Megan Friedman

My life. (via)

Geez, these onions. (via Reddit)

brooklynmutt:

A Mashup of Singing Politicians - TIME

knowyourmeme:

I can’t even argue with this

KYMdb - Condescending Wonka / Creepy Wonka

This made me laugh more than I should have.

timemagazine:

TIME managing editor Rick Stengel toasts the new managing editor of TIME.com, Cathy Sharick, with the TIME staff. Cheers!

Oh hey, that’s me in the white shirt!

flavorpill:

michaelorell:

GODDAMNIT SOPA WHO IS ON THE PHONE!! 

YES, HELLO? WHO IS THIS?

A+

theweekmagazine:

GOOD DAY FOR:

• Respecting women
  Rapper Jay-Z says the birth of his daughter has inspired him to no longer use the word “b*tch” in reference to women. [BuzzFeed]

• Cheating death
  A world-renowned wingsuit flier says he feels better than ever after miraculously surviving a 200-foot freefall during a BASE jump off Cape Town’s Table Mountain that went horribly wrong. [The Daily What]

• Rediscovering Darwin
  Scientists confirm they have found 315 long-lost fossils collected by evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin. The fossils were found in a dusty corner of the British Geological Survey. [Christian Science Monitor]

BAD DAY FOR:

• Maritime responsibility
  Audio between the Italian Coast Guard and the captain of the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship surfaces, confirming that the captain refused to go back on board and help passengers still stranded after he abandoned the sinking ship. [NPR]

• Podcast-loving pedestrians
  A new study finds that the number of headphone-wearing pedestrians injured or killed near roadways and railways has tripled over the last six years. [Gawker]
  

• Southern comfort
  A Louisiana official proposes an ordinance that would prohibit local residents from wearing pajama pants in public. [Death and Taxes]

Love this roundup. A really helpful way to use Tumblr.

sesamestreet:

How to be a superhero, starring Grover.

A much needed pick-me-up for a Wednesday.

timemagazine:

At TIME.com, we’re working on a guide to the best Tumblrs out there. But we want to know what you think first.

What Tumblr can’t you live without? (Aside from ours, of course.) Whether it’s news, photography, design or just cat videos, we want to know what you follow — and why. 

Reply to this post (and include the URL) with your picks. We’ll mark popular suggestions as “Readers’ Choice” in our final list, which should come out by the end of January.

Please give us your favorites! I’m helping to put together this list and don’t want to miss anything awesome.

Five people, one guitar, fantastic song. Pretty great.

urlesque:

Best law enforcement agents ever, bye.

Aaand, it’s Friday.

yodelmachine:

sebsational:

mozartismyhomeboy:

HOLY SHIT THIS REALLY HAPPENED.

At the 1998 Grammys, the great tenor Luciano Pavarotti was slated to sing “Nessun dorma…” from Puccini’s Turandot prior to receiving the Grammy Legend Award.  However, he was benched due to a sore throat.  Who could step in to sing the aria for him?

Apparently, Aretha Franklin could.

This is amazing.  I’m normally not a fan of crossing genres—I feel like opera singers should stick to opera, and rock singers to rock, and soul to soul, and pop to pop.  But sometimes, if you have enough artistic power, you can figure out a way to make it work.

If you can only do two things as an opera singer, I would say the most important ones are: being able to sing in impeccable Italian and being able to sing over an orchestra without the use of a microphone.  Aretha Franklin, despite failing these two litmus tests, totally fucking ROCKS THE SHIT OUT OF THIS ARIA.  Watch all the way to 4:25 and you’ll see what I mean.

She performed a quantum leap, straight into a different musical sphere, and she made it work.  How did she do it?  Easy.  She stuck with what she knows, she played to her strengths, she stayed true to her voice and her artistic sensibility, and she certainly wasn’t apologetic about it.  But she also possesses something else that singers need, singers in any genre: behind each note she sings, there is a clear vocal intent and strong commitment to sound.  To me, this is incredible artistry.

You guys, seriously, I cannot communicate to you how crazy this is.

Watch this ridiculously incredible performance, and then watch Faith Hill check to make sure that all of Aretha’s awesome didn’t make her nose go crooked, and then watch Celine Dion try to catch some of that incredible talent in her mouth.

And that’s why they call her the Queen.

Every New Year’s Eve, I actually take the time to write about my life on this Tumblr. Here’s 2008, 2009 and 2010. So here’s my take on 2011, a year that didn’t eclipse 2010 in terms of momentous, giddy change in my life, but one that was best defined as my first move toward adulthood and stability.

Stuff I did in 2011:

• Got promoted. Twice.
• Became an aunt for the second time, and a godmother to both my niece and nephew.
• Lost about 20 pounds. (Thanks, MyFitnessPal.)

Stuff I plan to do in 2012:

• Innovate and experiment with my work to make NewsFeed the best it can be.
• Strengthen relationships with friends, despite busy schedules on both parts.
• Learn to love exercise. (Yeah, I know, it’s a long shot.)
• Continue a great relationship with a person who I’m pretty sure is the male version of me.

Hey, I know that lady!

longreads:

Radhika Jones is executive editor of Time.

I got to work on a number of great longreads at Time this year, among them Lev Grossman on fan fiction, Kate Pickert on the perils of cancer screening, and Kurt Andersen on the Year of the Protester. But these are a few of the pieces from…

1. Prince (15)
2. Justice (11)
3. Speak (10)
4. Rick James (8)
5. Friendly Fires (7)

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

It’s been 10 years since *NSYNC came out with their final album, Pop. Childhood, it was nice knowing you.

Kimbra - “Cameo Lover”

tbridge:

I hope that you’ve moved them by now.

If their awful television ads didn’t throw you, or their craptacular management system didn’t make you want to punch babies, the last straw that should break the back of your relationship with this godawful company is their support of SOPA.

…

I try to keep this Tumblr free of politics (makes more room for puppy videos), but still. I just transferred my personal domain to Hover - this was the final straw for GoDaddy.

today:

ericazucco:

today:

Prince William get his dance on as Kate looks on during a reception at Centrepoint’s Camberwell Foyer on Dec. 21, 2011 in London, England. (Getty)

STORY

Smooth moves, kid.

I predict this will be meme-ified in the next 17 hours.

Let’s do it.

(I still think Prince Charles has the more epic dance moves)