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Another one from the same collection - John William Waterhouse, Hylas and the Nymphs, 1896.

Sappho, Charles August Mengin, 1877.

Saw this back in September at the Manchester Art Gallery and fell in love. Glad I bought the postcard.

Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…

(Source: New York Magazine)

superamit:

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.

He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks.

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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.

A few ways to help:

1. If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.
2. If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.
3. If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above.

*NEW* Organize a donor drive near you (the most helpful thing you could possibly do!) email 100kcheeks@gmail.com. They’ll send you kits, flyers, tell you what to say, and make the whole process easy cheesy.

jayparkinsonmd:

My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.

tony b:

Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.

This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.

How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.

Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.

We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match. 

You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.

We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.

Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.

Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.

Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.

shootthestreet:

suicidewatch:

Shake Away Summer 

1. The Ronettes- Why Don’t They Let Us Fall In Love?
2. X- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
3. The Keggs- To Find Out
4. Buddy Holly & The Crickets- Baby I Don’t Care
5. The Gun Club- Hey Baby
6. The Scientists- I’m Looking For You
7. Boys Next Door- These Boots Are Made For Walking
8. The Zippers- He’s A Rebel
9. Teenage Head- Bonerack
10. The Wipers- Misfit
11. The Gangsters- Don’t Rely On Me
12. The Plimsouls- How Long Will It Take?
13. The Nips- Vengeance
14. Johnny Thunders- Great Big Kiss
15. The Flys- Love and a Molotov Cocktail
16. The Cramps- Way I Walk
17. Pussy Galore- Dick Johnson
18. The Mummies- I’m Down
19. The Gruesomes- I Never Loved Her
20. Oblivians- Bad Man
21. Thee Headcoats- I’ve Been Fuckin’ Your Daughters & Pissin’ On Your Lawn
22. Davila 666- Diablo
23. GG King- The Letter
24. Turf War- Friends & Company
25. Tenpole Tudor- Go Wilder
26. The Saints- Messin’ With The Kid
27. The Almighty Defenders- Bow Down & Die

download: http://www.divshare.com/download/15630646-5e3

I love the HDR hole. So true. Although some never make it out of there.

photojojo:

Discuss. Click to see it larger. (via)

I blogged about this today. And created my own sorry unimpressed Spock.

(Source: spockisnotimpressed)

tumbledore:

“An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.

Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenonemon before - but they also report that there are now less [sic] mosquitos than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around.

It is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the spiders web thus reducing the risk of malaria, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.”

(Source: tumbledore)