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Vegans Also Need To Remember -- It's not about YOU -- It's About The ANIMALS

The issue: We’re in an era right now when we are finally starting to see celebrities converting to veganism and plant-based diets, and as a result, it’s finally becoming acceptable to even *mention* the word “Vegan” on TV. Yet quite a few loud and obnoxious “Vegans” can’t help but miss the grandness of the forest for the tiniest sprouts, focusing instead on a petty tabloid-level game of “let’s see which famous people are less perfect than me.”   

This is adapted from a comment I posted to Vegan.com’s Facebook Page regarding the video at the bottom from David Duchovny’s appearance on Bill Maher.

Hurray for both of them!
I’m 100% Vegan and 100% supportive of ANY mention of animal rights and veganism in the media that can EASILY result in hundreds of millions of animals saved from torture.   

In the end, it’s not about perfectionism — It’s 100% about saving the animals. If 20 million people switch to 50% vegan, how many animals does that save? You can do the math… But it’s way more than that! Because this is a MOVEMENT, and a mass conversion of millions of people even PARTIALLY to “vegetarian-ish” will change the media conversation — it will become a “trend” — and the market will respond to the trend — and it will become mainstream — and people will respond to the new industry push towards cheaper plant-based foods — and the market will respond to the new demand — and people will start becoming more open to changing their minds once their stomachs and tongues are satisfied — and guess what? ANIMALS WILL BE SAVED IN RECORD NUMBERS.   

So stop the petty tabloid-like fascination with imperfect people. This is about ANIMALS.  (…)

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Camping @ Vulture Peak, Wickenburg, AZ. ...



Camping @ Vulture Peak, Wickenburg, AZ. #boondocking #camping #wickenburg #arizona #cactus #butte #digitalnomad #campinglife #rvlife #wanderlust



I started micro-freelancing on Fiverr today for extra travel money.

(Posted on my main blog about it here. Starting with SEO backlinks, because it doesn’t require setting up a portfolio, but I’ll be putting up graphic design gigs this weekend.)



Elk Skeleton. Found Hiking/Geocaching @ Dogtown Lake, Williams,...



Elk Skeleton. Found Hiking/Geocaching @ Dogtown Lake, Williams, AZ - It was a geocache waypoint. (Partially Reconstructed) #elk #skeleton #skull #bones #anatomy #skulls #hiking #digitalnomad #geocaching #kaibabnationalforest #trailhiking #forest #wildlife #instagram



Install A Cigarette Lighter Socket In Your Camper For Easy Electricity


Want to know the simplest way to get usable electricity to your camper?
Install a 12V Cigarette Lighter Outlet.
It’s the same thing you use in the cab to recharge your phone. But when you install one in your camper…

You can recharge your phone and other devices without... ...
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23 Emotions people feel, but can’t explain

tai-korczak:

  1. Sonder: The realization that each passerby has a life as vivid and complex as your own.
  2. Opia: The ambiguous intensity of Looking someone in the eye, which can feel simultaneously invasive and vulnerable.
  3. Monachopsis: The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place.
  4. Énouement: The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self.
  5. Vellichor: The strange wistfulness of used bookshops.
  6. Rubatosis: The unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat.
  7. Kenopsia: The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet.
  8. Mauerbauertraurigkeit: The inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.
  9. Jouska: A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head.
  10. Chrysalism: The amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm.
  11. Vemödalen: The frustration of photographic something amazing when thousands of identical photos already exist.
  12. Anecdoche: A conversation in which everyone is talking, but nobody is listening
  13. Ellipsism: A sadness that you’ll never be able to know how history will turn out.
  14. Kuebiko: A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence.
  15. Lachesism: The desire to be struck by disaster – to survive a plane crash, or to lose everything in a fire.
  16. Exulansis: The tendency to give up trying to talk about an experience because people are unable to relate to it.
  17. Adronitis: Frustration with how long it takes to get to know someone.
  18. Rückkehrunruhe: The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness.
  19. Nodus Tollens: The realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore.
  20. Onism: The frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time.
  21. Liberosis: The desire to care less about things.
  22. Altschmerz: Weariness with the same old issues that you’ve always had – the same boring flaws and anxieties that you’ve been gnawing on for years.
  23. Occhiolism: The awareness of the smallness of your perspective.

