It's Friday! The final Friday in November! Where did the year go? Seriously, where did it go!?
Because we're traveling this week, and my schedule has been disrupted in ways in addition to the traveling, et cetera, this week's links are a little shorter than usual.
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
That Girl Who Dies: Fridging, Feminism, Writerly and Readerly Doublethink, and Spoilers for Unmade (and oddly.. Little Women and Narnia…). And it't not what you think... well, it's partly what you think but... oh, it's so complicated!
First published a couple years ago, but worth a read: No, you’re not entitled to your opinion.
The Secret Life of Passwords: We despise them – yet we imbue them with our hopes and dreams, our dearest memories, our deepest meanings. It is a beautiful article, illustrated with beautiful animated graphics, and definitely worth your time.
Retina OSX on the Original Macintosh. Very cute!
Compassion is painful. That’s how you know it’s working.
Bob McCulloch Is A Lying, Slimy, Arrogant Tool Who Gave A Masterful PR Performance.
2,000-Year-Old Mosaics Uncovered In Turkey Before Being Lost To Flooding.
The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) Loses, Again, In Appeal Trying To Intervene In Oregon’s Marriage Case (where marriage equality has existed for six months).
Philae: The bouncing baby space probe that gave itself another chance.
Good Police vs Bad Police. A friend said this much better than I could.
Why I Want Pope Francis to Write the Requiem for Gabriel Fernandez, the Boy Slaughtered by His Parents for Appearing Gay.
Readers Push Lucie's Place Fundraiser Past Its Goal. So, because the Duggars donated $10,000 to the campaign to stop a gay rights bill in Arkansas, recorded a nasty robo-call about it, and have been drumming up hysteria at anti-gay rallies, one blogger begged his readers to make a small donation to a homeless youth center that tries to make a safe place for LGBT kids, and other bloggers amplified the signal. In less than 24 hours more than $20,000 was donated to Lucie's Place. So let me take this moment to urge you, whereever you are, to donate some money to a local youth homeless shelter, such as such as Lucie's Place (luciesplace.org), the Ali Forney Center (aliforneycenter.org) or YouthCare (youthcare.org).
How could they? How could we?.
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!
Just Dance 2015 - Xmas Tree - Bollywood Santa - 5 Stars (Thanks{?} to Shockwave for the link):
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Pastor Manning Discusses Semen (parody... sort of):
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How to Talk To Your Kids About Gay Country Musicians:
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Frente! - Bizarre Love Triangle:
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Best Snow News Bloopers EVER:
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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - GAGARIN (the grooviest music video of the year):
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Friday, November 28, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Friday Links (Velvet Morning Edition)!
It's Friday! The fourth Friday in November! The year is running out fast.
This week... I don't want to talk about this week. You don't want to read my whining or griping about this week.
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
No Offense to Laura Ingalls Wilder.
A Dad Received Messages Of Support From Strangers After Accidentally Discovering His Son Was Gay. And then he explains how things went after...
Does Religion Cause More Harm than Good? Brits Say Yes. Here’s Why They May be Right. You can strike the word "may" from the headline...
Former "reparative therapy" leader John Smid marries same-sex partner.
Amazingly Detailed New Maps of Asteroid Vesta.
NOM CRATERS: Funding for Anti-LGBT National Organization For Marriage Drops by Over 50%. (And this is a big drop from last year's big drop which was a dig drop from the year before...)
New subatomic particles predicted by Canadians found at CERN.
Photos: Incredible Near-Complete Stegosaurus Skeleton.
Mongoose Lookouts Carefully Weigh Risks (and Sing While They Do It).
Totally Insane! Buffalo Suburbs May Have Set a Record for 24-Hour Snowfall in a Populated Area.
Woman opens professional cuddling shop – gets 10,000 customers in first week.
STUDY FINDS STRAIGHT PEOPLE - AND EVEN MANY GAYS - ARE STILL ALARMINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SAME-SEX PDA.
This is why the iPhone 6 didn’t get a sapphire screen.
US Supreme Court refuses to block SC gay marriages.
Wingers Go Gandhi. Sort of.
WATCH URSULA K. LE GUIN’S AMAZING NBA ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
Alas, it wasn't all good news: Lemony Snicket Makes Series of Racist Jokes at National Book Awards.
13-Year-Old Comes Out To Best “Bro” On Instant Messenger, Melts The Internet’s Heart.
'Darwin's Dilemma' May Finally Have Been Resolved.
For the Public Good: The Shameful History of Forced Sterilization in the U.S.
