YAS GIVE HER YOUR MONEY

Help those who lost their homes in the Tennessee wildfires. Donate to the My People Fund by visiting https://t.co/Uydp1gDCwJ . #mypeoplefund pic.twitter.com/xyvXoCeIE1

— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) December 1, 2016

keep trying, everyone!

Stop watching Trump and tune into CSPAN!  @repjohnlewis leading sit-in in the House DEMANDING vote on gun measures pic.twitter.com/XVjYcNafo8

— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) June 22, 2016

read about it here and here.

jic you are completely or partially lost w/ true detective season 2

starla sent me this helpful explainer. the 90-minute seasons finale is happening on sunday.

anytime you need a friend, i will be here

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12 days!

today, we are blessed with a 2014 season preview from ESPN.

Breakout player: Most of the preseason drama at Tennessee revolved around the quarterback race, but Jones ended that last week when he named Worley the starter. Had he not injured his thumb and missed the remainder of the season a year ago, the Vols probably would have gone to a bowl game. He's been put in some tough positions during his career, including being thrown to the wolves as a true freshman before he was ready. But he's persevered. His arm has gotten stronger. He's healthy now, and he also has more playmakers around him this season. Nobody's pushing him for the Heisman Trophy or even All-SEC honors, but here's betting Worley has a very solid senior season after throwing more interceptions (13) than touchdown passes (11) in his previous three seasons.

Most important game: We'll cheat and go 1A (Florida on Oct. 4) and 1B (Missouri on Nov. 22). Both games are at home, and both will go a long way toward determining whether or not the Vols can make it to the postseason. They've lost nine in a row to Florida, so ending that drought would be a big step in the right direction for Jones and the program. The Missouri game is sandwiched between a home game with Kentucky and the regular-season finale at Vanderbilt. It could be that the Vols have to win all three to go bowling.

also important to know, the SEC network is dedicating much of it's airtime tonight and tomorrow to the vols. here is the schedule:

Tuesday, Aug. 19
8 p.m. - 2014 Tennessee Football Preview
9 p.m. - SEC Storied: The Color Orange, The Condredge Holloway Story
11 p.m. - 2014 Tennessee Football Preview

Wednesday, Aug. 20
12 a.m. - Nine For IX: Pat XO
1 a.m. - 2004 Football: Tennessee vs. Florida
3 a.m. - 2005 Football: Tennessee at LSU
5:30 a.m. - 2013 Football Tennessee vs. South Carolina
12 p.m. - 2007 Football: Tennessee at Kentucky
2 p.m. - 2014 Tennessee Football Preview

now, if one of the hundreds of you that are using my netflix / hbogo / hulu logins has access to the SEC network on your cable, kindly email me with your username / password so that i might enjoy this on my roku. plz and thx.

 

here's a handy tipping guide.

i was pleased to learn i'm doing it correctly, for the most part.

an intense case for medical marijuana

Jacqueline Patterson was born with cerebral palsy, a congenital disorder that affects her motor functions. As a result of her condition, she suffers from a severe stutter and major pain and weakness on her right side. This video showcases the amazing effect of cannabis on her condition. (via)

help. hank. help. help. hank. help.

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dine out williamsburg

This Thursday, November 8th, we will be holding Dine Out Williamsburg for Sandy Relief. All restaurants, bars, and businesses need to do to participate is pledge 10-20% of gross sales that night to the Red Cross’ Sandy relief efforts. All diners have to do is dine, drink, and spend money at one (or many!) participating businesses. (via)

i know you're waiting to dump out your pocketbooks.

if you want to help, these are good organizations:

the brooklyn recovery fund (brooklyn)
tunnels to towers (staten island)
occupy sandy

what is dharma doing?

just helpin' with the laundry.

g.animalz's spirit animalz

me: wanna help me assign a spirit animal?
Joel: yeah
me: ok clear your mind
i'm going to send you a picture
and you yell out the first person that comes into your brain
ready?
Joel: ok
Joel: looks like grace to me

iphone question

tomorrow, i'll finally be retiring my blackberry and entering 2010 by upgrading to an iphone. you're welcome. now. for some reason, every single iphone owner i've asked this question (liz, john, grace, etc.) has some lame excuse about why they can't answer it. maybe you can help.

can you just tell me how much data you use per month on average? i reckon i'll have to pick a plan, and i just want to be prepared.

thanks in advance for being soooooo helpful!

UPDATE! i just talked to verizon and they are going to let me keep on rolling with my unlimited family plan as well. thanks, dad!

what is hank doing?

helping erin out at work!

thx erin!

adorable rat story

A new study in the journal Science has found that rats can be helpful — the first instance that such behavior has been documented in rodents.

The researchers placed a free-roaming rat in an arena with a caged rat. Over the course of several days, the free rats realized they could nudge open a door and release the caged rat.

After figuring this out, they did so repeatedly, day after day.
...
“They then did what we refer to as a celebration,” said an author of the study, Peggy Mason, a neuroscientist at the University of Chicago. “The trapped rat runs around the arena, and the free rat appears excited and runs after the trapped rat.” (via)

awwwwwwwwAW!!

now, if they could just figure out how to escape nscience's murderous grip.

halping!

thx markie!

#protip

john's helpful tips for rachel, regarding her halloween costume.

have you seen?

this new internet thing? it's called city maps, and it catalogs businesses block by block, with a pretty special real-time social-networking integration. helpful!



ps - look what happened when i clicked on "food & restaurants"...

it knoooowwwwsssss!!!

help name rachel's new puppy!

and by puppy, i mean new old dog. here he is! isn't he cute?!

vote in the poll at the top of the page. and, of course, write-in any new ideaz in the comments of this post.

there's no way that's not a cheese ballz container.

read this sad / happy story about a bear in the smokey mountains, rescued from his plastic prison by the kindness of humans.

"On every level he was in a deficit," Hammonds said. "For three weeks he had not eaten, had been breathing his own breath, and the only way he must have been able to drink was by lowering his head under water and filling up the jug." (via)

i won't lie, i woulda liked to've seen that drinking manuever! thx leigh anne!