Tag Archives: Reblogs

New York Streets

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Originally posted on rogerharrisphoto:
Was lucky to get a brief stay in New York last month, and basically just spent 2 days walking the streets of Manhattan with camera in hand, so enjoyable.

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June 10

Horses, Buggies and SSDs

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Posted via Demartek. As the calendar turned to the year 1900, horses were a part of everyday life and a familiar site in both urban and rural settings. The wagon, carriage and buggy business was doing well. Horse-drawn vehicles were common and were the predominant form of personal transportation for people and small amounts of […]

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Uzès Wednesday Market, Southern France

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Originally posted on Cooking in Tongues:
The Uzès Saturday market, Place aux Herbes, is one of the most popular in the South of France, blending great food shopping and dry goods and catering to both locals and tourists in a quaint medieval town. Its little brother, the Wednesday market, focusses on the food, mostly regional…

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Tiananmen Square: “Great Firewall” all but hides the 24th anniversary of China massacre

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via CBS News. It’s still quietly referred to as “the anniversary” here. If you search for the words “Tiananmen Square” on the Internet in China, you likely won’t find anything. Even on Weibo, China’s Twitter equivalent, where Chinese are increasingly turning to speak their minds, there is little mention of Tiananmen. In fact, on social […]

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How University Has Changed My Perception On EVERYTHING

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How University Has Changed My Perception On EVERYTHING.

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Mrs. & Mrs. Smith: How Some Gay Couples Reclaim Old Marriage Traditions

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via The Atlantic. Weeks after same-sex marriage became legal in Maryland, a wedding expo was held in the Tremont hotel in downtown Baltimore. In a pair of packed ballrooms, ABBA was playing—”Take a Chance on Me,” of course—and vendors were vying for this new marital demographic. Beckoning from tables were caterers, DJs, wedding planners, limo […]

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Arcade Dreams

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Originally posted on followthehumming:
Diary date: 29th May, 1985 Galaxian, Pac-Man, Defender, Space Invaders, Track and Field, Star Wars. Worlds of wonder when anything seemed possible. Engrossing, state-of-the-art video games in colourful, custom-made cabinets. Seedy arcades in gloomy rooms with sticky, concrete floors. Tumbling coins landing loudly on silver-metal trays. Piercing, earworm music looping endlessly.…

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Yearbook Photo of Gay High School Couple Takes Internet by Storm

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via HRC Blog.  The photo of Dylan Meehan and Brad Taylor – voted ‘Cutest Couple’ by their senior class – has been shared over 100,000 times in a matter of days, after a supportive friend uploaded it to Tumblr. The original Tumblr post reads: First time in my school history a same sex couple has even been […]

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Things Movies Taught Us

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Originally posted on Thoughts Appear:
Haaaaaave you met Lisa? Lisa is a humor blogger who plays an unconvincing lawyer in real life.  She shouldn’t be allowed around sharp objects, anything breakable, or anything with carbohydrates.  She prefers dogs over most people, and food over most everything. Her blog will make you feel better about your own…

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June 01

Ask A Vet: Is Making Adoptions Free a Moral Dilemma?

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via 7×7.com. Welcome to our weekly ‘Ask a Vet from the SF SPCA‘ feature on 7×7.com. Dr. Jeannine Berger, DVM, DACVB is a board certified veterinary behaviorist who counsels guardians whose pets’ issues are beyond the scope of training. Think of her as a pet shrink…at your service.  Q: You often offer free adoption of cats and dogs. […]

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