T. Beck
Gotta let the world know
Every time I see this I need to reblog to say that I purposely got my tattoo “upside down” because it’s for me, not for you, so get over it.
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T. Beck
Gotta let the world know
Every time I see this I need to reblog to say that I purposely got my tattoo “upside down” because it’s for me, not for you, so get over it.
(Source: hockey-teeth)
Today in “I didn’t know they were Black!!”: Ludwig Van Beethoven
The true identity of Ludwig van Beethoven, long considered Europe’s greatest classical music composer. Said directly, Beethoven was a black man. Specifically, his mother was a Moor, that group of Muslim Northern Africans who conquered parts of Europe—making Spain their capital—for some 800 years.
In order to make such a substantial statement, presentation of verifiable evidence is compulsory. Let’s start with what some of Beethoven’s contemporaries and biographers say about his brown complexion.:
” Frederick Hertz, German anthropologist, used these terms to describe him: “Negroid traits, dark skin, flat, thick nose.”
Emil Ludwig, in his book “Beethoven,” says: “His face reveals no trace of the German. He was so dark that people dubbed him Spagnol [dark-skinned].”
Fanny Giannatasio del Rio, in her book “An Unrequited Love: An Episode in the Life of Beethoven,” wrote “His somewhat flat broad nose and rather wide mouth, his small piercing eyes and swarthy [dark] complexion, pockmarked into the bargain, gave him a strong resemblance to a mulatto.”
C. Czerny stated, “His beard—he had not shaved for several days—made the lower part of his already brown face still darker.”
Following are one word descriptions of Beethoven from various writers: Grillparzer, “dark”; Bettina von Armin, “brown”; Schindler, “red and brown”; Rellstab, “brownish”; Gelinek, “short, dark.”
Newsweek, in its Sept. 23, 1991 issue stated, “Afrocentrism ranges over the whole panorama of human history, coloring in the faces: from Australopithecus to the inventors of mathematics to the great Negro composer Beethoven.”
And yet Western scholars want you to believe that Beethoven looked like:
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Idea #60982678 to live more artfully: get a paint-by-numbers kit and start painting! If you don’t know how to paint, well, finishing a kit makes it so you DO know how. And no matter how much you may think you are “cheating” there is a magic to watching what happens when you fill in all the little numbered sections with each color of paint that is undeniable!
I have so many crafty ideas that involve paint by number kids and so little drive to do any of them.
EXPERIMENT TO DISCOVER WHETHER AN ASTRONAUT CAN IMITATE THE FALLING MOVEMENTS OF A CAT, 1968
An experiment to see whether a person in a space suit can imitate the falling movements of a cat, to find out how astronauts can move in space. The experiment was conducted by Professor Thomas R. Kane in 1968 using a trampoline, a cat, and a trampolinist in a spacesuit.
Images by Ralph Crane
Huh.
This is not in Newt Gingrich’s space plan. And that is unfortunate.
Reblogging mostly for deepomega because I feel like you’d be into this.
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Live in Los Angeles? Have a TAP card?
Congratulations, you’re screwed.
Recently, and with as little publicity and fanlfare as possible, Metro changed the way TAP cards work. There are no more monthly passes, now they’re good for 30 days from the date you activate it. So what does this mean? Well most users will end up having to purchase at least one more “monthly” pass every year to cover the leftover days.
That’s an extra $75.00 being foisted on the people who, in general, can least afford it. Chances are, if you have a monthy TAP card, it’s because you can’t afford a car. In other words, you’re poor.
I am so sick of every organization or business in America consciously taking advantage of the poorest Americans. You want to rip someone off? Rip off those who can afford it.
Fuckers.
What?! Holy crap, I’m so glad I didn’t get one.
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Utagawa Hiroshige
“Smalll Horned Owl On A Maple Branch Under A Full Moon”
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Rooster
“People think that a rooster is a common bird not regarded as elegant or cute, it does not have any mystique or poise, but as a sign of the zodiac it deserves grace and style, there are many birds nowadays bred for decoration and these birds are a fitting reminder that even the common and the mundane can be transformed into something special and unique.
Roosters are naturally proud and fight to the death so to show a bird as noble as this would make a worthy icon for the zodiac.”
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