home of the brave

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freexcitizen:

1996hondaaccord:

victor-victorian:

enervat:

victor-victorian:

1996hondaaccord:

How to start a fight in any pub in Britain:

Say “chip cob”

what the fuck is a chip cob?

*chip butty

if you put chips in a cob it becomes a butty, everyone knows that

Ok what the fuck is a chip butty?

The wrong name for a chip cob

I am so glad George Washington told y’all to fuck of so I don’t gotta participate in whatever this BS is

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#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #despite never having told the Brits to fuck off I still don’t know what a chip cob/butty is #but that last line is funny anyway #(going to go look up what they’re talking about now)

brin-bellway asked: Magnolia, Tulip, Locust

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tennfan2:

Magnolia: Favorite kind of candy?

Haribo Twin Cherries. They are my unapologetic favorite. That said, I am fascinated by Cherry Mash, which I have never seen in the wild but by all descriptions is everything I like in one package.

Tulip: What kind of cake do I ask for on my birthday?

Ice cream cake with Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. But not that Carvel shit where there’s no cake. (That’s a fine ice cream treat, but is not ice cream cake.) The Baskin-Robbins kind where the ice cream gets all melted into the cake; that’s the stuff.

Locust: what’s your favorite book as a child?

Probably, let’s say, Where the Sidewalk Ends.

That’s a lie. A bald-faced lie. My favorite book was The Book Of Lists, which is exactly what it sounds like. Also I got really into Michael Eisner’s autobiography. I now realize that he tore out the beating heart of Disney Parks and consumed it so it’s not a favorite anymore.

Oh, and the Phantom Tollbooth. But largely because I have always wanted to work in a tollbooth.

And Star Trek novels until my mom realized they had sex in them and those got removed circulation.

Me and fiction, man.

Thanks @brin-bellway, and also @brentrx who sent me Magnolia as well.

Moar, people! Moar!

I thought the whole point of ice cream cake was that it was birthday cake for people who don’t like birthday cake! That’s why I always got Carvel cakes for my birthday back when I lived in America. They don’t sell them in Canada AFAIK, so we started making our own out of ice cream, brownies, often Canadian pseudo-Thin-Mints, and sometimes chocolate whipped cream.

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#food #reply via reblog #did you know the Girl Scouts of Western New York continue cookie sales until early April? #we have carefully planned our next grocery trip to fall on a day they will be selling cookies near where we’re going #soon we shall have *proper* Thin Mints again #maybe if we are very lucky Wegmans or Tops will even sell us Thin Mint ice cream #I have not have Thin Mint ice cream in nine years and I miss it dearly

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iwillbeyourhands:

something i’m curious about: where are you from, and is it normal to see fireflies in the summer?

 

choppye:

Auckland New Zealand and HELL NO

 

macateallthespookings:

my mom lives in NC and during the summer the treeline behind her house lights up with so many fireflies that it looks like flickering stars in a darker part of the night sky

 

iwillbeyourhands:

yeah this is my experience, basically a constant lights show in the summer 

 

timefortigers:

ive never seen a firefly in my life

 

wufflesvetinari:

in suburban michigan you may see a single firefly at night and it will be a Big Deal. if you go to the more wooded areas, you’ll see them flashing on and off regularly (still not that intense though)

 

ladyyatexel:

Everywhere in Pennsylvania. They’re actually our state insect.

 

jewishdragon:

California

No

 

thetransintransgenic:

Some places have fireflies and some places do not and the places that do not are WRONG AND BAD BECAUSE FIREFLIES ARE WONDERFUL AND AMAZING.

Raising a child in a place that does not have Sufficient Fireflies is basically ALMOST AS TERRIBLE as gendering your child, which is very terrible indeed.

(</sarcasm>. Except about the “gendering children is terrible”. And the “fireflies are awesome”. But it’s okay and not abuse if there are no fireflies, I guess. Even though fireflies are awesome.)

