In case you were wondering: "Tired, overworked nurse in baggy scrubs" is the new "sexy nurse."

And yes, I will be in costume ALL DAY.

HAPPY BLACK TACOWEEN!

Gabby and Tal make these gorgeous stockings and sell them on Etsy. (via notcot)

You all know how I feel about peacocks, right?

The combined powers of the new job and my incredibly medication-resistant insomnia are draining me.

I was almost too tired to use the internet today.

Almost.

(via happyhour: willdo)

He’s almost too cool.

Cliff lee, too cool? That’s unpossible.

(via areminder: blownspeakers)

Truth.

Ingrid Michaelson | Creep (originally by Radiohead)

(via: liezlwashere: seriouslythough: whiskeyandgoatsmilk)

Ahhh! I’ve never heard this cover. Love it!

this song has been played 3,474 times.

GPOYW: New Scrubs Edition

It’s the first time I’ve worked in a place where I can wear ANY COLOR SCRUBS I want. This illusion of freedom has made me unnecessarily excited. GREEN! BRIGHT BLUE! PURPLE!

Check out this neat tool to visualize cell size and scale.

No, really, do it. Even non-science people with think this is cool.

(via justinhook: thedailywhat)

Badassery of the Day: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sneaks an expletive into letter vetoing random infrastructure financing bill proposed by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano.

SFist thinks Schwarzenegger’s word play “could be in response to Ammiano’s recent outburst at the Governor during the Democratic County Central Committee gala. If you recall, the Assemblymember shouted to Schwarzenegger, among other things, to ‘kiss my gay ass.’”

This is rad. My approval rating of Gov. Schwarzenegger has gone up 500% in the past few weeks (admittedly, it’s still pretty low).

Best Pro-Choice Halloween Costumes

• Dress normally. Since STDs often can’t be distinguished with the naked eye, it’ll be up to you to tell people what you are.
• Wear all your winter gear and curl into the fetal position whenever possible: You’re a frozen embryo.
• Walk around with a bunch of babies: You’re “abstinence only” sex education
• Wear all black, but then spell out the word “Damn” on your chest with bright green dental floss: You’re a Dental Dam!

(via ericasavestheday, who says, “Oh yes, there are many more.”)

These are SO GOOD.

(via Michæl.Paukner: jayparkinsonmd)

The last 300 days:

50, 182,850 worldwide deaths

5,850 deaths from H1N1

1 badass graphic.

Franz Wright | Learning a Language

She’s reading your minds
as you pass by, the

dipsomane déguisée en rose

While she waits
for her date
to turn up, the moon
in the man…

She knows exactly what is going to happen

she’ll be guided
upstairs
to a bedroom, and turning around
he will show her his
gun

He’ll ask if she would like to
hold it,
which she will

amazed
at its lightness
and beauty
this thing

it must have taken 4 million years to make

squeezing it she will feel cold
and invisible light flowing
into her spine

So there is a door out of here after all

And to visit a new place creates one
in the brain

How do you say no

How do you say anything
to throw up in

Can I use this room to cry

Radiant fuel
body
of water

along which she walks, she is
walked

Why
did we leave, and how
are we ever getting back—

(via poetry365)

I can’t put into words how reading this poem makes me feel. It’s spot on. It makes me shudder.

Ikea Heights (Episode 6) Halloween Special (via ikeaheights: indieandyy)

Zombies! And the twist ending! This was the best episode yet!

SEPTA to go on Strike this week. Of ALL weeks.

(Image via geekadelphia)

Talk about bad timing.

I know that SEPTA knows that this is a HUGE week for the city. SEPTA workers have been without a contract since March. I understand that this really sucks. But THIS week, guys? THIS week, of all weeks?

Aside from being a vital form of transport for millions of Philly residents, this is probably the worst timing ever for anyone who was planning on using public transport to reach:

• The FOUR Pearl Jam shows closing out the Spectrum (R.I.P.) this week
• The Flyer’s game on Halloween
• The Eagles-Giants game on Sunday
• Oh yeah. AND DID I MENTION THE FUCKING PHILLIES-YANKEES WORLD SERIES GAMES THIS WEEKEND?

That is pretty much everyone in the city. Everyone in the entire Philadelphia region, no, the whole TRI-STATE AREA, is going to get fucked by this. (And me, too… did I mention that I START MY NEW JOB TOMORROW? I don’t have a bike. What am I gonna do, WALK to Chinatown from West Philly? Gee, that will only take two hours.)

All I can say is, SEPTA: This had better be over quick.

And your new contracts had better put you in such great moods that the bus drivers in this city actually SMILE BACK when we greet you in the morning.