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A Few Glorious Clips For Your Consideration
“What the fuck you stopping for, stupid ass?!”
Gender-reveals are starting to get ridiculous
Million dollar humidor for cigars
6"10 12yo playing against other 7th graders
How to reach the treehouse
These boxers have a secret pocket to help you sneak things into sporting events, concerts and festivals
Fan on the field taken out by defender
Gorilla uses sign language to tell visitors they can’t throw food into his cage
It’s fine the hazard lights are on
Waking up to a strange pain
When the shit hits the fan
Nope!
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The Daily Man-Up
No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. for he is not permitted to prove himself. ~ Seneca
In our society, it’s the man who is born into wealth who is viewed as being blessed with a gift that he did not have to earn. But it is the man born into much adversity who is given the greatest gift of all: the gift to test his mettle, to prove his worth, to see what he is, indeed, made of.
It’s while this man is facing obstacle after obstacle that, if he so chooses, will acquire far more grit and toughness than his counterpart who’s faced little in the way of tribulation.
Great men aren’t always the ones we read about in history books. They’re often the men who faced life as men, who refused to refuse responsibility, who took what was coming on their feet and made the lives of those around them not only better, but possible.
Our society judges success numerically. It’s normally what a man’s done or what he’s acquired that we judge him on. The true value of a man, however, isn’t found in his bank account or on his property, but within him. It’s difficult to explain the importance of this fact because everywhere you go and everyone you talk to will likely judge you on the former rather than the latter. But it’s their judgment that you cannot fret over nor take to heart.
There are bigger things at play than we realize. As death becomes your next adventure, it won’t be the things you buy nor the land you hold that will bring you happiness, pride, or contentment, it’s the mouths you’ve fed, the honor you’ve upheld, and the people you’ve defended that will bring you solace and peace.
The man with things to his name and numbers in his estate may have meaning, too, but only if he lives a life filled with adversity and struggle, obstacles, fears faced, and battles won. The man who lives a life without turmoil and in complete ease and peace, devoid of adversity and struggle, cannot call himself a man, nor know what he’s made of, nor proclaim that he has truly lived.
To live you must suffer and love. You must feel pain and despair. You must reach your end, continually, always proving to yourself that there is more within, and the only way to discover the toughness that you possess is by going beyond what you know you can do and withstand.
This life isn’t for the timid of heart. It isn’t for the weak, nor the sensitive. Life is for the audacious, the bold, the tough, the humble, the proud, the courageous. To truly live life is not done with pure enjoyment or elation, but in struggle, pain, and purpose.
Don’t look at your life, your situation, where you are now, with pity. That is incredibly weak and un-manly. Instead look at the challenges you face like a lion hunting his prey. Attack each with the ferocity of generations of warriors that run through your blood. Claim your obstacles as your own. Be proud in accomplishing them. Be honorable in how you go about it.
To live you life you must live it as a man, always facing what comes on your feet.
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A Collection Of Life Advice To Help You On Your Travels Through Life
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Feed Your Brain With These Fascinating Facts
A guy from Sweden rode his bicycle to Nepal, climbed Everest alone without Sherpas or bottled oxygen, then cycled back to Sweden again. (article)
For his 1996 ascent, Kropp left Stockholm on October 16, 1995, on a specially-designed bicycle with 108 kg (240 lb) of gear and food. He traveled 8,000 miles on the bicycle and arrived at Everest Base Camp in April 1996. Following a meeting of all of the Everest expeditions on the mountain at the time, it was agreed that Kropp would attempt to summit first. On May 3, Kropp climbed through thigh-deep snow and reached a point 300 feet from the summit. However, he decided to turn around because it was too late in the day and if he continued, he would be descending in the dark. While Kropp recovered from the ordeal at base camp, the 1996 Everest Disaster unfolded. He helped bring medicine up the mountain. Three weeks later, on May 23, he again tackled the mountain, this time successfully summitting without extra oxygen support. He then cycled part of the way back home.[2] He returned to Everest in 1999 with his girlfriend Renata Chlumska to undertake a cleanup, during which they removed 25 discarded canisters from the mountain. They also successfully summited together.
