thedailywhat:

TMNT Original Sketch of the Day: Quite possibly the very first sketch of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — drawn by co-creator Kevin Eastman — is up for auction. From Eastman:

“Late in November 1983, (co-creator) Peter Laird and I were sharing a studio (our living room) in Dover, New Hampshire. One work night, in an effort to make Peter laugh, I drew a sketch of this character I called a ‘Ninja Turtle’ and threw it onto Peter’s desk. He did laugh, and did a version of his own — to which I needed to take it one step further, and did a pencil sketch of four different Turtles, each holding a different weapon — and gave it to Peter, who wanted to ink it in — and when he did, he added ‘Teenage Mutant’ to the ‘Ninja Turtle’ part of the logo, and we both fell off our chairs!

The next day, we both looked at the drawing, and decided that we really needed to come up with a story about how these characters came to be — and began to hammer out the story details. Deciding to make it an homage/parody to some of our heroes and inspirations (and dedicating it to them) we worked through the winter of 1983-84 and, after finding a local New England printer, we borrowed money from my Uncle Quentin and we printed the first 3,000 copies — premiering the book at a local Portsmouth comic convention May 5, 1984.

“From that day forward, and for the next 30 years, the TMNTs became a worldwide phenomenon (cartoons, toys, and movies) that even to this day we still try to completely understand — and it all started with this drawing.”

Bidding, which starts at $6,000, ends May 10.

[bestweekever]

New Harmpshire’s own TMNT.

thedailywhat:

Lost Faith In Humanity of the Day: A custom-made My Little Pony centipede. $100 via Etsy. ”This is not a toy,” says the seller. “It is a decorative art display and not intended for children.”

Thanks for clearing that up. Now, about what on Earth compelled you to sit down and make this…

[regretsy.]

This is what ryanfingawesome is waiting for, isn’t it.

fasterwouldbebetter:

ryanfingawesome:

**I started writing this yesterday, but decided to maybe take some time to cool off first**

OK. Let me preface this with: if you aren’t abreast of all the facts, you simply aren’t going to agree with the statements I have to make here. If all you know are the things you read on ESPN’s website…

As a mandatory reporter, I have had to report allegations of abuse to my superiors before. When I did, I was actually met with a lot of resistance to report the abuse to the authorities, forcing me to move up the chain of command. Since that day, I have been singled out to receive whatever shit sandwich my boss has cooked up. Jobs, even in nursing, are not easy to come by here, and I do not want to leave my hospital. She threatened to send me home that day, in front of a police officer taking my statement, and was quickly told by the office that I was protected as the “outcrier” and any action taken against me for reporting the incident was illegal. Since then, my life at work has been hell, because I did the right thing.

As someone who cares for people in a vulnerable position, I need to be willing to report abuse if it is reported to me. Yes, I could lose my job FOR REPORTING. A hospital can find a hundred reasons to fire anyone on any given day, and if I hired legal counsel, I would never find work as a nurse in Denver again.

If my employer had not followed up on the charges when I went up the chain of command, I would have called the police. Not the security department of the hospital. I would have done MORE. If I had been threatened with termination on the spot, I would have left the hospital and gone straight to the police.

There is no excuse for age here, and longevity of service doesn’t make someone a good person. Joe Paterno should have done MORE to see that the abuse stopped. He was in a position to do more, and did not. If he did not see action from the university police, he should have gone to the police department.

When I was a child, my mother neglected me to the point that I ended up septic and having emergency surgery. My doctors and teachers reported the neglect and my mother was forced to finally seek adequate medical care for an infected burn. If my doctors and teachers had not done more, I could have died. I would have suffered more.

People in a position of trust have a responsibility to do MORE. Not doing enough in this situation meant that abuse continued to happen. Joe Paterno doesn’t just deserve to lose his job, evidence may show he deserves to be charged. Penn State’s police department should be investigated. The fact that all of this only recently came to light doesn’t excuse anyone’s behavior.

Let me start off with the disclaimer that although I’ve been involved in the care of kids in the ICU because of abuse/negligence, as a med student in my last year it’s typically fallen to a proactive superior to actually act on that suspicion. So while I stand firm in my role as a legally mandated and philosophically willing reporter, perhaps I’m not battle tested.

That being said, I get the feeling that the outrage that follows the exposure of events like this, while understandable, can cloud the facts about who was actually in a position to intervene. Getting clips of headlines, you’d think that Paterno had tacitly condoned raping the kids he coaches at Penn State - not the kids at a Sandusky-affiliated charity, the actual victims in this investigation.  His name is the subject of public shaming more than the alleged rapist Sandusky, more than a graduate assistant who actually witnessed wrongdoing. Meanwhile, by the time he hears anything about it, he’s 3 years removed from working with the alleged perpetrator, who’s already been investigated by the police. Over a decade removed at the time of his firing this week. How does one fire someone who doesn’t work for you anymore? Or call the police to let them know that somebody else saw something happen 3 years ago; just thought you guys should be aware? 

Trying to come up with an analogous situation has been tough, and what follows is a stretch. I wonder if I would go to the police if I heard from a classmate that on a rotation 3 years ago, he had discovered evidence of abuse on one of his first physical exams and hadn’t reported it at the time. Going on hearsay, not having witnessed the findings myself, I’d be hardpressed to pick up a phone and call Child Protective Services with those facts. Going to a superior in a position to investigate further if necessary seems reasonable though.

No one here is arguing that abuse shouldn’t be reported. It’s something that sickens me to my core, something I’m going to spend the rest of my career as a pediatrician wrestling with, hoping I made the right call, hoping a child goes home in safe hands, clinging to the perhaps naive idea that prioritizing a patient’s wellbeing shouldn’t put my job in jeopardy.

But here’s what’s frustrating. In this case, from what I know, I just don’t think Paterno was in a position where he was legally or ethically mandated to report anything to the police. What we’re talking about here is different from a clinician who, based on interacting with and examining a victim, is legally obligated to involve protective services at any reasonable suspicion, and ethically compelled to do so at the risk of their employment. While I do appreciate the gravity of the two situations, you’re comparing apples and oranges.  Why he’s in such hot water when people who directly witnessed events or were the first to know about them still have jobs at Penn State just baffles me. Clearly, something needed to be done. I don’t think he was solely responsible to do it. And I don’t think he should have to be the scapegoat just because he’s the most famous name mentioned in the grand jury report.

ilovecharts:

Medical Emoticons!

That awkward time we went to a fancy awards show

thedailywhat:

Slo-Mo Thing of the Day: The fastball delivery of Giants pitcher Tim “The Freak” Lincecum, as seen through the lens of a Phantom Flex High Speed digital camera at 1000fps.

[gizmodo.]

TWINS.

comicallyvintage:

Bad bride!

teesh-oh:

TRUTH.

Turkey Sub!

(via laneyboggs)

ilovecharts:

My Cuppa Mug

“Too much milk or not enough? That should never be a problem again if you have a mug with a colour comparison chart on the inside of it. Just the right strength everytime and the perfect cup of tea or coffee to help your stressful day at work go by.”