Phosphorescence

City cranes at sunset

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:37:43 -0400

City cranes at sunset

tennyboo: iamhighlyillogical: tennyboo: 221bumblebbakerstreet:...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:37 -0400

iamhighlyillogical:

tennyboo:

221bumblebbakerstreet:

droppingtheuphemism:

2nd most profane and 3rd most courteous.

In Maryland, we will ask you to please fuck off, and thank you when you do.

Wisconsin is the least courteous.

Well. I’m sure am proud of my state.

DUDE WHEN I WENT TO OKLAHOMA I TOLD MY SISTER THAT I THOUGHT THE PEOPLE WERE LESS NICE THAN THEY WERE IN NEW YORK AND I WAS (ACCORDING TO THIS CHART WHICH IS OF COURSE FALLIBLE) CORRECT

while I am of course thrilled that Missouri is a high swearing state and unsurprised that we are a moderately courteous state

CAN I JUST POINT OUT IOWA REAL QUICK?? UNLIKELY TO SWEAR AND NOT COURTEOUS. EVERYTHING I’VE EVER SAID ABOUT IOWA OKAY.

THEY CAN BE COLD AS A FALLING THERMOMETER IN DECEMBER IF YOU ASK ABOUT THE WEATHER IN JULY! AND THEY’RE SO BY! GOD! STUBBORN! THEY CAN STAND TOUCHIN NOSES FOR A WEEK AT A TIME AND NEVER SEE EYE TO EEEEEEYE~!
BUT THEY’LL GIVE YOU THEIR SHIRT AND A BACK TO GO WITH IIIIIIIIT
IF YOUR CROP SHOULD! HAPPEN TO! DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE!

You fucking know it, MO.

dduane: jtotheizzoe: Wringing out a Washcloth on the ISS Space...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:27:26 -0400

dduane:

jtotheizzoe:

Wringing out a Washcloth on the ISS

Space Canadian Chris Hadfield continues his quest for interplanetary internet dominance with this incredible experiment submitted by two Nova Scotia high school students: Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner

They wanted to know what would happen if you wrung out a washcloth on the ISS? I won’t spoil the ending for you, but suffice to say it’s about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen.

I love how he doesn’t even have to hold the mic. Great job, Kendra and Meredith! For science!

Just too damn neat… :)

Science is awesome

Project Flight

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:41:57 -0400

Project Flight

;__;

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:32:08 -0400

;__;

ive-been-triggered-by-kankri: likeafieldmouse: Heike Mutter...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:54:40 -0400

ive-been-triggered-by-kankri:

likeafieldmouse:

Heike Mutter & Ulrich Genth - Tiger & Turtle (2011) - A walk-along “roller coaster”

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DO THE LOOP-DE-LOOP

DO YOU HAVE TO RUN AND DO YOUR BEST OR WHAT

THIS IS THE BEST THING

New tattoo

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:49:02 -0400

New tattoo

Zoro watches snow like its his job

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 23:53:18 -0400

Zoro watches snow like its his job

A wet, umbrella sort of snow

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:58:21 -0400

A wet, umbrella sort of snow

Night lights

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:30:15 -0400

Night lights

Silent spring

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:47:15 -0500

Silent spring

Common Writing Mistakes

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:33:30 -0500

Common Writing Mistakes:

amandaonwriting:

Benjamin Dreyer is the VP Executive Managing Editor & Copy Chief of Random House Publishing Group. Below is his list of the common stumbling blocks for authors, from A to X.

One buys antiques in an antiques store from an antiques dealer; an antique store is a very old store.

He stayed awhile; he stayed for a while.

Besides is other than; beside is next to.

The singular of biceps is biceps; the singular of triceps is triceps. There’s no such thing as a bicep; there’s no such thing as a tricep.

A blond man, a blond woman; he’s a blond, she’s a blonde.

A capital is a city (or a letter, or part of a column); a capitol is a building.

Something centres on something else, not around it.

If you’re talking about a thrilling plot point, the word is climactic; if you’re discussing the weather, the word is climatic.

A cornet is an instrument; a coronet is a crown.

One emigrates from a place; one immigrates to a place.

The word is enmity, not emnity.

One goes to work every day, or nearly, but eating lunch is an everyday occurrence.

A flair is a talent; a flare is an emergency signal.

A flier is someone who flies planes; a flyer is a piece of paper.

Flower bed, not flowerbed.

Free rein, not free reign.

To garner is to accumulate, as a waiter garners tips; to garnish (in the non-parsley meaning) is to take away, as the government garnishes one’s wages; a garnishee is a person served with a garnishment; to garnishee is also to serve with a garnishment (that is, it’s a synonym for “to garnish”).