Japanese football fans always clean up their stadium after their World Cup Finals games, a tradition stemming back to the 1998 World Cup (article)
After leaving office, former President Harry S. Truman oftentimes struggled to make ends meet. Despite only having an Army pension of $112/month as a steady source of income, Truman refused to “commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.” (article)
The diamond engagement ring fever was invented by an ad campaign in the 1930s and that before that few Americans proposed with the precious stone, and the price of diamond was falling (article)
People who believe Osama Bin Laden is still alive are more likely than most to believe Osama Bin Laden was already dead before the raid. Believing a conspiracy theory makes you more likely to believe other conspiracy theories, even if they are directly contradictory. (article)
In their 2002 World Cup qualifying match against Australia, American Samoa had 19 players out because of passport issues and the under-20 team replacements unavailable due to school exams. As a result they only fielded one regular player and lost 31-0.
While John and Clarence Anglin, 2 of the 3 men who ever escaped from Alcatraz, were officially reported to have drowned in the bay, their mother received flowers anonymously every Mother’s Day until she died, and two very tall unknown women were reported to have attended her funeral. (source)
According to Unsolved Mysteries, a day after the escape a man claiming to be John Anglin had called a lawyer in San Francisco and wanted the lawyer to arrange a meeting with the US Marshals’ Office. When the lawyer refused to do this, the person hung up. The sister of the brothers, Marie Anglin Widner, has told the media she believes that the brothers attented their mother’s funeral in 1973, disguised as women. On October 12, 2015, the History Channel premiered a documentary about the 1962 Alcatraz escape, focusing on John and Clarence Anglin and the possibility that their escape was successful. The program, Alcatraz: Search for the Truth provided viewers with evidence kept by the brothers’ family that included: Christmas cards signed by “John” and “Clarence”; an audio tape of a childhood family friend, Fred Brizzi, telling the family in the early 1990s about a chance encounter in 1975 with the brothers in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; a photograph taken by the same family friend in 1975 of two men resembling John and Clarence Anglin.
When Cristiano Ronaldo was asked to donate his cleats for a charity auction benefitting 10-month old Erik Ortiz Cruz, who had a brain disorder that can cause 30 seizures a day, he instead paid the whole $83K for his surgery. (article)
In 1944, the British conceived a plan to assassinate Hitler while he was staying at his vacation residence. However, they ultimately decided against it as Hitler was such a poor strategist at that stage that they believed whoever replaced him would do a better job of fighting the Allies. (source)
Thornley also argued that Germany was almost defeated and, if Hitler were assassinated, he would become a martyr to some Germans, and possibly give rise to a myth that Germany might have won if Hitler had survived. Since the idea was not only to defeat Germany but to destroy Nazism in general, that would have been a highly undesirable development.
In 1942 a Finnish sound engineer secretly recorded 11 minutes of a candid conversation between Adolf Hitler and Finnish Defence Chief Gustaf Mannerheim before being caught by the SS. It is the only known recording of Hitler’s normal speaking voice.
Thomas Jefferson had his own version of the bible that omitted the parts of the bible that were “contrary to reason” including the resurrection and other miracles. He was only interested in the moral teachings of Jesus and nothing more. (article)
Japanese Death Row Inmates Are Not Told Their Date of Execution. They Wake Each Day Wondering if Today May Be Their Last (article)
Decisions about who is to be executed and when often seem arbitrary, but when the order eventually comes, implementation is swift. The condemned have literally minutes to get their affairs in order before facing the noose. There is no time to say goodbye to families. Because the orders can come at any time, the inmates, in effect, live each day believing it may be their last.
Saddam Hussein published a best-selling romance novel that spawned a twenty-episode TV series and a stage musical. (source)
The book was called “Zabibah and the King.” It was a love tale set in medieval Iraq, set around the 7th or 8th century in Tikrit, Saddam’s home town. It was written in 2000, but the author remained anonymous. It was only after Hussein showed interest in his literary ventures and the heavy influence of Hussein’s life in the book that it was believed to be written by their leader. This rumor prompted sales of the cheap book, making it a bestseller.
Even the Central Intelligence Agency thought that the book was written by Hussein himself, perhaps with the help of some ghostwriters. They went through the book with a fine-tooth comb, using the text to analyze and gain insight into Saddam’s mind and thought process.