Why 'Kidnapped For Christ' Is The Most Faithful Film Of The Year.
Transgender Women In Ohio Are At The Heart Of A National Crisis.
A Texas Dad Remembers His Daughter on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
This bizarre drone decomposes upon impact.
New Kirk Cameron Movie, 'Saving Christmas,' Finishes In 15th Place During First Weekend Of Release. So don't believe those headlines at Breitbart or on Fox...
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!
Playtime with Pup 681:
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Doctor Who Christmas Special Preview - BBC Children in Need 2014:
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[HOONIGAN] KEN BLOCK'S GYMKHANA SEVEN: WILD IN THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES (the fact that I enjoyed watching is so much is probably a symptom of testosterone poisoning... just sayin'):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. And thanks to Cornwuff for the link!)
WATCH: University of Nottingham hockey team strip off against homophobia:
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Motown legend Jimmy Ruffin, whose 1980 smash Hold On To My Love helped usher out an era of gay nightlife, has died at the age of 78: Jimmy Ruffin – Hold On To My Love (Studio, Top Of The Pops):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. Of course, you need to hear the Robbie Leslie Disconet remix at least once)
Alison Goldfrapp & John Grant ARE the new Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood! "Some Velvet Morning" 18/11/14:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. If you aren't aware of the bizarre single from 1967, this will make no sense to you.)
This week... I don't want to talk about this week. You don't want to read my whining or griping about this week.
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
No Offense to Laura Ingalls Wilder.
A Dad Received Messages Of Support From Strangers After Accidentally Discovering His Son Was Gay. And then he explains how things went after...
Does Religion Cause More Harm than Good? Brits Say Yes. Here’s Why They May be Right. You can strike the word "may" from the headline...
Former "reparative therapy" leader John Smid marries same-sex partner.
Amazingly Detailed New Maps of Asteroid Vesta.
NOM CRATERS: Funding for Anti-LGBT National Organization For Marriage Drops by Over 50%. (And this is a big drop from last year's big drop which was a dig drop from the year before...)
New subatomic particles predicted by Canadians found at CERN.
Photos: Incredible Near-Complete Stegosaurus Skeleton.
Mongoose Lookouts Carefully Weigh Risks (and Sing While They Do It).
Totally Insane! Buffalo Suburbs May Have Set a Record for 24-Hour Snowfall in a Populated Area.
Woman opens professional cuddling shop – gets 10,000 customers in first week.
STUDY FINDS STRAIGHT PEOPLE - AND EVEN MANY GAYS - ARE STILL ALARMINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SAME-SEX PDA.
This is why the iPhone 6 didn’t get a sapphire screen.
US Supreme Court refuses to block SC gay marriages.
Wingers Go Gandhi. Sort of.
WATCH URSULA K. LE GUIN’S AMAZING NBA ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
Alas, it wasn't all good news: Lemony Snicket Makes Series of Racist Jokes at National Book Awards.
13-Year-Old Comes Out To Best “Bro” On Instant Messenger, Melts The Internet’s Heart.
'Darwin's Dilemma' May Finally Have Been Resolved.
For the Public Good: The Shameful History of Forced Sterilization in the U.S.
Why 'Kidnapped For Christ' Is The Most Faithful Film Of The Year.
Transgender Women In Ohio Are At The Heart Of A National Crisis.
A Texas Dad Remembers His Daughter on the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
This bizarre drone decomposes upon impact.
New Kirk Cameron Movie, 'Saving Christmas,' Finishes In 15th Place During First Weekend Of Release. So don't believe those headlines at Breitbart or on Fox...
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!
Playtime with Pup 681:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Doctor Who Christmas Special Preview - BBC Children in Need 2014:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
[HOONIGAN] KEN BLOCK'S GYMKHANA SEVEN: WILD IN THE STREETS OF LOS ANGELES (the fact that I enjoyed watching is so much is probably a symptom of testosterone poisoning... just sayin'):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. And thanks to Cornwuff for the link!)
WATCH: University of Nottingham hockey team strip off against homophobia:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Motown legend Jimmy Ruffin, whose 1980 smash Hold On To My Love helped usher out an era of gay nightlife, has died at the age of 78: Jimmy Ruffin – Hold On To My Love (Studio, Top Of The Pops):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. Of course, you need to hear the Robbie Leslie Disconet remix at least once)
Alison Goldfrapp & John Grant ARE the new Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood! "Some Velvet Morning" 18/11/14:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here. If you aren't aware of the bizarre single from 1967, this will make no sense to you.)
Friday, November 14, 2014
Friday Links (comet landing edition)!
