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Wannabe sculptor, singer, architect, life saver, bike frame builder, six-pack possessor, carpenter, dog-owner, engineer, liqueur producer, barefoot runner, poet, industrial designer, graphic designer, home-owner, and master of the "to be continued" moment

This blog was birthed in order to record my life-changing role as trip leader on Bike & Build's 2012, Northern US route...aka, the best summer of my life.

It’s really amazing how the worst days don’t seem as bad after a good workout :)

—(via urbanfitopia)

mmackenzz:

ladlelickedbarnaby:

norsegays:

astrolope:

People being angry about ~dem gays~ on Target’s Facebook.

I just want to give my two cents on this and tell you a story.

A couple weeks ago, I was hired at Target. I have a job at Target. Not a big deal right?

It is a big deal because i’m a transman

It doesn’t take a genius to conclude that it’s hard for me, my brothers, and sisters to get a job. There are legal restraints regarding the job and if you don’t pass, it’s hard to be taken seriously at a job interview.

Right on the application, it asks what your preferred name is. It also asks if there is anything that target should know. I put the fact that I am a transman, expecting not to get a call because usually when you put that down, people will throw out the application. I got TWO interviews.

At the interview, they asked me about it. I told them I am on hormones and they told me that they didn’t care. Not in the sense that they don’t emotionally care, but that it didn’t matter. I was male and that’s all that mattered. They also told me that they give sex same couples benefits in states that do not recognize them as a married couple.

At my job orientation, I was not misgendered once. Even my supervisors who weren’t sure of my gender avoided pronoun use, which I found only happens when you’ve had pronoun training. They gave me a name tag with my preferred name and didn’t ask questions. I felt safe and respected, which is huge for a trans* person.

TLDR: Target is amazing not just for the LGB, but also the T. Shop there for the rest of your life.

saith.

Oh I’m so happy for Target.

Respect. 

(via sparecake)

badtvblog:

Don’t watch this if you’re soaked in gasoline because it will warm your heart and you will burn to death and die.

(Source: youtube.com, via fuck-yeah-fitness)

patagonia:

Catch! One of the many great photos from @patagoniabooks, “Unexpected: 30 Years of Patagonia Catalog Photography.”

patagonia:

Catch! One of the many great photos from @patagoniabooks, “Unexpected: 30 Years of Patagonia Catalog Photography.”

Nearly half of the college graduates in the class of 2010 are working in jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree and 38 percent have jobs that don’t even require a high school diploma, according to a January report from the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. The report called into question whether too much public money is being spent on providing students with degrees that make them overqualified for the only jobs that are available.

284,000 College Graduates Had Minimum-Wage Jobs Last Year (via robot-heart-politics)

Is it a commentary on the lack of value in higher education? Or is it about the job market not taking advantage of the talent surplus in the  labor pool?  Are there corporate, government, or entrepreneurial opportunities being missed because job creators are not taking risks?

(via jacquesofalltrades)

(via jacquesofalltrades)


math just got important

(pi(6in)^2)/6 = 18.85
(pi(7in)^2)/8 = 19.25
(19.25-18.85)/(19.25) = 2%
(1.7-1.5)/(1.7) = 12%
despite getting 2% more pizza with the 7”, you’re paying 12% more. go for the 6er.
am i doing this right?
#notevenclosetoamathstudent
math just got important

(pi(6in)^2)/6 = 18.85

(pi(7in)^2)/8 = 19.25

(19.25-18.85)/(19.25) = 2%

(1.7-1.5)/(1.7) = 12%

despite getting 2% more pizza with the 7”, you’re paying 12% more. go for the 6er.

am i doing this right?

#notevenclosetoamathstudent

(Source: clippie, via twowheelsonegoal)