Stan will live through his numerous cameo but he will mostly be remembered for everything he brought to the Marvel universe and his funniness.Rest In Peace, Stan😢
Tolkien was amazing at writing very serious and dramatic scenes that move the reader to tears, but please take a moment to read about Smaug noticing that Bilbo had stolen a single gold cup:
His rage passes description – the sort of rage that is only seen when
rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they
have long had but have never before used or wanted.
Not only is Tolkien a wonderful writer, but he also had a great sense of humor, and used it perfectly especially in the Hobbit.
this is the birthday party she just threw for her kids
i am FASCINATED by how Britney is so supportive and excited about their interest in Pokemon even though I have absolutely no doubt she is utterly confused by Pokemon
Honestly, Britney Spears seems like an excellent mom.
People need to realize the significance of this post, because when I reblogged it it was just blank so I think some people may not understand what this is trying to say
Adopting an animal (or buying from someone close to you who has recently had puppies, kittens, etc) is not like simply going to the store and buying a toy. You do not just get to throw it away once you are done with it and it stops being cute in your eyes
This is a real living thing that has emotions, needs, and wants, not something to be thrown away when YOU are done after YOU entered at commitment to raise and care for this animal.
What’s just as bad as dumping the animal off just anywhere you want, whether it be on the side of the road or in a shelter, is that a lot of these animals end up dying after that. Animals are NOT always adopted and strays are not always picked up. Animals can get put down, run over, tortured, and a list of other things
People should really think about what they are responsible for before they bring an animal into their life
Not to mention that that animal loves you, you are his world, and when you drop him off at the shelter – or worse, in the street – you are abandoning him. He doesn’t know what he did wrong, he thinks you’ll come back, maybe you just dropped him off for a bit and you’ll come back to him. Not only did you make a commitment, but that animal loves you and throwing them away isn’t just breaking that commitment, it’s throwing away someone who doesn’t understand why you don’t love him anymore and where you went.
This is so important. Animals are NOT toys you just can’t return them because you got bored. Think first before you buy a cute little puppy for your stupid girlfriend or sister or whatever. Okay. This just make me so mad that I can’t keep talking about it. Seriously you have no heart if you do this. Seriously
With Christmas coming up in a few weeks, I felt this needed reiterating.
Reblogging for the holidays. Know what you’re getting into when buying a pet!
This! My cat has abandonment issues. The first time I went away for a weekend, he licked a good chunk of his hair off his stomach. It’s never grown back. It thankfully did not get bigger and he knows I’m always coming home but still. Multiple people abandoned my poor cat before I adopted him. I’ve left him alone a few times over the year since I’ve had him and he knows I’m always coming back but it still kills me to leave him knowing that. Animals have feelings just like humans. Dont be a dick, don’t just adopt animals for a present when you are not prepared to take care of them for the rest of their life.
That’s because they have pride in their country, their people, and themselves. Only animals think they need to destroy their fellows property to make a point.
I don’t… think that’s how localized funding works? Like just because something receives federal funding doesn’t mean the mismanagement of funds isn’t happening on a local level. I’m not saying Trump is right about that being the case here (I’d have to look more into it or maybe some California followers have some insight), but it’s kind of nuts to say “the mismanagement must come from the top of the federal government.”
So maybe the federal government shouldn’t be involved at all…
Plus don’t forget the contribution of California’s eucalyptus trees to this issue.
I am a native Californian, who lives in the Central Valley. However, I have many ties to the Sierras, so I know a little bit about forest management.
First thing of all, that “98% of the lands burning is fed land” isn’t accurate. Only 57% of all Californian land is owned by the federals – the rest are a mixture of public, family, business, and state-owned land. (In fact, you can even see a map of this if you Google “Ownership of Forest and Ranchlands in California,” and the real hooter? This map is hosted by CalFire!)
According to this map, most of the lands currently burning are public, business, state, and family-owned. Some of the land burning belongs to the feds, yes, but not all.
And secondly, California has made it REALLY HARD for the feds to carry out their forest management. Last year, Governor Jerry Brown passed a law (here’s the ugly secret about California’s politics: despite it actually being the LAW that the voters has to approve laws first, the legislature still get around this with creative loopholes, so the legislature and the governor still manage to pass a butt-load of laws without approval from the voters) which MANDATES the feds to seek permission from the state before they’re allowed to work on THEIR OWN LAND!
Not to mention, a few years ago, Jerry Brown ALSO reduced the budget for forest management in California – from $200 million to $20 million. (When it’s been projected for years that the cost of clearing out all the dead trees – and keep in mind that between one half to two-thirds of all the trees in California are dead – and the extremely overgrown undergrowth… would cost billions. Billions.)
So… yes, technically you could, and should, blame the government for the horrendous land management. The catch is, it’s the STATE government, not the feds.
EDIT: Eucalyptus trees? No, they’re nowhere close to cracking the top five reasons for the terrible wildfire problems. It’s the pines… and the bark beetle. Specifically, the vast majority – like 80% to 90% – of all our dead trees are the pines, because they’re especially and particularly vulnerable to the bark beetles. The bark beetle population has seriously EXPLODED over the last few years thanks to the drought (which is both climate- and man-made). A healthy pine tree can repel the beetles with its sap. But when a tree doesn’t get enough water, it produces less sap than usual. And so, the beetles kill those trees. Seriously, just go for a drive through California’s forests and you’ll see that about one third to half of those trees are orange and red, which shows that they’re dead.
And the catch? When a pine tree dies, it doesn’t lose its green luster for a few years. That’s right, those green pine trees? They’re ALSO dead. It’s such a mess.
EDIT AGAIN: I forgot to add another important bit – overgrowth is seriously a problem. A healthy forest would have around 200 trees in a square mile. The forests in California has 2,000 trees in a square mile. We have literally 10 times the healthy threshold of trees.
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