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2013-05-22 01:20:38 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

You can waste a lot of life waiting for somebody to do the right thing.

Why not do the right thing yourself?  Find somewhere else to be, among people you're not waiting for.

2013-05-21 23:43:17 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Today's Google Play Free Song of the Day is Janet Jackson's "All For You" from her 2001 album of the same name.  This is Janet at her Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis freest, most playful and sexy since the early 90s.  

"All For You"
All my girls at the party
Look at that body
Shakin' that thing like you never did see
Got a nice package alright
'Cause I'm gonna have to ride it tonight

All my girls at the party
Look at that body
Shakin' that thing like you never did see
Got a nice package alright
Edit four, three, two, one

It's all for you
If you really want it
It's all for you
If you say you need it
It's all for you
If you gotta have it
It's all for you if you make a move
It's all for you

I see you staring out the cornero... more »

2013-05-21 23:24:34 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

For the bacon fetishists:  Seen at my local music and video store, Bull Moose Music.  

http://www.bullmoose.com/

2013-05-21 23:24:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

How can I pass up a Halfway to Halloween sign at my local music and video store, Bull Moose Music, without picking up a little something?  Got me a used DVD of "War of the Dead" (2011).  Here's a YouTube trailer for it:  War of the Dead New trailer 2012 HD 720p  

I've already seen some zombie Nazis in the Norwegian movie, "Dead Snow" (2009), but how can you pass up any movie with good guys fighting zombie Nazis??

http://www.bullmoose.com/

2013-05-21 14:27:55 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

Ulysses S. Grant had a beard.
Ulysses S. Grant won the Civil War.

Coincidence?
Beardincidence.

2013-05-21 13:46:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

For the last few years, Congress's approval ratings have been dismal. A Gallup poll last month showed only 15 percent of Americans approve of how Congress is doing its job. Seventy-nine percent disapprove. Olympia Snowe is fed up with Congress, too. After 18 years in the U.S. Senate, the Maine Republican called it quits. When she announced she would not seek re-election in 2012, she cited increasingly partisan politics as a major factor. In her new political memoir, she tells how she went from being an orphan at age 9 to a GOP lawmaker known for reaching across the aisle. Her take on what’s wrong with Congress and how to fix it.

2013-05-21 13:29:50 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Enjoy the ride, fellow Googlers.

2013-05-21 12:51:21 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

You have to admire a structure that makes even the oldest Egyptian pyramids seem new in comparison.  Gobekli Tepe's oldest parts are dated as 11,000 years old. 

The oldest pyramid is 4,700 years old, and when humans were visiting and living at that new place we call Gobekli Tepe the Hebrews did not yet exist, nor did their god called Yahweh.  Now, that's old.

But, it still only shows us a snapshot of what was based on the bits that remain for our study and wonder.  Humans (or maybe Neanderthals, our extinct human brother species) were painting cave walls at Cave of El Castillo in present-day Spain 40,000 years ago.  Paintings in France's Chavet Cave are dated at 30,000 years ago, and Lascaux's brilliant and powerful images of Europe's mega-fauna (now mostly extinct) were painted by human hands over 17,000 years ago, when Rome was far off and overtime... more »

2013-05-21 11:36:14 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 17 +1s)

This one I post especially for the #FontAfficianados out there.

#ElephantJokes

2013-05-21 11:28:48 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I caused the Nile mouth to be prepared like a strong wall with warships, galleys and coasters equipped, for they were manned completely from bow to stern with valiant warriors with their weapons. 
Inscription of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu describing his preparations for the invasion of the Sea People into Egypt's Delta region, 1178 BCE.

2013-05-21 12:20:23 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

This week's iTunes Free Single of the Week is Emma Louise's "Boy" from her album, Vs Head vs Heart, which drops today.

"Boy"
You've got sparks
It's not enough and we make time
Speaking sheets
And closed doors to dull out words, whoa

But all you do is lay around 
Spending time
Smoking cigarettes 
Boy you know your heart's so big 
And you could love
Give it all you got
Sitting in clouds of smoke 
Waiting all alone
Why? 
Talking to me on the phone 
When you're feeling low

We made plans
But you don't see them keeping space
And open eyes and empty minds
You're not anywhere, whoa

But all you do is lay around 
Spending time
Smoking cigarettes 
Boy you know your heart's so big 
And you couldlove
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2013-05-21 02:25:08 (4 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

The American Red Cross is the best way to reach out and help Oklahoma City.  You can text $10 too.

"If you want to send a $10 donation to the Disaster Relief fund via text message, you can do so by texting the word REDCROSS to 90999. As in the case with other donations via mobile, the donation will show up on your wireless bill, or be deducted from your balance if you have a prepaid phone. You need to be 18 or older, or have parental permission, to donate this way. (If you change your mind, text the word STOP to 90999.)

Phone: 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767); for Spanish speakers, 1-800-257-7575; for TDD, 1-800-220-4095."

#oklahomacity   #tornado   #helpoklahomacity   #helpokc   #redcross  

2013-05-21 01:20:49 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

OMGOMGOMGOMG...