In a German village called Fuggerei the rent hasn’t been raised since 1520, it costs only 88 cents to live there for an entire year (article)
A man from China bought a first class ticket which came with access to a VIP lounge and flyers could get a free meal. He rescheduled over 300 times over a year to enjoy (presumably) over 300 meals. When investigated, he canceled the ticket and got a full refund. (article)
- The ticket was basically the most expensive one possible to buy: first class nonstop from there to LAX, with lounge access and all the perks, FULLY REFUNDABLE and no rescheduling fee. Those things cost thousands of dollars.
- The guy was a retired Chinese gentleman. Dressing up, grabbing a carryon bag, riding the bus to the airport, and being waited on in the executive, first class VIP restaurant was the highlight of his day. Afterwards, he’d reschedule to the next day and head back home.
- The airline only caught on because the electronic reservation system started having problems handling his ticket. The agent’s terminal would time out while waiting for the whole thing to load, parts of the system couldn’t handle loading that many records, and so on. Most airline agents just assumed the booking system was running slow, but finally one agent realized the rest of the system was fine and it was only having problems with his ticket in particular. So the guy looks at the history and finds page after page of updates — “Sir, have you really rescheduled over 300 times?” The agent went to get a supervisor and the man, realizing the gig was up, took his ticket to another counter in the airport and finally cancelled instead of rescheduling. He had his money back before the first agent and his supervisor could stop it.
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A Death Row Inmate’s Thoughts Days Before His Execution
Not many people have seen a real death warrant in person, let alone been issued one with their name on it.
I remember the warden instructing security to escort us in restraints from our cells, one at a time, to a small office where we were surrounded by prison officials. The warden read aloud the information off the warrants, which included our names, our crimes, and the jury’s verdict.
There was silence. My mind remained unaffected, having undergone this very thing before only to later receive a stay of execution. There was a measure of calm, knowing I wasn’t alone, that there were seven others—though, given the love I have for the other guys, I would rather have done it alone.
I was handed the death warrant, a longer-than-usual sheet of paper with the golden seal of the State of Arkansas fixed on it. At the bottom, there was the signature of Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Death, one step closer. Tick, tick.
When you’re issued a date, you want to be the first to break the news to your family. But often the press gets to them first. For the prisoner, as the fatal day approaches, the hardest part is knowing you’ve condemned your loved ones to a bitter fate. Once you depart, they have to carry on.
It is vital that I reach a place of self-forgiveness, so that I can write to my 21-year-old daughter and break the news to her. I could soon be joining her mother in the afterlife, leaving her parentless. Just writing that letter is enough to make me consider beating the executioner to the punch, but I’ve been stabilized and sustained by the inner peace and forgiveness I’ve received through a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Oh boy, do the letters come pouring in after an execution date has been set! During mail call, I receive more mail than ever before about the well-being of my soul. Do you know God? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as lord of your life? If you don’t repent before you die you will go to hell. They send typed letters, handwritten letters, cards, books, etc.
Most of these materials are destined for the trash. Where were they all those years, when I was sitting on death row, when I might have embraced what they had to offer? I see them as opportunists, who want to brag to their friends about how they tried to win my soul.
At this point, an individual has already made his peace with God, or hasn’t.
Some of the prisoners opted out of petitioning for clemency, knowing the board usually issues a denial. They figured they’d save themselves the disappointment.
I, on the other hand, saw opportunity. I wanted to appear before the board so I could show them I was no longer the person I once was. God has transformed me, and even the worst of us can be reformed and renewed. Revealing these truths meant more to me then being granted clemency. I’m still going to eventually die someday, but to stand up for God in front of man, that’s my victory.
To the families of my victims, to whom I have brought pain, great loss, and suffering, as shallow as “I am sorry for robbing you of your loved one” can sound, I would rather say it, and mean it, than not say it at all.
I was asked by mental health personnel, “Have you been thinking about harming yourself?” I was offended — the train of thought behind the question is to get ahead of anyone thinking of ending their life before the state can do so. They don’t want us to beat them to the punch.After a death row prisoner has received a date, others who have befriended him make their pitch: Let me have those tennis shoes. Leave me that watch. Let me get your radio. The poor guy may feel like he’s being picked apart. Other things he doesn’t want to give to prisoners, like family pictures or old letters, he can send home in a box, shortly before he too is sent home in a box.An officer showed up at my cell door today and asked, “Kenneth, how are you?” Then he asked, “What is your shirt and pant size? What size shoe do you wear? How tall are you? How much do you weigh?”
