April 2012
97 posts
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goldenheartedrose:
hopeboysisacheapthing:
lurrrvecraft:
has anyone really questioned pink lemonade
lemons are yellow I mean comon
look how suspicious that looks
We don’t have that in Brazil and it honestly freaked me out so much when I went to the USA.
How do they make it pink?! This scares me. (We lack it in the UK.)
Grapefruit, I think. I could be wrong. There are other pink...
“We can tell our children that school is important until we’re blue in the face,...”
– Why I’m raising my son to be a nerd - CNN.com (via colporteur)
This.
I teach some classes at the local university and I have watched as the shrinking budget resulted in cutting the nursing and the German department…yet I haven’t heard anyone even suggest cutting athletics. Explain to me how...
"A Study in Pizza"
valeria2067:
“A Study in Pink” is re-done in a culinary, but equally ‘heterosexual’ setting, complete with cracky, flaky fun.
[Indistinct shouting - plates breaking - fire on a cooktop - food spilling]
John Watson wakes up, panting
Cut To: Interior of Pizza Parlor - a secluded booth in the corner.
Manager: John. You were a Cordon Bleu chef with five Michelin stars. It’s going to take...
The Dragon In My Garage - Carl Sagan
teachthemhowtothink:
imperialchill:
“A fire-breathing dragon lives in my garage.”
Suppose (I’m following a group therapy approach by the psychologist Richard Franklin) I seriously make such an assertion to you. Surely you’d want to check it out, see for yourself. There have been innumerable stories of dragons over the centuries, but no real evidence. What an opportunity!
“Show me,” you say....
To my followers
liquornspice:
If you EVER need me to take a post down of yours for ANY reason, just say the word.
Even if it’s months later.
Even if you told me, “PLEASE POST THIS YAYYYY!”
If shit changes and you need it removed, consider it done.
And if you ever feel unsafe and need to go on a tumblr-wide hunt to delete pictures of yourself, I will gladly pull up my sleeves and help.
Do not be afraid to...
“A student blows up at a teacher, drops the F-bomb. The usual approach at Lincoln...”
– Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline — suspensions drop 85% (via mchotdog)
what a radical idea yo
(via matthewdgold)
You mean actually listening to people’s underlying issues make them act out less. Whoda thunk it.
(via socialistexan)
This is awesome....
"Why hasn't this person gone to law enforcement?"
dumbthingswhitepplsay:
This right here is a huge sign of white privilege.
Only white people can be reasonably assured that if they go to the police, someone will give a fuck.
Meanwhile, black people have been shot at and arrested for going to the police for shit that happened to them.
It’s why many poor black communities stick to the whole “don’t bother” philosophy. Because the police do not...
“Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of...”
– Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. (via under—the—willow)
subtle-pretext-chiming-in asked: I at one point had links on the skull pic. I found it one the museum of the supernaturals archives.
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“Instead of saying, ‘Asexuality doesn’t exist,’ try saying, ‘Asexuality is a...”
– Asexual Awareness Week’s advice to the Trevor project, from the two-page document drafted by Sara Beth Brooks (pearlsfromthewest). (via goldenheartedrose)
Why Guys Really Hate Being Called "Creepy" →
kathleenthearsonist:
“At the heart of the ‘anti-creep shaming campaign’ is a concerted effort to discourage women from relying on their instincts to protect themselves from harm. Laying aside its likely etymology, calling a dude an ‘asshole’ is a way of labeling him a jerk. Plenty of people can be jerks without being predatory. On the other hand, calling a dude ‘creepy’ labels him as a potential...
“What I had to face, the very bitter lesson that everyone who wants to write has...”
– Thomas Wolfe (via writingquotes)
“The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you’re not in that existential...”
– Rose Tremain (via writingquotes)
The Sounds of Stonehenge (About.com)
pagannews:
This is just so groovy I had to share it. We occasionally discuss sacred sites here at About Pagan/Wiccan, and the magical significance they might have had (or not) to our ancestors. One thing that doesn’t come up very often, however, is the way things might have sounded in those sacred places. The acoustics of a place can be very significant - think, for example, of how a Catholic...
“What we didn’t hear about was a how an African-American women who in the course...”
– As We Watch the Trayvon Martin Case, All of Us Should Know Marissa Alexander « Davey D’s Hip Hop Corner-(The Blog)
yo, can you just go read this post?
