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I agree that Meridith and also the New York Public Library are the ideal of 2009. My Small Pony, not so much.
Why are you not reading Yoel Hoffmann?
My father thinks: Some of the books speak of the nature of things and some of the things of nature.
– The Shunra and the Schmetterling
new shelves
State Highway 152, Dumas, TX 79029
No Layout
No Layout is a fully readable library for independent publishers, focusing on art books and fashion magazines. It is meant as a support for printed publications, allowing users to flip through full content on any screen without downloads or apps. More than 100 publishers and new entries added every week.
spam name
Mervin Houston.
Google maps image of a plane over Hyde Park, Chicago
See the original on Google Maps.
quote out of context
Tragedy comes in threes. Pearl Harbor, Elizabeth Edwards’ passing and Barack Obama’s announcement of extending the tax cuts, which is good, but also extending the unemployment benefits.
See what people will do for a Hublot
Bernie Ecclestone, head of F1 racing, got the shit beat out of him in a mugging. Here’s the ad that takes advantage of that encounter:
from the comments
Our friend next door, who struggled with lung cancer the last three years of his life, announced, year-before-last, just before Thanksgiving, he would forego any further treatment. He didn’t know how long he would have, and he wanted to have a Christmas party for his relatives. Asked Danny if he would make the food. Our instructions were to have the party, even if he were no longer around.
He had a great party, his family there celebrating with him. He lived pretty vibrantly into the Spring. When he succumbed he only lasted a couple days.
When it was announced yesterday that Elizabeth Edwards would forego further treatments, I imagined she would see one more Christmas with her family and perhaps see another Spring.
I heard her say in some interview I heard yesterday, something like, “You get the news and you have to decide whether you will battle [it]. If you decide not to, then you might as well lay down and die.”
Sad to hear. A brave fight, no less brave for lying down and passing quickly when she knew it was over.
Jigsaw Puzzle Out of Context
the new theory of dark matter
The most popular candidate for dark matter is a theoretical weakly interacting massive particle, or WIMP, that connects only with the weak nuclear force and gravity, making it undetectable by eyes, radios and telescopes at all wavelengths. Based on current theories, WIMPs are expected to be about 100 times as massive as a proton, and to be their own antiparticle — whenever two WIMPs meet up in space, they annihilate each other.
The new theoretical particle “is completely different from the WIMP idea,” Tulin said. The proposed particle, named simply “X,” has a separate antiparticle called “anti-X.” Equal amounts of X and anti-X were created in the Big Bang, and then decayed to lighter particles. Each X decayed into either a neutron or two dark-matter particles, called Y and Φ. Every anti-X converted to an anti-neutron or some anti-dark matter.
But the hypothetical X particle would rather decay into ordinary matter than dark matter, so it produced more neutrons than dark matter. Anti-X preferred decaying into anti-dark matter, and so produced more of it.
John Waters: My Role Model
“Every Love That Ever Was” by Home Video
May she rest in peace
Pink Lamborghini
She used to drive in car pools with the Lamborghini. “Every child in the neighborhood has been in the car,” she said. “If you wanted to ride in the car, sometimes you got into the trunk.”
dear clusterflock
WikiLeaks.
headline of the day
Teen Mathletes Do Battle at Algorithm Olympics
Alfa Romeo Giulietta G430 iMove Marangoni
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The lesson: As your weirdness increases, so does your incentive to have kids. If you like football and American Idol, you’re never really alone. You don’t need to build a Xanadu for yourself. But if you’re a lonely misfit, oddball, freak, or weirdo, then find a like-minded spouse and make new life together.
favorite untranslatable phrases
A favorite untranslatable phrase meme got started on Reddit and was condensed into this:
Spanish: “No te peines, que en la foto no salís” (Don’t comb your hair, you’re not going to be in the picture): i.e., “don’t get too excited, this matter doesn’t concern you.”
Serbian: “Da bog ti kuca bila na CNN” (May your house be live on CNN): Not a compliment.
Hebrew: “חבל על הזמן”: Can mean either “waste of time” or “awesome” depending on the context.
Cantonese: 鬼畫符 (a spell written by a ghost): Lousy handwriting.
German: “Es ist mir Wurst” (it’s all sausage to me): I don’t care.
Greek: “Εκαμεs τον μουτσιον επιστήμη” (You made masturbation a science): You’re overcomplicating things.
(via Ishinoy)
Being a Hand Model
Most people are still really amazed that I can make a living off about, oh, five inches.
This is better, and worse, than you think.
(thanks, Aaron)
All Of Billy Joel’s Greatest Hits Played At Once
Thank you, Internet.
Dr. Seuss Does Star Wars
Thank you, internet.
PoopBags.com
Grace has been using my Macbook:
We’ve been discussing the Moose’s carbon footprint.
