callhersatan | coven | razzledazzlerose: “first edition Virginia Woolf covers hand-painted by Vanessa Bell (Virginia’s sister)”
Interview with Amy Hempel for the Gigantic
For the last year, I’ve mostly been writing half-page biographies of dogs on death row, trying to get them adopted from the “kill shelter” in Spanish Harlem. It’s the most important writing I do. It’s part of a program I’m a part of there, volunteers who tend to the dogs who are scheduled to be put down … very grim, but such wonderful dogs, and such a great feeling when they are rescued and given another chance.
Judging by my current Mario Kart skill level, if the real world was converted into a Mario Kart track this would mean a swift, brutal death for me.
Street Art of the Day: A bike lane running across Portland’s N. Williams Ave has been transformed into an IRL Mario Kart track by a fun-loving Stumphead who adorned it with the game’s signature bananas, mushrooms, and stars.
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Killings of homeless people have risen to their highest level in a decade, with 43 people killed last year and many more injured in often brutal attacks that are raising concerns among law enforcement officials, rights advocates and politicians, according to new data due to be released this week.
- Killings of Homeless at 43 in 2009, Highest Level in Decade - NYTimes.com (via abbyjean)
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