If I see one more trailer for Prometheus I’m going to scream. I don’t need to see the whole film to want to see any film. I remember the trailer for the original Alien was just the fucking egg, the title and the words ”In space no one can hear you scream.” and I was SOLD. These days people want to spoil everything before we even get to the theater.
Okay, rant done.
And get off my lawn.
Co-signed.
Nicotine and the Chemistry of Murder
Deborah Blum takes you on a journey of intrigue, murder, and chemistry. Great stuff:
“The 1850 murder of Gustave Fougnies in Belgium is not famous because of the cleverness of his killers. Not at all. They – his sister and brother-in-law – practically set off signal flares announcing their parts in a suspicious death.
It’s not famous because it was such a classic high society murder. The killers were the dashing, expensive, and deeply indebted Comte and Countess de Bocarmé. The death occurred during a dangerously intimate dinner at their chateau, a 18th century mansion on an estate in southern Belgium.
Nor it is remembered because the Comte died by guillotine in 1851 – so many did after all.
No, this is a famous murder because of its use of a notably lethal poison. And because the solving of this particular murder changed the history of toxicology, helped lay the foundation for modern forensic science.”
vega jewelry crystal cuff
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weekend!!!!
and what a lovely start woke up to snuggles from my heart, fantastic breakfast at The Kettles in Saratoga Springs, then brazilian wax at Sanctuary Spa, an shopping for pretty things at the Wilton Mall. now impatiently waiting for my heart to finish his massage so we can have more snuggle time. yeah my life is pretty awesome.
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When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn’t make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still walking. When we hold each other we feel not safe, but better. “It’s all right” we whisper, “I’m here, I love you.” and we lie: “I’ll never leave you.” For just a moment or two the darkness doesn’t seem so bad.
Neil Gaiman, Neil Gaiman’s Midnight Days (via thresca)
Measuring the Universe
Measuring things that we can touch, feel and see up close is easy. No matter the exact method, we mostly just use big rulers down here on Earth.
But how do we measure the universe? How do we tally distances on a scale of time and space so immense that our brain can quite literally not reconcile them?
Here’s a fantastic animation by the Royal Observatory to answer that question.
(by Royal Observatory Greenwich, tip o’ the glass to thekidshouldseethis)
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