santheum:

benmeetsworld:

AMAZING Steampunk Chell cosplay from Portal at MCM Expo.

To see the full gallery, click here

STEAMPUNK CHELL. Your argument is invalid.

superamit:

Two weeks ago I got a call from my doctor, who I’d gone to see the day before because I’d been feeling worn out and was losing weight, and wasn’t sure why.

He was brief: “Amit, you’ve got Acute Leukemia. You need to enter treatment right away.”

I was terrified. I packed a backpack full of clothes, went to the hospital as he’d instructed, and had transfusions through the night to allow me to take a flight home at 7am the next day. I Googled acute leukemia as I lay in my hospital bed, learning that if it hadn’t been caught, I’d have died within weeks.

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I have a couple more months of chemo to go, then the next step is a bone marrow transplant. As Jay and Tony describe below, minorities are severely underrepresented in the bone marrow pool, and I need help.

A few ways to help:

1. If you’re South Asian, get a free test by mail. You rub your cheeks with a cotton swab and mail it back. It’s easy.
2. If you’re in NYC, you can go to this event my friends are putting on.
3. If you know any South Asians (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, or Sri Lanka), please point ‘em to the links above. Thank you.

jayparkinsonmd:

My friend Amit Gupta founded my favorite photography site Photojojo. A few weeks ago, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Amit is one of the nicest, most genuine, most creative people you could ever meet. Prior to founding the awesome Photojojo, he also co-founded Jelly in 2006 in NYC, a coworking community, that’s now spread to 60 cities across the world and helped spark the coworking revolution. It looks like Amit will need a bone marrow transplant quite soon. We can help him with that.

tony b:

Unlike blood transfusions, finding a genetic match for bone marrow that his body will accept is no easy task. The national bone marrow registry has 9.5 million records on file, yet the chances of someone from South Asian descent of finding a match are only 1 in 20,000.

This is where we come in. We’re going to destroy those odds.

How? By finding and registering as many people of South Asian descent as we possibly can.

Tests are easy– a simple swab of the cheek. If you’re a match, the donation involves an outpatient procedure. It’s not fun, but it’s not dangerous either. And doing it could save a life.

We are encouraging anyone of South Asian descent to take a test to see if you’re a match. 

You can get a free test by mail, or, if you’re in New York, you can join us Friday, October 14th for a special party to rally support.

We’ll have test kits on hand at the party, as well as music, booze, and maybe even a photo booth. It will, for the first time, combine a House 2.0-style party with a New Work City-style party, and if you’ve ever been to either, you know they are always something special.

Please spread the word and please do everything you can to help Amit beat leukemia. He’s a superstar.

Much thanks to Tony and pals for organizing this event, and EVERYONE who’s been tweeting and reblogging.

Please help get the word out any way you can. My life quite literally depends on it.

(via superfriction)

zephyrdragon:

funsexytime:

demonsanddragons:

byrd-is-the-word:

Reblog if you know whose shoes these are.

#HOW COULD I NOT KNOW. #he sewed the sequins on himself. he stayed up all night doing it. #or so he claims. #or so he claimed in that misfits interview he so very charmingly interrupted

WAIT, WHAT?! O.O

I’m pretty sure that was a joke - he wore them to the opening of a Louis Vuitton store, and LV makes a pair that are identical, so I’m guessing that’s what they are.

http://www.benedictcumberbatch.co.uk/louis-vuitton-bond-street-l/

http://www.fluxuryb.com/2009/07/louis-vuitton-sequined-shoes-men/

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fuckyeah-nerdery:

apsies:

“I finally said, you know what, I’m going to tell my story. The first American injured in the Iraq war is a gay Marine. He wanted to give his life to this country.”

—Eric Alva, former Marine and veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”: Exclusive Interviews with Gay Servicemen: Big Issues: GQ

This deserves way more notes than it is getting. This guy lost a leg serving a country where people would just as soon condemn him for his sexual orientation as shake his hand and thank him.

I wouldn’t shake his hand. I’d hug him. I wouldn’t thank him, because “thank you” just isn’t a big enough word of gratitude for what he’s sacrificed and been through.

(via superfriction)

theraggedyhipster:

marauderbuddypalchum:

“That place isn’t for young eyes, and you could have damaged some valuable pieces”

…My life is a collection of torture equipment?  

“He was just killing time until the main event, but he was killing it in such exquisite ways. Time, and sometimes people.”

OKAY SO I CHEATED SLIGHTLY AND INCLUDED THE SECOND SENTENCE BUT I DON’T CARE BECAUSE FUCK ME THAT IS AN AWESOME DEFINITION.

“Photographs and gloomy, gilt-framed portraits lined the hall in long perspectives.”

So I’ll live in a nice house with lots of art or something. I can deal with that, yo.

(via theraggedyhipster-deactivated20)

dcwomenkickingass:

girlslovesuperheroes:

It’s the Green Lantern Corps!  My triplet daughters, now 8 years old, are taking on evil in all forms.  And, yes, they all know the oath.  That’s Rosalind, Anne, and Julia as the newest members of the Corps. Submitted by Bill B.

Love it!

So. Freaking. Adorable.