A gel is a jelly; it’s also a transparent sheet used in stage lighting. When Jell-O sets, or when one’s master plan takes final form, it either jells or gels (though I think the former is preferable).

Bears are grizzly; crimes are grisly. Cheap meat, of course, is gristly.

Coats go on hangers; planes go in hangars.

One’s sweetheart is “hon,” not “hun,” unless one’s sweetheart is Attila (not, by the way, Atilla) or perhaps Winnie-the-Pooh (note hyphens).

One insures cars; one ensures success; one assures people.

Lawn mower, not lawnmower.

The past tense of lead is led, not lead.

One loathes someone else but is loath to admit one’s distaste.

If you’re leeching, you’re either bleeding a patient with a leech or otherwise sucking someone’s or something’s lifeblood. If you’re leaching, you’re removing one substance from another by means of a percolating liquid (I have virtually no idea what that means; I trust that you do).

You wear a mantle; your fireplace has a mantel.

Masseurs are men; masseuses are women. Many otherwise extremely well educated people don’t seem to know this; I have no idea why. (These days they’re all called massage therapists anyway.)

The short version of microphone is still, so far as RH is concerned, mike. Not, ick, “mic.” [2009 update: I seem to be losing this battle. Badly. 2010 update: I’ve lost. Follow the author’s lead.]

There’s no such word as moreso.

Mucus is a noun; mucous is an adjective.

Nerve-racking, not -wracking; racked with guilt, not wracked with guilt.

One buys a newspaper at a newsstand, not a newstand.

An ordinance is a law; ordnance is ammo.

Palette has to do with colour; palate has to do with taste; a pallet is, among other things, something you sleep on. Eugene Pallette was a character actor; he’s particularly good in the 1943 film Heaven Can Wait.

Noun wise, a premier is a diplomat; a premiere is something one attends. “Premier” is also, of course, an adjective denoting quality.

That which the English call paraffin (as in “paraffin stove”), we Americans call kerosene. Copy editors should keep an eye open for this in mss. by British authors and query it. The term paraffin should generally be reserved for the waxy, oily stuff we associate with candles.

Prophecy is a noun; prophesy is a verb.

Per Web 11, it’s restroom.

The Sibyl is a seeress; Sybil is Basil Fawlty’s wife.

Please don’t mix somewhat and something into one murky modifier. A thing is somewhat rare, or it’s something of a rarity.

A tick bites; a tic is a twitch.

Tortuous is twisty, circuitous, or tricky; torturous is painful, or painfully slow.

Troops are military; troupes are theatrical.

A vice is depraved; a vise squeezes.

Vocal cords; strikes a chord.

A smart aleck is a wise guy; a mobster is a wiseguy.

X ray is a noun; X-ray is a verb or adjective.

Useful!

soulbind: Ivanova is god.

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:46:46 -0500

soulbind:

Ivanova is god.

Photo

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 00:41:01 -0500

the-vashta-nerada: I made a cover of the Misty Mountains from...

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:36:39 -0500

the-vashta-nerada:

I made a cover of the Misty Mountains from The Hobbit but I replaced all the vocals with kazoos.

Bees! Bees on a quest!

ohai-ohia: nianeyna: Parrot caught singing let the bodies...

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 23:17:35 -0500

ohai-ohia:

nianeyna:

Parrot caught singing let the bodies hit the floor

As I listened to this I started slowly sinking down in my chair, helpless with laughter, until I finally fell completely out of the chair and it rolled away except then I had to follow it because my headphone cord was caught in the arm.

My dog was somewhat concerned by this sequence of events.

OH MY GOD

Hard Core Parrot

DA NA DA NA DA NA: "Our Hearts Our Broken Today"

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:26:44 -0500

DA NA DA NA DA NA: "Our Hearts Our Broken Today":

ruckawriter:

This is what’s in my head. If you don’t want to know, don’t read it. You have been warned.

I am facing tragedy for the second time this week. Facing tragedy as a human and as an American.

I nearly lost a colleague, a man whose work I admire, at the Clackamas Town Center…

<3___<3

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:17:31 -0500

<3___<3

for-the-flail: flamingpyre: awesomephilia: ^ Instant...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:43:05 -0500

for-the-flail:

flamingpyre:

awesomephilia:

^ Instant happiness button.

Here Lies flamingpyre

who died from too much cuteness

MEEEEEOW.

Oh my god, this is the cutest horror movie ever.

rudesby: Blondie - Heart of Glass Philip Glass - Violin...

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:26:00 -0500

rudesby:

Blondie - Heart of Glass
Philip Glass - Violin Concerto II

OH. MY. FUCK. I’ve listened to this on repeat for half an hour and I have no intention of stopping.

This is the loveliest thing.