This woman did a FANTASTIC job on this costume. She made it from the episode Blink but it is very current now with The Angels Take Manhatten episode. She was nice enough to provide an entire "how-to" if you want to attempt a build yourself for Halloween or a 'con.
http://www.therpf.com/f24/doctor-who-blink-weeping-angel-costume-49264/
#doctorwho #halloween #cosplay
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Awesome Mash-Up! Firefly is kind of like bacon to me though… add it to anything and it's instantly better! 😉
Image uncredited… found on the 'net.
#firefly #startrek #starwars #mashup 
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Well, all the way up to Rose, that is. For info and names, and why there aren't more girls, check the links below at the artist's site. Pretty sure this has made the rounds, but it is still enjoyable!
One long-panel version of the pic here:
http://awesomenessmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/doctor-who-girls.jpg
Artist Amy Mebberson:
http://mimi-na.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-s-Girls-Wallpaper-58513223
http://mimi-na.deviantart.com/art/Doctor-s-Girls-46247500
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Let's not forget that Doctor Who, and the Who Girls, existed before the series reboot! Remember Nyssa, Tegan, Romana, Leela, and the rest? Check the link below if you are interested in the old school Who Girls calendar for 2013.
http://www.fantomfilms.co.uk/books/whogirls2013.htm
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Can you identify them all without cheating? 😉 I've seen this before, but I just came across it again and it's well worth a re-post. Thanks to Richard Sargent for the awesome image! Answers at the below link.
http://www.hopewellstudios.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=1
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Yes, yes, of course there are robots missing. See next post (http://goo.gl/j3Ueq). 😉
I do love the clean format of this image and the names and dates at the bottom. Thanks to Daniel Nyari Illustrations!
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I know this would be super geeky, but I'm old enough not to care. Plus, there's a separate hat. Soooo tempting! Hoodie is $80 and hat is $20.
http://www.80stees.com/products/Chewbacca-Fur-Hoodie.asp
http://www.80stees.com/products/Chewbacca-Hat.asp
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+Bliss Morgan shaved her head to support cancer research for children. We helped out a teeny tiny bit with the #10MinuteHero project. Thanks guys and gals! Please go over and show a little love to Miss Bliss!
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Today I Learned that when you shave your head all the way down to the scalp in the fall, and you're a person who spends a lot of time in the sun in the summer, your scalp ends up actually looking blue by dint of being so pale next to your tanned pinkness.
+Tony Miller +C. Corey Fisk +Pete Moisan +noah mclaughlin +Virginia Thompson Stephen Compagnion +Sky Hanes +Bill Willett +James Hatton +Amanda Rachelle Warren +The M Cluster +Robert Nunnally , +Deb Brady +Claude Rieth +Stephanie Van Pelt Mary Anne Offer +Joseph Hefta +Hugh Tauerner William Carter +Angie Booth Kevin Partner +Jo Lane +Stuart Duff +Sophie Duncan Jessica Trask +Tristan Clayton Sue Trask +Nobilis Reed +Crystal Black +Thomas Price +Zachary Falle +Howard C. Shaw III Marjorie Hall Taft +Giselle Minoli +Virtual Photo Walks™ +J. Leigh Bailey +Shannon Sorensen +Sean Sorensen +Lindsey Clements +Mark Pankhurst William Schubert +John Harvey Compassionate Living +Aaron Crocco +Edward Branley +Erin Martinelli Kim Barwick +Scott Cramer +Ben Zaitz +Greg Zabielski +Margaret McLellan +Nikki Cartlidge Rene Bywaters Jeff Stoner Adam "Ghost Architect" Tyler +Greg Howe David Clark +Miriam Madsen +Adrian Colley +lulla leah +Lance Norris +Bobbi Jo Woods Jonathan Arnold +Sarah King
And all the #AwkwardAvengers who partook in the #10MinuteHero and #10MinuteVillain
^^^ These people all put their money at the razor's edge. Thanks to them, I'm bald for a good cause, and that much more money will be available for St. Baldrick's Foundation to fund promising cancer research. And this doesn't even cover the many, MANY people who commented and shared and supported in whatever non-monetary ways they could to boost the signal. Thank you to all those people for helping #UseOurPowerForAwesome
Special thanks to +SecretAgent LoverMan for fine wielding of the Wahl and the BIC.