 

sinesalvatorem:

I have seen, like, one firefly (or maybe another luminous flying bug?) every few months in the couple Caribbean countries I’ve lived in. It seems to be completely unrelated to seasons there.

I miss New Jersey’s fireflies. I haven’t seen a firefly since I moved to southern Ontario.

(To be fair, I don’t go out at dusk very often here, so it’s possible there’s some around and they’re just less blatant.)

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#reply via reblog #home of the brave #our home and cherished land

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@justice-turtle, saw this and thought of you.

(Sorry about cutting the leftmost bit off. This was on a high shelf (meaning I couldn’t see what I was doing and have a decent camera angle at the same time) and I was in a bit of a hurry.)

(For the curious, this rock is part of a geology exhibit at the Ecotarium museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. I went there in late November while visiting relatives over Thanksgiving weekend.)

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#it’s pretty and local #this took me significantly more than five minutes here in Tuesday #though most of trouble was digging through your blog trying to figure out whether your location was public knowledge #(I couldn’t remember whether you’d limited it to friends-locked posts) #(in which case I ought to maintain the secret) #(but no I found some public posts mentioning it) #oh look an original post #geology #(bonus fun fact: Worcester is pronounced approximately ‘WUH-ster’) #(like ‘Worcestershire sauce’ but without the ‘-shire’) #(the following category tag was added retroactively:) #Happy Valentine’s Day from an aromantic asexual

I’m Officially In The Bay!

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sinesalvatorem:

Well, I’ve been in the Bay for 15 hours, but I didn’t have wifi for most of that time. However, I now have wifi so I can now tell you that I made it!

When I arrived at the airport there were a bunch of people waiting there to meet me. Unfortunately, I have forgotten most of their Tumblr urls in the meantime. I remember @theunitofcaring, @endecision, @ozymandias271, @michaelblume, @luminousalicorn, and @chroniclesofrettik were there. I also remember a bunch of other people by face/voice.

We played a dice farming game, because Kelsey had a bag of 150 dice on her, because Kelsey. Alicorn was the most successful dice tycoon, while most of my dice died of malaria. We then located our cars, while singing the Hamilton soundtrack, and migrated to a sushi restaurant.

Alas, the sushi restaurant was out of sushi. This is apparently a thing that happens. We moved from there to another restaurant where we discussed the morality of Sith lords, the moral relevance of orcs, unprincipled exceptions in politics, and how exciting it was to have acquired an Alison.

Then everyone drifted off to their homes. Kelsey and I went back to her dorm room and cuddled a lot. It was during the cuddles that it really hit me that I had made it. It stopped feeling like a dream. I was safe. I was home.

I slept well last night.

*cheering, also aww-ing*

(By the way, I think you need to update your Tumblr timezone setting. My brain’s timezone-translation subroutine is throwing an exception: Error: Feb 3, 2016 3:21 pm PST has not occurred.)

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#unless of course you are actually writing from four hours in the future #in which case could you ask near-future me if she liked her dinner? #Mom talked Brother into making something new and I’d like to know if I need a backup plan #reply via reblog #home of the brave #(yes yes I’m sure I could do way more with having a contact in the near future) #(not the point)

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boston

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pervocracy:

Coworker: Hey Cliff, how do you spell “Korea?”

Me: K-O-R-E-A.

Coworker: What?  No.  Korea, like a job.  I’m looking for a new korea.

This reminds me of the beefa story.

Girl: I saw a beefa yesterday!

Kid!Mom, who has recently moved to Massachusetts from New Jersey: A beefa?

Girl: Yeah!

Kid!Mom: Is that some kind of cow?

Girl: No, no! A beefa! You know, *sticks out front teeth*

Kid!Mom: …a beaver.

Girl: Yes!

Kid!Mom: You mean a beaver.

Girl: Yes! A beefa!

Kid!Mom: *long sigh* *wonders what the hell her parents have gotten her into*

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#my home away from home #(that is my Massachusetts tag) #language #accents