wordsnquotes:

“Don’t be so vain to think that you ruined me,
that you wrecked me,
destroyed me. I am the only one who has the power to do that.”

—

Amanda Helm, “The Day I Learned That I was Broken”

710m:

My heart busts a nut every time someone tells me they saw something and thought of me

giraffepoliceforce:

vnicent:

otteroftheworld:

My parents live in this town and the city legally can’t tear the tree down to build or anything because the tree has its own legal rights and they can’t do anything about it.

how does. how does this happen. how DID this happen

I love this story because this guy in the early 1800’s had so many great childhood memories of this tree and wanted to make sure it was protected no matter what. So he deeded the ownership of the tree to itself and everyone just went with it.

Then in 1942 this intense windstorm came and knocked the tree over. And people were bummed. But someone had saved an acorn from the original tree, so they planted that and now Son of the Tree That Owns Itself is over 50 feet tall.

And since this new tree is technically the offspring of the original tree it’s considered to have legally inherited the plot of land it’s inhabiting.

Two generations of trees owning land is amazing and if you don’t think this is the coolest thing get right out of my face.

sstudyblr:

thequeenofsunflowers:

wellyfullofale:

I think next thursday is gonna be the best day of my entire life tbh

reblog for next thursday to be the best day of your life

not risking it

turretty:

when you forget to message back a friend

gordons:

old mcdonald had a farm

EA EA SPORTS.

safelov:

be good to people for no reason

annabellioncourt:

aprilwitching:

candles are how we keep fires as pets

this is unnecessarily adorable

let girls be strange and ugly

zoobus:

ultraviolet-techno-ecology:

Concept – Your smartphone breaks. You can take it to any appropriately skilled person to have it fixed. It has been designed for easy disassembly and repair. The parts are available and standardized. You are not forced to buy a new one or spend extreme prices for a replacement part. Planned obsolescence doesn’t exist and things are designed to last a long time – to be upgradable and customizable without needing to invest in an entirely new unit every year.