Espresso machine, by didnotspillcoffee
Big Boy Ohio
gets an apron and nametag.
She rolls pennies. The pie case turns
the color of the moon. She fills
coffee cups and sugar boxes.
She fills half-full ketchup bottles
from half-empty so customers believe
they have new natural tomatoes
boiled down and slipped into glass necks
“Hey honey,” they say before they order burgers
so neatly she might be a virgin
who sleeps under a field of stars
and soothes cows for the dinner table.
-Julie Babcock, Decomp Magazine
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Outlander Episode 5 Screencaps
Pretty show is pretty. The cinematography in this show really is lush and amazing. I’ve increasingly found it melancholy to watch however; it’s the story of a woman trapped in an incredibly lonely, vulnerable position, bereft of protection, friendship, or respect, and two centuries away from the man she loves. The life women lived then was one without rights or protection, and as realistic as the show is, it doesn’t make for a light-hearted watch with the unending grimness of Claire’s situation.
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Playing It Cool Official Trailer with Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan
Romantic comedy purports to turn romantic comedy conventions on their head, ends with lines straight out of a cliched romantic comedy.
We’ve all been there. Still gonna watch this.
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Video Game Art: Destiny
Stunning posters for Bungie’s new game DESTINY by artists Chris Skinner and Ron Guyatt. 
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Travel: Wisconsin
People are always under-estimating the utter beauty of the States between the East and West coasts. Wisconsin borders the Great Lakes that lie between the U.S. and Canada.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, by Sarah Altendorf
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King’s Cross Station
by apemal
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Ekdekhesthai
Mornings I wake to one place, and at dusk
another. There are many kinds
of sleep. As a child I believed
sleeping with one’s eyes
open was the world
according to John. I called
a ghost, who.
A scarecrow, that.
I wake standing at the window
telling you I don’t see
the fire in the street. I wake
standing in red light
as emergency workers carve a woman
out of steel
horseshoed around the sugar
maple. Sometimes I half
expect to peel a clementine
& find nothing inside.
My mother calls to say
my grandmother just walked down
the hall. My grandmother,
dead for years. I do not know
whether to trust my mother
or the ghost’s side of the story.
All prophets perform
the miracle
of context. As does light.
As do birds in the morning.
-Emilia Phillips, West Branch Wired
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Tea Love: Jasmine
Jasmine tea, by apemal
Jasmine tea can take a little getting used to – it’s one of those slightly more artisanal flavors that the average person whose tea consumption is largely Starbucks wouldn’t normally pursue. It’s very mild in the mouth, but the the note that stays is a distinct if light floral taste, which can take a second of adjustment for us Americans whose palates are acclimated to either black tea or the very bold floral flavors. I initially didn’t like Jasmine, but what I found is that I love it iced, because the floral is delicate and refreshing, but find it too grassy when hot. And because it has such a unique flavor, I find myself craving it on certain days, and no other tea will do.
I like Lupicia’s Jasmine and Jasmine Mandarin tea, and this is a simple tea recipe from Martha Stewart using Jasmine and maple syrup –
Jack and Jill’s Jasmine Iced Tea
Coffee and Irony 