#arresteddevelopment comes to +Netflix Sunday, May 26th!!!

2013-05-21 01:14:30 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Even if you don't like Country music you owe it to yourself to listen to Keith Urban's style of Country music.  Fortunately, right now you can do that for free.  Google Play's Free Song of the Day is Urban's "'Til Summer Comes Around" from his 2009 album, Defying Gravity.

2013-05-20 23:45:14 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

2013-05-20 22:43:16 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

When you get a moment, check out +William Cain's profile and paintings.  Gorgeous work.  He's either new to Plus or else an even greater Plus underachiever than me.  : )   Give him a circle and start seeing his art in your stream.

2013-05-20 21:54:19 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

I'm sorry that "Happy Endings" got canceled, but on the bright side, everybody attached to that show has now proven their quality and there is no reason not to expect new and interesting things from them.

2013-05-20 11:50:06 (11 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

I'm not sure it's worthwhile to point out that Angelina Jolie "forgot" to mention statistics; she was telling a personal story, not acting as public health commissioner.  

But, using her name and implying that she held out on us will probably put more eyes on the screen.  

The attached opinion pieces remains interesting, though.

The takeaways:
99% of women do not carry the BRCA1 mutation that raises the risk of breast cancer. 
Women should look at family history before getting tested for the mutation. 
Professors of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice want you to know that they do not follow the lives of celebrities. 

2013-05-20 11:16:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

2013-05-20 10:58:10 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

It is a false assertion that sarcasm is justified against the stupid or the rude or the mean-spirited.  Sarcasm just puts one in the same box as the opposition.

There is a difference between sarcasm among friends and sarcasm designed to harm.  But, no matter what, sarcasm is a lower form of communication that arises from a position of weakness in a place of hiding.

It's OK to speak your mind.  You'll get it wrong much of the time.  But, how else would you ever know the difference between what you know and what you need to understand if you never have the courage to speak from a position of authority in a place of authenticity?

When you get it wrong simply say, I got it wrong.  I now understand that (fill in the blank).  No need for fuss or mea culpas.  Grown ups correct on the fly and adjust to new conditions; it's seldomdramat... more »

2013-05-20 09:40:31 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Relationships are super complicated.  Especially when you're trapped in a storage facility with a murderous creature.

Decently made with some quirky characters.  Dragged here and there, mostly a retread of stuff we've seen before.

Netflix blurb:
In this creepy thriller, an emergency power shutdown in London leaves four friends trapped by random circumstances in a cavernous storage facility. Before long, the group realizes that something lethal is inside the darkened warehouse with them. 

2013-05-20 02:04:12 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

This is one of my favorite Brueghels.  I would love to say it's because of its amazing use of narrative in character, tone and color.  But really it's because you just know that when Rocko Red Cap there snags that pie the tray is gonna flip and the rest of the pies are gonna go flying.  Yoiks!

Pieter Brueghel
"The Peasant Wedding" (1567)
Oil on wood

2013-05-20 01:41:17 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

The world, and therefore Plus too, is filled with angry people.  

Unless you raised them, stole their birthday or killed their dog, you did not cause their anger.  Therefore, you are not responsible for their crappy life.  You have no debt to them.

Angry people just want you to feel hurt so they can feel like they suck less in comparison.

Exhaust and confound them by refusing to be part of their sick dance.

Eventually, the really bright ones will come around and decide to let it go and have a nice day.  

2013-05-19 23:40:48 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Nothing like seeing dawn breaking at 30,000 feet to make you fall in love with the planet. 

2013-05-19 23:38:32 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

I've always grown sugar pumpkins for eating, and last year I put in a hill of the Mammoth variety and my neighbors all got a giant pumpkin for their doorsteps.  This year, in addition to sugar and mammoth, I'm trying a test hill of these beauts:  French Pumpkin; aka, Rouge Vif D'etampes; aka, The Cinderella Pumpkin.

I saw of these at last year's Common Ground Fair and determined to try them this year.

The trick is to keep all these varieties well separated.  Pumpkins and squashes readily cross pollinate, and I depend on seeds harvested from the previous year to give me the pumpkins I expect the next year.

2013-05-19 23:06:02 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

❤ Mother & Daughter ❤

2013-05-19 22:29:46 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 9 +1s)

Avocados can improve your health
and help your skin look even better.

Ultra Marathoner Rich Roll has extolled the benefits of avocados as part of a health-improving diet:  “…PlantPower is not fat-free. Nor, in my opinion, should it be. Fat associated with the typical American diet is your enemy. But PlantPower fat, in modest amounts, is your friend. There’s this confusing business of EFAs — the essential fatty acids which must be obtained from food and are crucial to a wide array of bodily functions. And yet many people suffer from a deficiency caused by an imbalance of these crucial fats, which leads to unhealthy skin conditions. Reduce your omega-6 and increase your omega-3 intake.”

A well-rounded diet includes plant-based foods that are high in Omega-3 essential fatty acids, such as avocado! Here's how to slip more omega-3s into your daily diet andhelp yo... more »