Epic response to a cranky letter about paper airplanes in a sports stadium

 

 

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Epic response to a cranky letter about paper airplanes in a sports stadium

via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on 12/23/10

From 1974, a brief and touching correspondence between a season's ticket-holding Cleveland Browns fan and the stadium management:

I am one of your season ticket holders who attends or tries to attend every game. It appears one of the pastimes of several fans has become the sailing of paper airplanes generally made out of the game program. As you know, there is the risk of serious eye injury and perhaps an ear injury as a result of such airplanes. I am sure that this has been called to your attention and that several of your ushers and policemen witnessed the same.

Absolutely Epic 1974 Letter From Cleveland Browns to a Fan (via MeFi)

 

 

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Amazing Photo of Rainbow Over Bay Bridge In San Francisco

 

 

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Amazing Photo of Rainbow Over Bay Bridge In San Francisco

via Laughing Squid by Scott Beale on 12/22/10

Lisa Bettany shot an amazing photo of a rainbow going end to end over the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

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Crispy Hexagons

 

 

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Crispy Hexagons

via Laughing Squid by Scott Beale on 12/21/10

Mmmmmm, Crispy Hexagons. Wake up with a bowl of geometry!

photo by Scott Beale

 

 

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Watch: House's Loudest Bigot Louie Gohmert Warns of Soldiers Crawling into E...

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Watch: House's Loudest Bigot Louie Gohmert Warns of Soldiers Crawling into Each Other's Beds

via Towleroad News #gay by Andy Towle on 12/21/10

During House debate of the "DADT" repeal bill, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) warned that gays in the military would destroy nations. In this clip, he warns of "overt homosexuality" and the predatory soldier who might crawl into your bunk.

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Thread Installations by Gabriel Dawe

 

 

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Thread Installations by Gabriel Dawe

via Laughing Squid by Scott Beale on 12/20/10

Fast Company Design takes a look at the beautiful thread installations created by Mexican artist Gabriel Dawe.

 

 

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Active-Duty Marine Infantry Captain: 'I must respectfully disagree with my c...

 

 

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Active-Duty Marine Infantry Captain: 'I must respectfully disagree with my commandant.'

via Towleroad News #gay by Andy Towle on 12/17/10

Active-duty Marine Infantry Captain Nathan Cox writes, in the Washington Post:

Gay and lesbian Marines who are now barred from discussing their identities honestly with their superiors, peers and subordinates would be able to do their jobs free from the nagging knowledge that they are being less than honest with their brothers and sisters in arms. It is difficult to see how this could do anything but improve their job performance. Gay and lesbian Marines have long fought and died for a country that refuses to acknowledge their existence. Some are certainly among the Marines who have passed through Bethesda Naval Hospital and rest in Arlington.

I believe the reluctance many Marines feel about repeal is based on the false stereotype, borne out of ignorance, that homosexuals don't do things like pull other Marines from burning vehicles. The truth is, they do it all the time. We simply don't know it because they can't tell us.

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