wheninphilly:

thank you, Nick!

themdinners:

Beer paring dinner was a hit, thanks to five lovely friends. Thanks for bringing the beers and risking my cooking ladies!

just discovered this lovely band…

thanks, internet. i love you!

downtonabbeyonce:

“Where they at, where they at?”

speckled orchid at Longwood Gardens, lovely!

my house’s favorite SNL character

aaronmeier:

Best holiday card award goes to SNL

On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. That what I need to survive is not Gale’s fire, kindled with rage and hatred. I have plenty of fire myself. What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again. And only Peeta can give me that.

So after, when he whispers, “You love me. Real or not real?”

I tell him, “Real.”

YUP.

“I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21, because he promised to get us out of the Korean War. And over the years, I realized there was a Republican philosophy that I liked. And then they lost it. And libertarians had more of it. Because what I really believe is, let’s spend a little more time leaving everybody alone. These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don’t give a f-ck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We’re making a big deal out of things we shouldn’t be making a deal out of.

“They go on and on with all this bullshit about “sanctity”—don’t give me that sanctity crap! Just give everybody the chance to have the life they want.”

(source)

As I am booking accomm in Munich during Oktoberfest… the “real doll” in the foreground of the accompanying photo is NOT ADDRESSED. no one is going to stay with you, dude.