2017
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I promise I’m not trying to pull any kind of reverse psychology. You have better things to do with your precious time. Please do not watch the new trailer for the latest movie adapted from E.L. James’ awful serial-numbers-filed-off Twilight fanfiction about people in an abusive relationship passed off as the height of romance.
Who is fuelling the continued demand for these films? Isn’t one sociopathic billionaire setting the narrative for this country enough?
#AskELJames
what do you hate more?
a) good literature
b) consent
c) women
d) healthy relationships
e) all of the above— emma (@jynerso) June 29, 2015
- Now here’s the kind of content we can get behind and encourage you to click upon: “Science Says Women Have Been Kicking Ass, Gaming for Millennia.” (via Geek.com)
- Orange is the New Black star Diane Guerrero tells the wrenching story of when her parents were deported from the US when she was just 14: “I was 14 years old and came home from school to an empty house – it felt as if all the action in the house had been stopped in a freeze frame. Dinner was on the stove and the car was outside, but the house was silent.” (via Google Cultural Institute)
- Nintendo says that they’re dramatically increasing production of the Super NES Classic Edition due to record demand and the retail fiasco that followed the NES Classic Edition shortfall. Nintendo, all I can say is that my birthday is in March. (via ArsTechnica)
- Leslie Jones makes everything she graces with her presence better, in this case the Cristian Siriano fashion show. (via Refinery29)
- Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade, a sack of rabid weasels in a dress shirt masquerading as a human, questioned if the removal of Confederate statues that celebrate racism and secession wouldn’t lead to 9/11 memorials being taken down. He said this on the 16th anniversary of 9/11. The only thing that needs to be removed today is sack of rabid weasels Brian Kilmeade. (via The Hill)
How was your day today, my non-weasel friends?
(image: Universal)
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I promise I’m not trying to pull any kind of reverse psychology. You have better things to do with your precious time. Please do not watch the new trailer for the latest movie adapted from E.L. James’ awful serial-numbers-filed-off Twilight fanfiction about people in an abusive relationship passed off as the height of romance.
Who is fuelling the continued demand for these films? Isn’t one sociopathic billionaire setting the narrative for this country enough?
#AskELJames
what do you hate more?
a) good literature
b) consent
c) women
d) healthy relationships
e) all of the above— emma (@jynerso) June 29, 2015
- Now here’s the kind of content we can get behind and encourage you to click upon: “Science Says Women Have Been Kicking Ass, Gaming for Millennia.” (via Geek.com)
- Orange is the New Black star Diane Guerrero tells the wrenching story of when her parents were deported from the US when she was just 14: “I was 14 years old and came home from school to an empty house – it felt as if all the action in the house had been stopped in a freeze frame. Dinner was on the stove and the car was outside, but the house was silent.” (via Google Cultural Institute)
- Nintendo says that they’re dramatically increasing production of the Super NES Classic Edition due to record demand and the retail fiasco that followed the NES Classic Edition shortfall. Nintendo, all I can say is that my birthday is in March. (via ArsTechnica)
- Leslie Jones makes everything she graces with her presence better, in this case the Cristian Siriano fashion show. (via Refinery29)
- Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade, a sack of rabid weasels in a dress shirt masquerading as a human, questioned if the removal of Confederate statues that celebrate racism and secession wouldn’t lead to 9/11 memorials being taken down. He said this on the 16th anniversary of 9/11. The only thing that needs to be removed today is sack of rabid weasels Brian Kilmeade. (via The Hill)
How was your day today, my non-weasel friends?
(image: Universal)
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A week ago, I spent a day river floating down the 48-mile Chattahoochee River in metropolitan Atlanta, and wading into the river to learn how fly fishing enthusiasts cast and back cast. Back casting is easier!
(Keri Hilson leads a group down the Chattahoochee River. Image: CatMax Photography/National Park Foundation)
What a fun way to learn about the offerings of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area—established as a result of legislation Rep. Andrew Young introduced and President Jimmy Carter signed into law in 1978.
