Author: marcythewerewolf

standbyhim:

fuckyeahlugosi:

Because Lugosi never learned to drive he got around Hollywood on rollerskates.

Vampira, in which she describes her first meeting with him: “I was a young girl window-shopping on Hollywood Boulevard. I was bending low to see the detail of some shoes and someone whizzed around the corner on rollerskates, almost bumped my fanny and crashed into me. ‘Pardon me,’ said he, and ‘Pardon me,’ said I. He was wearing an Ascot cravat and a beret. It was Bela Lugosi on rollerskates. He was on his way to a cigar store.”

They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants

nostalgebraist:

seandotpolitics:

Across the country, judges increasingly are sending defendants to rehab instead of prison or jail. These diversion courts have become the bedrock of criminal justice reform, aiming to transform lives and ease overcrowded prisons.

But in the rush to spare people from prison, some judges are steering defendants into rehabs that are little more than lucrative work camps for private industry, an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found.

The programs promise freedom from addiction. Instead, they’ve turned thousands of men and women into indentured servants.

The beneficiaries of these programs span the country, from Fortune 500 companies to factories and local businesses. The defendants work at a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Oklahoma, a construction firm in Alabama, a nursing home in North Carolina.

There’s little drug rehabilitation going on at these labor camps. Some of the companies that utilize the slave labor are so dependent on it that they’d go under without it. Some of the industries these men are forced to work in are notoriously dangerous. When they’re injured, the companies file workers compensation claims – and keep the money for themselves, even though the workers are typically not employees but clients.

Warning: no matter how bad you think this story is going to be, it’s worse

They thought they were going to rehab. They ended up in chicken plants

Three quick ways to help the Las Vegas shooting victims

beachdeath:

If waking up Monday to news of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history left you feeling angry or devastated, there’s a solution: take action.

1. Donate Blood

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement saying that residents should donate blood to the more than 400 people wounded when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire from his hotel room late Sunday.

Specifically, United Blood Services is set to start taking donations at 7 a.m. local time at 6930 West Charleston Boulevard in Las Vegas or 601 Whitney Ranch Drive in Henderson. The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada is also preparing to launch a blood drive Monday at the Delta Point Building, though the exact time of that event has not yet been announced.

There are also prescheduled American Red Cross blood drives taking place at the SpringHill Suites Las Vegas Convention Center at 2989 Paradise Road and Ernest May Elementary School at 6350 West Washburn Road.

2. Donate Money

Not in the area? Consider giving money to the Southern Nevada chapter of the American Red Cross, which accepts donations on its website, by phone at 702-369-3674 or via mail at 1771 East Flamingo Road, #206B, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89119.

You can also support the National Compassion Fund, which directly distributes donations from the public to victims of a mass crime. The fund has previously partnered up with the relatives of victims of disasters like 9/11 and the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and vows to be transparent in how it handles the money it collects.

3. Call Your Representatives

After you’ve written a check, make your voice heard politically, as well. Call your representative and talk to him or her about gun laws both in your state and nationwide. The House of Representatives’ switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.

In Nevada, for example, gun owners don’t have to have licenses and can open carry their firearms without a permit. Nationally, the House of Representatives is weighing legislation that would ease up on rules concerning gun silencers, which law enforcement officers argue could make it harder to identify the suspect during mass shootings.

If you want to change that, find the phone number for your representatives and senators here and let them know what you think. Your actions may ultimately do more to help victims of future attacks than lawmakers’ tweeted thoughts and prayers.

If you believe gun laws are too lax, get in touch with groups like Everytown for Gun Safety and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

The National Rifle Association advocates for fewer gun restrictions.

Three quick ways to help the Las Vegas shooting victims

I like pomegranates because you can either work hard the entire time eating them and savour every morsel, or you can put all the work in on the front end of the fruit eating experience and spend the last few minutes just shoving handfuls pith free seeds into your mouth, feeling decadent

pipistrellus:

glumshoe:

durinsdottir:

glumshoe:

anyway I do think Smeagol could have been redeemed/rehabilitated if the story had played out differently

While the Gollum personality would have likely remained after the Ring’s destruction, I agree that it’s possible that he could’ve lived a semi-normal happy life. But definitely under the right supervision. Gollum probably would have harbored a hatred for Hobbits after Frodo and Sam (ultimately) destroy the Ring so living in Hobbiton seems a bit risky.

I imagine that a peaceful farming/ fishing life would’ve been agreeable with Smeagol, close to his old life. Maybe staying under the care of Tom Bombadil and Goldberry or Radagast the Brown would have worked out for him.

oh man I love the idea of bringing Smeagol to Tom and Goldberry as their wretched foster frog

#he lives in the cellar and eats worms and we love him