Stuff I made. Stuff I like but didn’t make. I can be reached at derekbensonart(at)gmail(dot)com.Tumblr (3.0; @onionvolcano)http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt6oq5KqqJ1qzyxjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lookmom.tumblr.com/post/246375671/via-oldchum-bibs">lookmom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://oldchum.tumblr.com/">oldchum</a>)</p> <p>bibs</p> </blockquote> <p> hot</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/246377303http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/246377303Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40:47 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0mq5pb4O1qz8eueo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When I was little I would love new songs with desperate intensity: “Funkytown,” “Popmuzik,” “Hold On Tight.”  So good.  Also bad.  I loved them.  </p> <p>It hasn’t happened like that in a while.  As time passes, even “new” pop music gets stale and repetitive to the aging, cranky listener.</p> <p>But Lady GaGa?  TWO.  She’s got two songs that I love as if I were seven again.  They’re very good.  And bad!  And she’s all about Freddy Mercury.</p> <p>She’s so damn young, just a kid…in this picture she looks like she’s about twelve.  This is someone you’d call “punkin.” </p> <p>Good luck, Ms. GaGa.  Don’t go all Britney Lohan Winehouse, please.</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/241822135http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/241822135Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:17 -0500<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksug9q0PeZ1qznkh3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gilmoure.tumblr.com/post/238745023/skittlesorswimsuit-captainoo-catt">gilmoure</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://skittlesorswimsuit.tumblr.com/post/238533615/captainoo-catt-blissed-just-before-her">skittlesorswimsuit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://captainoo.tumblr.com/post/238528152/catt-blissed-just-before-her-sixth">captainoo</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://catt-.tumblr.com/post/238527015/blissed-just-before-her-sixth-birthday-elena">catt-</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://tumblr.icanonlybe.me/post/238055421/just-before-her-sixth-birthday-elena-desserich">blissed</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><i>“Just before her sixth birthday, Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer. After her death, Elena’s parents found hundreds of notes from Elena hidden around the house - in between CD cases, between bookshelves, in dresser drawers, in backpacks. She had began hiding them after her diagnosis.”</i></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> What a beautiful little girl!</blockquote>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/238801084http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/238801084Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:52:18 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstsgdcPdP1qzoxf3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://americanshaft.tumblr.com/post/238163047/jinxproof-bikini-leia-and-stunt-double-catch">americanshaft</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://jinxproof.tumblr.com/post/237729137/bikini-leia-and-stunt-double-catch-some-rays">jinxproof</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p> <a title="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/04/bikinia-leia-and-stu.html">Bikini Leia and stunt double catch some rays - Boing Boing</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/238168353http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/238168353Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:11:27 -0500<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kstr4hmlr41qz8eueo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My wife got some diet coke and mentos.  The kids took cover in a makeshift blast shelter, like we were watching a nuclear detonation.</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/237704931http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/237704931Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:29:05 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kso70kK9ZK1qzvwd6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://imlouise.tumblr.com/post/234645468/wanderingtangent-sigh-this-was-my-halloween">imlouise</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://wanderingtangent.tumblr.com/post/234608277/sigh-this-was-my-halloween-08-i-wish-it">wanderingtangent</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>*sigh*  this was my halloween ‘08.</p> <p>i wish it were that awesome <b>every </b>year.</p> </blockquote> <p>holy shit. that costume is such a win.</p> </blockquote> <p> WOW!</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/234648314http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/234648314Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:12:59 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksidmp28KY1qzpsi6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://americanshaft.tumblr.com/post/232083882/hotwheels-cyclone">americanshaft</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://hotwheels.tumblr.com/post/231299437/cyclone">hotwheels</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.autoweteran.gower.pl/">Cyclone</a></p></blockquote> </blockquote>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/232098758http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/232098758Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:43:36 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kscgpft0su1qz8eueo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Where I work, Halloween means costumed girls in front of the building.</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/228208193http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/228208193Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:24:50 -0400<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks5brnweAV1qz8eueo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Halloween is Grinch Night.”  A tv special from 1977, apparently produced and animated in downtown <i>HELL.</i></p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/224292201http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/224292201Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:54:58 -0400<p><a href="http://adeandabet.tumblr.com/post/223866332/1940s-slang">adeandabet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://goodolddays.tumblr.com/post/223844139/1940s-slang">goodolddays</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><b>Ducky shincracker-</b> A good dancer</p> <p><b>Active duty- </b>Sexually promiscuous boy.</p> <p><b>Share crop- </b>Sexually promiscuous girl.</p> <p><b>Greeby- </b>Terrible</p> <p><b>Drooly- </b>A cute guy</p> <p><b>An Able-Grable/Blackout girl/Dilly-</b> A cute girl</p> <p><b>Some of Hitler’s Work/Void coupon-</b> An unattractive girl</p> <p><b>Khaki wacky- </b>Boy crazy</p> <p><b>Doll dizzy-</b> Girl crazy</p> <p><b>Dead hoofer-</b> A bad dancer</p> <p><b>Gammin’-</b> Showing off</p> <p><b>Hen fruit- </b>Eggs</p> <p><b>Hi sugar, are you rationed?-</b> Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend?</p> <p><b>Motorized freckles- </b>Insects</p> <p><b>Snap your cap-</b> To get angry</p> <p><b>What’s buzzin’, cousin?- </b>How’s it going?</p> </blockquote> <p>We should bring some of these back. I like “khaki wacky” and “gammin’” myself.