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augustaxiv: Classy Easter eggs Dude, how crazy is this! I was...

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:47:00 -0400

Classy Easter eggs

Dude, how crazy is this! I was just studying for my Art History midterm, and I recognize at least two of these patterns. They’re all Ancient Greek designs. The black-on-red on the left is based on a famous copy of a painted amphora by Exekias of Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (ca. 530 BCE from the Archaic Greek period — can’t remember who made the version this is based on, but they reversed the design, printing it in black-on-red on one side, and red-on-black on the other). The black and white one on top is based on a Minoan Marine style octopus jar (ca. 1500 BCE). Not sure about the one on the right, but I would bet it’s from the Geometric Greek period. I’d damn well better ace this test!

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Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:50:13 -0400

twistedfork: I Shot the Serif.Hahaha. Very witty.

Sat, 30 May 2009 11:27:09 -0400

twistedfork:

I Shot the Serif.
Hahaha. Very witty.

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Sat, 30 May 2009 11:25:56 -0400

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"If I have learned anything from my Sims family, when a child doesn’t see his father enough, he..."

Sun, 10 May 2009 17:23:36 -0400

“If I have learned anything from my Sims family, when a child doesn’t see his father enough, he starts to jump up and down. And then his mood level will drop ‘til he pees himself.”

- brain of Liz Lemon

Yeah. She plays Sims 2. WHAT UP.
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mamihlapinatapai

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:46:06 -0500

giraffesgiraffes:

stumblingneon:

wordjournal:

noun • a look shared by two people with each wishing that the other will initiate something that both desire but which neither one wants to start.

The word is from the Yaghan language, and its morphological structure is as follows: mam- (reflexive/passive morph.) + -ihlapi- ‘to be at a loss as to what to do next’ + -n- (stative aspect affix) + -ata- (achievement affix) + -apai (dual, here reciprocal, marker). [via snee, Wikipedia]

Where has this word been all my life? And how the heck do you pronounce it?

“The men I’ve sent to death weigh heavily on my mind; but...

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:20:36 -0500

“The men I’ve sent to death weigh heavily on my mind; but this burden is but a fist of straw compared to the strain of the republic.”

Russian LOL Cats = ROL Cats. Strangely poetic.

A Day in the Life of Abbey Road.

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:21:07 -0500

A Day in the Life of Abbey Road.

This is a joke, right? scratches head

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:58:31 -0500

This is a joke, right? *scratches head*

Guy gets kicked off a My Little Pony forum

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:01:00 -0500

Guy gets kicked off a My Little Pony forum:

“MyLittlePonyBuiltMyHotRod, this is your first warning. I would like to direct you to read this forum’s FAQ and posting guidelines before posting again. Specifically, we don’t use swear words here, and your picture of Stalin riding a Year3 Limited Edition Starflower inside a German concentration camp was both upsetting and historically inaccurate.”

Christian Bale’s Freakout - THE REMIX! Anyone have an MP3...

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:37:00 -0500

Christian Bale’s Freakout - THE REMIX!

~~Anyone have an MP3 of this? I want this on my iPod to listen to on repeat when I’m pissed off about something.~~

ETA: Download the MP3 here!

tmblg: The Flying Spaghetti Monster

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:11:31 -0500

tmblg:

The Flying Spaghetti Monster

That is AWESOME. giraffesgiraffes: Wow. That’s sick. via...

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:08:38 -0500

That is AWESOME.

giraffesgiraffes:

Wow. That’s sick.

via data.tumblr.com

Scientific American’s December 31, 2008 episode of...

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:24:00 -0500

Scientific American’s December 31, 2008 episode of “Science Talk” podcast presents surviving Manhattan Project alumni talking about their experiences in Los Alamos, as well as thoughts on the opera, “Doctor Atomic.”

"Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you’re really looking for..."

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:27:20 -0500

“Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-color boxes, but what you’re really looking for are the 64-color boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-color box, though I’ve got a few missing. It’s ok though, because I’ve got some more vibrant colors like periwinkle at my disposal. I have a bit of a problem though in that I can only meet the 8-color boxes. Does anyone else have that problem? I mean there are so many different colors of life, of feeling, of articulation. So when I meet someone who’s an 8-color type, I’m like, “Hey girl, magenta!” and she’s like, “Oh, you mean purple!” and she goes off on her purple thing, and I’m like, “No - I want magenta!””

- John Mayer (via 13smiles) (via bon-bon) (via samsally) (via heartsparks) (via letterboxlove) (via lovebot) (via mirrorsandfevers) (via greatperhaps)

“Rob Paravonian uses the theme from Friends and the Sugar...

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:37:00 -0500

“Rob Paravonian uses the theme from Friends and the Sugar Ray song Every Morning to show that if you listen to the lyrics of a pop tune, it becomes really difficult to enjoy it anymore.” HYSTERICAL. ETA: Also check out his Pachelbel Rant!

How cute! (Photo by Pete Souza, from MSNBC.com.)

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:01:00 -0500

How cute! (Photo by Pete Souza, from MSNBC.com.)

I think this sums up my feelings. (Photo by Saul...

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:52:00 -0500

I think this sums up my feelings. (Photo by Saul Loeb-Pool/Getty Images.)

“After ten years, it’s a whole new world.” ...

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:14:00 -0500

“After ten years, it’s a whole new world.” SNL brings us Aladdin and Jasmine, ten years on… ROFL!

Star Wars, as retold by someone who hasn’t seen it. ...

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:35:10 -0500

Star Wars, as retold by someone who hasn’t seen it. (There are people who haven’t seen it?!)