The only objective in Rust, a popular online video game, is to survive in the wild. But now, some players will have no other choice than to survive as female characters. Plenty of fans, voicing their discontent on Reddit and video game forums, are not happy about it. In the newest update that the developers…

via Exactly how male gamers react when they are forced to play female characters — Quartz

Trablogger’s Mundane Monday Challenge #54

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Twenty201. It’s easier to give yourself shit than credit.Sure, you have a job and a good education and a hot body, but you probably should be sending out apps for a better job and getting better grades and hitting the gym more often for an even better body. But the thing is, you could be…

via This Is Why You’re Always So Hard On Yourself — Thought Catalog

A new study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reached the grim conclusion that life expectancy for America’s poorest people is between 10 and 15 years less than that of the wealthiest. One might think the gulf would be widest in a place like New York City—where income inequality appears, at…

via “New York values” help everyone live longer—especially the poor — Quartz

This limerick could be the beginning of a fairy tale. Something old, and scary. Are you sitting comfortably? Once upon a time… Within the wood so dark and deep Where no spider dares to creep The air is silent; deathly still: There is a purple daffodil That holds the key to “beauty’s” sleep… Written […]

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via Book Promotion – Bashful Betsy by: D.B. Mauldin — A Good Book is Hard to Find

“There are 4.5 million orphans in Ethiopia. Let us help them”. – Josh Allen, founder of WO Design. It was during a life-changing service trip to Ethiopia in the fall of 2012 that Josh Allen, a young dad from Bozeman, Montana, was exposed firsthand to the hardship faced by widows and orphans in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Josh went to […]

via WO Design: Creating Change for Widows and Orphans in Ethiopia — Thirdeyemom

spring blossoms taken by brisk wind a short life Pat R 4/11/16 For Carpe Diem Haiku http://chevrefeuillescarpediem.blogspot.com/2016/04/carpe-diem-951-blossom.html?m=1

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Capturing Gabriel is book three in Lyn Horner’s Romancing the Guardians series. Staged mainly in the mountains of Colombia, this book is a modern-day western, South American style. Spiced with steamy romance, the story stars a leading man with a surprising Superhero power. Review Excerpt: “Capturing Gabriel by Lyn Horner is part romance, part action, […]

via Book Promotion – Capturing Gabriel by: Lyn Horner — A Good Book is Hard to Find

Source: Peopleimages / Getty We’ve all witnessed the Columbusing of traditionally Black hair styles by celebrities and socialites without acknowledging kinky roots behind the look. So it’s even more frustrating when Kim Kardashian can rock “boxer braids,” and look high fashion, while the regular Black girl faces potential discrimination. Cree Ballah, a Zara employee based in…

via Black Hair Matters: Zara Employee Accuses Store Of Discriminating Against Her Cornrows — HelloBeautiful