“They gave me a medal for killing two men, and a discharge for loving one”
—U.S AIR FORCE TSgt. LEONARD P. MATLOVICH
Vietnam War veteran and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star Matlovich was the first gay service member to purposely out himself to the military to fight their ban on gays, and perhaps the best-known gay man in America in the 1970s next to Harvey Milk.
The image above, from the USGS, shows all the world’s water — from bodies of water, glaciers, soil, water vapor and even living things — in a sphere with a diameter of 860 miles. The volume of the sphere would equal 332.5 million cubic miles.
The USGS explains that the sphere only appears small in relation to the entire Earth — the diameter of the sphere is a bit larger than the distance between Salt Lake City and Topeka, Kansas.
They notes that, according to one estimate, nearly 97 percent of Earth’s water can be found in oceans, seas and bays while less than one percent can be found as freshwater in lakes, rivers or the ground.
NEW OUTFIT POST & REVIEW OF THE ANTONIA DRESS FROM IGIGI ON STILETTO SIREN: A LIFE & STYLE BLOG WITH CURVES!
How come all the cheap maxi dresses I can find are built for people who don’t need to wear a bra? I want one like this! But for $30 or less! She looks fab.
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TW: Suicide
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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: The sheer cliffs at the mouth of Sydney Harbor have long been a popular Australian suicide spot. But they’re about to get a lot more deadly — the local man who is credited with talking at least 160 people out of killing themselves since 1964 died this week.
Window-watcher Don Ritchie, known as the Angel of the Gap, could spot the troubled ones from his home across the street; he’d wander down to the cliff-edge and calmly ask, “Can I help you in some way?” More often then not, he could. He’d chat with them a bit, then invite them back to his place for a cup of tea.
“My ambition has always been to just get them away from the edge, to buy them time, to give them the opportunity to reflect and give them the chance to realize that things might look better the next morning,” Ritchie once said. “You just can’t sit there and watch them. You’ve got to try and save them.”
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TW: Suicide
Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: The sheer cliffs at the mouth of Sydney Harbor have long been a popular Australian suicide spot. But they’re about to get a lot more deadly — the local man who is credited with talking at least 160 people out of killing themselves since 1964 died this week.
Window-watcher Don Ritchie, known as the Angel of the Gap, could spot the troubled ones from his home across the street; he’d wander down to the cliff-edge and calmly ask, “Can I help you in some way?” More often then not, he could. He’d chat with them a bit, then invite them back to his place for a cup of tea.
“My ambition has always been to just get them away from the edge, to buy them time, to give them the opportunity to reflect and give them the chance to realize that things might look better the next morning,” Ritchie once said. “You just can’t sit there and watch them. You’ve got to try and save them.”
there really are beautiful people in this world
About me
My motto? Live adventurously! Living an adventurous life can mean lots of things, both big and small. Anyway, this is a peek into my corner of the universe.
Me (the basics): 20 years old, female, from North Carolina.
Me (the details): photographer, television addict, writer, fatshionista, adventurer, reader, music enthusiast, quote collector, traveler, wanderer, lover of public transportation.
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