Say goodbye to trays, buffets, and waiting in lines to eat at a regular old soup kitchen.

When you step inside the Kansas City Community Kitchen today, a greeter shows you to a table. Volunteer waitstaff takes your order after you’ve had time to look at the menu and see what the culinary team has been cookin’ up. The options are healthier and quite creative, like an episode of Food Network’s “Chopped,” but with the ingredients available to the kitchen that day.

Diners are encouraged to leave reviews of their service and requests for what they’d like to see on the menu. Have health, dietary, or religious-observance needs? No sweat.

“We are trying to flip the photo of what a soup kitchen looks like,” Mandy Caruso-Yahne, director of community engagement at Episcopal Community Services (ECS), told Upworthy. 

But feeding those in need isn’t the only way the kitchen is helping. They’re training others too.

Through the program, students work their way up to cooking in the kitchen and providing suggestions for the menu and dishes they prepare. They develop knowledge and confidence in a variety of ways that help them continue down a path in the food industry once they’re finished with the program.

As one diner named Brian put it, 

“They’re treating me good, like they don’t know I’m homeless.”

And that’s exactly the point.

I love this

I want Steve Harvey and Warren Beatty to star in a buddy cop comedy where they keep arresting the wrong suspects.

*watches two conspiracy documentaries back to back late at night*

She wants the (ph)D

Not with that technique: no gloves, safety glasses, fume hood; the volume in the erlenmeyer flask is not suitable for what the flask allows; and the fumes from the left vessel are dangerously close to her nasal orifice. The only D she is asking for is Disaster.

Guys I love sparkles. Throw back to some photos from 2015! Oh my god we’re already in 2017 arent we? Aaaaah. @royallily’s amazing Bloom cosplay that I was just absolutely in love with. Yeah okay, I’ve never seen the show but you can tell just at a glance that this woman absolutely nailed this character. And those wings right? I know she paid a ton for them, I cant remember where she got them from but they were just so pretty and had such a nice natural reflective glow to them and matched the costume so perfectly. Nailed it babe. <3 Also it’s come to my attention that the colors are distorted on the mobile app. Try checking it out on desktop.

apparently modern medieval scholars have no solid idea why there’s so many old paintings of knights fighting snails.  Like that wasn’t just one weird painting there’s hundreds of those.  

the firste meyme

And my favorite one here

I’m not saying humanity defeated an invasion of snail aliens in the Middle Ages but hold on wait that’s EXACTLY what I’m saying

snail aliens, or snaliens,

probably it was just funny so people kept doing it. which is basically what a meme is

the explanation I’ve heard is that most of the monks who did these illustrations would have kept small gardens where they grew all their own food and this was their way of venting about snails ruining their gardens

ok thats even funnier

This is hands down one of my favourite posts on Tumblr.

“Fuckin snails, I’m gonna draw me some God damn knights killing the shit out of these shell slime fucks. Teach them to fucking ruin my herbs. Assholes.”

if Carisi were an animal, he’d be a Goberian (a golden retriever + siberian husky mix):

if Barba were an animal, he’d be This Cat:

This is glorious and even thought it doesn’t fit in the range of all the paranormal, I MUST share

It works like this: You tell Kitestring that you’re in a dangerous place or situation, and give it a time frame of when to check in on you. If you don’t reply back when it checks your status, it’ll alert your emergency contacts with a custom message you set up.

It doesn’t require you to touch anything (like bSafe) or shake your phone (like Nirbhaya) to send the distress signal. Kitestring is smarter, because it doesn’t need an action to alert people, it needs inaction.

MORE INFORMATION

reblogging because this is seriously amazing.

This shouldn’t even be an app this should be an integrated feature into all phones on every OS

Ok, guys. Thi is really important. You have to reblog that and read the whole article.

You can never tell. As far as we can’t handle back maniacs, PLEASE, prevent yourself <3

my dad’s cancer is most likely back and he has dementia from radiation and chemo and he likely wont ever be the same, my mom is physically disabled and im autistic and mentally ill. if anyone wants to help pls donate to my paypal phyxate123@gmail.com or at least reblog this cause our landlord increased rent starting from this month on and we need help with paying for medications, gas and i need to get my service dog her heart worm and flea meds

my dad is refusing all fluids he may not make it much longer please reblog this it helps

i just found out they found a tumor in his neck and the cancer has returned in his spine. his left lung isnt working and he cant walk, speak or sit up. he isnt going to make it. we’re just keeping him comfortable now. please donate we dont have any money and im scared https://www.paypal.me/watershield phyxate123@gmail.com

a lot of people voiced being uncomfortable donating straight to paypal so i made a youcaring: https://www.youcaring.com/thefosterfamily-692466

it has picture evidence for ppl who are unsure.  please please share this we need help ive been crying all day

reblog this please im begging

he died today please reblog this we cant make rent without your help

we won’t have our food card until we are accepted for another one with less money and we wont be getting my fathers disability anymore, please share this we have to survive until sometime next year on our own and then move in with my uncle in AL. a picture of my dad’s obituary from the funeral home website is now included on the youcaring page. the source link is http://www.croftfuneralhome.com/notices/Dennis-Foster

*gentrification voice* uh is this meth organic? 