Source



Build A Simple Homemade Camper Kitchen


Need Ideas To Build A Homemade Camper Kitchen?
It’s really not that difficult, especially if you keep it really simple.
Lemme take you through the evolution of the kitchenette in my homemade truck camper (pictured above).

First Version – Do I Really Even Need A... ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: Build A Simple Homemade Camper Kitchen

Homemade Slide On Truck Camper (Demountable)


Check out this very impressive DIY “demountable” slide-on camper by Guy Mercer!
Why a demountable?
“Demountables give the advantages of a caravan and a motorhome, plus some…in that you’ve got four wheel drive vehicle, so you can go anywhere. You’ve got... ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: Homemade Slide On Truck Camper (Demountable)

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Oak Creek Canyon (West Branch) From Flagstaff, AZ, looking...



Oak Creek Canyon (West Branch) From Flagstaff, AZ, looking towards the red rocks of Sedona in the distance. #flagstaff #sedona #oakcreekcanyon #camping #bluesky #canyon #hiking #view #views #campinglife #rvlife #digitalnomad #nature #wilderness #overlook #instagram #latergram



How To Secure A Slide On Truck Camper To The Truck


Trying to figure out the best way to Tie Down your Truck Camper so it stays on the truck?




The last thing you want is for your Slide On to become a “slide off”! There are basically two questions you need to think about when considering a tie-down sy... ...
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How To Load A Slide On Truck Camper Onto The Truck


Wondering how to load your Slide In Truck Camper onto the back of your truck?








Here are a pair of handy videos so you can see how it’s done.








Essentially all it entails is…













Jacking the camper a few inches above the level... ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: How To Load A Slide On Truck Camper Onto The Truck

Oasis In The Desert! Hiking Above “Mountain Palms”...



Oasis In The Desert! Hiking Above “Mountain Palms” Dispersed Campground @ Anza-Borrego Desert State Park #anzaborrego #hiking #camping #freecampsites #coloradodesert



Someone’s Ancient Collection Of “Worked”...



Someone’s Ancient Collection Of “Worked” Stones - I Found all these Lithics in the same spot, within 1 sq. ft. near Walnut Canyon Pueblo Ruins in Flagstaff. Could the collector have just been a camper like me who dropped a handful here? Definitely. Could they have been someone like me from 1000 years ago? Dunno! #lithics #archaeology #sinagua #ancestralpuebloan not #anasazi #walnutcanyon #flagstaff #arizona definitely not #arrowheads or (I wish!) #clovis points lol #instagram



Make A Self-Contained Compact Cooking Kit


Want fresh ideas for simpler more economical ways to cook when you’re living off the grid? Look into the cheap and powerful homemade backpacking stoves used by inventive campers like this guy. They’re made to be easy to assemble from common items in your recycling bin for just a few bucks at most and run off alcohol or free wooden twigs you find lying around. All in all, much quicker and more efficient than setting up a whole campfire just to boil some water!
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Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: Make A Self-Contained Compact Cooking Kit

Setting Sun @ Walnut Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ. ...



Setting Sun @ Walnut Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ. #sunset #bluesky #treesilhouette #flagstaff #arizona #camping #hiking #campinglife #boondocking #wanderer #digitalnomad #fulltimecamping #rvlife #instagram



How To Make Char Cloth To Light Your Campfire Faster Without Matches


Never worry about starting a campfire again! You can easily prepare your own quick lighting emergency “char cloth” with just a tuna can, T-shirt, and a your barbecue grill.

Essentially the video describes making a quick and dirty DIY gasification stove — like the ones many backpacking survivalists use to cook food — but the focus of this project is simply to get at the valuable leftover charcoal without the (slight) added complexity of designing an efficient camp stove.

But if you already have a gasifying camp stove — like the SoloStove or another homemade version — you can now add versions of “char cloth” to your emergency kit. (I love the cotton balls idea!) ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: How To Make Char Cloth To Light Your Campfire Faster Without Matches

Assuming The Wilderness Throne @ Campbell Mesa, Flagstaff, AZ -...



Assuming The Wilderness Throne @ Campbell Mesa, Flagstaff, AZ - (Fun Geocache Site, Specs Were In The Cache 😃) #geocaching #throne #stump #flagstaff #arizona #geocache #hiking #camping #campinglife #rvlife #fulltimecamping #digitalnomad #wanderer #instagram



Cliff Dwellings @ Walnut Canyon National Monument, Flagstaff,...



