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jamestheghostdad: lewisaur: The College emblem prior to the...

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:41:14 -0400

lewisaur:

The College emblem prior to the merger with Bedford College. #rhul #royalholloway #universityoflondon

I’m tryna figure out what the Latin is saying but I’m not sure what a first person plural future passive indicative even means.

“in the name of our god we shall be made great” is the most literal

The Fault In Our Stars Quotes ~ John Green I usually...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:51:34 -0400

The Fault In Our Stars Quotes

~ John Green

I usually don’t like these because they attribute quotes to authors and also pick them out of context, but this is cute

jamestheghostdad: thebrainscoop: Here I am assisting in...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:50:09 -0400

jamestheghostdad:

thebrainscoop:

Here I am assisting in skinning a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) with mammal prep staff at the Chicago Field Museum back in April. We made bets on how much we thought this large male weighed - estimates were anywhere from 52-78lbs. Actual weight was 82lbs (37kg), if I remember correctly. The mammal prep lab manager, Anna, did the majority of the work on this specimen, but was nice enough to let me jump in at the end and help out. Bottom picture is me cutting around the gonads.

Before you ask - I’m not wearing gloves because in many circumstances it’s arguably safer. It allows you to get a much better grip on the specimen, which gives you more control over your instruments and the specimen, and no, I’m not really concerned with contracting some kind of awful disease if I had accidentally cut myself. Wearing gloves and similar precautions are taken more seriously when dealing with primate specimens. I’m not saying that it’s always advisable to go in bare-handed, just that some institutions approach procedures differently.

Thanks to Marisol Cowan for the photos!

Obviously I can’t smell it, but the specimen looks relatively fresh anyway. Freshness probably figures in when considering whether or not to go in bare handed. It would for me, anyway.

fucking anteaters

prettygirlfood: Burrito @ Taco Bell

Thu, 23 May 2013 23:19:51 -0400

prettygirlfood:

Burrito @ Taco Bell

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:42 -0400

mappleton: Illuminating Quotes, Visualised – Part XXIII I’ve...

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:15:10 -0400

mappleton:

Illuminating Quotes, Visualised – Part XXIII

I’ve been waiting to post this one for a while.

In 2005 David Foster Wallace gave A commencement speech at Kenyon College that has since been published into a small, brief and beautiful book entitled This is Water. It is suffice to say I treat nearly everything David Foster Wallace wrote as closer to Truth than anything a mechanism of science could produce. His sincere reflections on how we are unable to see what we are constantly submerged in, that which should be blatantly obvious, are beautifully insightful.

I venture to say that of all the troves of quotations I horde, this is my most loved;

“There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes ‘What the hell is water?’ “

saying-nothing: harryandthepotters: cantallcomeandgobytardis: ...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:32:17 -0400

saying-nothing:

harryandthepotters:

cantallcomeandgobytardis:

There’s just one thing I want to do, I want to make pancakes with you.

All of the sudden I remembered that this song exists, so I googled harry and the potters pancakes and apparently this is a video that exists and Im cry, this should be mandatory viewing for all humans

Gotta bring this song back!

So, if you ever question why I love this community…here you go.

i’m in this video.

thefrogman: [video] [h/t: hobolunchbox] if you love something,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:10:45 -0400

thefrogman:

[video] [h/t: hobolunchbox]

if you love something, set it free

"Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:52 -0400

“Find meaning. Distinguish melancholy from sadness. Go out for a walk. It doesn’t have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn’t have to be a walk during which you’ll have multiple life epiphanies and discover meanings no other brain ever managed to encounter. Do not be afraid of spending quality time by yourself. Find meaning or don’t find meaning but “steal” some time and give it freely and exclusively to your own self. Opt for privacy and solitude. That doesn’t make you antisocial or cause you to reject the rest of the world. But you need to breathe. And you need to be.”

- Albert Camus (via ceylans)

i don’t know if i buy that camus said this? (all google results are tumblr and nowhere else) but solitude yes is a restorative and vital thing sometimes

(via valerie2776)

yeah it doesn’t really seem that Camus to me but it’s nice in any case

(via thewindinmyheart)

so there are other fake quoters out there besides me!

upst8ofmind: Tomb of Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetery, London

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:59:20 -0400

upst8ofmind:

Tomb of Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetery, London

prettygirlfood: Candy Bars

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:22:34 -0400

prettygirlfood:

Candy Bars

tastefullyoffensive: Headline of the year.[latimes]

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:06:52 -0400

tastefullyoffensive:

Headline of the year.

[latimes]

wantthepharaohs: queezra: julesadams: why cant people just totally have platonic makeouts like...

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:04:47 -0400

wantthepharaohs:

queezra:

julesadams:

why cant people just totally have platonic makeouts

like that would be the coolest thing

‘hey friend, im sexually frustrated you wanna makeout’

‘sure friend anything to help you’

AHAHAHAHA I have this standing agreement with deptofforrestry, as a result of a conversation we had when I was very, very drunk. We will never, ever cash it in but it is very funny. :P

it would make life a million times better

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Sun, 19 May 2013 21:33:39 -0400

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Sun, 19 May 2013 18:26:07 -0400

I'm going to get hate for this, but I don't care.

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:57:04 -0400

voiceofwind:

djddy:

frerardfantasia:

I’m really disappointed in David Karp.
He created tumblr. He created the thing that actually gets some people through their day. He created a place where people could bond with one another and become friends where they never would have in real life.
And he sold it.
He just sold it.
He betrayed everyone.
Tumblr is no longer going to be a private place that isn’t severely overpopulated by assholes. Tumblr isn’t going to be the same.
And it’s David Karp’s fault.
Worse still, he did it for money. He did it to get rich. He didn’t care about his devoted users. He just wanted to be rich.
He can go ahead and change his current diet to a steady stream of dicks. He can just eat all the fucking dicks.

i probably say this a lot but this is the dumbest thing i’ve ever read

My god

korra: like i literally don’t understand why you would voluntarily play crystal or red or whatever...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:58:06 -0400

korra:

like i literally don’t understand why you would voluntarily play crystal or red or whatever when you could play the remakes… they remade them… for a reason….

i really like manually going to start and selecting my pokemon and choosing “cut” ok!

tramampoline: cataquacks: punkbeds: yahoo think about what...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:19:58 -0400

tramampoline:

cataquacks:

punkbeds:

yahoo think about what you’re doing before you buy tumblr and encounter these people

i just made the most horrible retching sound

what the fuck is tea and glitter gonna do are they even trying

tears

reblog with your favorite ludwigs, gottliebs, gottfrieds, gottlobs, georgs.

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:50:48 -0400

reblog with your favorite ludwigs, gottliebs, gottfrieds, gottlobs, georgs.

one day soon i will post a list of all the books i currently have in my new room at my new place...

Sat, 18 May 2013 23:48:53 -0400

one day soon i will post a list of all the books i currently have in my new room at my new place living off-campus in boston. my room is currently about 75% books, 10% clothes, 15% air, and 0% furniture