brog:

“I believe that bank institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by infaltion, then by deflataion, the bank and the corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

— Thomas Jefferson

I always think of this quote in tandem with Andrew Jackson being so proud of killing “The Bank”.  I then laugh because the current “The Bank” put him on the $20 bill. So funny.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_twenty-dollar_bill

giant-girls:

demtits:

(via glowinthedarkvagina)

pookiesan:

why is leukemia everywhere? i mean the daily show! that was my last hold out.

If you’re looking for the Daily Show to save you then we’ve got to have words. Come on! Try Dark Place…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR5t876Z7Ys

(after you watch that compelling clip… go find the full episodes.)

juliasegal:

Click on the picture to see what happens…

Wow… this was pretty cool.

First song I’ve finished using ableton.

carolinemartin:

So people have been really fascinated with how I’ve been studying for that art history exam I have tomorrow, so I thought I’d share.

If you’ve never taken an art history slide exam, here’s how it goes. There are anywhere between three and seven pieces of art from each of fifteen Renaissance artists I need to be able to put a name, title, and date to just by looking at a slide of the piece, and then be able to write it. Only ten pieces will be used during tomorrow’s exam but I have no idea which ones. It’s especially difficult because I’m looking at art from one 150 year block of time and the art all looks pretty similar, so it’s not like telling the difference between a Van Gogh and a Picasso.

I was having a lot of trouble remembering the dates of pieces until recently. If you look close at the little drawings on the page, there are numbers, and those numbers make up the date of the piece. The Annunciation by Fra Angelico at the top right? 1438. The three is in the arches and the 8 is in the decoration of the pillar. On the one just under that, Madonna and Child with Eight Saints? 1440-1447. There are 4 saints to the left of the virgin, the virgin has a halo (0), another 4 saints to the right, and saint whatshisface is carrying a grill that has a 7 in it.

Once I find these numbers, I never forget them. It’s awesome. It gets harder with statues, but it still works if you get creative.

Very cool.

Here’s the description from bkslavin, a social media shill for Microsoft.

“The Blackeyed Peas compel the employees at the Microsoft Store in Mission Viejo, California to break out in dance, let their hair down and have some fun. This is an amazing store, the employees seem really excited and engaged, almost happy to be at work. My favorite parts are when people walking in the mall come inside the store, join in the dancing and have some fun. The amazing thing is that people are in the store for hours, they love interacting with the software and learning about new technology.”

What a joke.

sarahspy:

How to eat a chicken wing most efficiently, by foodwishes.com.

(via)

My mind has been blown.

carolinemartin:

capucha:

Origins of the Moonwalk.

Remember your roots.