Cliff Dwellings @ Walnut Canyon National Monument, Flagstaff, AZ. #cliffdwellings #ancestralpuebloan #nolongercalled #anasazi #sinagua #archaeology #pueblo #ruins #arizona #flagstaff #walnutcanyon #hiking #camping #campinglife #rvlife #digitalnomad #fulltimerv #wanderer



Impressive Homemade Pop-Up Truck Camper On A Toyota Tundra


Here’s a really awesome DIY Slide On Four Wheel Camper Style Pop-Up Truck Camper RV by ‘notesfromavagabond.’ It’s built on an aluminum frame he welded together himself and includes a few innovative features, such as a fold out room and a simple roof-lift mechanism.

(Thinking about building your own truck camper? (You can build them out of wood, too!) If you haven’t yet, check out my article on How To Build Your Own DIY Truck Camper RV) ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: Impressive Homemade Pop-Up Truck Camper On A Toyota Tundra

My Homemade DIY Truck Camper - Dry Camping @ Box Wash On Vulture...



My Homemade DIY Truck Camper - Dry Camping @ Box Wash On Vulture Peak Road, Wickenburg, AZ. April 2014 - I think my first day camping in AZ! #boondocking #camping #drycamping #wickenburg #arizona #vulturepeak #desertcamping #blueskies #butte #digitalnomad #nomad #campinglife #rvlife #rvfulltimer #campervan #freecampsites #instagram #latergram



Awesome Homemade Aluminum Truck Camper


Here’s a really awesome DIY Slide On Four Wheel Camper Style Pop-Up Truck Camper RV by ‘notesfromavagabond.’ It’s built on an aluminum frame he welded together himself and includes a few innovative features, such as a fold out room and a simple roof-lift mechanism.

(Thinking about building your own truck camper? (You can build them out of wood, too!) If you haven’t yet, check out my article on How To Build Your Own DIY Truck Camper RV) ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: Awesome Homemade Aluminum Truck Camper

Blue Skies and Pines @ Walnut Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ. ...



Blue Skies and Pines @ Walnut Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ. #camping #flagstaff #arizona #hiking #boondocking #rvlife #campinglife #outdoors #blueskies #freecampsites #pinetrees #snags #instagram #digitalnomad #wanderer



How To Build A Truck Camper For Dirt Cheap


Wanna learn how to build your own truck camper? It’s really not hard — IF you keep it simple! I built my own simple truck camper in just three days for under $200. (You certainly could do better!) ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: How To Build A Truck Camper For Dirt Cheap

Crazy Twisty Tree @ Walnut Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ. (Forgot to...



Crazy Twisty Tree @ Walnut Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ. (Forgot to notice what kind of tree it is!) #cool trees #tree #log #hiking #flagstaff #walnutcanyon #arizona #trees #nature #outdoors #wilderness #tree #camping #rvlife #campinglife #digitalnomad #instagram



Eggs On The Beach @ Dogtown Lake, Williams, AZ - Whose eggs, I...



Eggs On The Beach @ Dogtown Lake, Williams, AZ - Whose eggs, I never figured it out. Anyone?? #eggs #birdeggs #birding #beach #lake #dogtownlake #williamsaz #williamsarizona #arizona #camping #campinglife #rvlife #hiking #boondocking #kaibab #kaibabnationalforest #digitalnomad #wanderer #instagram #latergram



How Does A Four Wheel Camper Roof Lift Work?


I love the clever way the roof lift is done on these pop-up campers.

No hydraulics or fancy expensive mechanisms — just simple mechanical elegance. Gotta love it.

It’d be great if I could see one up close so I can figure out the cheapest easiest way to duplicate this for my own DIY camper. I also wonder how it would change things if the popup was much taller, so the bars would have to cross. Hmm… Ideas, anyone?

In contrast, you can see the standard lifter system employed in Four Wheel Campers beginning at about 1:09 in this video.




…And in this video which gives a really nice explanation of the process beginning at 1:30.


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Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: How Does A Four Wheel Camper Roof Lift Work?

There are many many days when I grab my pack for a hike and say,...



