February 2010
Lasciate ogni poesia →
This is an article about Dante’s Inferno (the game), the actual poem, and poetry as it stands in our times right now. It’s worth reading.
January 2010
Pinkwashing
indielowercase:
newleft:
Just how aware are you of breast cancer? At least in my experience, it’s virtually the only kind of cancer I see talked about in any mainstream news outlets. I’m not trying to attack anyone who has to deal with the horrific experience of cancer, but the pink ribbon campaigns are approaching it in precisely the wrong way.
Past a certain point, more awareness doesn’t...
Language Log » Leading the reader down the garden... →
Dinosaurs: Now in Color! →
Jim Henson is Awesome
“I know that it’s easier to portray a world that’s filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence. That’s titillating. It’s an easy out. What’s a whole lot tougher is to offer alternatives, to present other ways conflicts can be resolved, and to show that you can have a positive impact on your world. To do that, you have to put yourself out on a limb, take chances, and...
“I know that it’s easier to portray a world that’s filled with cynicism and anger, where problems are solved with violence. That’s titillating. It’s an easy out. What’s a whole lot tougher is to offer alternatives, to present other ways conflicts can be resolved, and to show that you can have a positive impact on your world. To do that, you have to put yourself out on a limb, take chances, and...
You Are What You Eat →
indielowercase:
uniquelythesame:
Slugs
so pretty! i’ve always wanted to be able to photosynthesize, and a new goal of mine is to bioluminesce.
Me too
Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole...
– Ray Bradbury (via booklover)
Greatest pickup line? Or GREATEST pickup line?
You: Hey baby, can I buy you a drink?
Her: Sorry, I have a boyfriend.
You: Really? I have a goldfish.
Her: What?
You: Oh sorry, I thought we were talking about shit that doesn't matter.
AHAHAHAHA YESSSSSSSS!
Language Log » In a world with no rules … one man... →
read the sentence twice if you don’t get it.
animalswithlightsabers:
Submitted by Dylan
The Age of the Nontroversy →
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animalswithlightsabers:
He just figured out how his lightsaber works.
Submitted by Broyles