therefore you should be disposed of in a horrifyingly embarassing and public death, a la Darwin.

How can you miss this when the guy is saying the same word to you over and over again? How do you keep getting this wrong? Do you want to be stupid? Is it some kind of badge of honour that you remain stupid in the face of all enlightenment? Are you proud of being a complete and utter imbecile, unable to learn even the smallest thing? It’s just like all those fuckwits on WoW that somehow cannot spell “rogue” even when they play one for 60 fucking levels, and then get mad at you when you correct them.

Click the link. There’s a free .wav file showing you how to pronounce it. Realtor. Realtor. Realtor. You fucking MORON.

Merry Christmas.

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Ladies and gentlemen, Soul Brother Number One has left the building.

Thanks for one hell of a ride, Mr. Brown. There are no words to express how deeply you will be missed, how indelibly your impression has sunk into the world of music.

It has, at least from a musical standpoint, been an honour, sir.

James Brown - Google News

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This is almost unbearably sad.

Although the Chinese river dolphin is 20 million years old, we only discovered their existence 80 years ago. They were immediately labeled the most endangered dolphin in the world. From that time till now, all we have done is argue and bicker about how best to save them. We have failed miserably at saving them, and the pollution that drove them to extinction has continued and increased unabated.

Twenty million years lost. All because we dont know how to behave.

My heart is breaking for this race.

The Baiji Yangtze Dolphin is functionally extinct
China’s White Dolphin called extinct after 20 million years

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Ginger Rat died tonight, about two hours ago. Only 15 months old, he developed a pituitary tumour, a very odd ailment for a very young male rat to encounter. Pituitary tumours are fatal 100% of the time.

He began showing symptoms two months ago, and the only thing I could do was keep him clean and comfortable and hope that the prednisone, a steroid which helps to keep the tumour at bay for a while, would last long enough to give him a few more months of life. It wasn’t much, but it gave him some extra time.

I knew when I realized he had the tumour that he was not going to be with me for long, and I gave him the best care I could. Yesterday, he began showing signs of pain. Tonight his pain increased. At 8.30 this evening his pain seemed quite bad and I made the decision to give him some pain medication and an antibiotic. If his pain did not abate by midnight, I was going to help him slip away. I spent a few minutes comforting him and then, as he was quite fitful, I put him gently back in his cage and stepped away for five minutes. When I got back, Ginger was gone. I only wish I could have been there to hold him.

I hope he knows how much I loved him and how hard I tried to give him more time, and give him anything he could have wished for during the very brief months we spent together.

Good night, Ginger, my little love. You got a raw deal. I hope that I was able to make you comfortable.

It’s been a hard autumn for my boys.

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SANTIAGO, Chile: It had been 18 months since Gen. Augusto Pinochet reluctantly stepped down from the presidency and Chileans were just beginning to unearth brutal secrets of his 1973-90 dictatorship.

In a bleak corner of Santiago’s sprawling General Cemetery known as Patio 29, workers were digging up the unmarked graves of more than 100 people who had been secretly buried in the weeks following his 1973 coup.

Tearful relatives of the “disappeared” gathered to watch the digging, hoping to find evidence of their loved ones.

But the former dictator was unmoved. A powerful, feared figure in Chile for years after the return of democracy, Pinochet left his army headquarters surrounded by his usual squad of bodyguards and was asked by reporters what he thought of the discovery that some of the coffins held two bodies each.

“A good cemetery space-saving measure,” the general replied with a grin.

The quip caused an uproar. Reprimanded by his civilian successor, Patricio Alwyin, the general acknowledged that his words were “probably unfortunate.”

It was the closest to an apology that Pinochet’s victims would ever get.

There are actually people who mourn this man’s passing, and weep for his loss.

Pinochet: implacable toward his enemies and unrepentant to the end - Americas - International Herald Tribune

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Not bad for a dictator who killed more than 3,000 people for his own political gain, eh? Died a wealthy man, in a hospital, receiving the best of medical care, surrounded by his family, at the ripe age of 91, and never had to pay for one single atrocity he committed.

Apparently the families of the desaparecidos have paid enough and to spare for what this man did. One tiny, meaningless statement, made from his deathbed, accepting only political responsibility of the heinous acts he perpetrated during his life does not excuse him. Rather, it serves to highlight how evil this man was, right to the end.

If there is a Hell, I hope he roasts eternally in its flames.

Former Chilean dictator Pinochet dies at 91 - CNN.com

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My mother died 25 years ago today.

A quarter century has gone by since I last held her hand in mine, since I last looked on her face, since I last heard the sound of her voice.

I don’t have the ability to express how I feel about that.

I sure have missed her, though.

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