Office by Alex Penny
Nothing good will come of this. You have been warned.
So, in the middle of everything today, we ran across a hellaciously distressed momma mallard and a bunch of her baby ducks that had fallen down a sewer grate. Another guy was already trying to fish them out, so my friend and I called animal control before we tried to fish the rest of them out. When Animal Control got there, we had all of them out and the mother duck quacking very happily. I was surprised - none of us got snapped at or hurt. I was even holding onto a bag at one point that had all of them in it and she just watched me.
I love how the duck is perched on the guy’s butt
I’M SO HAPPY
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This man, James Verone, robbed a bank for one dollar. Why only one dollar? Because he knew that in prison he could get the medical care he could not afford with his part time salary as a convenience store clerk. He was approved for food stamps, but they did little to help his finances. Between his back problems, carpel tunnel, and arthritis, he simply couldn’t handle the pain any longer.
On June 9th, he sent a letter to his local paper, the Gaston Gazette, that stated: “When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. this robbery is being committed by me for one dollar. I am of sound mind but not so much sound body.”
He then took a cab to the RBC Bank, and handed the teller a note asking for one dollar and medical attention. He quietly took a seat in the lobby and waited for police to arrive.
Since Verone only stole one dollar, he was only charged with larceny. His bail, which he doesn’t plan to pay is set at $2,000, reduced from the normal $100,000. He’s scheduled to see a doctor this Friday, and hopes to get foot surgery, back surgery and to have a protrusion on his check treated.
To me, this is the perfect example of how disturbingly corrupt and unjust our health care system has become under HMO’s. For this man, or any person for that matter, feels that he needs to be imprisoned just to see a doctor, is ridiculous.
This is exactly what I hate about America. Why is it that you can buy an entire house with money you don’t have, but still can’t apply for health care if you don’t meet the requirements? That’s messed up.
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Gay rights activists: known universally for their awesome signs
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Hirofumi Isoya - Once Night Falls, 2007, fluorescent lamp, chain, insects fly during night, varnish and paint, 350 x 480 x 200 cm
Photo by Kenji Morita
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Today Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, announced a multi-year partnership with Teaching Strategies, the educational company that publishes The Creative Curriculum and Teaching Strategies GOLD.
Learn more at http://sesameworkshop.org/school
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The Earliest Days of NASA
Maria Popova, at Brain Pickings, happened upon a treasure trove of early NASA (and its airplane-only predecessor NACA) archive photos. They are really something. From biplanes to the Mercury capsule, pre-1950 aeronautics seemed to live by the motto of “If we build it, then we can go there.” That’s a sentiment we could use a bit more of.
Yes please!
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#dolphin #pose for #bendyyogis day 9 @fitqueenirene @cheryld126 #pincha #mayurasana #feathered #peacock - dolphin pose is a great prep to get into forearm balances. Here’s a little routine to try to build the core and shoulder strength to hold pincha mayurasana. 1) start of in dolphin pose with your core engaged, and heals rooting towards the floor. Roll over your feet and lower down into dolphin chaturanga or low pushup. You want to roll your shoulders down your back as your reach your chin towards the floor in front of your hands. Keep your core engaged pulling in and up and tailbone tucked under. use your core and shoulders to roll yourself back up into dolphin down dog. Repeat repeat repeat! 2) adter doing the first routine a few times, walk your dolphin dog in as much as you can. Keep your core engaged and pulling in and up, try to get your hips over your shoulders. Keep lifting through your core as you press down through your arms trying to slowly and with control to lift your legs a few inches off the ground. 3) now that your core and shoulders are warmed up, go back into the first position walk one leg on and lift it up. Keep stretching as you lift the second to meet it as you lift up into pincha mayurasana! - @brianmilleryoga- #webstagram
This little company from Kenya makes toys from slippers that wash up on the beach. Pictures by Ben Curtis
How glorious is this?! Upcycling at its finest…
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