file under Things That Work: propaganda, hands
der-wanderer-uber-dem-nebelmeer:
“Have you ever thought about what hands can do?”
romance comix are th best kind of comix; Afrodisiac’s th most romantic hero of them all
Afrodisiac covers by Jim Rugg
(Source: rah-flores)
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Adam Meuse, author of Sad Animals, Social Insect, and Cross-Eyed
(Source: adammeuse)
“If you hold your cat’s head up to your ear you can hear the ocean on the nearest planet that has an ocean”
self-cleaning
type o positive
pHILIPPINES PEOPLE: NOW’S YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR OWN PERSONAL BLOOD FLOW THROUGH THE VEINS OF A LEGENDARY NATIONAL HERO
Diego Castillo’s dad, author Erwin Castillo is about to undergo a triple bypass and we’d like to ask for your help in the form of blood donations. If you or someone you know is blood type O positive, has no tattoos, history of hepatitis, is at least 111lbs and is willing to donate blood, please head to the Makati Med blood bank ground floor tower II and say it’s for Erwin Castillo in room 618. The operation is scheduled for Tuesday and help is greatly appreciated. Thanks everybody!
Posted July 29, 2012 at 10:42am in Erwin Castillo philippines reblog Filipino literature Pinoys University of Iowa poetry
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If you defer a choice long enough, that is your choice.
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that was from Mister Eden, wasn’t it
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here’s a Tumblr that’s nothing but other people’s pets and their environments:
http://kanutethegreat.tumblr.com
the four elements: earth, water, air, fire hydrant
2006.08.31
thirteen words not found in the english language
number 9 as defined here is identical to goodwill, so here’s a replacement:
gigil (Tagalog): the feeling of wanting very badly to squeeze, pinch, or possibly even bite another person, because that’s how much you love them
1. Waldeinsamkeit (German): the feeling of being alone in the woods
2. Ilunga (Tshiluba, Congo): a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to tolerate it a second time, but never a third time
3. Taarradhin (Arabic): a way of resolving a problem without anyone losing face (not the same as our concept of a compromise – everyone wins)
4. Litost (Czech): a state of torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery
5. Esprit de l’escalier (French): a witty remark that occurs to you too late, literally on the way down the stairs …
6. Meraki (Greek): doing something with soul, creativity, or love
7. Yoko meshi (Japanese): literally ‘a meal eaten sideways’, referring to the peculiar stress induced by speaking a foreign language
8. Duende (Spanish): a climactic show of spirit in a performance or work of art, which might be fulfilled in flamenco dancing, or bull-fighting, etc.
9. Guanxi (Mandarin): in traditional Chinese society, you would build up good guanxi by giving gifts to people, taking them to dinner, or doing them a favour, but you can also use up your gianxi by asking for a favour to be repaid.
10. Pochemuchka (Russian): a person who asks a lot of questions
11. Tingo (Pascuense language of Easter Island): to borrow objects one by one from a neighbour’s house until there is nothing left
12. Radioukacz (Polish): a person who worked as a telegraphist for the resistance movements on the Soviet side of the Iron Curtain
13. Selathirupavar (Tamil): a word used to define a certain type of absence without official leave in face of duty
remedyloame:Comic book readers, New York, 1947. Artist: Ruth Orkin (via Monroe Gallery)
life has not changed that much for me
