thingsihappentolike: From ffffound

thingsihappentolike:

From ffffound

gawd I could so make this better in photoshop. turnofthecentury: liquidnight: John Dillwyn Llewelyn Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn in Caswell Bay with telescope, circa 1854 Salt print taken from a collodion negative [via The National Library of Wales]

gawd I could so make this better in photoshop.

turnofthecentury:

liquidnight:

John Dillwyn Llewelyn

Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn in Caswell Bay with telescope, circa 1854

Salt print taken from a collodion negative

[via The National Library of Wales]

Handout photo issued by the French Navy in Brest, France, 08 October 2010, showing the YM Uranus heavily listing after having collided with another ship. YM Uranus was carrying a cargo of heavy Pygas, a type of gasoline, when she hit a Panamanian bulk container off the Brittany coast, France, overnight. The fuel tanker is in trouble, still afloat, but listing badly to port, early morning 08 October. The crew were all safely evacuated from Uranus. A French frigate and a tug are close by Uranus and engineers are assessing if Uranus can be towed to port without any spillage. There were no immediate reports of pollution from Uranus in the Channel. Collision with Uranus in English Channel Pictures » Deutsche Welle; Rescuers save crew after tanker collision off French coast »

Handout photo issued by the French Navy in Brest, France, 08 October 2010, showing the YM Uranus heavily listing after having collided with another ship. YM Uranus was carrying a cargo of heavy Pygas, a type of gasoline, when she hit a Panamanian bulk container off the Brittany coast, France, overnight. The fuel tanker is in trouble, still afloat, but listing badly to port, early morning 08 October. The crew were all safely evacuated from Uranus. A French frigate and a tug are close by Uranus and engineers are assessing if Uranus can be towed to port without any spillage. There were no immediate reports of pollution from Uranus in the Channel.

Ah, the joys of plen air urination ! Piss Break

Ah, the joys of plen air urination !

Piss Break

Vintage Valentines

Vintage Valentines

letsbeseamonsters: fuckyeahtattoos: so fresh he’s still bloody. by jason june (three kings tattoo, brooklyn / reykjavik ink, iceland) Oh my. This is… wow. 

letsbeseamonsters:

fuckyeahtattoos:

so fresh he’s still bloody.

by jason june (three kings tattoo, brooklyn / reykjavik ink, iceland)

Oh my. This is… wow. 

(Source: fuckyeahtattoos, via redsassafras)

I Gots th’ Blue Lobster Blues

bluelobster

Conn. Aquarium is New Home to 3 Exotic Lobsters

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s Maritime Aquarium is the new home to three exotic lobsters, a colorful trio sharing the same tank at the Norwalk center.

The crustaceans are normal sizes, but one is sky blue, another is pumpkin orange and the third is a mottled yellow and black calico pattern.

The Maine-based Lobster Conservancy says perhaps one lobster in 1 million is blue, while both the orange and calico versions might be as rare as 1 in 30 million.

Lobsters’ shells are usually blackish-green. Genetic abnormalities are usually the cause of oddly colored shells.

Swanson’s Fish Market in Monroe and Darien Seafood donated the orange and calico lobsters, respectively, to the aquarium. The blue lobster came from three New London fishermen.

*For more about blue lobsters, see: fuckyeahoceancreatures

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash: Did the Royal Navy supply ships with “peg boys” for sex? Dear Cecil:One often hears references to rampant buggery among sailors in the glory days of the Royal Navy. Sometimes, it’s said, young boys called “peg boys” were on board solely for the purpose of providing pleasure to the officers. What’s the straight dope on this?— Wm. Bligh, ChicagoCecil replies:Not an easy question to … well, I guess we can’t say “get to the bottom of,” can we? “Get a handle on” also has unfortunate implications. So let’s just start. Was buggery, if not rampant, at least fairly common in the Royal Navy in its prime? (We’ll define this as the 18th century through WWI.) People certainly thought so at the time. Were ships’ boys sometimes used for sexual purposes by their elders? We have sworn testimony that they were. Did some British warships routinely put — let’s be blunt — underage male prostitutes on the manifest? Don’t be ridiculous. keep reading

Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash: Did the Royal Navy supply ships with “peg boys” for sex?

Dear Cecil:

One often hears references to rampant buggery among sailors in the glory days of the Royal Navy. Sometimes, it’s said, young boys called “peg boys” were on board solely for the purpose of providing pleasure to the officers. What’s the straight dope on this?

— Wm. Bligh, Chicago

Cecil replies:

Not an easy question to … well, I guess we can’t say “get to the bottom of,” can we? “Get a handle on” also has unfortunate implications. So let’s just start. Was buggery, if not rampant, at least fairly common in the Royal Navy in its prime? (We’ll define this as the 18th century through WWI.) People certainly thought so at the time. Were ships’ boys sometimes used for sexual purposes by their elders? We have sworn testimony that they were. Did some British warships routinely put — let’s be blunt — underage male prostitutes on the manifest? Don’t be ridiculous.

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enchanting-breathtaking: The cutest Octopus

enchanting-breathtaking:

The cutest Octopus

(via octopoda)

Books: Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean (2nd edition); One of MY personal favorites, submitted by Cold is the Sea LIES, LIES, DAMNED LIES- The REAL Cold is the Sea. Dangles the EDIT pen precariously over Cold is my Poontang  -Mf see also: Pirate utopias: Under the banner of death, 1640-1820

Books: Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean (2nd edition);

One of MY personal favorites, submitted by Cold is the Sea

LIES, LIES, DAMNED LIES- The REAL Cold is the Sea.

Dangles the EDIT pen precariously over Cold is my Poontang  -Mf

see also:

Pirate utopias: Under the banner of death, 1640-1820

“Hallelujah” 10 Different Ways

“Hallelujah” is a song written by Leonard Cohen in 1984, and never officially released as a single. It has become famous mainly through cover versions, and has been recorded by hundreds of artists. In 2008, American Idol contestent Jason Castro sang a version that caused Jeff Buckley’s famous cover to rocket to the top of the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart (you know, the kids these days with their iTunes and what-not). Buckley’s rendition became a Platinum single on April 22, 2008, eleven years after his death and fourteen years after its original release — despite never being officially released as a single.

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gaggleofgeese: the seahorse song (by francisca pageo)

gaggleofgeese:

the seahorse song (by francisca pageo)

(via fuckyeahcartography)

The Squid and The Whale

The Squid and The Whale

Towmasters Photo of the Week; Somewhere in the mighty Gulf Stream By Joel Milton

Towmasters Photo of the Week;

Somewhere in the mighty Gulf Stream By Joel Milton

retrogasm: I yam what I yam…

retrogasm:

I yam what I yam…