December 2009
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a...”
– Albert Einstein
My current chapel reading is Miracles, by C.S. Lewis. It took me about eight chapters to really get into it, but once it got good, I was seriously hooked.
Angels can't fly, scientist says →
dejavrooom:
“Angels depicted heralding the birth of Jesus in nativity scenes across the world are anatomically flawed, according to a scientist who claims they would never be able to fly.”
Know what else some experts said was anatomically flawed and scientifically unable to fly? Bumblebees.
…I love you.
Question
awesomejuice:
kickdrumheart: chriskelly:
Is it bad that when someone tells me they still have a yahoo account I assume they’re a little bit dumb?
Not like non-functioning dumb. Precious, fragile dumb.
I think this about basically anyone who has a non-gmail email address.
Same. Get with the times and bow to our overlords, already.
sharkyteeth:
Alkaline Trio: Burned Is The House
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Everyone on my tumblr feed looks the same
meganwest:
spytap:
Those santa hats make it almost impossible to glance down the page and see who’s posting what.
Tumblarity and icon fuckery: the two recent Tumblr developments I find least impressive.
I’m with you on the icon fuckery, but I actually find Tumblarity really entertaining. It follows no discernible formula! I think that’s delightful. It’s this random...
“History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable...”
– Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbes) (via hunsonisgroovy) (via quote-book)
Mexico City 1st in region to approve gay marriage →
Fuckin’ A! Yay Mexico City!!
With this bill approved, the new definition of marriage in Mexico City’s civic code will be “the free uniting of two people.”
Slashdot Idle | Holy See Declares a "Unique... →
The best part of this post is this comment:
“The Pope’s argument would be, of course, that(while God is certainly the ultimate owner of the copyright in question, among a large number of other things) he is God’s authorized agent/distributor for this territory. Since this seems like the best excuse for doing so that I’ve yet had, I include the “software licensing...
“This is the essence of the white guilt fantasy, laid bare. It’s not just a wish...”
– When Will White People Stop Making Movies Like Avatar? I post this knowing full well that i run the risk of becoming the guy who hates on the thing that everybody else loves, but trust me that’s not what this is. I thought Avatar was a fine movie, very pretty to look at and engaging through most of...
"You Know They Mean 'Fat'": Lara Stone, Crystal... →
“…Stone differs so barely, so incredibly tinily merely, so very little, from the accepted size standard for fashion models. She is slightly shorter, at 5’7”, than most runway models, and her measurements are well within fashion’s preferred range. While it’s undeniable that she has a slightly different body shape than most models, her size is entirely typical of...