If you want to actually see #ShaveTheBliss and weren't around when the Hangout On Air broadcast, it's on this post: https://plus.google.com/107396241442191327319/posts/Fy3evBrLoaf
….that is the funniest G+ Post url I've ever seen. Save children from cancer with Forever Bread Loaf!And if you still want to give, and haven't yet had the chance – go to http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/Bliss . My head is already shorn, but every dollar makes a difference to cancer research – and every five dollars marks one more day that I won't mess with my hair as it grows out! #SaveTheBlissCurls
Check me out. #FckCancer , the Duchess is cueballed. …or Cue Bald. 😀
I'm #Shiny . <3
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Donated $25 for the bet with +Jo Lane (which Jo graciously matched) and $23 for the 23 G+ peeps who participated in the #10MinuteHero challenge. Way to go +Bliss Morgan!
The latest Heroes and Villains pic will be posted in the next few days. 🙂
Link to #10MinuteHero project post and info: http://goo.gl/XnBZb
#10MinuteHero #10MinuteVillain #AwkwardAvengers 
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Random find while surfing… Name that crossover! 😉
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Doctor Who / Avengers crossover comic. 😉
http://superwholoki.tumblr.com/post/25739062652/source-on-photo
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Seemed appropriate for the #10MinuteHero project. Gotta have the right shade to fight crime. 😉
Thanks +Kerry Amburgy-Dickson for the share and +rory triscuit for the post!
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The Pantone Colors of Superheroes
99% of males can't tell the difference between Daredevil Red and Hellboy Red.http://designtaxi.com/news/353000/Designer-Identifies-The-PANTONE-Colors-Of-Superheroes/#f
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Great post by +Carter Gibson in honor of #ComingOutDay . I hope you guys have some time to go read. Closing comments here; please post on original.
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My coming out story: in the hopes to encourage confidence
Today is #ComingOutDay and I've decided to share my story here before sharing it with the +It Gets Better Project and Dan Savage. I do not want to dwell on the difficulties with my family not because I'm uncomfortable talking about it (trust me, I've done that in length haha) but because today is so much more about providing words of advice and encouragement to build confidence than to relive adversity. Sure, we'll take all of this with a heavy hand of empathy, but the value comes from the lessons learned from the pain, not the pain itself.
The facts
I have always been gay. I have never liked girls. I've known this forever even before I had a word for it. I also knew that the way I felt was wrong in some way and that I should keep it a secret. So I did. In 7th and 8th grade I told two people I thought I was gay or bi. One was a girl I dated for a year (oops) and the other was my best friend. We would email each other to work things out. I mentioned that I was gay, or that I thought I was – you get the picture.My mom is a psychologist, painter, professor, and writer. My dad is a Vietnam veteran, consultant, business owner, and Army Reserve helicopter pilot. This story takes place in southern Virginia.
At school in the 9th grade I got a call from my mom who was crying. She would pick me up that day from school. Instead my dad did and asked me if I had done anything to hurt my mom or if there's anything to tell him about. I said no. I was insanely unpopular in school (literally talking 3 friends) but I was a good student, writer, and was an awesome swimmer. On top of that I was fairly masculine. Yeah, I was all clear in my heard!
I sat in the living room for a bit before being called into the kitchen. My mom was sitting in a chair crying. There was paper spread across the kitchen table. They were all of my personal emails. I was asked to read them aloud to my mom.
I held the emails and remember a very distinct feeling: my skin was a rock solid shell and I had no insides but was extremely heavy. I guess that's what complete betrayal, dread, and an "Ah-ha! Gotcha!" moment feels like. I didn't read anything. I said, "Are you serious?" before bursting into tears and going on a walk. My dad tried to take me to military school when I got back from said walk.