Talk about the lamb being sized up before the slaughter. I thought: Have they forgotten I am human, or do they just not care? Then I thought: Wasn’t it my disregard for human life that got me in this situation to begin with?
I know that midazolam, one of the drugs used in the cocktail to put prisoners to death, doesn’t always anesthetize the prisoner completely. Since I am one of the last to be executed, there are some people who think that if one of the first executions is botched, it could prolong the lives of the others, including me. But I don’t want to live only because someone else suffers that agony. Others suffering in order that I live for however much longer — that’s no hope at all, not if I have truly learned my lesson to value other people’s lives.
– Kenneth Williams, The Marshall Project
Kenneth Williams was sentenced to death for murdering Cecil Boren during a 1999 escape attempt from the Cummins Unit in Grady, Ark. Williams had just begun a life sentence for the murder of university student Dominique Hurd. He also confessed to a third murder, and was responsible for the death of a fourth victim in a traffic accident during his escape. This essay was derived from Williams’ written correspondence with Deborah Robinson, who is writing a book about the eight men scheduled for execution in Arkansas.
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The Dumping Grounds
Secret To Making The World’s Best Chicken Fried Rice
How Fortnite Makes Money
Ana de Armas Proves Everything Is Sexier In Spanish
Primitive Technology: Yam, cultivate and cook
“Kill Or Be Killed” 1943 War DepartmentArmy Training Film
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Linkage
Interview With a Dubai Pimp Selling Sex to Billionaires – VICE
When Children Say They’re Trans – The Atlantic
Perfect for germaphobes who hate touching the flush handle, Make that poo disappear with the wave of your hand – Amazon
How A Scientific Experiment Led To Sexual Encounters Between A Woman And A Dolphin – Weird Nature
How Fortnite is transforming the gaming industry – The Verge
Looking for a cheap flight? The secret to getting airfare deals is all in the timing – Market Watch
Smarter, Not Harder: How to Succeed at Work – Farnam Street
The Harshest Reviews Of ‘Gotti,’ Which Has A 0% Fresh Rating On Rotten Tomatoes – Digg
The Complicated Life and Death of XXXTentacion – Vulture
Hot Instagram Pictures Of Savannah Montano – Lurk And Perv
An Oral History of ‘Leisure Suit Larry’ – Mel Magazine
17 Anti-Aging Foods to Boost Glowing Skin – Bright Side
Giant A**hole Keys Up A Porsche – Leenks
I Let My Dad, My Boss, and a Dating Expert Dress Me for a Date – WhoWhatWear
10 Ways Life Will Change If China Becomes The World’s Superpower – Listverse
Osteria Francescana Named ‘World’s Best Restaurant’ – Eater
ESPN Just Announced the 16 Athletes Getting Naked for the 2018 Body Issue – Maxim
50 Essential Restaurants Every American Should Visit – Thrillist
Rhian Sugen’s mammaries on display – Drunken Stepfather
5 Relationship Behaviors No One Should Put Up With – Psychology Today
Everything We Know About E-Cigarettes So Far: Is vaping bad for you? Is it safer than smoking regular cigarettes? – Tonic
Husband and wife share video of couple having SEX behind them on plane – Daily Mail
Emily Ratajkowski, Hilary Duff and Other Random Women – G-Celeb
The 5 Worst Illegal Immigration Arguments – PJ Media
Sophie Mudd’s Boob Spread – Hollywood Tuna
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Welcome To Caveman’s Fight Club!
KO Of The Year!
Gökhan Saki brutally puts Freddy Kemayo down
Chuck Liddell tees off on Tito Ortiz
Jose Aldo putting an absolute beating on the legs of Ricardo Lamas.
Robbie Lawler starches Melvin Manhoef after almost having his leg amputated
Lerdsila demonstrating matrix tactics
Insane Knockout!
Nice street fight with respect at the end
LOL!
