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Brownie Cravings…
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Calvin: If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
Hobbes: How so?
Calvin: Well, when...
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Grilled Avocado Sandwiches
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Read our interview with 2012 Foam Talent, Alejandro Cartagena, on the Foam blog!
From the series Car Poolers © Alejandro Cartagena
Earlier today, former Columbus Crew, Leeds United and USMNT player Robbie Rogers issued a statement via his blog, simultaneously coming out as gay and announcing he is stepping away from soccer. Fire supporters group Whiskey Brothers Aught Five (WB05) offers this open letter to Robbie in…
Gettin’ excited about participatory democracy:
When people were Instagramming their ballots / actually taking the time to check whether or not it was legal for them to Instagram their ballots:
After the polls closed:
When Elizabeth Warren beat Scott Brown:
also, treeeeeeees
Kids’ Librarian Literary Sleeve Tattoo
From BoingBoing:
Today I stopped in at the Whitman Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library to participate in the Field Family Teen Author Series, which distributes books to teens, then brings their authors in to speak about them.
The kids’ librarian at the branch was the brilliant Heather Warren, who’s overseen a total overhaul of the way kids’ services are provided at her branch. She also has a completely awesome kids’-literature-inspired sleeve tattoo (done by Bird of the Black Vulture Gallery, which she graciously allowed me to photograph and post here.
Thanks, Heather! (And thanks to the Aurora and the folks from the Fields Series and the kids who came down, too!)
Click here to see more photos of Heather’s amazing tattoo!
never not funny
Did you know that NASA works on subvention. And if they don’t use what they’re given, they don’t have subvention anymore. However, they don’t get enough to do what they want. So they spend money making somewhat helpful things.
Urban Legend Alert
Pencils pose a danger to astronauts in space because graphite eventually breaks off and even the tiniest debris can damage equipment. Not an ideal solution. The ‘space pen’ was developed privately without NASA funding.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=fact-or-fiction-nasa-spen
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
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A Peppery Rainbow (by Teri Virbickis)
I have never seen purple bell peppers before. Apparently white bell peppers are a thing too:
Anyone know how they taste/where you can buy them?
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can’t wait
holy fuck, my face does some weird things.
I hadn’t even realized season 2 existed. squeeeee!
Also, Katie, I love you face.
