January 2012
12 posts
Watchdiscoverynews:
Brand-New Frozen Planet Trailer
From the co-producers of Planet Earth and Life, the Frozen Planet series on Discovery Channel is a great natural history series from Discovery Channel and the BBC.
Narrated by Alec Baldwin, Frozen Planet takes a look at the earth’s polar regions, where the scale and beauty of the scenery and sheer power of the natural elements are unlike ...
The First Woman To Go 'Round The World Did It As A... →
discoverynews:
She was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but she did it dressed as a man. For more than two years she traveled on a French naval vessel with linen bandages wrapped tightly around her upper body to flatten her chest. It was a small ship with 300 men who knew her as “Jean.” But she wasn’t Jean. She was Jeanne. Then one day, they found her out.
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December 2011
1 post
Friday Fierceness for you kiddies.
dchews:
I myself didn’t know this till a few years ago. True.
Bevel- noun- Standing position stolen from beauty queens and showgirls. A manner of standing in which one leg is straight while the other is lightly bent with the foot pointingand one hand on hip. This stance provides the most flattering shape for the MT body.
Jenny: Someone take our picture! Now, everyone bevel—this is going on...
October 2011
4 posts
Teenage Brains →
“Some brain-scan studies, in fact, suggest that our brains react to peer exclusion much as they respond to threats to physical health or food supply. At a neural level, in other words, we perceive social rejection as a threat to existence. Knowing this might make it easier to abide the hysteria of a 13-year-old deceived by a friend or the gloom of a 15-year-old not invited to a party. These...
August 2011
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Frances Bean Cobain... →
parislemon:
…is 18 fucking years old.
This may be the first of many “I feel old” moments in the coming years of my life.
I’ve been feeling my age lately, but this takes the cake. How did this happen?
“Seeing your reflection on Apple’s glass monitor - this happens especially often...”
– Caught.
Peter Vidani
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July 2011
2 posts
June 2011
3 posts
May 2011
3 posts
April 2011
3 posts
March 2011
5 posts
PUSS IN BOOTS - PART 1 - Vice Magazine →
Just re-reading one of my all time favorite interviews, hoping that Takako is OK.
February 2011
4 posts
January 2011
7 posts
Marty, Corey and Sarah Palin's Alaska →
Ah, the romantic life of an Alaskan salmon fisherman. A good read.
tpdsaa:
December 2010
5 posts