(via cupcakesnotbombs)
“TW: Abuse
I know I’ve told this story before, but my abusive ex refused to let...”
– Curious Georgiana (via sexistmorons)
“It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting...”
– Brian Aldiss (via writingquotes)
Doctor Who's sonic screwdriver 'invented' at... →
doctorwho:
Scientists claim to have invented their own version of Doctor Who’s famous sonic screwdriver.
The Dundee University researchers have created a machine which uses ultrasound to lift and rotate a rubber disc floating in a cylinder of water.
It is said to be the first time ultrasound waves have been used to turn objects rather than simply push them.
The study could help make surgery...
Types of Attraction
Sexual Attraction: Sexual attraction is a feeling that sexual people get that causes them to desire sexual contact with a specific other person.
Romantic Attraction: Romantic attraction is a feeling that causes people to desire a romantic relationship with a specific other person.
Crushes: A crush is a romantic attraction to someone, a desire for a romantic relationship of some kind, a desire that is possibly temporary in nature, possibly never to be acted upon.
Squishes: A squish is an aromantic crush, a desire for a strong platonic relationship with someone; this envisioned relationship is usually more emotional intimate than a typical friendship.
Sensual Attraction: Some asexuals report a desire to do sensual (but not sexual) things with certain people, especially relating to tactile sensuality such as cuddling.
Aesthetic Attraction: Some asexuals report feeling an attraction to other people that is not connected to a desire to do anything with them, either sexually or romantically. They simply appreciate their appearance.
Click the source for a more detailed explanation.
~the more you know~
Watchfizzyhair:
pokeg0d:
ohsheena:
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for-the-future:
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natatas:
princeney:misha-bawlins:
Awesome nature sounds generator.
You can choose any combination of sounds you like - for example, fire + wind in leaves + forest birds - and click “Export to file” to save it on your computer.
No need to go camping or to a beach or actually to ever to go outside any...
Physicist writes a mathematical paper to get out...
iheartchaos:
You and I, mere mortals as we are, get a traffic ticket and either accept it or come up with some idiotic sounding excuse like “Uh, I didn’t see that stop sign” or “I didn’t know I was speeding because I was texting”. But physicist Dmitri Krioukov of the University of California San Diego wrote a god damn mathematical paper on why he shouldn’t get a traffic ticket.
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In The State Of Florida - Marissa Alexander Had A...
makingupachangingmind:
In The State Of Florida - Marissa Alexander Had A Gun Permit, Stood Her Ground, Did Not Shoot Or Kill Anyone and Faces 20 Years In Prison Lincoln B. Alexander Jr on behalf of Marissa Alexander Case No: 2010-CF-8579 Division: CR-G
April 3, 2012
Dear Supporters:
On August 1 2010, my premature baby girl, born nine days earlier, was in the Baptist South N.I.C.U. fighting...
“All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and...”
– Charles Beaumont (via writingquotes)
Because Pottermore just opened to the public,
goldenheartedrose:
sanityscraps:
feuerkind:
thanedatassassinkrios:
liaratsonis:
gadding-about:
surelyforth-vakarian:
laceandcombatboots:
b-mommy:
commandermeredith:
okay—idiotas:
I’d like to bring this back. My friend and I want to see if there’s any sort of relationship between Hogwarts houses and personality types (we’re using Myers-Briggs for this).
If you’d like to...
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You have homework, I have a wedding to save...
I have a quick story for you, Tumblr. In 2006, I met this amazing girl. She helped me through a lot - depression, my parent’s divorce, and generally a lot of shit that I don’t think I would have gotten through otherwise. Now, in 2012, we’re still very much in love. Thing is, we’re about a thousand miles apart; I live in Oklahoma and she in Manitoba.
Next month, I’m...
“All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t...”
– Joss Whedon, when asked his opinion on fanfiction (X). (via sadminuet)
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I've gotten over my Regeneration Feels.
hopelessbookgeek:
It’s been three weeks since “The End of Time”, but here I am, finally moving on to Matt Smith. I generally feel the way Rose must have felt after she saw Nine regenerate: Yeah, he may be the Doctor, but he’s not my Doctor.
And then “wibbly wobbly timey wimey” and just plain “wibbly” and the whole long speech at the end to the Atraxi and I started thinking, maybe he’s going to...
“All the time I’m not writing I feel like a criminal. It’s horrible to feel...”
– Fran Lebowitz (via writingquotes) 