The Kilted German

justcallmezed: juicyjacqulyn: frickyeah1990s: my apartment...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:05:51 -0400

juicyjacqulyn:

frickyeah1990s:

my apartment could use a floppy disk coffee table.

i’d keep a dildo in there

Think about how many people already don’t understand this table.

I need one of these.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 07:14:08 -0400

politicsandcupcakes: woodendreams: (by Bagder of the Bank)

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:55:42 -0400

politicsandcupcakes:

woodendreams:

(by Bagder of the Bank)

Warehouse 13 : Claudia Donovan

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:00:11 -0400

Warehouse 13 : Claudia Donovan

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:58:05 -0400

sikssaapo-p: Are you afraid of the dark?

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:57:07 -0400

sikssaapo-p:

Are you afraid of the dark?

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Fri, 17 May 2013 18:56:39 -0400

What BP Doesn't Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:49:51 -0400

What BP Doesn't Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill:

sinidentidades:

“It’s as safe as Dawn dishwashing liquid.” That’s what Jamie Griffin says the BP man told her about the smelly, rainbow-streaked gunk coating the floor of the “floating hotel” where Griffin was feeding hundreds of cleanup workers during the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Apparently, the workers were tracking the gunk inside on their boots. Griffin, as chief cook and maid, was trying to clean it. But even boiling water didn’t work.

“The BP representative said, ‘Jamie, just mop it like you’d mop any other dirty floor,’” Griffin recalls in her Louisiana drawl.

It was the opening weeks of what everyone, echoing President Barack Obama, was calling “the worst environmental disaster in American history.” At 9:45 p.m. local time on April 20, 2010, a fiery explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig had killed 11 workers and injured 17. One mile underwater, the Macondo well had blown apart, unleashing a gusher of oil into the gulf. At risk were fishing areas that supplied one third of the seafood consumed in the U.S., beaches from Texas to Florida that drew billions of dollars’ worth of tourism to local economies, and Obama’s chances of reelection. Republicans were blaming him for mishandling the disaster, his poll numbers were falling, even his 11-year-old daughter was demanding, “Daddy, did you plug the hole yet?”

Griffin did as she was told: “I tried Pine-Sol, bleach, I even tried Dawn on those floors.” As she scrubbed, the mix of cleanser and gunk occasionally splashed onto her arms and face.

Within days, the 32-year-old single mother was coughing up blood and suffering constant headaches. She lost her voice. “My throat felt like I’d swallowed razor blades,” she says.

Then things got much worse.

Like hundreds, possibly thousands, of workers on the cleanup, Griffin soon fell ill with a cluster of excruciating, bizarre, grotesque ailments. By July, unstoppable muscle spasms were twisting her hands into immovable claws. In August, she began losing her short-term memory. After cooking professionally for 10 years, she couldn’t remember the recipe for vegetable soup; one morning, she got in the car to go to work, only to discover she hadn’t put on pants. The right side, but only the right side, of her body “started acting crazy. It felt like the nerves were coming out of my skin. It was so painful. My right leg swelled—my ankle would get as wide as my calf—and my skin got incredibly itchy.”

“These are the same symptoms experienced by soldiers who returned from the Persian Gulf War with Gulf War syndrome,” says Dr. Michael Robichaux, a Louisiana physician and former state senator, who treated Griffin and 113 other patients with similar complaints. As a general practitioner, Robichaux says he had “never seen this grouping of symptoms together: skin problems, neurological impairments, plus pulmonary problems.” Only months later, after Kaye H. Kilburn, a former professor of medicine at the University of Southern California and one of the nation’s leading environmental health experts, came to Louisiana and tested 14 of Robichaux’s patients did the two physicians make the connection with Gulf War syndrome, the malady that afflicted an estimated 250,000 veterans of that war with a mysterious combination of fatigue, skin inflammation, and cognitive problems.

Meanwhile, the well kept hemorrhaging oil. The world watched with bated breath as BP failed in one attempt after another to stop the leak. An agonizing 87 days passed before the well was finally plugged on July 15. By then, 210 million gallons of Louisiana sweet crude had escaped into the Gulf of Mexico, according to government estimates, making the BP disaster the largest accidental oil leak in world history.