To recap so far: total shock for everyone, my mom is caught between her love for my dad and me, I have no one to turn to for support, my dad thinks this the worst thing that's ever happened.
Oh yeah, and he told everyone. That happened too. Within a week I chose to come out to my school because hell, they already knew.
Dealing with my dad was incredibly difficult. He knows how to make me burst into tears immediately. He's still the only person that can do this. I want to make my parents proud and it was becoming clear that I could never, ever, ever do that now. I was, for all intents and purposes a failure until I was corrected and nothing else I was doing mattered.
So what did I do? I said fuck it. I decided to stop feeling anything all together. No more emotion. Nothing mattered emotionally. I still cared about school and having fun, but forming emotional connections to situations was over for me. If I didn't do that my life would have honestly been too hard despite living in a wealthy home with amazing parents.
I became very popular in school. I was confident now that I didn't care. Someone calls me gay? Yeah, well, I am, so what's up? It's cool to not care in high school.
Family life wasn't any better. My dad was living in DC most of the time and my mom would cry over the dishes still conflicted about how to support both me and my dad. For the record my dad and I are both very hard headed, persuasive articulate, and don't stop until we win. Poor mom.
I don't know exactly what switched, but slowly but surely my dad started to come around. He would apologize, though not always correctly, and let me talk more often. Our entire family went to therapy and by the time I was a junior in high school we were all on pretty good terms. We just kept talking through things and helped each other realize that we were more important to each other than my sexuality was.
My family and I are the closest we've ever been now and I love them with all my heart and soul.
Okay, now for the learning
Why did my dad give such a hard time?
Short answer: He loved me. Long answer: He loved me and wanted me to have the easiest, happiest life possible.At the very core of it he was trying to protect me from something he didn't understand. I didn't see that when I was younger. In fact, it NEVER crossed my mind. My dad's told me how guilty he feels and how sorry he is countless times. I know that when we fought I told him that the only hard part about being gay was how he was reacting to it. That was essentially true.
But no matter when you come out people who love you will have all sorts of reactions. If they weren't happy or upset you should be worried. But strong emotions are tied to love above all other emotions. The opposite of love isn't hate – it's ambivalence.
It wasn't a good idea to shut myself off completely
Keyword here is completely. At a certain point you have to focus on what's really important and I assure that isn't your sexuality. It's your schoolwork, your friends, your work, and the rest of the things that make anyone a dynamic person.I made a mistake by going too far and it created a struggle that continues to today a little bit. I'm SO bad at relationships haha. But in the end you can't dedicate your entire life to tying your happiness to what other people think of you. You will destroy yourself that way in the same way that I could've destroyed myself by never giving a shit ever again.
Being gay doesn't change who you are
I had a distinct option when I came out: take the easy road and convert myself to a stereotype for instant acceptance or make being gay a nonissue and focus on being Carter. I chose the latter and it was the best decision I ever made.No matter what Bravo! tells you or media or anything else, there is no "typical" gay person. You are not a typical person. Stay who you are and allow your sexuality to change you. Instead, allow it to compliment you. Now you're special! Embrace that but don't be a one trick
ponyunicorn.Reflect, reflect, reflect – and then empathize
Take stock during your process, no matter how hard it is. Start now even if you aren't out. You're only going to get anywhere if you can understand why you feel the way you do and why you're reacting to various stimuli. Guess what? It's not all going to go away no matter how hard you try. It's here to stay and you better start understanding it and yourself as soon as possible.And here's the other deal: people do things for reasons. Instead of just reacting to their actions, put yourself in their shoes and try to figure out why. Ask them questions. Communication is the key to every successful relationship.
