Former US Women’s National Team goalkeeper Hope Solo announced this week she will run for president of the United States Soccer Federation. The initial response has been … dismissive. Solo is rightfully regarded as a #USWNT legend (with two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup championship over a 16-year career than included 202 caps), but she has also developed a
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Abstract Orchid
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Lady Slipper Orchid, macro abstract
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It’s time American business and government leaders addressed this unethical hiring practice. Friday afternoon I submitted an application with a company we’ll call “BoughtOne” This morning – barely more than one business day later – I receive this: Hi Samuel, Thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider you for employment. After reviewing your resume, we’ve decided to move
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Sometimes that which does not kill us doesn’t make us stronger. Sometimes it breaks us. And bad mistakes I’ve made a few There’s this thing we’ve all learned to say: I have no regrets. And we mean it. I know an incredible number of smart, wonderful people for whom this is a mantra, and they’re sincere. They look at the
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Abstract tulip from a series…
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Weld County, Colorado
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A collection of terrifying music and videos for the spookiest night of the year… Happy Samhain. Errr, Halloween. Let’s get the frightfest under way with the definitive Halloween band, shall we? White Zombie: “I’m Your Boogieman” Boy, you really had to see these guys live. Seraphim Shock: “After Dark” One of my favorite Goth bands of all time. Switchblade Symphony:
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Happy Samhain from the staff of S&R…
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Fall leaves reflected in a restored 1967 Le Mans
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Blade Runner 2049 is a very good film, although it would have benefited from more threatening villains.
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Is there any such thing as “conservative enough”? By now most of you are aware of former president George W. Bush’s speech earlier today, in which he offered up a pointed critique of Donald Trump (or someone exactly like him). Bush was certainly right about the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., and we all ought to be distressed by the
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View larger image at 5280 Lens Mafia… William and Maud I am haunted by numberless islands… – WB Yeats Walking by the shore at dusk, air leaden with a faith in words.
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Famous radio mouthpiece knows why the Las Vegas gunman did it. While surfing my morning news feed I tripped across a new theory about the motivation driving Las Vegas mass murderer Stephen Paddock. Since investigators have not yet uncovered any agenda on Paddock’s part – nothing political, not religious, didn’t hate Country music, etc. – people are going to speculate.
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Donald Trump isn’t an anomaly. He isn’t an outlier. He isn’t a blip on the radar of history. He’s the very embodiment of the black, ignorant American soul. [Apologies in advance. These issues may seem unrelated to some of you, but the dots connect perfectly in my head. I’ll let you know when the big leap is about to happen.]
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