Dita Von Teese at the Sidaction Gala Dinner 2012 in Paris yesterday
Here’s a haiku about this ensemble featuring only synonyms for the word red:
Crimson scarlet blood
Burgundy wine-stained cherry
Flaming garnet blush
JUST LOOK AT THIS WOMAN!
Washington’s marriage equality bill, steadily growing in national fame as it garners more support, passed in a Senate committee in the state today and will move on for a floor vote soon.
The Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee approved the bill 4-3 yesterday and a date has yet to be set for the floor vote. Versions exist in the House and Senate, with enough votes to pass it in both places, though opponents have already promised to fight for a referendum.
I’m pumped. Are you pumped? I’m pumped.
“New government-funded research has identified the top 100 effects of climate change and their expected impact on Britain and magnitude over this century.
The “Climate Change Risk Assessment” found that if no further action is taken to address climate change, annual flood damage to buildings could reach between 2.1 billion and 12 billion pounds, compared to current costs of 1.2 billion pounds.
“If I had to pick one particular issue, the flooding issue is the most dominant,” said Bob Watson, chief scientific adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and one of report’s authors.
Britain is already at risk of extreme weather. In 2007, summer floods cost over 3 billion pounds and disruption from snowfall last year cost 600 million pounds a day over a several-day period.
More intense bursts of rainfall in summer and longer rainfall in winter will cause more floods, worsening damage and disruption to infrastructure and property. Over the longer term rising seas will bring coastal flooding, Watson added.
Annual insurance payouts and premiums will rise significantly, and more properties will find it harder to get insurance and obtain mortgages, the report said.
The government is spending 2.1 billion pounds on flood defenses over the next four years, but this represents a cut in funding of around 27 percent, the chairman of the environment agency said when the spending budget was announced in 2010.”
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
The sacred vows of this order are “to promulgate universal joy and to expiate stigmatic guilt”.
In 1987 the Sisters held an exorcism of Pope John Paul II to coincide with his visit to San Francisco; consequently the Order was added to the Papal List of Heretics.
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence is an international order of nuns founded in San Francisco’s Castro District in 1979. Sister Hysterectoria, one of the founding members, tells us about the history and mission of the organization.
(Source: fatcatsandcurls, via homotronic)
So hey, what’s up? On tumblr? Clicking videos and cat pictures? Me too…but could you do me a favor? Can you take just five minutes out of your day and call, e-mail, or fax Rep. Richard Floyd? See, he thinks it’s ok to say he would ‘stomp a mudhole’ into a person he believed *might be transgender. So I just sent him a quick note to tell him how disgusted I was with his statement, and I included a picture of myself and asked him to tell me what gender I was … based solely on my appearance. Can you do something like that? Can you stand up for someone’s rights today?
Rep. Richard Floyd (TN)
Phone (615) 741-2746
Fax (615) 253-0304
rep.richard.floyd@capitol.tn.gov
Michel Simeon. Illustration from James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl.
George Allen & Unwin, first UK edition published 1967.