"The Kiss", A 12,000-year-old Rock Painting At Pedra Furada In Brazil

Good thing this guy wasn't wearing underwear...

Hey, Buddy ! (Unmute !)

Had to re-post this because now, more than ever before, being all in this together seems more real, more genuine, even if that is a frightening proposition. Please, if you happen upon someone who is homeless or otherwise marginalized and/or forgotten, find charity in your heart and give that HUMAN a hand, a dollar, a cup of coffee, a sandwich, or whatever you can muster. And please do it with a smile, a warm touch of your hand, and an inaudible prayer to God. Because, at any time, that could me or you...

I found this today on a silent, solitary hike around my town, Leesburg, VA. I think it's safe to say, given this person's accommodations under a bridge, that, per the graffiti, that this human's not 'kk'. Far fucking from it. I ventured closer, but saw no one "home," so I said a small prayer and left a $20 bill inside the meager "front door." I hope this person has a better night than the last one. Please pray or, if you're not a spiritual person, but still consider yourself connected to humanity and The Universe, send good thoughts to the Cosmos that this person rises out of her or his current station. And if you happen to come upon something like this in your environs, I hope you have the wherewithal to lend a hand of compassion and charity.

Because we're all in this together...

Let's just pop this into the "Good Shit to Know" category...

Heres your reminder to use literally anything but chrome

What she said...

More often than not, the female presence in the room OWNS the fucking room...

Argue me this point, lasses and lads..mm

Bad press… The artist deserves a much better write-up from someone a bit more articulate and with an attentive eye to correcting poor copy and composition. Try being less cute; instead, apply a little bit more attention to detail and content. The effort rewards itself.

These are merely suggestions, relevant if you are aspiring to reach a broader audience. Poor editing is an instant turn-off for a lot of educated readers, including yours truly. I know I’m not perfect, and I’ve made errors, but I'malso conscious of those facts and take the time to clean up my copy before posting. Just sayin’…

Illustrations by Yohey Horishita

Yohey Horishita is a Japanese freelance illustrator based in New York City. He was born in Kagoshima, the capital of Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan, and raised in this Deep South of Japan. Yohey moved to Jacksonville, Alabama alone, and graduated with BFA and MFA in Illustration from Savannah College of Art and Design. Now he lives in NYC, but has never lost his Southern belle personality and love in soul food. He has such an intricate sense of colour, complexity in line works, and also unique creative solution in his illustration, which gives him ability to work extensively. Follow him on @Tumblr.  via

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posted by Margaret

Please boost this. I have a daughter and a son, and I can but only imagine how this girl's parents and family feel at the loss of Karlie.

On the night of October 12, 2018, 16-year-old Karlie Gusé skipped a football game to attend a party with her boyfriend where, according to him, they all smoked marijuana. At around 8pm, Karlie called her stepmother, Melissa, to pick her up from a location near a trailer park. However, by the time she had arrived, Karlie already left and was running down a dark road. Melissa eventually caught up with her and Karlie slipped into the backseat, stating she thought Melissa’s car was going to kill her. Throughout the drive home, Melissa noted very paranoid behavior exhibited by her stepdaughter, such as moving seats several times. The strange behavior only progressed when they arrived at their Bishop, California, home, where Karlie resided with her father, stepmother, and siblings. Her mood kept shifting between very paranoid and very excited, and her pupils were hugely dilated, a clear indication that she was under the influence of drugs. The teen was given a salad to eat, which she had spit out and referred to as the ‘’devil’s lettuce’’. Melissa decided to record Karlie’s voice, as she intended to show her what she sounded like under the influence the following morning when she comes down from whatever possible drug that had taken over her mind. 


Early on in the investigation, Melissa claimed to have routinely checked up on all the children at around 5:45 AM before going back to bed. She woke up at 9:45 and opened Karlie’s bedroom door, only to discover she wasn’t inside. Nor was she anywhere to be found inside and outside of the home. The only clue left behind was a footprint in the driveway that presumably belongs to Karlie, and the front door open ajar. However, Melissa would later change her story during a Dr. Phil interview where she stated she had slept next to Karlie in bed the whole morning and woke up in a panic when she noticed she was gone.

The missing girl was spotted by three other witnesses on that morning, appearing to be disoriented as she was walking down Ponderosa St. toward Route 6 in California, but other than that, there have been no other confirmed sightings of Karlie. The local police launched a massive search which included foot patrol, helicopters, scent dogs, and off-road vehicles, but all efforts were fruitless; it was as if the teen had vanished into thin air, not leaving a single trace to go on. 

Karlie Gusé has light brown hair and blue eyes. She stands at 5′7′’ tall and weighs roughly 110 pounds. She may have been garbed in a white shirt, grey sweatpants, and Vans shoes at the time of her disappearance. If anyone has any information about Karlie Gusé’s whereabouts, please contact the Mono Country Sheriff’s Office at 760-932-7549, option 7.

Nothing else need be said. Roll on, and rise above. Period.

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Johnny Cash did the best version of this ever, following his wife's passing. For him, that was real hurt...