[historicalbeauties]

“I Was Born With A Condition: Pectus Excavatum. Which I Know Sounds Like A Harry Potter Spell. My Deformity Began Appearing Around Age 10.  

“My name is Cody Miller. I am not a typical Olympic swimmer. Like most sports the taller you are the better… Most swimmers are incredibly tall, well above 6ft… I’m 5'11 and only weigh 170lbs. More often than not, I’m the smallest person in the pool. My condition puts stress on my respiratory system. Tests have shown that my sunken sternum and odd placement of other bones has caused a reduced lung capacity… To what extent is unknown. Doctors have said my maximum breathing capacity is likely reduced by 12-20%. Also… I’m diagnosed asthmatic… Which I leaned, from studies run on me in college, has nothing to do with my pectus condition. I live with difficult circumstances for a swimmer.

“Despite my disadvantages, I’ve dedicated my life to swimming… And I’ve never gave up. Like a lot of you, I have struggled with body image problems through out my life. I struggled with my appearance from a young age. I was a kid who was afraid to take off his shirt in gym class… people thought I was weird. At swim meets, I walked around the pool deck awkwardly while people stared and pointed at me. I was weird and abnormal… However, I’ve realized this: No one is 100% satisfied with the way they look. Everyone has some thing about themselves they dislike. And that’s OK! Professional athletes, models… everyone has their own insecurities! I’ve embraced the fact that I have a giant hole in my chest! It’s OK! 

“Monday night. June 27th, 2016 in Omaha Nebraska. USA Swimming Olympic Trials took place at the CenturyLink Center live on NBC, in front of a crowd of 17,500 people, I swam in lane 5 of the Finals of the men’s 100 meter breast stroke. Only 2 athletes per event qualify for the Olympic Games. 2 swimmers to represent the U.S.A in the 100 meter breast stroke… I’d been dreaming about this moment my entire life. One wrong move and it’s over… The pressure of a life long dream… Years and years of training. Thousands and thousands of hours of preparation for a race that lasts 59 seconds… 2 lengths of the pool… 1 start… 1 turn… 1 finish… 1 moment… 1 opportunity… I did it… The feeling is still indescribable… I qualified for the Rio Olympics. My new Olympic team mate and I hug.Seeing the Olympic rings next to my name… I try not to cry… I did… like a baby…”

[straycatj]

Mr. J, we’ve rescued another kitten! This one’s a little girl we found cold, wet, and hungry in a leocal park. She’s now warm, dry, and full, and we think we’d like to keep her! Could you suggest a name for her? She’s very sweet and VERY vocal, loves to knead, and has spots on her belly. We’ve been calling her Scout for now.

Thank you again for being an inspiration to rescue cats all around the world! You show how, with a landlady’s love, any stray cat can become a happy house pet!

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How about Uta? Uta means song in Japanese… May it be suitable for vocal cat?

[ladyyatexel]

[fivequartersoftheorange]

So Anne Rice is dead.

[angryschnauzer]

Time to write some Interview With The Vampire fanfic

[lonelygingerpies]

we were all thinking it

[ladyyatexel]

Yo I felt like several compressed layers of garbage today but over the course of today developing several really really good things happened!

[stevebattle]

Snail by Versal Cross (1955), Foley Senior High School, Foley, Minnesota. At Foley Senior High each student must work on one project for the year. The Snail is a mobile wire-caged machine that, being phototropic, will move towards a light source. In the photo, its Inventor, 17 year old Versal Cross, holds a torch to attract it.

[cosmictuesdays]

[itchycoil]

Seriously what happened to movie taglines like this

[bunjywunjy]

[61below]

I just realized that I never did (or didn’t properly tag 🙃) an FO post for my dino baby blanket, but it deserves it! This was also my first steeked project, so that was nerve-wracking af. I will say that I learned since then to use my rotary cutting board between the layers just to give me the added peace of mind to know I’m not cutting into the floats of the other side.

There wasn’t really a pattern for the project, I just googled ‘dinosaur color charts’ and made a few of my own with excel ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but special shout out to ChemKnits for the molecular fun! Yarn: 4 balls of Kauni EQ started from different points.

[flouryhedgehog]

Oh this is absolutely stunning. I am stunned.

[stickyfrogs]

Tiny would like to share an update on his Disgusting Medicine Situation!

[yourplayersaidwhat]

Actual conversation in dnd between the DM’s beholder boss and the party fighter who is playing as a starcraft zerg

Beholder: I believe you have my notes

Zerg fighter: I found this note book writen in abyssal with what looks like scribblings of a mad man in the back.

B: Thats kind of rude but yes those are my notes.

Z:I meant no offense I just feel like a creature of you intelligence should have learned penmanship.

B: Do you know how hard it is to write with tentacles?

Z: Fuck you, try writing with tongues and teeth!

[oldschoolfrp]

[oldschoolfrp]

Taste testing in the room of pools.  Maybe something good, maybe something not…

(David Sutherland, from B1 In Search of the Unknown)

[oldschoolfrp]

One of my all-time favorite dungeon rooms, with 14 unique pools in the floor, all filled with something different