Suffering Fools Badly

My niece forgot her headband, and I think it looks pretty good...

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:59:00 -0400

My niece forgot her headband, and I think it looks pretty good on me.

My brother’s rehearsal dinner was at Gino’s East....

Sat, 11 May 2013 01:32:14 -0400

My brother’s rehearsal dinner was at Gino’s East. The combination of an overly flirtaticious server and far too much deep dish pizza left me in a state of being I can only express via this gif.

excitablehonky: Vince Lombardi accepted gay players on his...

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:07:11 -0400

excitablehonky:

Vince Lombardi accepted gay players on his team:

In 1969, Lombardi’s Redskins included a running back named RayMcDonald, who in 1968 had been arrested for having sex with another man in public. In the Lombardi biography When Pride Still Mattered, author David Maraniss writes that Lombardi told his assistants he wanted them to work with McDonald to help him make the team, “And if I hear one of you people make reference to his manhood, you’ll be out of here before your ass hits the ground.”

Lombardi’s daughter Susan told Ian O’Connor of ESPNNewYork.com that her father would have been thrilled to have a player like Jason Collins, the NBA center who publicly revealed this week that he is gay.

“My father was way ahead of his time,” Susan Lombardi said. “He was discriminated against as a dark-skinned Italian American when he was younger, when he felt he was passed up for coaching jobs that he deserved. He felt the pain of discrimination, and so he raised his family to accept everybody, no matter what color they were or whatever their sexual orientation was. I think it’s great what Jason Collins did, because it’s going to open a lot of doors for people. Without a doubt my father would’ve embraced him, and would’ve been very proud of him for coming out.”

Dave Kopay, the first former NFL player to come out, also played on those 1969 Redskins, and he says that while he never told Lombardi, he believes Lombardi knew not only that Kopay was gay, but that Kopay and another Redskins player, Jerry Smith, were in a romantic relationship.

“Lombardi protected and loved Jerry,” Kopay told O’Connor.

Lombardi’s brother Harold was gay, and when Harold died in July of 2011 he wassurvived by his partner of 41 years — meaning their relationship began just before Vince died in September of 1970. As noted by Doug Farrar of Yahoo! Sports, Vince knew Harold was gay and didn’t just believe in “tolerance” but believed strongly that discrimination against gay people was wrong, just as he was angered when he saw mistreatment of his black players, or discrimination against his fellow Italian-Americans.

If a coach who was considered old-fashioned even by the standards of the 1960s accepted gay players in his locker room, the idea that gay players couldn’t be accepted in an NFL locker room in 2013 is both silly and sad.

I’m 5’8” and a good 3 and half feet of that is...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:24:00 -0400

I’m 5’8” and a good 3 and half feet of that is my head alone. I need a haircut that will make my head slimmer

It’s too beautiful outside, so I’m taking a break...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:07:03 -0400

It’s too beautiful outside, so I’m taking a break along the river

Chicago Thaws Into Spring

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:12:00 -0400

Chicago Thaws Into Spring

Milo Manara - Storia dell’Umanità

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 18:42:06 -0400

Milo Manara - Storia dell’Umanità

So I saw a picture of one of the marathon bomber’s autopsy...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:55:00 -0400

So I saw a picture of one of the marathon bomber’s autopsy and passed out immediately. I eventually woke up with a rather sore cheek. It’s not like I don’t have my brother’s wedding tomorrow where I’ll be taking photographs that are meant to be cherished for a lifetime.

brooklynmutt: @JoshuaGreen: I defy anyone to top this...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 13:47:58 -0400

brooklynmutt:

@JoshuaGreen: I defy anyone to top this headline

(via @miranda1901)

"We are the only species that follows unstable pack leaders."

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:20:00 -0400

“We are the only species that follows unstable pack leaders.”

- Cesar Milan (yes, the dog guy)

Chicago “Donkey Kong” Neighborhood Map

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:26:10 -0400

Chicago “Donkey Kong” Neighborhood Map

GPOY: Morning After Edition

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:40:28 -0400

GPOY: Morning After Edition

Its 7AM on a Sunday morning and I’m currently practicing...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 08:40:49 -0400

Its 7AM on a Sunday morning and I’m currently practicing my Anthony Perkins eye-roll-to-side-eye combo

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill I love her voice, but I...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:27:59 -0400

Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

I love her voice, but I don’t listen to enough Kate Bush (and I’m guessing neither do any on you)

”Jason Hackenwerth‘s Pisces Sculpture is a four-story...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:31:01 -0400

”Jason Hackenwerth‘s Pisces Sculpture is a four-story double-helix that spirals skyward in The Grand Gallery of the National Museum of Scotland.

Hackenwerth, who hails from St. Louis, MO (Saint Lunatics, WHAT UP!), wove Pisces with over 10,000 colored balloons and the help of his assistant. The installation was commissioned for the Edinburgh International Science Festival, which runs from March 27th-April 7th.”

“The Silence of Dogs in Cars” was inspired by a “childhood...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:11:19 -0400

“The Silence of Dogs in Cars” was inspired by a “childhood memory of waiting in a car whilst his parents were shopping in a supermarket, and the youthful fear that they would not return.”

Patrick Wolf - House

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:07:19 -0400

Patrick Wolf - House

This is a landmark day. From now on, straight people shall be...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:31:00 -0400

This is a landmark day. From now on, straight people shall be known as ungays

CocknBullKid - I Deserve It

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:53:29 -0400

CocknBullKid - I Deserve It

Throw Your Hands In The Air And Wave'em Like You Just Don't Care

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:18:08 -0400

The best feeling in the world is when you finally realize you no longer have to consider the other person’s feelings after breaking up