Nature, the Best Educator
The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area gets more than 3 million visitors every year, putting it in the top 35 of all 417 National Parks in the National Park Service.
(Cedric Talley, Visual Information Specialist at the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. Image: File)
Maybe that’s because of the proximity to urban Atlanta—the river is within the city limits, although you’d never know it by the number of enormous trees on the river banks. I saw a couple of deer during my trip, as well as a blue heron and osprey flying above, but other wildlife also make their appearance—including muskrats, alligators, and the occasional bear.
There’s also tons to do in the park—paddle boating, river floating, kayaking, fishing, horseback riding, and mountain biking, as well as simply hiking or running the 83 miles of trails.
School groups come to the park to get hands-on lessons in nature, wildlife, insects, and the abundant flora. The state of Georgia stocks the river with rainbow trout and striped bass, which survive because of the river bottom’s cool temperatures.
(Raukisha Talley told us about the history of the park. Image: File)
This place is a naturalist’s dream. My son was an avid nature lover when he was little—and this was the kind of park he would have loved visiting. If you’re in or near Atlanta, you must take your kids for a day trip.
Class I Rapids
“People see the river as a real asset,” Bill Cox, superintendent of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, told a group of us in the park’s visitor’s lodge, which is included on the National Register of Historic Places.
(Bill Cox and Hilson. Image: CatMax Photography/National Park Foundation)
The park’s vast 7,000 acres create a serene space for people living in the city. It’s accessible and free, though if you want to fish you need to purchase a permit and license; there’s also a cost to rent paddle boats.
But hiking, walking, or riding your own bike is free—and you still get to commune with nature and de-stress.
I’m glad the rapids were Class I when we floated down the ’Hooch, as locals call it, although water released from the dam causes the river depth to change rapidly—so checking the release schedule is advised.
(The author, ready to wade in the ‘Hooch. Image: )
Keri Hilson, the singer, songwriter, and actress, is an ambassador for the National Park Foundation. She regularly takes advantage of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.
“I’m an outdoorsy girl,” she told me. “Fitness is important to me, so I run in the park.” Being in the park elevates Hilson’s senses and puts her in a meditative mood.
(Image: CatMax Photography/National Park Foundation)
The great news is that you don’t need to live in Atlanta to run in one of the National Parks. With 417 National Park Service areas, chances are good that there’s one near you. As the National Park Service campaign says, Find Your Park!
Acts of betrayals, public declarations of hostilities, the calling of loyal bannermen (bannerfans?), and two famous names in open war against one another? Things have never been worse between House Swift and House Perry, so what better group of people to “sing” Taylor Swift‘s newest single, “Look What You Made Me Do,” than the characters of Game of Thrones>
This video comes from the YouTube user Matthijs Vlot, who stitched together the men and women of the Seven Kingdoms participating in the biggest karaoke event in Westeros history.
We’d say no one’s appearance has changed more than Tyrion’s over the years, but Daario Naharis literally used to be a different person.
If someone in Westeros released a song badmouthing another great house the way Swift and Perry have, they would have slightly bigger concerns than how people responded on social media. By now Katy Perry would have allied with Lord Kanye of House West to try and even the numbers with Swift’s Squad, but it wouldn’t have mattered because Lady Gaga would have had already claimed the Iron Throne while they were fighting one another.
Also, everyone would be dead. But unlike the old Taylor Swift, that wouldn’t be as big a problem if someone called looking for her.
What is dead may never die, so they can still come to the phone.
Yeah, okay, that joke was terrible. Hey! Characters from Game of Thrones singing Taylor Swift, look what you made me do.
Now we’ve got bad blood.
…I’m going to stop now.
What other song would you like to hear the characters on Game of Thrones sing together? Tell us in the comments below.
Images: HBO
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