You have resources
You are never alone. Hell, you're reading this on the internet right now. Help yourself by finding the right groups to be a part of if you need to vent or feel like no one understands you. Don't think that your tough experience is the case everywhere. Show yourself that the grass is greener on some other side somewhere.You will leave your comfort bubble
Today isn't about making anyone do anything they don't want to, but coming out will feel uncomfortable to you (probably). That doesn't mean you shouldn't. Being uncomfortable doesn't mean that something bad is about to happen, just that something important is about to happen. Don't confuse the two.These are all things I wish that I knew when I was going through my struggle and I am honored that I have an audience to share this with in the hopes that the right person will read it or share it with someone who needs it. We all have the ability to change someone's day today so let's do it.
I ask that you share an inspirational story, quote, or just a few words of encouragement with the hashtag #ComingOutDay . Let's do some good 🙂
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In case you did not know…
Thanks +Carter Gibson 🙂
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Today is #ComingOutDay ! Share your inspiration!
Today we have the ability to change people's lives for the better. LGBT people who are struggling with being themselves or letting others know who they are. Today I ask that you share an inspirational story, quote, something you want to tell people too scared to come out, or just a few words of encouragement with the hashtag #ComingOutDay in the hopes the right person sees it or shares it.
Your words are powerful. I'll be sharing mine shortly and I can not wait to hear the advice you give to those who need a pick me up. Let's do good today 🙂
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Help meet the $5,000 goal by this weekend. Bliss is shaving her head! What can we do? Read on… Share if you like, and, thanks for your time.
For every person in this pic, $1 is being donated to +Bliss Morgan's charity drive for St. Baldrick's to fund research to find cures for childhood cancer. I'll keep adding to the pic and donating up to $100. +Jo Lane and I each gave matching $25 donations as a result of a fun bet we had with the #10MinuteHero project.
Not into costumes and being silly? Just go donate a $1, or whatever is within your means. Give a hello to #10MinuteHero if you like too! 😉
Participate and be a #10MinuteHero and donate $5 and I will send you a printed copy of the final Photoshop Heroes and Villains pic (first come first serve for as long as I can afford postage). Looks awesome in the office. 😉
How to donate: http://goo.gl/wkP0A
How to join the #AwesomeAvengers (and Villains):
1. Turn yourself into a Superhero (or villain) with whatever you can find around the house. Set a timer for 10 minutes.
2. Take a picture.
3. Post it with the hash tag #10MinuteHero
This is the latest greatest update to the G+ Heroes & Villains! These folks are truly awesome to put themselves out there for a bit of silliness. Err, I mean heroism! Special kudos to Scott D for being the first to suit up! Additionally, the fun turned into a side bet with Jo Lane and myself. I lost (again). I will be singing a song on video for Jo as my (and all of your) punishment.
BUT, the cool thing? We took the bet further and Jo got even more people to participate. My payment? $25 to a charity of her choice. Jo chose to match the amount and support St. Baldrick's and Bliss Morgan's attempt to raise $5000 for cancer fighting (and, she says, to see Bliss shave all her hair off). Check out: http://www.stbaldricks.org/participants/Bliss
See all the links at the bottom of this post. Stay tuned! 🙂
The Universe Thus Far…
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10 Minute Super Heroes:
+Thomas Price – The Outlaw http://goo.gl/PHbCu
+Melissa Bryan – Blue Blaze http://goo.gl/vEDwr
+matthew rappaport – PLUSguin http://goo.gl/dXT6S
+David Mills – Oriental Impaler http://goo.gl/FsfMo
+Mikael Dahl daughter Elyzabeth – Ninjana http://goo.gl/wSlKC