It's Friday! The second Friday in November (even though tomorrow is the third Saturday, ooooooooooo)! The year is running out fast.
Last week I was worried about rain and flooding. This week, late-December/January type temperatures arrived a little early. One day my Seahawks stocking cap was too warm to keep on during the bus, the next day I was very, very glad that I'd put in the winter lining in the coat that morning, and wishing I had dug the scarf and gloves out of the bottom of the backpack before leaving the house. Weird!
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-computing: Networks Without Networks. This is a really beautiful piece that appears, at first glance, to be about computer nostalgia, and at second, to be about a relationship with an old friend who has passed, but while it covers both of those things, they aren't want it's about. It's definitely worth reading the whole thing.
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages: The idea that intersexed bodies are “birth defects” is perpetuated by a lack of familiarity with intersexuality. But it wasn’t always this way. Name checks for both the greek god Hermophroditus and Hedwig and the Angry Inch...
10 Misconceptions Every Trans Ally Needs to Understand.
Breitbart Issues Best Correction Since Forever.
“It’s symbolic annihilation of history, and it’s done for a purpose. It really enforces white supremacy”: Edward Baptist on the lies we tell about slavery.
Comedy doesn't belong to the a**holes anymore.
My Lesbian Mom Died Terrified of Going to Hell.
Mind-Blowing Fossil Preserves Tiny Horse Carrying Unborn Foal.
View of Comet from Lander During Descent. In case you haven't already seen...
Mars and the Mind of Man: Carl Sagan, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke in Cosmic Conversation, 1971.
Pregnant Snake Prepares For Motherhood By Eating Toxic Toads.
How Animals Hacked The Rainbow And Got Stumped On Blue.
Imported Glass in Japanese Tomb Identified.
He's Smart Enough to Land a Drone on a Comet, But the Naked-Lady Shirt?
Fascinating comparison of the top 10 causes of death in 1900 and 2010.
The truth about the dungeon master who disappeared in the steam tunnels.
Leonard Matlovich: The Gay Military Hero You've Probably Never Heard Of.
Rachel Maddow trolls anti-science Tea Party school board members in the best way possible.
Gay vets reach milestone in Boston, still struggle nationally.
My Last Words to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Tomas Young, an Iraq war vet turned anti-war activist, passed away this week in Seattle at the age of 34. Tomas enlisted in the Army just two days after the 9/11 attacks. Following his training at Ft. Hood, Texas he was deployed to Iraq and paralyzed after being shot through his spinal cord just five days into his first tour.
Controversial Texas Restaurant Becoming A ‘Highly Rated’ Gay Bar. This is a story from earlier in the year, but a friend sent me the link, this snippet: "She say she would never broadcast her personal life in public. 'As one who has been married for 45 years to my husband, I don't think that it's my role to stand in the street corner and start talking about the style of private life my husband and I have.'", and then this translation: "I would never broadcast my heterosexual personal life in public. I would never tell everyone how I have been heterosexually married for 45 heterosexual years to my heterosexual husband heterosexually." And I had to share.
Carol Ann Susi, ‘Big Bang Theory’s Mrs. Wolowitz, Dead. (I'm old enough to remember her as Miss Marmelstein on the old Kolchak: the Nightstalker series...)
10 Times Mrs. Wolowitz Was The Best Part Of 'The Big Bang Theory'.
Queer Geeks Unite At Bent-Con 2014: COSPLAY PHOTOS.
Writing, writing, don't stop!.
Not forgotten.
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!
I Am Not - Brett Gleason (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Chicago zoo welcomes adorable rescued otter pup:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
[MUSIC VIDEO] "Darkest Magic" (Lo Pan feat. Jack Burton) by SuperVillains:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
xkdc live streamed the landing in cartoon, then animated it:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Last week I was worried about rain and flooding. This week, late-December/January type temperatures arrived a little early. One day my Seahawks stocking cap was too warm to keep on during the bus, the next day I was very, very glad that I'd put in the winter lining in the coat that morning, and wishing I had dug the scarf and gloves out of the bottom of the backpack before leaving the house. Weird!
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
The Sixth Stage of Grief Is Retro-computing: Networks Without Networks. This is a really beautiful piece that appears, at first glance, to be about computer nostalgia, and at second, to be about a relationship with an old friend who has passed, but while it covers both of those things, they aren't want it's about. It's definitely worth reading the whole thing.
Intersexuality and God Through the Ages: The idea that intersexed bodies are “birth defects” is perpetuated by a lack of familiarity with intersexuality. But it wasn’t always this way. Name checks for both the greek god Hermophroditus and Hedwig and the Angry Inch...
