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Tue, 21 May 2013 07:49:22 -0400

the-absolute-funniest-posts:

beeishappy:

“A star shines on the hour of our meeting” |Stephen knows his Lord Of The Rings.
Stephen Colbert salutes UVA’s Class of 2013 | NBC29 Post-Speech Interview

I just LOVE Colbert…

sfux: i feel like people who eat breakfast really have their lives together

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:45:36 -0400

sfux:

i feel like people who eat breakfast really have their lives together

"History furnishes no example of a free republic, any thing like the extent of the United States. The..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:38:13 -0400

“History furnishes no example of a free republic, any thing like the extent of the United States. The Grecian republics were of small extent; so also was that of the Romans. Both of these, it is true, in process of time, extended their conquests over large territories of country; and the consequence was, that their governments were changed from that of free governments to those of the most tyrannical that ever existed in the world”

- Brutus, a pseudonym used by an anonymous Antifederalist author or authors

I came across this in my homework this evening, and while I don’t argue that it’s necessarily true, it is rather interesting to think about.
(via rockandrollwinterfell)

the-science-llama: If Earth Had Rings First off, they would be...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:05:13 -0400

Guatamala

Washington, DC

Quito, Ecuador

Polynesia The Earth's Shadow appears on the Rings at night

Arctic Circle The Rings are barely visible

the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

"Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:54:15 -0400

“Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.”

- Jonathan Swift (via catharsisdiaries)

"Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither."

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:37:00 -0400

“Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither.”

- Benjamin Franklin

"a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT"

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:27:55 -0400

“a long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT”

- Thomas Paine

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing."

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:27:00 -0400

““I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing.””

- Thomas Jefferson

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I think I should quit my job and full time tumblr.

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:12:38 -0400

I think I should quit my job and full time tumblr.

"The psychological definition of loneliness hasn’t changed much since Fromm-Reichmann laid it out...."

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:48:59 -0400

“The psychological definition of loneliness hasn’t changed much since Fromm-Reichmann laid it out. “Real loneliness,” as she called it, is not what the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard characterized as the “shut-upness” and solitariness of the civilized. Nor is “real loneliness” the happy solitude of the productive artist or the passing irritation of being cooped up with the flu while all your friends go off on some adventure. It’s not being dissatisfied with your companion of the moment—your friend or lover or even spouse— unless you chronically find yourself in that situation, in which case you may in fact be a lonely person. Fromm-Reichmann even distinguished “real loneliness” from mourning, since the well-adjusted eventually get over that, and from depression, which may be a symptom of loneliness but is rarely the cause. Loneliness, she said—and this will surprise no one—is the want of intimacy.”

- Judith Shulevitz, “The Lethality of Loneliness” (via wesleyhill)

“Is not your indignation roused at this absolute, imperious style? For what did you open the...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:34 -0400

“Is not your indignation roused at this absolute, imperious style? For what did you open the veins of your citizens and expend their treasure? For what did you throw off the yoke of Britain and call yourselves independent? Was it from a disposition fond of change, or to procure new masters? If those were your motives, you have reward before you. Go, retire into silent obscurity, and kiss the rod that scourges you, bury the prospects you had in store, that you and your posterity would participate in the blessings of freedom and the employments of your country. Let the rich and insolent alone be your rulers. Perhaps you are designed by Providence as an emphatic evidence of the mutability of human affairs, to have the show of happiness only, that your misery may seem the sharper, and if so, you must submit. But if you had nobler views, and you are not designed by Heaven as an example, are you now to be derided and insulted? Is the power of thinking, on the only subject important to you, to be taken away? And if perchance you should happen to differ from “Caesar,” are you to have “Caesar’s” principles crammed down your throats with an army? God forbid!”

- Cato II
New York Journal, October 11, 1787

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Sun, 19 May 2013 22:52:26 -0400

bookofwriting: “Novelists want to flood, poets want to distill.” — J. D. McClatchy, The Art of...

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:11:58 -0400

bookofwriting:

“Novelists want to flood, poets want to distill.”

— J. D. McClatchy, The Art of Poetry No. 84 (interview by Daniel Hall), The Paris Review

I’d like to formally apologize to anyone I’ve disappointed with my terrible friendship skills.

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:10:52 -0400

I’d like to formally apologize to anyone I’ve disappointed with my terrible friendship skills.

lostinthebabylon: iraffiruse: Frozach Submitted what did I...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:26:13 -0400

lostinthebabylon:

iraffiruse:

Frozach Submitted

what did I just read

fleurdulys: Densus Church, Hunedoara (built in the 7th century...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:21:43 -0400

fleurdulys:

Densus Church, Hunedoara

(built in the 7th century with additions made in the 13th century)

source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/28151660@N00/6052745538/in/set-72157627329862739/

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