Guy knocks out bystander watching and yelling at fight
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The Daily Man-Up
Walk That Shit Off!
A major problem today is that many people don’t believe in themselves! We spend too much time doubting our abilities and praising someone else’s! We question everything about ourselves! We spend way too much time on this bullshit way of thinking. Trust me… I get it!
Life can put you through a lot of bad experiences. Those bad experiences can grind your confidence into the sewer! All of that falling down can make you feel like a loser. Trust me- you are not alone in that feeling!
Next time, look at the good things you have in your life as you are falling. Those good thoughts will get you the fuck up! As you are falling, don’t think about how many times you have fallen, think about all of the time you have gotten up!
Falling and getting back up are the best ways to build resilience. When you get knocked down, get up faster than you fell! YOU have to believe that you are a badass for just continuing to keep getting up. Yes, some people are better than you…fuck it! This is a race that only you are running so the only way to lose is to stay down.
Don’t allow your past circumstances to suck the belief out of you! Embrace the fact that you fail. See the positive in all situations! If you get a flat tire on your way to work and don’t have a spare, you can now get that workout in that you probably missed. All you to do is get up one more time than you fall!
When life pushes your ass to the ground, get up and walk that shit off!
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A Few Photos To Help You Scratch That Nostalgic Itch
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A Few Answers To Questions You Always Wondered About
What is the modus operandi of these Russian troll farms?
The idea is pretty simple: By imitating “normal Americans” and then espousing radical and extreme ideas, they were convincing real normal americans that those radical and extreme ideas were “normal american” ideas.
The idea was to drive people farther towards their fringe elements. If you were left of center, they wanted you to see prejudice, sexism and racism in everything and everyone. Right of center, they wanted you to see America “under attack from all sides” by Muslims, Liberals, whatever. If you’re black, they wanted to convince you the problem is white people. If you’re white, they wanted to convince you the problem was black people. They wanted to create more extremists, thereby destabalizing the nation.
This was elaborated in their military manual The Foundations of Geopolitics :
Russia should use its special services within the borders of the United States to fuel instability and separatism, for instance, provoke “Afro-American racists”. Russia should “introduce geopolitical disorder into internal American activity, encouraging all kinds of separatism and ethnic, social and racial conflicts, actively supporting all dissident movements – extremist, racist, and sectarian groups, thus destabilizing internal political processes in the U.S. It would also make sense simultaneously to support isolationist tendencies in American politics”.
Bonus, they did the same thing in the UK and got Brexit off the ground. That too was elaborated in the book.
The United Kingdom should be cut off from Europe.
That’s Brexit. That was a Russian goal.
All this to say that this is why we should be careful to remain objective and rational. Because it’s too easy to get wound up and angry.
Why do people stay in abusive relationships?
Don’t judge it till you’ve been in one of these things. A lot of these people start out as absolute saints. They’re SO kind, SO forgiving, SO loving, SO giving…for like, 4 months. And you think, this person seems to be a better person than me. I get tired, impatient, grumpy, hangry, and (s)he never does! Wow, I’m lucky to be with this person! (S)he makes ME want to be a better person! And everyone in the surrounding community just LOVES this person.
Then, during month 5 or so, they do something strange. You think, hm, maybe s(he) was just tired. We all have bad days, and you forgive whatever it was as a small, uncharacteristic incident. Then it, or something like it, happens again. But (s)he has been SO understanding of your many little flaws, you don’t want to mention it! When it happens a third time, you go, ok, now I probably need to say something to this person. So you do, and your abuser feels incredibly betrayed, and reacts such that you feel guilty/sad/scared and never want to criticize them again.
One of the things about a lot of abusers is they really want to look perfect all of the time. And they’re good at it! That’s why everyone loves them! But nobody’s perfect all the time, and if you spend a lot of time with someone, you’ll see the facade fade. First just for a few minutes, then more frequently for longer durations. If you see them behaving imperfectly, they get mad at YOU. They can’t accept their own imperfections, so they hate it when someone else sees that they aren’t perfect. You start to notice that this person doesn’t have any close friends – they are very popular, but in a surface kind of way. Important relationships like parents, siblings, childhood friends, etc, are almost all estranged. When they explain why, they make it sound like their dad/mom/siblings/childhood friends were completely toxic (and maybe they were!), and you think, wow, what a strong person to have gotten out of that unscathed!
