The Fathomless Sky Inside

Forever21 put my art on a shirt without my knowledge. So sad.

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 18:09:39 -0500

Forever21 put my art on a shirt without my knowledge. So sad.:

moosekleenex:

Signal Boost Needed.

The art work above belongs to moosekleenex, and has been stolen by Forvever21. I have an important favor to ask of my followers, please help reblog and get the word out. Theft of an artist or designer’s work goes on all too often and for large corporations like Forever21 to blatantly steal others work sets a more widely recognized example that theft of this kind is acceptable.

And just in case you feel you need it, here is Forever21’s corporate contact info:

(213) 741-5100

(extension #2 will take you to the Design and Buying department)

Or contact them through their website.

So much fucking hubris. It’s so disgusting. This shit needs to stop.

mattfisher: Today, in response to my blog post entitled “My...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:29:58 -0400

mattfisher:

Today, in response to my blog post entitled “My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court,” Progressive released a statement saying that ”Progressive did not serve as the attorney for the defendant” in my sister’s case. I am not a lawyer, but this is what I observed in the courtroom during my sister’s trial:

At the beginning of the trial on Monday, August 6th, an attorney identified himself as Jeffrey R. Moffat and stated that he worked for Progressive Advanced Insurance Company. He then sat next to the defendant. During the trial, both in and out of the courtroom, he conferred with the defendant. He gave an opening statement to the jury, in which he proposed the idea that the defendant should not be found negligent in the case. He cross-examined the plaintiff’s witnesses. On direct examination, he questioned all of the defense’s witnesses. He made objections on behalf of the defendant, and he was a party to the argument of all of the objections heard in the case. After all of the witnesses had been called, he stood before the jury and gave a closing argument, in which he argued that my sister was responsible for the accident that killed her, and that the jury should not decide that the defendant was negligent.

I am comfortable characterizing this as a legal defense.

I wrote about this case on my blog because I felt that, in the wake of my sister’s death, Progressive had sought out ways to meet their strict legal obligation while still disrespecting my sister’s memory and causing my family a world of hurt. Their statement disavowing their role in this case, a case in which their attorney stood before my sister’s jury and argued on behalf of her killer, is simply infuriating.

mattfisher: My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 23:05:20 -0400

mattfisher:

My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court

I’ve been sending out some impertinent tweets about Progressive Insurance lately, but I haven’t explained how they pissed me off. So I will do that here as succinctly as possible. There’s a general understanding that says, “insurance companies— oh they’re awful,” but since Progressive turned their shit hose on my late sister and my parents, I’ve learned some things that really surprised me.

I’ll try to cleave to the facts. On June 19, 2010, my sister was driving in Baltimore when her car was struck by another car and she was killed. The other driver had run a red light and hit my sister as she crossed the intersection on the green light.

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Read this.

peternyc: Taken with instagram

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:22:22 -0400

peternyc:

Taken with instagram

think-progress: President Obama stopped shaking hands for a...

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 22:28:29 -0400

think-progress:

President Obama stopped shaking hands for a moment today so that he could embrace a sobbing woman whose uninsured sister recently died of colon cancer.

darklyeuphoric: thepostercollective: Sci-Fi Film Favorites Get...

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:06:01 -0400

darklyeuphoric:

thepostercollective:

Sci-Fi Film Favorites Get Pulp Cover Make-Overs

neil-gaiman: vintagegal: Victorian Bat costume based on...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:07:45 -0400

neil-gaiman:

vintagegal:

Victorian Bat costume based on a French fashion plate, c. 1887

Batlady and Flutter. They fought crime together in the Victorian underworld.

10000days1138: I went to the Ronnie James Dio memorial service...

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:57:25 -0400

10000days1138:

I went to the Ronnie James Dio memorial service on May 24th, 2010 and one of the speakers told a hilarious story about Dio while he was in the hospital.

One day while Ronnie had his oxygen mask on he asked one of the many attractive nurses “Are my testicles black?” The nurse seemed slightly confused, yet she lifted up his blankets and proceeded to feel his testicles. She said “No sir, there appears to be nothing wrong with your testicles.” Ronnie took off his oxygen mask, smiled, and said “That was very nice of you my dear, but are my test results back?”

"Did you ever read what they call Science Fiction? It’s a scream. It is written like this: “I checked..."

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 09:17:48 -0400

“

Did you ever read what they call Science Fiction? It’s a scream. It is written like this: “I checked out with K19 on Aldabaran III, and stepped out through the crummalite hatch on my 22 Model Sirus Hardtop. I cocked the timejector in secondary and waded through the bright blue manda grass. My breath froze into pink pretzels. I flicked on the heat bars and the Brylls ran swiftly on five legs using their other two to send out crylon vibrations. The pressure was almost unbearable, but I caught the range on my wrist computer through the transparent cysicites. I pressed the trigger. The thin violet glow was icecold against the rust-colored mountains. The Brylls shrank to half an inch long and I worked fast stepping on them with the poltex. But it wasn’t enough. The sudden brightness swung me around and the Fourth Moon had already risen. I had exactly four seconds to hot up the disintegrator and Google had told me it wasn’t enough. He was right.”

