Two parts contact sports, one part sequins, wholehearted love for Finland, a dash of Pacific Northwest insanity and an Irish temper. Shaken, not stirred. The pink flamingo in your lawn of internet.Tumblr (3.0; @tyynimeri)http://specklepond.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6asn3zQay1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://img3.visualizeus.com/thumbs/10/06/04/words-45610e49463a29300f4314537e0c38bf_h.jpg">img3.visualizeus.com</a></p>http://specklepond.com/post/873320029http://specklepond.com/post/873320029Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:37:51 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6aqyqtiQX1qzp4noo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Is Daddy being a bad influence here? My money’s on yes.</p>http://specklepond.com/post/873187459http://specklepond.com/post/873187459Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:01:38 -0400fireflybruins the bruins what<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6aqwhvW4N1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I mean it, Ava. You take off those pink gloves and quit being all smily and little girly right now. Firefly, you’re not helping either. </p>http://specklepond.com/post/873182360http://specklepond.com/post/873182360Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:00:17 -0400fireflybruins the bruins what<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6aqtcZt0a1qzp4noo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ava Ference, stop being so damn cute. You make me want to have children <strike>with your father.</strike> I MEAN WHAT?</p>http://specklepond.com/post/873174931http://specklepond.com/post/873174931Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:58:00 -0400bruins the bruins whatfirefly<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l692w0WniG1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://specklepond.com/post/869160578http://specklepond.com/post/869160578Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:24:00 -0400<embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:hcx:content:atom.com:c0e97680-a458-40ea-9257-a93cf56d571f" width="512" height="288" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" base="."></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/3EFBFFFF01C4A135001700F260B2/">MANtage | Sketch Groups | Atom</a></p>http://specklepond.com/post/869135142http://specklepond.com/post/869135142Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:17:25 -0400<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vtgIKJPUK0w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vtgIKJPUK0w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtgIKJPUK0w&feature=player_embedded">Remix: Kristen Stewart Bites Her Lower Lip a Lot</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/marowak1337">marowak1337</a>)</p>http://specklepond.com/post/869043436http://specklepond.com/post/869043436Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:54:06 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l68y3jLOhr1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://chzderp.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/a2448cc2-1233-4f29-bee0-d28f4399db99.jpg">chzderp.files.wordpress.com</a></p>http://specklepond.com/post/868751560http://specklepond.com/post/868751560Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:40:31 -0400bruinsthebruinswhat<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5yjmeu13p1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No, really. My hometown is covered in these. They often become punchlines for jokes. </p> <p><a href="http://jyte.com/cl/red-means-stop-in-beaverton">Jyte - Red means “STOP!” in Beaverton.</a></p>http://specklepond.com/post/844872549http://specklepond.com/post/844872549Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:51:49 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ppe4RZjT1qb1oa0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://heyfatchick.tumblr.com/post/842846212">heyfatchick</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://laurendarling.tumblr.com/post/840144808/definatalie-skirtonfire">laurendarling</a>: <a href="http://definatalie.tumblr.com/post/838658989/skirtonfire-lipstick-feminists">definatalie</a>: <a href="http://skirtonfire.tumblr.com/post/838627533/lipstick-feminists-well-behavedwoman-via">skirtonfire</a>: <a href="http://lipstick-feminists.tumblr.com/post/838613735/well-behavedwoman-via-ourchangingsky">lipstick-feminists</a>: <a href="http://well-behavedwoman.tumblr.com/post/838236416/via-ourchangingsky-susansurface">well-behavedwoman</a>: <a href="http://ourchangingsky.tumblr.com/">ourchangingsky</a>: <a href="http://susansurface.tumblr.com/post/824311297">susansurface</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://specklepond.com/post/842925340http://specklepond.com/post/842925340Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:23:33 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ui3iIsFj1qzwpsgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://fuckyeahinception.tumblr.com/post/836330219/via-lipglossblackleather">fuckyeahinception</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://lipglossblackleather.tumblr.com/">lipglossblackleather</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>waaaaaaait, looch is my totem? So he has to fall over more than often? I pity the people with Semin totems…..