I like things. And stuff. And people. And excellence. Expect to find all of them here.
You guys, you guys, Kate Beaton has a tumblr now! And she posted this rollicking romp through our mutt of a language. Enjoy!
From the Open University: “ Voiced by Clive Anderson, this entertaining romp through ‘The History of English’ squeezes 1600 years of history into 10 one-minute bites”
fucking ghouls, always such fuckin moochers
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Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.
8-bit Princess Bride illustration by Nathan W. Pyle :: via nathanwpyle.blogspot.com
There’s a big difference between a peke… and a… pecan
no, don’t tell me, i like this better without any context
image credit: Michel Loup/Biosphoto
“Mating frogs leap away after laying eggs in a lake in Jura, eastern France, causing the spawn to scatter. Tadpoles usually hatch three weeks after the eggs are laid.”
Catch More Creatures Here: http://www.thefeaturedcreature.com/2010/09/featured-must-see-photo-3.html#ixzz1kWNdoXgR
The Girl with 7 Horses by Ulrika Kestere
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. Sometimes people are just awesome.
Is Paula Deen getting more than her share of flak?
Paula Deen has Type 2 diabetes. (Hands up if you found this revelation shocking. Thaaaaat’s what we thought.) Not surprisingly, there has been a flurry of media coverage, most of it criticizing Deen for continuing to feature/promote less than healthy food for three years before announcing her diagnosis earlier this week—now that she’s a spokesperson for a diabetes program.
But of the media flurry, we think this little snowflake by John Birdsall is worth pondering. Birdsall asks whether social class and gender might not be playing a role in the way some people (particularly Anthony Bourdain) are responding to Deen’s confession:
“Perhaps our notions of health and excess are rooted in class. Deen, we assume, speaks to a down-market audience who need to be lectured about nutrition and willpower. Bourdain speaks to the well-heeled traveler for whom a foie gras hot dog is an occasional indulgence, not a moral failing. Right? Or is it somehow acceptable for men to engage in extreme eating, while women have an obligation to show restraint?”
For more on the connections between gender, class, and food (particularly as they relate to body image), check out Susan Bordo’s Unbearable Weight.
solid points, and the instinctive reason I’ve avoided every version of the “Paula Deen? haha, of course, i mean…” conversation to have come up between friends recently.
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John Lewis Krimmel (German-born American artist, 1786-1821) Nightlife in Philadelphia - An Oyster Barrow in front of the Chestnut Street Theater
Random things I wish:
that oysters were still low-class, superabundant peasant food, like they were in 1800s-early 1900s east coast, because I fucking LOVE oysters. it’s like eating the ocean. but I eat them maybe once or twice a year(?) because you throw down some serious money for anything even approaching a satisfying amount of oysters.
anyway, click through for some great 19th century day-in-the-life kind of paintings…
Steve Kuhl is a designer converted one part of his home into amazing ship-like environment.
your dreams await
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seriously, everything you’ve blogged lately is awesome
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A japanese ice-cream vending machine! with crazy flavors such as purple sweet potato, almond jelly, green tea, sesame, vanilla, chocolate, japanese apricot, suzuki bean, pudding, cappuccino, bluberry, strawberry and milk, lavender, banana, rose, grape, mango, pineapple, full maturity melon, orange, citrus junos, cookies and milk…
All of these flavors sound delicious, and this is just delightful, though I just can’t believe its a regular drop down vending machine.
maybe there’s a robot claw that ferries your snacks to an opening?
maybe this isn’t a vending machine at all?
lovely though…
Fat Catbus.
My Neighbor Totoro illustration by Megan Nicole Dong :: via sketchshark.blogspot.com
OMG You Guys, there is going to be a Studio Ghibli retrospective at in LA starting this Friday. I am going to see all of them! (maybe) well…I will see a lot of them!
Nature’s One and Only Iridescent Mammal: The Golden Mole
Golden Moles (Family: Chrysochloridae) are not true moles, but rather have converged evolutionarily on a similar body plan. Like other true moles the desert varieties of golden mole also don’t construct burrows but rather appear to “swim” through sand. Another interesting fact is that they’ve also evolved such efficient kidneys that most species don’t need to drink water. These African natives are also the only known mammal to display iridescence despite being blind. So what really is the point to this fellow’s lustrous fur? It seems this is simply a quirk of the mole’s hair and doesn’t directly convey any advantage. The hairs themselves were found to be flattened with alternating scales of light and dark, this both gives the hairs a greater surface area to reflect light and the scale colouration refracted light just like oil on water. The actual reason for this structure is thought to be that it helps to repel dirt and water whilst also making the mole more streamlined. Regardless of what the reason is I really want a shiny, blind mole.
hell yeah convergent evolution! also, swimming through sand? I would love to see this…
what the medical building when the students go home..
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Here’s a photo gallery of birds stealing ice cream cones in case you need it.
when could i not need this? actually, i lived in San Francisco when I was a little girl, and the seagulls were fucking brutal. Once a seagull swooped down and took an entire fried chicken leg OUT OF MY HAND in between bites. the chicken was in my hand for 2, 3 seconds max…
of course, there was also the time a gull swooped in out of nowhere and took my teddy bear.
thanks mom, for all those afternoon picnics spent ducking and hiding from the pterodactyls who live in golden gate park.
