“Doug, bring me one of everything… No seriously…”
10:30am at Hot Doug’s3324 North California Avenue
Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
from Naumann’s Naturgeschichte der Vögel Mitteleuropas (1905), artist: Peter v. Sengbusch
* It breeds in southern and central Europe, where it is the largest species of bird, and across temperate Asia. European populations are mainly resident, but Asian birds move further south in winter. The male of this huge bird is possibly the heaviest living flying animal, alongside the similarly sized Kori Bustard… (read more: Wikipedia)
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samson’s new fauxhawk made him easily the most fashionable at the 1 p.m. chipotle lunch rush
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samson’s new fauxhawk made him easily the most fashionable at the 1 p.m. chipotle lunch rush
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The idea that the Pope would authorize the use of something as heinous as torture by priests or people working for priests is a pretty astonishing development. Ultimately, the justification that it invokes is the same one anyone uses when they’re using torture for reasons that are not sadistic and that is, in essence: ‘The moral cause that we’re engaged in is too important to settle for half-measures.’ … When you read accounts of torture, you get the unmistakable impression that the people doing the torture or conducting the torture — somewhere inside them, they think they are saving souls.
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| — | Cullen Murphy, on accounts of torturers from the first Inquisition. (via nprfreshair) |
From the newest episode, Bart asking Lisa if she really needs all this Kurt Vonnegut.
Lisa: “They self-reference each other!”
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