There are many many days when I grab my pack for a hike and say, “WHY THE F‼️ IS THIS SO HEAVY.” Today’s forgotten geological surprise: Unopened Geodes I found at a construction dig at the County Park. (Fort Tuthill in Flagstaff). #geodes #rocks #rockhound #geode #whatsinmybackpack #rockhounding #hiking #campinglife #rvlife #digitalnomad #rvfulltime #instagram #flagstaff #arizona #forttuthill



DIY Truck Camper Electricity Made Easy! (Book Excerpts)


Here’s another set of excerpts from my book “How To Build Your Own DIY Truck Camper And Get Off The Grid For Dirt Cheap”, released for sale September 4, 2014.
 



 


 
UPDATE: The book was released as digital download on Thursday September 4. Along with the book, I’m offeri... ...
Read More at: BuildATruckCamper.com: DIY Truck Camper Electricity Made Easy! (Book Excerpts)

Relaxing After A Hike. (Also, Beard Fairy.) ...



Relaxing After A Hike. (Also, Beard Fairy.) #selfie #camping #hiking #flagstaff #arizona #campinglife #rvlife #digitalnomad #boondocking #instagram



Blue Skies In AZ? Nothing Special, Except As An Exciting (Very...



Blue Skies In AZ? Nothing Special, Except As An Exciting (Very Brief!) Reprieve From A Week Of Gloomy Pre-Monsoon Weather! (And… Now it’s raining again. ☔️😒 ) #arizona #blueskies #itsnotraining #monsoonseason #flagstaff #camping #boondocking #rvlife #campinglife #digitalnomad #instagram



Top Of The Trail Surprise @ Borrego Springs, CA, above Pegleg...



Top Of The Trail Surprise @ Borrego Springs, CA, above Pegleg Smith Boondocking Site. #buzzlightyear #toinfinityandbeyond #trail #hiking #wanderer #backpacking #desert #coloradodesert #borregosprings #geocaching #wanderlust #camping #rvlife #campinglife #boondocking #nomad #digitalnomad #views #viewfromthetop #instagram #latergram



scientificphilosopher: Tortoise skeleton. Evolution = crazy.



scientificphilosopher:

Tortoise skeleton

Evolution = crazy.



thewritersarchive: This is an ultimate masterlist of many...



thewritersarchive:

This is an ultimate masterlist of many resources that could be helpful for writers. I apologize in advance for any not working links. Check out the ultimate writing resource masterlist here (x) and my “novel” tag here (x).

✑ PLANNING

Outlining & Organizing

✑ INSPIRATION

✑ PLOT

In General

Beginning

Foreshadowing

Setting

Ending

✑ CHARACTER

Names

Different Types of Characters

Males

Character Development

✑ STYLE

Chapters

Dialogue 

Show, Don’t Tell (Description)

Character Description

Flashbacks

P.O.V

LANGUAGE

✑ USEFUL WEBSITES/LINKS

Last but not least, the most helpful tool for any writer out there is Google!



Blooming Hedgehog Cactus @ Flagstaff, AZ. ...



Blooming Hedgehog Cactus @ Flagstaff, AZ. #cactus #cacti #flowers #echinocereus #flagstaff #arizona #hiking #backpacking #camping #campinglife #rvlife #rvfulltimer #digitalnomad #nomad #wanderlust #wanderer #instagram



Cathedral Rock From Oak Creek, Sedona, AZ. ...



Cathedral Rock From Oak Creek, Sedona, AZ. #Sedona #arizona #sedona #cathedralrock #oakcreek #hiking #rvlife #rvfulltimer #fulltimecamping #digitalnomad #campinglife #instagram #latergram



Bunny In A Sleeping Bag! - Adorable Geocache Travel Bug...



Bunny In A Sleeping Bag! - Adorable Geocache Travel Bug who’s been around the world, but has been trapped in an ammo box in Flagstaff for four years! (For shame!) Hoping to return home to Michigan five years tardy, so we might find a Grand Canyon drop off next week that’s sure to catch them a ride to another adventure. #geocaching #travelbug #arizona #geocachingadventures #caching #hiking #flagstaff #geocache #geocacher #backpacking #bunny #camping #campinglife #rvlife #rvfulltimer #bunnyinasleepingbag



gibier3000: The Cycling Philosopher. by Robert Via...



gibier3000:

The Cycling Philosopher. by Robert
Via Flickr:
Mr Lidbetter a 62-year-old English traveller, philosopher and writer rolls through Sussex in 1943. In his own words he is “a rolling stone who gathers no moss but whiskers.”

