hmm yes perfect.

that little scamp!

direwolves get all the love—what about the aurochs, people?

+1

this is just making me depressed.

mesmerizing.

yeah, let's leave the vodka out of this sordid affair, thanks.

+1 beat me to it

good grief they all look amazing. also I'm incredibly amused by Coster-Waldau towering over everyone in the group shot.

I'm holding out for the article, "how does Doug Barry manage to keep writing articles for Jezebel?" written by Doug Barry for Jezebel.

my favorite response from this story came from tech blogger Anil Dash: "Eventually one of these Republican congressmen is going to find out his daughter is a woman, and then we're all set."

yup.

it's cause Doug doesn't have a great sense of humor but he does try so hard.

"Dude. 'Chinaman' is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please."

I think it depends in large part on the relationship between the appropriated culture and the appropriating culture. Vikings, Germans (to some extent), ancient Greeks, and ancient Romans are all a pretty major part of the heritage of Western culture—so when we dress up in those outfits it's actually appropriate.

"I didn't see [Silver Linings Playbook] yet, I'd like to see it! I've been kinda busy picketing."

cloathing is basically clothes that are made with an extra dose of special hatred.

"The Tablet comes preloaded with applications so you can just turn it on and log in to cooking recipes or yoga," Mani Nair, Associate Vice President for Marketing at Eurostar Group, told the Jerusalem Post.

jesus, I'm just now getting ready to saddle up with my old temp agency (thanks, Obama) and this is giving me second thoughts, rent be damned.

100 points for Gryffindor. and COTD