• Hauk: You going to kill me now, Snake?
  • Snake: Not now, I'm too tired. Maybe later.

In case anyone doubts me when I say I work way out in the boonies, take a gander at this.

To supplement this, here are a few other salient points:


The gas station is also the town’s restaurant and, since New Year’s when it opened, also the town bar (Ladies night is Tuesday!)
They have no way of knowing how much gas you put in your car from inside the store, so you need to remember the cost and tell them yourself.
While waiting in line to pay today a self-professed former(?) meth head struck up a conversation with me, and when he reached the counter asked if his elderly mother had been in the store (“You’d know here cause she’s only this tall [indicates a very short person] and she’dve asked for help carrying the case of beer out to the truck”)

EDIT: Stupid Tumblr not recognizing orientation from the camera…)

In case anyone doubts me when I say I work way out in the boonies, take a gander at this.

To supplement this, here are a few other salient points:

  • The gas station is also the town’s restaurant and, since New Year’s when it opened, also the town bar (Ladies night is Tuesday!)

  • They have no way of knowing how much gas you put in your car from inside the store, so you need to remember the cost and tell them yourself.

  • While waiting in line to pay today a self-professed former(?) meth head struck up a conversation with me, and when he reached the counter asked if his elderly mother had been in the store (“You’d know here cause she’s only this tall [indicates a very short person] and she’dve asked for help carrying the case of beer out to the truck”)

EDIT: Stupid Tumblr not recognizing orientation from the camera…)

In comments to the ombudsman’s call-in line (202.334.7582), one reader said, “the picture of two guys kissing makes me cringe.” Another called it “ridiculous,” adding: “Put it on page 10 or page four, put it in the paper, but I do not like it right there where I can’t avoid looking at it.

Ombudsman Blog - Readers react to photo of two men kissing

At a paper I worked at not far from D.C., I would field complaints every time we put a picture of a black person on the front page. And I got yelled at when we did a Black History Month story.

The moral, of course, being: Newspaper readers are often reactionary idiots, particularly those who call in to complain. If they’re uncomfortable, that’s a good thing.

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The moral we can draw? Only old people and idiots read the newspaper :)

Who, me? Just wearing my awesome shirt with a complete map of human chromosome 1 on it, no biggie.

Your shirt is invalid.

Who, me? Just wearing my awesome shirt with a complete map of human chromosome 1 on it, no biggie.

Your shirt is invalid.

(via eyeonspringfield)

Bob: Oh Cousin Merle, really!

Cecil: Now, now, you know Cousin Merle ain’t been quite right lately.

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Bob: Oh Cousin Merle, really!

Cecil: Now, now, you know Cousin Merle ain’t been quite right lately.

I’ve got a hot date tonight

I better not have shaved my legs for nothing!

[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]

kellydeal:

The Hold Steady // One for the Cutters // Stay Positive

If you’ve seen “Breaking Away” you know this one’s not about teens with razors.

Also, harpsichord! (A lot of people hate it, I do not).

My favorite song on a fantastic album!