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Fiiinally got around to buying a copy of Blankets. I’ve borrowed it numerous times from the library, and as odd as some bits of it may be, it’s still one of my favorites. Expect a few scans to pop up at some point or another. I’m also hoping to actually stick to reading more often.
I’m also trying to see if I can get into more of some of Gaiman’s stuff - all I’ve read from him so far was Good Omens with Terry Pratchett and a good chunks of things from the Sandman mythos. Watching the film adaptation of Coraline might count. Considering the diversity of what he’s written on in both genre and medium, along with what I’ve learned from him from his tumblr (also, if you go to his site, he’s got a few free stories on there), I think he’s a fantastic guy, and one of my goals is, aside from reading more from other writers, is to find more stuff by him and buy it if I like it. Particularly Sandman, but that might take a while.
One odd thing I noticed is that I’m more likely to appreciate an artist, be it musician, writer, filmmaker, magician, or anything else, if they choose not to limit themselves. This might very well be ironic, coming from a dilettante such as myself. I wouldn’t describe these people as polymaths or Renaissance Men/Women so readily - they are flexible within what they do, but the terms seem a bit…broad, I guess. Whichever the case, it’s not something everyone can do, which is why dilettantes exist, but I’m fascinated by those who do have that capability.
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Mahou Shoujo Requiem by Shin (tehninjarox)
Song: “Cosmic Love” by Florence and the Machine
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While I often don’t keep up with past interests, when I do, there’s some things I love to go back to that still fascinate me. This short little video right here is Chris Brown (no, not the musician - this guy’s a magician, and a damn good one at that) using a shift - nothing but his hands - no props, no gimmicks, for something so simple and powerful. It comes from The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase, which primarily was a collection of moves meant for card sharps, soon enough adapted for use by magicians, and changed the community forever. Personally, I’d love to own a copy some time in the future.
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A random non-chronological sample from The Random Last-Minute Winter Break Hangout Thing™, featuring Jon, Cassie (@express-yourselves), Amelia (@theglitterynight), and Justin (@zerofire):
- Box of candy canes knocked to ground, dozens injured.
- Mitsuwa virginity stolen. Tried taiyaki and creamyaki for the first time.
- Lego Zombie-Killer Squad kidnapped from GSP.
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“Dear Deer” by Kate Micucci
I posted this like twice already a while ago. Still don’t care. Still adorable.
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[Flash 10 is required to watch video]My dad got new speakers. The mic on my laptop can’t record all of it because they’re 3 feet away from me.
I can feel the couch bouncing. Fuck.
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Science Ink: A Taxonomy of Tattoos Inspired by Science
As a proud owner of a science tattoo, these articles always make me cheese.
A few years ago—by accident, really—Carl Zimmer became the de facto curator of science-based body art. The author of The Loom blog over at DISCOVER as well as numerous books, Zimmer asked his readers about their tattoos, and whether any of them had inked themselves up in science-inspired motifs. The response was greater than he imagined.
Those responses, which often arrived in Zimmer’s inbox in the form of images, have now been compiled into a book published earlier this month, . In it, the science obsessed—or at least those enthusiastic enough to etch their favorite equations, diagrams, schematics, and formulas directly onto their dermises—show off their needlework in a coffee table-worthy collection of pics, arranged by Zimmer into categories centered on major scientific disciplines: math, chemistry, neuroscience, evolutionary biology, astronomy, and a dedicated chapter on DNA.
From those pages we’ve pulled a few of our favorite works—from Darwin’s finches to a Dali-like double helix to a front-to-back neural net—and collected them here. Click through the link above to see some of our favorite science-derived ink from the collection.
Be sure to check out the book, which you can read more on here.
While I’m on the fence about getting a tattoo or not, I would love to get something like one of these - something relevant, something meaningful.
Source: popsci.com
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