</p> <blockquote></blockquote>http://specklepond.com/post/841451510http://specklepond.com/post/841451510Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:08:00 -0400inception<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5w916xfNi1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://somuchpun.com/2010/06/18/funny-pun-photos-the-capital-of-finland/">Stop Toying Around, I Need To Know The Capital Of Finland!!! - So Much Pun - Funny Jokes in Photos</a></p>http://specklepond.com/post/839618510http://specklepond.com/post/839618510Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:07:54 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5uc3qJP7C1qbvdp3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://-thesiduation.tumblr.com/post/835928240/kkanadian-teresaxlynn-via">-thesiduation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://kkanadian.tumblr.com/post/835071172/teresaxlynn-via-capslockandhockey">kkanadian</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://teresaxlynn.tumblr.com/post/835041872/via-capslockandhockey">teresaxlynn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://capslockandhockey.tumblr.com/">capslockandhockey</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Well my goshy gee whilickers, it’s nice to find out that people still don’t know how to credit others when using <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/britannia/1968304098/">their pictures</a>. </p> <p>Yup, definitely mine. Definitely taken in ‘07 at the Wachovia Center. Definitely says clearly on my Flickr page that you’re allowed to share it <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en"> if you credit it.</a> But obviously, we don’t have to follow the rules because we’re on the intarwebs!</p>http://specklepond.com/post/836963970http://specklepond.com/post/836963970Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:57:39 -0400<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_zmwRitYO3w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_zmwRitYO3w&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>FLASH OPERA!</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zmwRitYO3w&feature=player_embedded#!">Opera Company of Philadelphia “Flash Brindisi” at Reading Terminal Market (April 24, 2010)</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/operaphila">operaphila</a>)</p>http://specklepond.com/post/836875794http://specklepond.com/post/836875794Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:23:52 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5thf9cMQx1qcqqkzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://-thesiduation.tumblr.com/post/832844339/fuckyeahhockeyboys-is-that-a-vuvuzela-lol">-thesiduation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://fuckyeahhockeyboys.tumblr.com/post/832841267/is-that-a-vuvuzela-lol-sure-looks-like-one-but">fuckyeahhockeyboys</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Is that a vuvuzela? LOL. Sure looks like one… But this was way before FIFA, so… xD</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>VUVUZELAS ARE INVAAAADING</p>http://specklepond.com/post/832886011http://specklepond.com/post/832886011Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:29:39 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5telfeFhx1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Also, how did I not realize that maple bars were an indigenous food group to the Pacific Northwest? Even without the bacon, I mean really… you think that somewhere near Vermont and their copious amounts of maple syrup would have figured out the MAPLE BAR by now. </p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_bar"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_bar">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple_bar</a></a></p>http://specklepond.com/post/832638508http://specklepond.com/post/832638508Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:15:14 -0400<p>So I teach swim lessons. You knew that. But one of my favorite things to do with the baby swimmers (3-6ish) is to play Red Light, Green Light as they kick their feet. </p> <p>So having been raised in an environment that wants kids to think, I ask the kids as we’re getting started, “Okay, so if we’re driving in a car and you see a red light, what do you do?”</p> <p>Inevitably the kids yell “STOP!”</p> <p>Then I ask “And what if there’s a green light?” and they’ll yell “GO!”</p> <p>Then the kicker: “What do you do for a yellow light?”</p> <p>“SPEED UP!”</p> <p>O.O</p> <p>Only in Boston. </p> <p>(I swear to you, in Pennsylvania and Oregon both, kids said “SLOW DOWN!”)</p>http://specklepond.com/post/832626956http://specklepond.com/post/832626956Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:11:39 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5tc2amM891qakqfvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I have no idea what you’re talking about, so here’s a puppy with a donut on its head.</p> <p>OO SPRINKLES!</p> <p>(via <a href="http://awkwardstockphotos.com/">awkwardstockphotos</a>)</p>http://specklepond.com/post/832556673http://specklepond.com/post/832556673Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:49:00 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5rzxxETsd1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://specklepond.com/post/829439960http://specklepond.com/post/829439960Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:01:09 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5qiviwpQQ1qzp4noo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>SO TRUEEEEE</p> <p>via <a href="http://static.neatorama.com/images/2010-07/bandaid-water-parks.jpg">static.neatorama.com</a></p>http://specklepond.com/post/826218921http://specklepond.com/post/826218921Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:54:53 -0400