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Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:44:28 -0500

kinsleesuzanne: chazychazle: Would it be effective censorship if I just photoshopped man nipples...

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:39:03 -0500

kinsleesuzanne:

chazychazle:

Would it be effective censorship if I just photoshopped man nipples onto girl nipples

autostraddlecamp: Thanks to Emily J for this badge of honor!...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:28 -0500

autostraddlecamp:

Thanks to Emily J for this badge of honor! Order one here

Penny how do i tag you here, do i just @queerpunkscout or what

This gives me an idea for a cargo tricycle. Where’s a...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:29:32 -0500

This gives me an idea for a cargo tricycle. Where’s a cutter and welder? Time to investigate that Sector 67 membership.

claytoncubitt:

Cargo bike incorporating a shopping cart and chain link fence, with a blood-red wrought-iron cowcatcher (and cup holder), New Orleans

Some days, you take a second...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 13:19:38 -0500

Some days, you take a second look.

daveandjadeotp:

jetgreguar:

i’ve been comprimised

i laughed for about 349583492547252 years

Happy Caturday.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:36:01 -0500

Happy Caturday.

Sleep tight tonight, kids.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:18:14 -0500

Sleep tight tonight, kids.

logicianmagician: slashnull: cleopatrashorns: serious...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:31:49 -0500

logicianmagician:

slashnull:

cleopatrashorns:

serious cableporn

“”So, is the new switch up, y-“

“Shhhh… Just… Just look. “

Cable mangement level: Server Admin

Should have sent a poet.

90percentunrelated: gingerinvermont: mrdreadful: justacameo: ...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:48:26 -0500

90percentunrelated:

gingerinvermont:

mrdreadful:

justacameo:

I would buy these cigarette case’s, and I don’t even smoke anymore.lol

I would love to find something like this. I have an antique art deco case but it’s for filterless smokes and I’m a Camel man.

I’ve never ever smoked, but I want them.

wow, I think I don’t want this, I need it.

WANT

16-bitch: LOOK AT THAT ANTLER SHEDDING!!! IS THAT NOT THE MOST...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:13:36 -0500

16-bitch:

LOOK AT THAT ANTLER SHEDDING!!! IS THAT NOT THE MOST METAL THING YOU’VE EVER SEEN??? NATURE IS RAD

\m/ >_< \m/

joshuanguyen: Are we really living in 2013? The Lego ads from...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:11:43 -0500

joshuanguyen:

Are we really living in 2013? The Lego ads from the 1980s seem more modern to me.

This.

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:00:38 -0500

This.

it’s in the cards.

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:56:00 -0500

it’s in the cards.

roundtop: idk why people are surprised i have trust issues when we live in a world where sometimes...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:58:38 -0500

roundtop:

idk why people are surprised i have trust issues when we live in a world where sometimes naps just make you more tired

Hi Tumblr. I’m back.

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:49:53 -0600

Hi Tumblr. I’m back.

uchicagoadmissions: Indiana Jones Mystery Package We don’t...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:14:28 -0600

uchicagoadmissions:

Indiana Jones Mystery Package

We don’t really even know how to start this post. Yesterday we received a package addressed to “Henry Walton Jones, Jr.”. We sort-of shrugged it off and put it in our bin of mail for student workers to sort and deliver to the right faculty member— we get the wrong mail a lot.

Little did we know what we were looking at. When our student mail worker snapped out of his finals-tired haze and realized who Dr. Jones was, we were sort of in luck: this package wasn’t meant for a random professor in the Stat department. It is addressed to “Indiana” Jones.

What we know: The package contained an incredibly detailed replica of “University of Chicago Professor” Abner Ravenwood’s journal from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. It looks only sort of like this one, but almost exactly like this one, so much so that we thought it might have been the one that was for sale on Ebay had we not seen some telling inconsistencies in cover color and “Ex Libris” page (and distinct lack of sword). The book itself is a bit dusty, and the cover is teal fabric with a red velvet spine, with weathered inserts and many postcards/pictures of Marion Ravenwood (and some cool old replica money) included. It’s clear that it is mostly, but not completely handmade, as although the included paper is weathered all of the “handwriting” and calligraphy lacks the telltale pressure marks of actual handwriting.

What we don’t know: Why this came to us. The package does not actually have real stamps on it— the outside of the package was crinkly and dirty as if it came through the mail, but the stamps themselves are pasted on and look like they have been photocopied. There is no US postage on the package, but we did receive it in a bin of mail, and it is addressed to the physical address of our building, Rosenwald Hall, which has a distinctly different address from any other buildings where it might be appropriate to send it (Haskell Hall or the Oriental Institute Museum). However, although now home to the Econ department and College Admissions, Rosenwald Hall used to be the home to our departments of geology and geography.

If you’re an applicant and sent this to us: Why? How? Did you make it? Why so awesome? If you’re a member of the University community and this belongs to you or you’ve gotten one like it before, PLEASE tell us how you acquired it, and whether or not yours came with a description— or if we’re making a big deal out of the fact that you accidentally slipped a gift for a friend in to the inter-university mail system. If you are an Indiana Jones enthusiast and have any idea who may have sent this to us or who made it, let us know that, too.

We know this sounds like a joke/hoax… it’s not (at least, from our end). Any hints, ideas, thoughts, or explanations are appreciated. We’ve been completely baffled as to why this was sent to us, in mostly a good way, but it’s clear this is a neat thing that either belongs somewhere else— or belongs in the halls of UChicago admissions history.

Internet: help us out. If you’re on Reddit (we’re not) or any other nerdly social media sites where we might get information about this, feel free to post far and wide and e-mail any answers, clues, ideas, thoughts, or musings to indianajonesjournal@uchicago.edu (yes, we did set up an email account just to deal with this thing).

yes, this. very this.

November dream journal

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:21:54 -0600

Been sleeping decently well again, remembering some of my dreams.

Last night there was a dream about being trained on using a device: it was a portable generator of sorts, about the size of a squat 5 gallon gas can. You set it on the floor, and turned the unit on- it emitted a field that made your subject open to suggestion. You could tell them to do something, and they would do it— the trick, the nuance was that if you were subtle, they would do it without even realizing they were doing it. They’d carry on a conversation and physically carry out the task. If you weren’t, they became self-aware, but continued to do the task anyway- against thier will, but unable to stop thier body.

At one point, it crossed my mind that the generator wasn’t exactly directional, I had just assumed it was. You turned it on, and the field simply engaged. I became concerned with the following: Why was I being trained on this, and by who?

It’s in the cards.

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:28:32 -0600

It’s in the cards.

Good Morning, Voters.

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:23:03 -0600

Good Morning, Voters.

on your writing's "voice"

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:59:26 -0500

on your writing's "voice" :

Stephen King has this adage about voice, which goes something like: “open milk always takes on the flavour of whatever else is in the fridge.” I’m mangling that, but it gets the sense across. His example was that if he reads too much Harlan Ellison, he starts writing like Harlan Ellison, not least because Ellison is a strong flavour.

…

Also? An imperfect trick, but one perhaps worth trying: read your own work aloud. Does it sound like you talking, or you doing an impression of someone else? If the latter, bring it back to the sound of you talking.

from the Oct 29 FAQ of Warren Ellis