The Good, The Bad & The Bizarre August 24, 2016

Photographer H. Lee documents the unique and often unseen world of marijuana farming in the series Grassland.

Kaitlyn Flannagan Photo Essay: A Year Inside the Pot Growing Industry

 

“I came from a business where you’re in a fight all the time, and it’s a physical team thing. I didn’t find that in the normal day-to-day life. Then I saw that being a Soldier would keep me hands-on, active and keep me in that team environment that I craved and needed so much.

Brock Vergakis: Daryn ColledgeHe won a Super Bowl in the NFL. Now he’s training as a Blackhawk mechanic at Fort Eustis.

 

 

Chris Woodyard and Mary Jo Layton Massive price increases on EpiPens raise alarm

 

NEW ORLEANS — The Good Samaritans who rescued hundreds, maybe thousands of people during the “Great Flood of 2016” say they’re not happy after a state lawmaker announced that he wants government to regulate future actions by citizen heroes.

A loosely organized group called the “Cajun Navy,” took it upon themselves to save strangers, hundreds upon hundreds of them, by boat even when their own property was flooding.

Lawmaker wants Cajun Navy to train, pay fee before saving others

 

 

 

Words & Aluminum August 24, 2016

Words That Seem Related, But Aren’t

 

Casey Chan How Aluminum Changed the World

 

The Material That Changed The World

Thanks to the vlogbrothers for sponsoring the above video. Have been following their work for years, it feels great to be supported by my role models!

Thank you to my patreon supporters: Adam Flohr, darth patron, Zoltan Gramantik, Josh Levent, Henning Basma.

Thanks to Dr. Barry O’Brien, from NUI Galway, for helping me with the final drafts of this script!

 

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Videos August 24, 2016

Every Jason Statham Kick. Ever.

 

 

Shorpy August 24, 2016

Washington, D.C. "Girls at Potomac Tidal Basin bathing beach pavilion, 5/28/23." National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Washington, D.C. “Girls at Potomac Tidal Basin bathing beach pavilion, 5/28/23.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

 

August 1923. Washington, D.C. "Dump story." The past is a bucket of ashes. Or a pail of water. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

August 1923. Washington, D.C. “Dump story.” The past is a bucket of ashes. Or a pail of water. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

Images August 24, 2016

 

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Start now, have it done by Christmas!

Start now, have it done by Christmas!

 

 

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Remember Magic

Remember Magic

 

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Perceptions August 24, 2016

“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. When life is bitter, say thank you and grow.”
Shauna Niequist

“There’s a bit of magic in everything and loss to even things out.”
Lou Reed

“I would like to become tolerant without overlooking anything, persecute no one even when all people persecute me; become better without noticing it; become sadder, but enjoy living; become more serene, be happy in others; belong to no one, grow in everyone; love the best, comfort the worst; not even hate myself anymore.”
Elias Canetti, The Human Province

Music August 24, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navy Dream Jobs August 23, 2016

FYI Navy = Never Again Volunteer Yourself

Thank you for your service.

This is what a dream job in the NAVY looks like

Somewhere between inexcusable recklessness and expensive brain-farts. August 23, 2016

BMW

Yep, people just love to drive like dickborks when they come out of a car show and see a row of folks holding cameras. I know this because almost every post we’ve tagged “Cars and Coffee” is somewhere between inexcusable recklessness and expensive brain-farts.

Andrew P Collins Lucky M3 Idiot Leaving Cars and Coffee Is Lucky, Idiot

Jenny Alowa, 25 years of teaching at McLaughlin Youth Center August 23, 2016

She said, “I look at them and say, ‘What can you do for me? Show me what you can do.’ They use labels, because they’ve been labeled so many times. ‘I’m ADD. I’m special ed.’ I said, ‘Nope, you’re not a special ed when you’re in this class.’ They’ve learned to label themselves because society has labeled them. They’re embedded in it. And then they’d say, ‘I can do this?'”

She saw some students go on to success in life. And others she cried over, when she saw them on the evening news having committed terrible crimes a adults.

Charles Wohlforth : How a teacher’s respect for delinquent teens opened their eyes to learning