March 2012
Watchfaketv:
Sheer awesome?
theatlanticvideo:
Terrifying Flying Robot Quadrotors Perform the ‘James Bond’ Theme
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab, Daniel Mellinger, Alex Kushleyev and Vijay Kumar, demonstrate the agility of their autonomous quadrotors by programming them to plunk out the James Bond theme music on a room...
February 2012
13 Year Old Jada Williams Persecuted by the... →
dreamhard:
racismschool:
beautifulbrwn:
“On Saturday, February 18, 2012, the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York presented the first Spirit of Freedom award to Jada Williams, a 13-year old city of Rochester student. Miss Williams wrote an essay on her impressions of Frederick Douglass’ first autobiography the Narrative of the Life. This was part of an essay contest, but her essay was...
“I think it’s funny, but the last thing you’ll ever see me do is jump up and...”
– George Clooney, on rumors that he’s gay
By George, Clooney’s Got Us | Current Issue | The Advocate
(via apsies)
As if I need another reason to love him.
(via zoewithtwodots)
And that, as they say, is that.
ustreet-deactivated20120320 asked: how old are you? i am curious!
True Story.
herblondness:
The hem let go on my pants today and I absolutely used the stapler on my desk.
Even worse? I am 100 percent sure I will probably wash and wear these pants at least seven more times before I bring them to the tailor.
Paperclips work in a pinch too……
…..err….so I hear…..
“Romney won Mackinac County by 1 vote. 667 votes to Santorum’s, wait for it, 666...”
– @chucktodd (via brooklynmutt)
On a real man.
dearcoketalk:
In your last post, you mentioned men “drinking rye whiskey cocktails like they were some kind of Don Draper starter kit.” I laughed, and it reminded me of a recent conversation I had. The guy informed me that “real men only drink beer.” Coke Talk, where do people get such ideas? I told him that real men don’t give a shit what “real men” do, and drink whatever the fuck they...
Gentlemint Is Pinterest For Manly Things →
Not sure if that’s a good thing, or a bad thing, but it’s an interesting thing.
“Americans have allowed a small minority to dictate what the rest of us can eat,...”
– macwell, in a comment to this article.
Pretty succinct and precise summary of the state of affairs these days.
Are We Raising a Generation of Helpless Kids? →
hilker:
[huff po]
Yes. Not everyone, but too many.
Telling quote from the piece:
“We need to let our kids fail at 12 - which is far better than at 42,” he says. “We need to tell them the truth (with grace) that the notion of ‘you can do anything you want’ is not necessarily true.”
Actually, you need to let them fail at 2….and 4….and...
“Mystery Science Theater 3000 inhabits a special place in entertainment history:...”
– aberjona: Things I did not know in my 30s that I know now (not a continuing series) (via l3fan-o-rama)
One of the nicest things about Netflix is the availability of MST3000……it’s like visiting an old friend…..
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“I am certainly not an authority on love because there are no authorities on...”
– Bill Cosby