Then they do more things that are just on the edge of abuse. But you don’t define them as “on the edge of abuse” because maybe you don’t have the vocabulary for it. You just know you’re uncomfortable and starting to feel unhappy and controlled and hurt. So you try to talk about it, but (s)he twists your words so you don’t even recognize them, taking you down rabbit holes and blind alleyways and making accusations about your personality and your character and your behavior that…just…maybe…might be true? And because you’re introspective and you want to be a better person you try to take in their feedback and get better, for their sake and your own. This is an opportunity for self-improvement. You finally have someone who cares about you enough to grow with you and tell you how the things you do affect him/her/everyone around you because actually you’re a worthless piece of shit who is totally unaware of how shitty and lame you are…ahem wait no, that’s not what (s)he said, was it? And (s)he actually brought up some really good points about my own behavior. Maybe I’m actually the abuser. And all the sudden you notice that this person is criticizing your friends and family, making little jabs at them, revealing all the ways they aren’t good friends, telling you how your friends are actually really manipulative and don’t much care about you. And you go, hummm, maybe so, I have been nursing some little wounds and hurt feelings. And soon you find it’s just you and this person, who’s increasingly behaving in allllllmost abusive ways. You’re isolated. You chose your relationship over your family friends, or you only interact in a surface way with your family and friends, because anything else feels like cheating for some reason. And now (s)he’s made him/herself almost completely indispensable in your life. At his or her insistence, you’ve mixed finances, employment, projects…because that’s what good couples do, right? But all of this intertwined life stuff gives this person increasing control over your life…
you get the picture. It’s not so easy to see it from the inside.
What’s the difference between Nationalism and Patriotism?
Nationalism is actually the enemy of true patriotism, IMHO, because of its twisted and parasitically passive nature.
A nationalist believes their country is the best and that’s that. It’s just the best. Doesn’t matter what the day-to-day life is like, doesn’t matter what they’ve offered up, doesn’t matter at all if no one else wants anything to do with your country; it’s the best because it’s the best. It demands nothing of you other than belief, and a desire to attack anyone who wants to pollute (aka immigrate to) your country or talk badly of it (aka insinuate it isn’t perfect). If it’s imperfect, it’s because of pollution from outsiders, plain and simple.
True Patriotism, IMHO, is about being your best in order to honor the ideals of your country. It acknowledges the past and the horrors that have happened and seeks to ensure that those stains do not bleed into the future. The nationalist doesn’t demand anything better of their country and this is poison to it. It negates improvement. It’s already the best so how can it improve?
A patriot says, we are great but we need to work hard to be better.
The nationalist says, we are already the best, how dare you say we need to change?
What does it feel like to give birth?
My water broke before anything else happened. I was in bed, awake because I couldn’t sleep of course, and it was 3:33am. I was on my right side and it felt the way I imagine it’d feel if there were a very small water balloon between my pelvic bone and someone pulled on the knotted end of the water balloon until it broke off at the funnel cleanly and all at once. I heard a “puuhp” sound in my head, but just in my head. Like how it sounds when you touch your lips together and put very light pressure behind them to make them pop open, but no air. I lay there a moment thinking very clearly, wow, my water just broke, but convincing myself there was no way because this wasn’t Hollywood and I was early. After a few minutes I felt wetness and figured I should get up to check. In the bathroom my underwear and shorts were soaked. I changed them, put in a pad, and waited to see if contractions came. They didn’t. I went in the kitchen and ate pie.
That was Sunday morning. Skip forward to feeling light period cramps all Monday, but nothing bothersome. I napped a lot as I was alone and had spent Sunday evening trying to convince L&D that my water had broken (they ended up not believing me and sending me home). By the time my husband got home Monday evening I was getting frequent cramps that felt like there was a very large hand inside my abdomen (wrist at my pelvic floor, finger tips stretched to the bottom of my ribs) that would go from being fully open (no pain) to clenched fist (taking my insides with it and squeezing). As my early labor progressed the clenched fist got tighter more frequently and stayed clenched longer. When I couldn’t breathe or stretch my legs out through a contraction (I wanted to curl up in a ball when they hit) I knew it was time to go in. I live two blocks from the hospital – a 5 minute drive. By the time I was in triage I had to grunt through the pain to keep from yelling out. By the time I was admitted it felt like my whole body was being squeezed into the palm of that hand – like it wanted to be smaller but there was something inside pushing outward making me bigger. I threw up five times trying to walk the halls.