10 Misconceptions Every Trans Ally Needs to Understand.
Breitbart Issues Best Correction Since Forever.
“It’s symbolic annihilation of history, and it’s done for a purpose. It really enforces white supremacy”: Edward Baptist on the lies we tell about slavery.
Comedy doesn't belong to the a**holes anymore.
My Lesbian Mom Died Terrified of Going to Hell.
Mind-Blowing Fossil Preserves Tiny Horse Carrying Unborn Foal.
View of Comet from Lander During Descent. In case you haven't already seen...
Mars and the Mind of Man: Carl Sagan, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke in Cosmic Conversation, 1971.
Pregnant Snake Prepares For Motherhood By Eating Toxic Toads.
How Animals Hacked The Rainbow And Got Stumped On Blue.
Imported Glass in Japanese Tomb Identified.
He's Smart Enough to Land a Drone on a Comet, But the Naked-Lady Shirt?
Fascinating comparison of the top 10 causes of death in 1900 and 2010.
The truth about the dungeon master who disappeared in the steam tunnels.
Leonard Matlovich: The Gay Military Hero You've Probably Never Heard Of.
Rachel Maddow trolls anti-science Tea Party school board members in the best way possible.
Gay vets reach milestone in Boston, still struggle nationally.
My Last Words to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Tomas Young, an Iraq war vet turned anti-war activist, passed away this week in Seattle at the age of 34. Tomas enlisted in the Army just two days after the 9/11 attacks. Following his training at Ft. Hood, Texas he was deployed to Iraq and paralyzed after being shot through his spinal cord just five days into his first tour.
Controversial Texas Restaurant Becoming A ‘Highly Rated’ Gay Bar. This is a story from earlier in the year, but a friend sent me the link, this snippet: "She say she would never broadcast her personal life in public. 'As one who has been married for 45 years to my husband, I don't think that it's my role to stand in the street corner and start talking about the style of private life my husband and I have.'", and then this translation: "I would never broadcast my heterosexual personal life in public. I would never tell everyone how I have been heterosexually married for 45 heterosexual years to my heterosexual husband heterosexually." And I had to share.
Carol Ann Susi, ‘Big Bang Theory’s Mrs. Wolowitz, Dead. (I'm old enough to remember her as Miss Marmelstein on the old Kolchak: the Nightstalker series...)
10 Times Mrs. Wolowitz Was The Best Part Of 'The Big Bang Theory'.
Queer Geeks Unite At Bent-Con 2014: COSPLAY PHOTOS.
Writing, writing, don't stop!.
Not forgotten.
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!
I Am Not - Brett Gleason (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Chicago zoo welcomes adorable rescued otter pup:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
[MUSIC VIDEO] "Darkest Magic" (Lo Pan feat. Jack Burton) by SuperVillains:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
xkdc live streamed the landing in cartoon, then animated it:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, November 7, 2014
Friday Links!
It's Friday! The first Friday in November! The year is running out fast.
November is usually the wettest month of the year in Seattle. Last month was one of the wettest Octobers on record, and we've had a lot of rain this week, so I'm starting to worry this is going to be a year we got a lot of urban flooding, again. At least my current car is much higher off the ground than the old Ford Escort hatchback I was in the year I got caught in a flash flood near downtown...
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
My Uncle Was Gay, and I Want to Tell the World. A very sweet post that made me tear up more than a little.
Why I Love Halloween -- Now More Than Ever. I bawled my eyes out...
The Day Jesus Redefined Marriage.
What is love?
Why “ethical journalism” is still actually about sexism.
THREE LESSONS FROM THE MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS FOR LGBT EQUALITY?.
SIXTH CIRCUIT LETS GAY MARRIAGE BANS STAND IN OH, MI, TN, AND KY: LEGAL ANALYSIS, PART 1. Eventually a circuit court was going to back this ruling, forcing the Supremes to be less passive-aggressive about this issue.
JUDGE MARTHA DAUGHTREY RIPS COLLEAGUES IN STINGING DISSENT OF 6TH CIRCUIT MARRIAGE RULING.
NY Pastor Thinks Starbucks' Secret Ingredient Is The 'Semen of Sodomites'. Pastor Manning from Atlah Church is at it again... once more obsessing over sexual topics involving gay men. I wonder why?
Marriage is about love.
Pro Strongman Rob Kearney Comes Out as Gay.
Hollaback and Why Everyone Needs Better Research Methods-And Why All Data Needs Theory.