+Graham Guy – Ghost Writer http://goo.gl/2nlok
+Scott D – Kitchen Aid http://goo.gl/453bg (the First #AwesomeAvenger )
+Jo Lane – CowGirl http://goo.gl/WaKkB
+Lise Bjerregaard Nielsen – Debonair Jinx http://goo.gl/Rm1CT
+Nikki Cartlidge – Moustache Maverick http://goo.gl/TD97J
+Andy Kitchen – Kung-Fu Kristmas http://goo.gl/X535O
+Scott Cramer – Spaghetti Midwestern http://goo.gl/A77YP
+Adam Tyler – Ghost Architect http://goo.gl/FZysY
10 Minute Super Villains:
+Marla Singer – Pink Knifemare http://goo.gl/WWPhI
+Kimberly Allen – Unknown Stormtrooper http://goo.gl/UnrSj
+Brett Bjornsen – Patchwork Riddler http://goo.gl/Ls1NM
+Mellie B – The Canadian http://goo.gl/8jVts
+Halfdan Reschat – Red Butcher http://goo.gl/eyd6Q
+Robert Partridge and Son – Mister Mysterious & Mini Mister http://goo.gl/gYfEm
+Cliff Loresco – Kitchen Ninja http://goo.gl/nfyc2
+Mary C. – Ninjette Bunny http://goo.gl/NpdNQ
Not Shown (yet!):
+Max Devine – Photoshop doesn't count! http://goo.gl/pHThJ
+Kimberly Allen – Going for the Hero too! http://goo.gl/4PeHB
+Donald Legion – The Great WikiFreak http://goo.gl/Unc8u (post no longer available to me)
I will edit any new or missed peeps into the next pic!
Special thanks to Melissa for helping keep track of all these awesome folks and providing many of the links! Thanks to +Kimberly Chapman for some additional inspiration to do more than just be silly.
Original Post: http://goo.gl/3V7as
My Loss Post: http://goo.gl/eIPTK
Jo's Win Post: http://goo.gl/prTVt
Original Awkward Avengers: http://goo.gl/vCyjW
#10MinuteHero #10MinuteVillain #AwkwardAvengers 
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Thanks +Bearman Cartoons for the most gentle mugging I can imagine. Oh, and extra thanks for applying the "Just for Men" plug-in to the hair. Super!
In thanks, $10 donated to Bearman's preferred charity, http://www.crayons2computers.org in honor of Bearman Cartoons.
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Always trending but never trendy, +Scott Cramer you have been MUGGED!!
Scott Cramer Caricature by Bearman Cartoons
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Only $500 a pair. What? No Han Solo?! Seems like some C3PO's would have been a bold (and shiny) choice. Or how about some Princess Leia themed librarian style glasses? Grand Moff Tarkin reading glasses? And c'mon, some John Lennon inspired Steam Punk Tusken Raiders! Now that's what I'm talking about! 😉
Buy 'em here: http://goo.gl/g7RA5
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OMG! As if dropbears weren't enough to worry about? +Mellie B has genetically engineered support troops for her #dropbear army!
+Damian Sanchez, one of these could totally crawl into your helmet!
Thanks +Denise Malia for the intel!
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Spidersquirrel, spidersquirrel… .?.•*¨`?.•`.¸.*?
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Wow. How did I miss the Thundarr reference when I saw the movie! It all makes so much more sense now… 😉
http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/10/the_phantom_menaces_duel_of_the_fates_lyrics_revea.php
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Well, I'm officially over the deadline for delivering on the bet I lost to +Jo Lane for her drumming up participants to the #10MinuteHero challenge. Still owed: One (1) at least 30 second song by me to her. In video. Public. Graciously, she has said, "Take your time." However, after waking up today, I noticed some restrictions on things around the townhouse!
Yes, there really is a 5'4" CowGirl Super-heroine in my living area. Apparently, she is a fighter of crime AND keeper of lost bets! 😉
+Bliss Morgan I have not forgotten about you either! $25 donation as part of the bet Jo and I had. Also, another $1 for each person who did the #10MinuteHero challenge for an additional $20. Any takers still welcome up to $100. 😉
What is this silliness all about?
Original Post: http://goo.gl/3V7as
My Loss Post: http://goo.gl/eIPTK
Jo's Win Post: http://goo.gl/prTVt
Latest Group Pic and Links: http://goo.gl/GuJTN
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