During active labor, contractions felt like my entire upper half was being sucked through a pin sized hole between my legs. And that my head had to go through first. And for it to get there it had to go through the center of my body such that all of me was turning inside out against my will. Like a Jack in the Box being shoved straight down, back into the tin. I remember thinking oh my god. I am going to die. My own head is going to get stuck behind my own ribs and I am going to burst out of my own stomach like in Alien. It felt like it was going on forever. Like it would never end. It lasted less than two hours.
And then I got my epidural and I started shivering uncontrollably. I tried holding onto the bed to make it stop and thinking man, this is hilarious. I literally cannot stop shaking. And feeling like my body was trying to poop a really big poop. And none of it hurt. And it was wonderful.
Pushing felt good. I mean not like… it wasn’t like getting a foot massage… but it felt satisfying. Like how it’s satisfying to finally get to scratch something that’s been itching. Or like when you’re talking to someone and they spit on your face and you know they did it but they’re still talking to you and it’s all you can think about, and then after what feels like forever they look away and you finally get to wipe away the spit. Like, it’s still gross, but it feels good to get to do something about it. And I remember feeling him being born, but there was no pain. I wasn’t numb at all though. I could feel everything. I just couldn’t feel the pain. It’s like when you’re under water and you move your limbs super slow, you can feel the wetness but you can’t feel the water as you move through it. Kind of like that.
Anyway. It’s hard to remember so much. Even now I think back and second guess myself. Details – times – sequence of events. I’m sure I’m mixing up a lot of the specifics. But these things I remember for sure. It was crazy.
– ernieball
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Heres’s What A Meal At The World’s Best Restaurant Looks Like
The world’s top restaurant has just been named and it will give you even more motivation to book a trip to Italy.
Chef Massimo Bottura’s Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy took home the #1 spot again after being named the world’s best in 2016 (it was #2 on last year’s list). The three-Michelin-star restaurant features a 10- and 12-course tasting menu.
We started our tasting menu with Fish & Chips: a crisp, deep-fried sandwich with an Aula fish filling. The quenelle on top of the sandwich was made from Carpione ice cream with fresh herbs
Crunchy bread filled with tomato & olives.
Macaroon filled with rabbit stew.
Several varieties of bread were served – grissini and soft and crusty baked sour dough bread
Oyster came with verbena, green apple and a lemon ball.
The war of Greece: a Mediterranean open ravioli made of cucumber, filled with eel and finished with tzatziki. The ravioli was served in a broth with mint
The chef continued to serve dishes with a story in a creative way. A traditional fish soup was deconstructed. Mussel and clam puree was made with the soup ingredients. The puree was topped with a nicely cooked variety of fish and shellfish while the seaweed crackers gave texture to the dish. A delicious and intense soup came aside
While the restaurant music excelled in dullness we were served a simple dish that did not totally impress. A memory to a Mortadella sandwich was given by serving Mortadella foam with pistachio crumble and traditional Modenese bread. A cracker with lardo, black truffle and Parmesan was added
Foie gras served in a ice cream version as a bar showed the geniality of this chef. Nicely balanced flavours, perfect structures and refined richness made this combination of foie gras, balsamic vinegar from Modena, hazelnuts and almonds outstanding.
To make a special dish with only one ingredient is ingenious. Parmesan was the key to this success. The Five Ages of Parmigiano Reggiano was delicate in its presentation but rich, intense and overwhelming. In his book Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef Massimo says it is no longer made with one ingredient, but two: Parmigiano Reggiano and time
Check out the rest of the meal at Be-Gusto
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The Dumping Grounds
RIP Vader. Vader Chokeslams and powerbombs Joe Thurman… basically breaking his spine
Tim Sylvia VS Ray Mercer
The bout was originally meant to be a boxing match, however the athletic commission changed its mind at the last minute and declared the fight illegal. The fight still went ahead as Mercer agreed to fight Sylvia under MMA Rules with a verbal agreement between the two to stand and box. Tim Sylvia throws a kick and pays for it dearly!