“Is crystal meth vegan?”

Coming into a fandom late

Coming into a fandom early and watching it become an angry clusterfuck

Being in a dormant fandom that suddenly comes alive again after a new book/movie

Don’t forget about those who come in the midst of a fandom war. 

Accuracy at its best

Being in a fandom and not even knowing there’s a war going on…

all of this shit…lol

When You’re Not In The Fandom But You’re Nosy AF

When you get into a fandom only to discover it’s dead

This gets better every time I see it. 

@fuboos-mess

Being in a dead fandom…

Or being in such a tiny fandom that it feels like youre the only one

The accuracy hurts.

Being in a fandom that had a shit ending.

When you’ve been fangirling long enough, you’ve experienced all of the above.

Being in a fandom meant for kids.

This just gets better..

@mi-kleos

When you realize that joining the fandom has ruined you

Fandom hell in general

A master post

(via tank.sinatra)

Boy if that ain’t me in 40 years I don’t know what is

What A Night (Conclusion) Sonny x Reader

I finally got around to writing the last two chapters of my fic What a Night. I’m not a big fan of this fic overall (it just never came together the way I wanted it to), but I think these last two chapters can stand on their own. So, here they are. You can also read the full thing here.

All you need to know for backstory is that these events take place the day after a drunken threesome with Carisi and Barba.

So, without further adieu, here’s the conclusion to What a Night.

Warning! This fic is very smutty. It is also riddled with run-on sentences, comma splices, out of character behavior, and cliches - so proceed at your own risk! 

You finally make it home late the next afternoon.

Th first thing you do is get into the shower and for a few moments just stand there as the warm water rushes over your body. You can’t stop thinking about last night and you replay the events over and over in your mind.

Did that really happen?

The crowded bar. Sonny’s lips on yours, Rafael’s hand on your leg. The unbearable anticipation during the cab ride. Rafael stripping you naked, holding you tightly and kissing your neck. Sonny filling you up, moaning your name. You retrace where they touched you, lingering in some spots longer than others.  

It feels unbelievable. Surreal. But the soreness you feel below tells you otherwise. 

–

As you get out of the shower, you notice a missed text message from Sonny.

“I can’t stop thinking about last night.”

His words are unexpected and send a charge through you. 

“Me either” you respond. Three dots quickly appear in the corner of the screen as Sonny drafts his reply.

“I need to see you again”

You’re a little surprised to read his message. You only parted ways a few hours ago, and Sonny didn’t strike you as the assertive type.

“How about tonight?” you reply.

Immediately he responds, “Any sooner?”

You pause, thinking through your next text carefully before pressing send. “Be here in one hour”

His response is instant.

“Be ready for me”

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😲😍😍OH MY GOD!! THIS is FIC IS AMAZING!!!! THIS IS EVERYTHING I DREAMED OF SONNY PUT INTO WRITTEN WORDS!! Congratulations, @do-me-carisi!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

What if someone got bitten by a vampire, but didn’t realize it. So then they go around and keep misidentifying all the symptoms, like

“Dude, you haven’t gone outside in a while.” “Yeah, last time I went out I got this wicked sunburn.”

“Are you still up?” “Yeah, I started bing watching this show on Netflix.”

“Dude, I’m seriously craving something right now.” “Like what?” “I dunno. Pizza rolls?”

“Why is it that you never come into my house unless I invite you?” “Um, it’s called ‘being polite’…?”

“I tried cooking with garlic the other night and got this serious burn on my hand. I think I’m allergic, but all I’m getting on Google is vampire bullshit.”

“Dude can a mirror like… stop working or something?”

“Dude, why do you keep posting pictures of the floor?” “…Those are meant to be selfies, I guess my camera must be broken.”

“Dude, I am all for you expressing your religious beliefs, but could you not wear your crucifix when I’m around? It really bugs me for some reason.”

“Have you ever noticed how cute bats are? like really noticed? sweet lil balls of fluff with wings man.”

“I want to sleep in a coffin…ya kno, for like… aesthetic”

“What’s with your thing about necks lately?”

“MUST YOU KINKSHAME ME IN MY OWN HOME”

"Dude,why are you wearing a cape everyday to school?" "CUZ I HAVE A THING CALLED FASHION SENSE,YOU IGNORANT SLUT"

It’s not stupid. I promise. It’s not stupid to turn into your 5 year old self and get happy beyond measure for the little things. It’s not stupid to be proud of yourself for completing a load of laundry and washing the dishes. You aren’t lame for patting yourself on the back when you chose a salad over a burger. You’re taking care of yourself and each victory - no matter how small - is worth celebrating.