Chimera

The cat's REAL motivation

found this on reddit... supposedly (i can't verify accuracy) second from the right, wearing the green shirt and blue bell bottoms, is Osama Bin Laden in 1971

Meet Richard Overton, the oldest living veteran of WWII - 107 years young. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Arvine_Overton

Yep. Don't take a break. Go light and easy if you have to, but don't stop. Think of it as driving a loaded fuel tanker up Pike's Peak. Don't stop.

white trash edition

Crow's nest made of clothes hangers:

the rarehistoricalphotos thread gave me an idea... i went looking for vintage medical equipment Children in an iron lung Early 1900s American surgery kit 1800s Child birthing chair WWI era radiology tech (France) no clue what this thing is

pucker moment

3D Sand Art:

^ on that note...

yep. I thought I had dodged it. he was diagnosed a while back. then my youngest son got it. then my wife. The two kids were over theirs and my wife was getting over hers when my throat started acting up. I've only had one bad day so far, this past Saturday. But feeling my spleen poking out has made me take that "no physical activity" thing seriously

oldest son got it and spread the wealth

Yesterday I did a good bit of walking. Today I can grab my spleen as if it were a fat roll. I hope it goes away quickly... the anxiety from being able to feel my own spleen is worse than any of the symptoms

http://tinyurl.com/mwzgng3

World's oldest woman Misao Okawa

looks like i'm done for a few weeks at least. doctor's orders.