Bernie Mac – Def Comedy Jam – I Ain’t Scared Of You Mutha****!
The context of this is that this crowd was horrible, and had booed and heckled every comic off the stage that night. I think I heard that most of the remaining comics backstage were refusing to go on because the crowd was so hostile.
Cue Bernie Mac walking out and saying “I ain’t scared of you mothafuckas!” and destroying.
Daughter Scares Dad With Confetti Cannon
Don’t Be a Sucker (1947) – A US gov’t PSA on the rise of fascism and how it could happen anywhere
Bear Forced To Ride A Skateboard Attacks Its Trainer
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Linkage
A damn fine collection of bewb, awsomeness and everything in between – Leenks
How to Stop Worrying About the Future and Start Living Your Life Now – Tiny Buddha
Girl separated from aunt had diaper changed by kids – AOL
I put this hot sauce on EVERYTHING. Really Tasty! – Amazon
Dude Gets Knocked Out With A Bat After Pulling Up To Someone’s House! – Worldstar
The greatest gift my father gave me were these 8 financial lessons – CNBC
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2018: The Full List of Winners – Eater
Why Dutch teenagers are among the happiest in the world – The Guardian
What Do Men Think It Means To Be A Man? – Five Thirty Eight
U.S. Announces Its Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights Council – NPR
Report: The Star Wars Story Films Are Being Put On Hold – i09
Tori Hughes Will Make You Take Longer Showers – Yes Bitch
Canada just became the 2nd country in the world to legalize marijuana – Business Insider
Head To This Site If You Want To Launch A Writing Career – Wall Street Insanity
The Foot-in-the-Door Technique Can Persuade People to Do What You Want – Daily Curiousity
Animal Photographer Takes Photos Of Cats High On Catnip, And It’s Brilliant – Sad And Useless
Ashley Graham Reminds Us How Appealing She Can Be – Go Fug Yourself
Big T*tty Bikini Woman Calls a Mexican a Wetback and Other Videos of the Day – Drunken Stepfather
The Most Scenic Drive In All 50 States – Thrillist
The Best of the 2018 Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue! See Through, Pokies, Butts Etc! – The Slip
How Amazon Became One of Washington’s Most Powerful Players – WSJ
This Is The Ultimate Computer Workstations! – Awesome Galore
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Hot Instagram Babe Of The Day: Raquelle Lawrence
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There Are Some Things You Just Can’t Argue With
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Reaction GIFs Beeeyotch!
When you go to sit next to your pet and it gets up to lay somewhere else
When I wake up from a nightmare only to realize my life is still a nightmare
When it’s a beautiful and perfect day outside
When I start an exam and look for the easy questions
When it is 98 degrees outside and I hit that air conditioned entrance to the grocery store
When I’m baked, going upstairs and remember there’s a bag of donuts I saved for myself in the kitchen
When my IQ is one of the highest but someone points out I misspelled a word on my executive order
Bank Balance: $20.00
Dominos Pizza Total: $19.99
Me:
When I make her squirt
My daughter’s reaction when I cut her hair for the first time
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The Daily Man-Up
(photo: @lobosnico)
Most people are distracted right now.
They’re distracted while they’re at work. They’re distracted when they’re with family and friends.
They’re distracted at the gym, on their commute, and even in the shower.
The mediocre majority will continue going through life this way, never experiencing the fullness of a life filled with deep focus and purpose.
Most people don’t prioritize learning and creating. They don’t care enough to invest in their personal development and growth.
Entertainment is more important. Most people have replaced achieving their life dreams and goals with TV, partying, and social media.
Their life is characterized by entertainment and distraction, not learning and creating.
As a result, they don’t have close relationships. They’re stuck in jobs they hate. Their life is on the fast-track to disappointment, and they don’t know what to do.
Entertainment and distraction is the enemy of creation and learning. They will keep you in mediocrity.
If you don’t want to end up living a life of mediocrity, focus on learning and education. It’s the fastest way to become extraordinary, wealthy, and successful.
Check out the rest of the article here
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