'Car Talk' Co-Host Tom Magliozzi Dies At 77.
Sherlock Holmes belongs to us all: Supreme Court declines to hear case.
New Clock May End Time As We Know It. When you build a clock so precise, that it can detect the time dilate from moving it up or down a few feet in the Earth's gravitational field...
Students disqualified for helping girl finish race.
Why conservative Christians would have hated Jesus.
He’s Glad You Asked.
The world’s largest butterfly is now also one of the most endangered.
Antigay Haters Reserve the Right to Discriminate Against Homosexuals on the Down Low.
#DudesGreetingDudes Hilariously Proves Catcalling Isn’t ‘Just A Compliment’.
Language Nerd.
Dan Savage on those reality-show starring, anti-gay law supporting super fundies and why it's okay for us to talk about their messed up sexual decisions. (You won't guess that from the NSFW title of the article)
Colorado elects Obama exorcist who wants to spank transgender children.
Random Observations on a Reaming: That'll Teach That Negro to Be President.
Dallas adds LGBT protections to city constitution in landslide vote.
Why is Firefox tweeting Gamergate nonsense?
The Absurdity of the 2014 Midterm Elections, in One Perfect Tweet.
Starstruck: half of universe's stars are orphans with no galaxy.
SO THEY BURNED ALEX SALMOND IN MY HOMETOWN TONIGHT.
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!
The Necronomicon:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Benny - Little Game (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
November is usually the wettest month of the year in Seattle. Last month was one of the wettest Octobers on record, and we've had a lot of rain this week, so I'm starting to worry this is going to be a year we got a lot of urban flooding, again. At least my current car is much higher off the ground than the old Ford Escort hatchback I was in the year I got caught in a flash flood near downtown...
Anyway, here is a collection of news and other things that I ran across over the course of the week which struck me as worthy of being shared:
My Uncle Was Gay, and I Want to Tell the World. A very sweet post that made me tear up more than a little.
Why I Love Halloween -- Now More Than Ever. I bawled my eyes out...
The Day Jesus Redefined Marriage.
What is love?
Why “ethical journalism” is still actually about sexism.
THREE LESSONS FROM THE MIDTERM ELECTION RESULTS FOR LGBT EQUALITY?.
SIXTH CIRCUIT LETS GAY MARRIAGE BANS STAND IN OH, MI, TN, AND KY: LEGAL ANALYSIS, PART 1. Eventually a circuit court was going to back this ruling, forcing the Supremes to be less passive-aggressive about this issue.
JUDGE MARTHA DAUGHTREY RIPS COLLEAGUES IN STINGING DISSENT OF 6TH CIRCUIT MARRIAGE RULING.
NY Pastor Thinks Starbucks' Secret Ingredient Is The 'Semen of Sodomites'. Pastor Manning from Atlah Church is at it again... once more obsessing over sexual topics involving gay men. I wonder why?
Marriage is about love.
Pro Strongman Rob Kearney Comes Out as Gay.
Hollaback and Why Everyone Needs Better Research Methods-And Why All Data Needs Theory.
'Car Talk' Co-Host Tom Magliozzi Dies At 77.
Sherlock Holmes belongs to us all: Supreme Court declines to hear case.
New Clock May End Time As We Know It. When you build a clock so precise, that it can detect the time dilate from moving it up or down a few feet in the Earth's gravitational field...
Students disqualified for helping girl finish race.
Why conservative Christians would have hated Jesus.
He’s Glad You Asked.
The world’s largest butterfly is now also one of the most endangered.
Antigay Haters Reserve the Right to Discriminate Against Homosexuals on the Down Low.
#DudesGreetingDudes Hilariously Proves Catcalling Isn’t ‘Just A Compliment’.
Language Nerd.
Dan Savage on those reality-show starring, anti-gay law supporting super fundies and why it's okay for us to talk about their messed up sexual decisions. (You won't guess that from the NSFW title of the article)
Colorado elects Obama exorcist who wants to spank transgender children.
Random Observations on a Reaming: That'll Teach That Negro to Be President.
Dallas adds LGBT protections to city constitution in landslide vote.
Why is Firefox tweeting Gamergate nonsense?
The Absurdity of the 2014 Midterm Elections, in One Perfect Tweet.
Starstruck: half of universe's stars are orphans with no galaxy.
SO THEY BURNED ALEX SALMOND IN MY HOMETOWN TONIGHT.
Are you participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)? Let's be writing buddies!
The Necronomicon:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Benny - Little Game (Official Video):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
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