Yet three years later, the BP disaster has been largely forgotten, both overseas and in the U.S. Popular anger has cooled. The media have moved on. Today, only the business press offers serious coverage of what the Financial Times calls “the trial of the century”—the trial now under way in New Orleans, where BP faces tens of billions of dollars in potential penalties for the disaster. As for Obama, the same president who early in the BP crisis blasted the “scandalously close relationship” between oil companies and government regulators two years later ran for reelection boasting about how much new oil and gas development his administration had approved.

Woot, 250 sales!

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:43:05 -0400

Woot, 250 sales!:

Greyed Out creates quality handmade suede dice bags, made for gamers by a gamer. I have been a tabletop gamer since my first introduction to games like

Let’s see how quickly I can hit 300! Use the coupon BUDDYCODE to save $5 on a purchase of $34 or more - tell a friend about Greyed Out, convince her to go in on a dice bag order with you, and save.

billiambabble: My partner is good to me. :) #dungeonsanddragons...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:41:40 -0400

billiambabble:

My partner is good to me. :) #dungeonsanddragons #DnD Reprint AD&D Unearthed Arcana #book #amazon

Taking Orkventory

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:00:22 -0400

Currently in my rag-tag ork collection:

1 Ork Warboss with choppa
20 Shoota Boyz
20 AoBR Slugga Boyz
9 Burnas
1 Big Mek w/ Kustom Force Field
5 Ork Nobs, older style
Random Assortment of Nob bodies

I’m also in the process of getting some NIB Killa Kanz from Bartertown at a bargain price, and am always on the lookout for deals. I am happy to trade cool dice bags for ork miniatures.

The plan is currently to just paint orks and have fun with the project; I’m painting them as Bad Moons, though I’m still debating on whether or not I want the Slugga Boyz as Deffskulls. I should have enough Ork Nob bodies to make a full squad of 10, and I prefer the older pewter models, so that’s what I’m working with.

Da Ork Projekt

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:41:22 -0400

I am now accepting donations of killa kanz, deff dreads, and ork boyz. If you have some orks that you’re willing to send to a good home, send them my way!

councilof13: Got to love Forgeworld for bringing some old...

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:47:29 -0400

councilof13:

Got to love Forgeworld for bringing some old school Night Goblin fun to the party.

That Page

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:32:31 -0400

I don’t even really look at the Etsy front page anymore. It has simply become an obstacle that I need to pass by to get to my shop’s page. The items that are featured on the front page are not really relevant to anything that I do, and from what I understand, are simply pushed there through the equivalent of a popularity contest.

in-the-middle-earth: King in the North I feel like his...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:26:52 -0400

in-the-middle-earth:

King in the North

I feel like his direwolf needs to be about twice that size.

3liza: steinerfrommars: RIP Ray, artisan of dreams. i was...

Tue, 07 May 2013 23:05:38 -0400

3liza:

steinerfrommars:

RIP Ray, artisan of dreams.

i was always surprised when i learned he was still alive, and i’m glad he had such a marvelously long life. thanks for the childhood, ray.

I, uh… didn’t realize he was still alive either, until I found out about his passing away today.

Find ‘em at Greyed Out.

Sun, 05 May 2013 11:37:30 -0400

Find ‘em at Greyed Out.

kickingcones: My badfrica.

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:17:00 -0400

kickingcones:

My badfrica.

herestheplan: Just got a hard cover copy of Hackmaster 4th...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:14:56 -0400

herestheplan:

Just got a hard cover copy of Hackmaster 4th edition. Woot.

thekiltedgerman says: I have this book, and the Hacklopedia of Beasts. They are works of art.

There’s something about black nail polish that always...

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:13:57 -0400

There’s something about black nail polish that always draws my attention. Also, Jennifer Lawrence.

The Kilted German

justcallmezed: juicyjacqulyn: frickyeah1990s: my apartment...

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politicsandcupcakes: woodendreams: (by Bagder of the Bank)

Warehouse 13 : Claudia Donovan

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sikssaapo-p: Are you afraid of the dark?

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What BP Doesn't Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill

Woot, 250 sales!

billiambabble: My partner is good to me. :) #dungeonsanddragons...

Taking Orkventory

Da Ork Projekt

councilof13: Got to love Forgeworld for bringing some old...

That Page

in-the-middle-earth: King in the North I feel like his...

3liza: steinerfrommars: RIP Ray, artisan of dreams. i was...

Find ‘em at Greyed Out.

kickingcones: My badfrica.

herestheplan: Just got a hard cover copy of Hackmaster 4th...

There’s something about black nail polish that always...

What BP Doesn't Want You to Know About the 2010 Gulf Spill