They pay brisk money for this crap?

”

- Raymond Chandler describing science fiction in a letter to a friend, 1953 (via kadrey)

(Chandler mentioned Google in 1953? I find that hard to believe.)

"Sometimes it’s to your advantage for people to think you’re crazy."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 05:14:32 -0400

“Sometimes it’s to your advantage for people to think you’re crazy.”

- Thelonious Monk (via kadrey)

"Basically, the Republican strategy for the past three years has been this: 1. Do everything humanly..."

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:02:28 -0400

“

Basically, the Republican strategy for the past three years has been this:

1. Do everything humanly possible to prevent the economy from recovering.

2. Wait for 2012.

3. Run a campaign focused on the fact that the economy is lousy.

”

- Kevin Drum (via wilwheaton)

decemberpaladin: artyouguys: Zdzisław Beksiński. I find this...

Sun, 27 May 2012 15:56:27 -0400

decemberpaladin:

artyouguys:

Zdzisław Beksiński.

I find this dude utterly enchanting and creepy as hell.

These remind me of nightmares I had as a kid.

I wish I could tag people more easily here, like I can on...

Sun, 27 May 2012 13:21:00 -0400

I wish I could tag people more easily here, like I can on Google+.

neil-gaiman: inkygirl: Illustrated my favourite Neil Gaiman...

Sun, 27 May 2012 10:34:00 -0400

neil-gaiman:

inkygirl:

Illustrated my favourite Neil Gaiman quote for writers. :-) (and thanks to Neil for his permission)

It’s as true now as when I first said it…

revivi: siksta: #Fun fact: We were asked to scream when...

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:54:30 -0400

revivi:

siksta:

#Fun fact: We were asked to scream when running out of the gala #but none of us knew much german #so a lot of people were screaming the only German things they knew #Wiener Schnitzel #Oktoberfest #Schadenfreude

Omg, Revvi. Are you serious? LMAO

100% serious. The three I tagged were the most common, but there was a few ”kindergarten”s here and there as well. One girl really did know German, and she was utterly baffled by what was going on.

Easily the funniest thing I’ve read in a while.

decemberpaladin: go on

Sun, 27 May 2012 07:30:05 -0400

decemberpaladin:

go on

A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words

Sun, 27 May 2012 01:33:23 -0400

A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words:

Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips.
Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on.
Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge.
Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone.
Gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you.
Tarantism - The urge to overcome melancholy by dancing.
Autolatry - The worship of one’s self.
Cagamosis - An unhappy marriage.
Gargalesthesia - The sensation caused my tickling.
Capernoited - Slightly intoxicated or tipsy.
Lalochezia - The use of abusive language to relieve stress or ease pain.
Cataglottism - Kissing with tongue.
Basorexia - An overwhelming desire to kiss.
Brontide - The low rumbling of distant thunder.
Grapholagnia - The urge to stare at obscene pictures.
Agelast - A person who never laughs.
Wanweird - An unhappy fate.
Dystopia - Am imaginary place of total misery. A metaphor for hell.
Petrichor - The smell of dry rain on the ground.
Anagapesis - The feeling when one no longer loves someone they once did.
Malapert - Clever in manners of speech.
Duende - Unusual power to attract or charm.
Concilliabule - A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plot.
Strikhedonia - The pleasure of being able to say “to hell with it”.
Lygerastia - The condition of one who is only amorous when the lights are out. 
Ayurnamat - The philosophy that there is no point in worrying about events that cannot be changed.
Sphallolalia - Flirtatious talk that leads no where.
Baisemain - A kiss on the hand.
Druxy - Something which looks good on the outside, but is actually rotten inside.
Mamihlapinatapei - The look between two people in which each loves the other but is too afraid to make the first move.

Pray tell, how does one have dry rain?

staceythinx: The lunar surface’s topography sculpted...

Thu, 24 May 2012 13:13:35 -0400

South east quadrant

Near side south west

staceythinx:

The lunar surface’s topography sculpted in ceramics from Loraine Rutt’s Mapping Space series.

getoutoftherecat: get out of here cat. i’m trying to pee… and...

Thu, 24 May 2012 10:28:04 -0400

getoutoftherecat:

get out of here cat. i’m trying to pee… and you’re making me uncomfortable.

themorningnews: Gallery of maps includes 1931’s “The...

Thu, 24 May 2012 08:01:11 -0400

themorningnews:

Gallery of maps includes 1931’s “The Histomap”—2000 years of world history on a single page.