Same.



Neighborhood Deer & Elk Wildlife Passthrough I Found Hiking...



Neighborhood Deer & Elk Wildlife Passthrough I Found Hiking @ Flagstaff, AZ

#hiking #flagstaff #arizona #az #wildlife #drainpipe #outdoors #nature #camping #campinglife #rvlife #circle #instagram #latergram



ourpresidents: Happy National Doughnut Day! JFK Library: Did...









ourpresidents:

Happy National Doughnut Day!

JFK Library:

Did JFK Really Tell Berlin He Was a Jelly Doughnut?

One of the iconic moments of John F. Kennedy’s Presidency comes from a speech he gave at the Rathaus Schöneberg in West Berlin, Germany on June 26, 1963. When the President declared “Ich bin ein Berliner!” to a cheering crowd, he preserved the German phrase in history. But the speech has been plagued by claims that, instead of expressing international unity by stating “I am a Berliner!” in German as he intended, JFK enthusiastically shouted a less inspiring phrase: “I am a jelly doughnut!”

Newspapers, magazines, and even textbooks have repeated the story for decades: a native Berliner would’ve said “Ich bin Berliner” and JFK’s use of the article ein changed the meaning, causing chuckles as the crowd imagined the jelly doughnut called a Berliner in parts of Germany. Fifty years later, a new generation may wonder: How could the President, who hand-wrote the pronunciation on his speech card to be sure he’d get it right, make such a cringe-worthy mistake?

But many historians and linguists have stepped in to poke a hole in the doughnut story and clear JFK’s name of this deep-fried controversy. Historian Andreas Daum notes, “saying ein Berliner is correct if used metaphorically,” which, of course, is what Kennedy was doing – not saying he was literally from Berlin, but that he was symbolically with Berlin. Historian Jürgen Eichhoff argues that the wording JFK used was actually the only way to express this particular meaning, and the German speakers (including West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt) who heard JFK practice the speech agreed.

Historians also point out that archival evidence (like recordings and witness interviews) debunks the idea that the German-speaking crowd found anything weird about JFK’s wording: “No one in the square,” Presidential advisor McGeorge Bundy later said, “confused JFK with a doughnut.”

A very, very big thanks to JFK Library archivist Stacey Chandler for this guest Tumblr post! 

Images: President John F. Kennedy Speaks in Rudolph Wilde Platz; JFK’s handwritten pronunciation note from the President’s speech filesPresident Kennedy in motorcade with Willie Brandt, Mayor of West Berlin and Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of West Germany. 6/26/63.



Arizona Horned Lizard Visited My Camp This Morning ...



Arizona Horned Lizard Visited My Camp This Morning #lizard #hornedfrogs #campingbuddy #hornytoad #lizards #teptiles #arizona #camping #campinglife #rvlife #fulltimecamping #rvfulltimer #digitalnomad #nature #outdoors #wildlife #instagram #animals



fauxboy: starshinethecat1: xxgoldie12xx: the-winchesters-in-22...



fauxboy:

starshinethecat1:

xxgoldie12xx:

the-winchesters-in-221b:

2ollux-2hip2-2tuff:

davespritedave:

hoechlolly:

tehwhovianhufflepuff:

imagine-tenthousand:

mockinggrass:

Go big or go home 

So I tried to recreate this, because I knew the responses would be different, and consequently realized that it’s either extremely old or faked, as Cleverbot auto-capitalizes and auto-punctuates your sentences for you if you do not. Oh well.

In light of that fact, here’s my go at cybersexing Cleverbot.

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So I decided to try it

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alrighty, let’s go one more step

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i’M ACTUALLY CRYING.

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THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY

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Story of my life

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that’s a first.

I LAUGHED HARDER THEN I HOULD HAVE AND I WAS IN PUBLIC

I wasn’t gonna reblog this but I lost it at the last one



ifuckingloveminerals: Agate, CopperWolverine No. 2 shaft,...



ifuckingloveminerals:

Agate, Copper

Wolverine No. 2 shaft, Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA