My name is Ron Workman. I once had wealth, power, and the love of a beautiful woman. Now I only have two things: my friends, and… my thermos. My story? Okay. It was never easy for me. I was born a poor black child. I remember the days, sittin’ on the porch with my family, singin’ and dancin’ down in Mississippi… var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-356840-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @ronworkman)http://www.ronworkman.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46urvwQVz1qz80cmo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I honestly thought I had completely eradicated things like this from my dash and then one snuck up on me today. </p> <p>If you are unaware, posts like this are the Jar Jar Binks of the blogoshpere. </p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23252685495http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23252685495Thu, 17 May 2012 18:35:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42ls9vHvQ1qjrse2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Check it out!</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.72pins.com/">72 Pins</a> is having an art show at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yetee-Gallery/358887680802054">Yetee Gallery</a>!</p> <p>All of our carts will be on display, as well as other artwork from the talented artists who have worked with us. It’s going to be an awesome show loaded with NEStalgia!</p> <p>Show opens June 9, 6-10pm, Aurora, IL (just outside of Chicago)</p> <p>(via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.72pins.com/post/23106212718/72pins-show">72pins</a>)</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23131698179http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23131698179Tue, 15 May 2012 19:40:23 -0400Gaming72pinsart showyetee gallerynestalgiaartbioshockvideo gamesnintendones72 pins<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40no57q6K1qf5y35o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.thedaily.com/post/23038174842/the-lagging-economy-has-been-especially-hard-on">thedailyfeed</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The lagging economy has been especially hard on young Americans. Check out <a href="http://www.thedaily.com/page/2012/05/14/051412-opinions-oped-youth-vote-graphic-zzinfogrzz/" title="Youth Vote Graphic">these scary numbers</a>. </p> </blockquote>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23061036849http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23061036849Mon, 14 May 2012 18:02:03 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1KStbXLVxy8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><em><strong>The Fastest Monument Ever Built</strong></em></p> <p>The Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2 “Valentino Balboni” documercial</p> <p>(via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.itcars.net/post/23056458971/val">itcars</a>)</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23058264477http://www.ronworkman.com/post/23058264477Mon, 14 May 2012 17:22:35 -0400Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550-2Lamborghini GallardolamborghinigallardoValentino Balbonitest driverscarssupercarsvideodocumercialitalian<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3yu6q0koo1qjotexo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The IT Crowd</strong></p> <p>(2006-2010) Not Rated - Seasons 1-4</p> <p><em>In the age-old clash of IT vs. the corporation, a pair of basement-dwelling dweebs squares off against their cloddish owner-come-lately, with their ambitious but tech-illiterate manager running interference.</em></p> <p>8.7/10 - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487831/">IMDB</a></p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/iDbyYGrswtg">View Clip</a> || <a href="http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_IT_Crowd/70140450?trkid=2429437">Add/Watch on Netflix</a></p> <p>(via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.netflixia.com/post/22970896111/crowd">netflixia</a>)</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22971150806http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22971150806Sun, 13 May 2012 10:47:50 -0400televisiontvBritish TV showsit crowdthe it crowdtv comediestv - nrnot rated00sGraham LinehanChris O'DowdRichard AyoadeKatherine ParkinsonMatt BerryNoel Fielding<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3xukcNGpY1qz80cmo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Apple’s Siri calls the Nokia Lumia 900 “<a href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/05/11/apples-siri-calls-the-nokia-lumia-900-the-best-smartphone-ever/" target="_blank">the best smartphone ever</a>”</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22941439249http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22941439249Sat, 12 May 2012 21:53:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vitdEKNP1qbw2r6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>RIP Carrol Shelby.</p> <p>Automotive legend Shelby died Thursday night at 89 years old. </p> <p>(via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.itcars.net/post/22853304629/rip-shelby">itcars</a>)</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22855524321http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22855524321Fri, 11 May 2012 16:26:04 -0400newsshelby<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3s5gdADwt1qbzn92o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Bert & Ernie</strong></p> <p>Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirtyfork/">Marc Reid</a></p> <p>(via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://itlego.tumblr.com/post/22746629840/reid">itlego</a>)</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22746873144http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22746873144Wed, 09 May 2012 20:05:43 -0400Marc Reidbert and erniecutelegotoyssesame streetberternie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3s2z9TelD1qz80cmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thehoodinternet.com/2012/05/mixtape-volume-six.html" target="_blank">The Hood Internet: <em>Mixtape Volume Six</em></a></p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22742652381http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22742652381Wed, 09 May 2012 19:09:09 -0400The Hood Internetmusicmixtapemixtape volume 6“<p>To anyone thankful for Obama’s support of gay marriage; It is currently the year 2012. I personally find it shameful that it has taken this long for a President to publicly support same sex marriage. I find it hard to believe that any diverse, educated and understanding human being could have the ability to oppose it in 2012. I refuse to say thank you to Obama for taking this viewpoint far behind the curve. I mean, even Dick Cheney has supported gay marriage for years. </p> <p>If you are an adult American, and you do not understand that any one persons religious beliefs should not be able to infringe on the rights of another person, you should consider reading the constitution or re-reading it next to someone that can explain it to you. If that doesn’t work, sit down and ask yourself how you would feel if another person was allowed to dictate how you were allowed to love someone. Would their opinion matter at all? </p> <p>It is the year 2012. We are smart enough as a people to understand that everyone deserves equal rights. Let’s stop patting people on the backs for just now deciding not to be on the asshole side of an opinion.</p>”http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22736174878http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22736174878Wed, 09 May 2012 17:36:00 -0400<p>How many people have noticed dead pages (url&#8217;s and in the dash when posting sometimes) on the first try today but after a refresh things work fine? It seems to be a tumblr issue with Google Chrome. </p> <p>Anyone else having problems?</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22696793087http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22696793087Tue, 08 May 2012 23:10:06 -0400<a href="http://jalopnik.com/5908661/jeremy-clarkson-no-more-top-gear-until-2013">Jeremy Clarkson: No More Top Gear Until 2013</a>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22681166949http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22681166949Tue, 08 May 2012 19:46:17 -0400top gearjeremy clarkson<a href="http://www.salon.com/2012/05/06/surveillance_state_democracy/singleton/?miaou">Obama to appear on The View, David Letterman and in an SNL skit this week</a>: <p>It is also rumored that he will be in a photo op drinking beer and looking cool. </p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22675354536http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22675354536Tue, 08 May 2012 18:25:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pfwyudi51r18o95o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://picturesofwar.net/post/22663098852/winston-churchill-giving-a-victory-sign-to-a-crowd">picturesofwar</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Winston Churchill giving a victory sign to a crowd assembled in Whitehall, London on VE Day, May 8, 1945.</p> </blockquote>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22664176815http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22664176815Tue, 08 May 2012 15:13:36 -0400historywwiive daychurchill“‎All good things in life come after risk, uncertainty, fear, and a couple spoonfuls of panic and pain - it’s just a normal sign that you are evolving yourself. The people who let the fear keep them from DOING are the ones who sit around in their hometown playing xbox live — nothing scary about that at all. So they sit, they fester, and their dreams remain things that happen when they fall asleep, not things they spend their day pursuing.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>I just wrote that in an email and it seemed kind of smart. (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://justin.tumblr.com/">justin</a>)</p> <p><strong>Note from Ron</strong>: This is why I love you so sir. I said something tonight to someone that I’ve always believed that is along the lines of this. You can’t really know who you are, until you have done the things to figure out who you aren’t. The desire some people have to <strong>not</strong> want to try something in which they know nothing about amazes me. How can you evolve if you do the same things over an over?</p> <p>That said, I took a leak outside tonight and about halfway through I looked up and realized my neighbor was outside across from me. So my advice might be shit. </p></em>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22633245744http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22633245744Mon, 07 May 2012 23:12:40 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mz0kVweR1qz80cmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Current desktop.</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22572484574http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22572484574Mon, 07 May 2012 00:55:32 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3mym5MZmQ1qbwcaqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>- Muhammad Ali</p> <p>(via:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://itquotes.tumblr.com/post/22572108438/ma">itquotes</a>)</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22572153174http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22572153174Mon, 07 May 2012 00:47:56 -0400Muhammad Aliquotesboxingcourageriskinspirationalcassius clay<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3itowo8Z81qz80cmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Excellent <a href="http://paralympic.ca/" target="_blank">Canadian Paralymic Committee</a> advert</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22408139206http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22408139206Fri, 04 May 2012 19:10:08 -0400Canadian Paralymic Committee<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ii6gAJ4o1qz80cmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>For anyone that is confused</p> <p>#things #like #this #make #you #an #asshole</p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22393294405http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22393294405Fri, 04 May 2012 15:01:00 -0400<p><strong><a href="http://brianfeldman.tumblr.com/"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/avatar_b1b6f6bc51aa_40.gif"/></a></strong> <strong><a href="http://brianfeldman.tumblr.com/">brianfeldman</a></strong> replied to your <strong><a href="http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22390712613">post</a></strong><span>:</span> <em><strong><a href="http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22390712613">Things that are annoying:</a></strong></em></p> <blockquote>The “Taken with Instagram” is involuntary. The software does that automatically.</blockquote> <p><strong>Note from Ron</strong>: Yeah. I know. Does that change the fact that it is ugly, annoying and useless? Just because something is free/easy, that doesn&#8217;t mean it is good. </p> <p>#posted #via #instagram #because #Im #too #lazy #to #make #a #photo #post. </p>http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22392467915http://www.ronworkman.com/post/22392467915Fri, 04 May 2012 14:43:00 -0400brianfeldman