</p> </blockquote> <p><i> Active Duty</i> and <i>Blackout Girl</i> are excellent.</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/223880116http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/223880116Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:08:15 -0400<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/HWB2jgFjzkxtaua5VBybkviBo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bigfun.tumblr.com/post/223436394/antichocolatofobica-my-pictures-online-ak47-petapet">bigfun</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://antichocolatofobica.tumblr.com/post/214300781">antichocolatofobica</a>:<a href="http://my-pictures-online.tumblr.com/post/214180446/ak47-petapeta-nemoi">my-pictures-online</a>:<a href="http://ak47.tumblr.com/post/213999035">ak47</a>:<a href="http://petapeta.tumblr.com/post/85698146/nemoi-graphic-equalizer-katsuya-nishizakas">petapeta</a>:<a href="http://nemoi.tumblr.com/post/85578909/graphic-equalizer-katsuya-nishizakas-finished">nemoi</a>:<a href="http://graphic-equalizer.tumblr.com/post/85576544/katsuya-nishizakas-finished-pod">graphic-equalizer</a>:</p> <p><a href="http://pod.paragrafix.com/otherpeoplespods/katsuya.htm">Katsuya Nishizaka’s Finished Pod</a></p> </blockquote>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/223450130http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/223450130Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:38:53 -0400<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1dxgppFF1qz8eueo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I am working today (Saturday). </p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/222110951http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/222110951Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:51:15 -0400<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpq255Fbcz1qzkdvvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kafuka.tumblr.com/post/220998425/appleonastick-aworldofwant-bbwprincess">kafuka</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://appleonastick.tumblr.com/post/220606083/aworldofwant-bbwprincess-loki1181">appleonastick</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://aworldofwant.tumblr.com/post/219575847/bbwprincess-loki1181-sockie-deviantart-com">aworldofwant</a>:<a href="http://bbwprincess.tumblr.com/post/184001115/loki1181-http-sockie-deviantart-com-art-big-gir">bbwprincess</a> | <a href="http://loki1181.tumblr.com/post/183917864/http-sockie-deviantart-com-art-big-girl-you-are-b">loki1181</a> | <a href="http://sockie.deviantart.com/art/Big-Girl-You-Are-Beautiful-61507639">sockie.deviantart.com</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/221004561http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/221004561Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:46:41 -0400<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krxfloCHK01qz7t8to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bikerfish.tumblr.com/post/220146767/moderation-suitep-i-wanted-to-capture-a">bikerfish</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://moderation.tumblr.com/post/220142415/suitep-i-wanted-to-capture-a-photo-in-which">moderation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://suitep.tumblr.com/post/220139500/i-wanted-to-capture-a-photo-in-which-you-would">suitep</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“I wanted to capture a photo in which you would see a wolf in an act of hunting - or predation - but without blood,” he told BBC News. “I didn’t want a cruel image.”</p> <p>Jose Luis Rodriguez wins the Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 award.</p> <p>(<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8318226.stm">via</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>I like wolves and coyotes.</p> </blockquote>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/220153642http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/220153642Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:59:12 -0400<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krw46nbxZi1qz8eueo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My wife will not dine with me at El Sarape, even though her name is not Elsa.</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/219505682http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/219505682Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:32:00 -0400<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsvbaot231qzvw5po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://comicbooks.tumblr.com/post/217890575/man-is-this-guy-over-rated-this-is-comics">comicbooks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Man, is this guy over-rated!”</p> <p>This is comics porn at it’s zenith, true believers…</p> </blockquote> <p>Hey Comicbooks: do you have anything from when Wolverine stole the Batmobile in the nineties?</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217896249http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217896249Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:38:55 -0400Dhalua Strong: It's good to see you again, Svetlana. How's Dimitri?<br /> Svetlana X: Ha! Dimitri is an ugly little smart-ass like always. I ought to smack him good, but damn, you know? The sex, it's unbelievable.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I miss Tom Strong. That was so, so fine.http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217735372http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217735372Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:56:00 -0400<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krscan5nqB1qzu73fo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thelos.tumblr.com/post/217719304/skottie-via-pork2k">thelos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://skottie.tumblr.com/post/217691518/via-pork2k">skottie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://pork2k.tumblr.com/">pork2k</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p> You can take him, Daffy!</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217721370http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217721370Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:40:13 -0400<p><a href="http://jgh.tumblr.com/post/217676358/2009-a-really-fucking-terrible-year">jgh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Let’s discuss.</p> </blockquote> <p> Yes.  And no.  My old job went out of business in February, but we all got scooped up again by another, bigger company.  We’re on <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2009/10/new-splatterhouse-images-heavy-on-the-splatter/1%20">USA Today’s webpage</a> this morning (goriest game ever).</p> <p>Misfortunes abound.  Opportunities are coming back.  I dunno…cautious optimism.  I sure hope there’s something to the trickle-down theory, since the rich guys are sure getting richer.</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217697524http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/217697524Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:11:45 -0400<p><a href="http://love-and-radiation.tumblr.com/post/212598048/am-stuck-on-screenplay-need-poems">love-and-radiation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Send Frank O’Hara, stop.</p> <p>Bring me wine, stop.</p> <p>Don’t stop, stop.</p> </blockquote> <p>When can we read it?</p>http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/212600396http://onionvolcano.tumblr.com/post/212600396Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:00:10 -0400