February 2012
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DoRightAndKillEverything →
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Thoughts on The Hunger Games.
Today on Facebook some guy tried to tell me that
It’s a ridiculous work of fiction that some girls deem “good” because they’re biased and it has a female main character, even though it’s just a written remake of “Running Man,” “Condemned,” or “Battle Royale.” And this girl is definitely no substitute for Arnold...
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blaine-anderson:
people who spend so much time complaining about blaine/darren being on glee it’s funny because no matter what they say this playlist of all his songs on the show will be longer than the amount of time you spend a day being idiots
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A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH, AGED 3: IN WHICH IT IS...
SARAH: Daddy, were you in the shower?
DAD: Yes, I was in the shower.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: I was dirty. The shower gets me clean.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why does the shower get me clean?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: Because the water washes the dirt away when I use soap.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why do I use soap?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: Because the soap grabs the dirt and lets the water wash it off.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why does the soap grab the dirt?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: Because soap is a surfactant.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why is soap a surfactant?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: That is an EXCELLENT question. Soap is a surfactant because it forms water-soluble micelles that trap the otherwise insoluble dirt and oil particles.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why does soap form micelles?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: Soap molecules are long chains with a polar, hydrophilic head and a non-polar, hydrophobic tail. Can you say ‘hydrophilic’?
SARAH: Aidrofawwic
DAD: And can you say ‘hydrophobic’?
SARAH: Aidrofawwic
DAD: Excellent! The word ‘hydrophobic’ means that it avoids water.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why does it mean that?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: It’s Greek! ‘Hydro’ means water and ‘phobic’ means ‘fear of’. ‘Phobos’ is fear. So ‘hydrophobic’ means ‘afraid of water’.
SARAH: Like a monster?
DAD: You mean, like being afraid of a monster?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: A scary monster, sure. If you were afraid of a monster, a Greek person would say you were gorgophobic.
(pause)
SARAH: (rolls her eyes) I thought we were talking about soap.
DAD: We are talking about soap.
(longish pause)
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why do the molecules have a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: Because the C-O bonds in the head are highly polar, and the C-H bonds in the tail are effectively non-polar.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Because while carbon and hydrogen have almost the same electronegativity, oxygen is far more electronegative, thereby polarizing the C-O bonds.
SARAH: Why?
DAD: Why is oxygen more electronegative than carbon and hydrogen?
SARAH: Yes.
DAD: That’s complicated. There are different answers to that question, depending on whether you’re talking about the Pauling or Mulliken electronegativity scales. The Pauling scale is based on homo- versus heteronuclear bond strength differences, while the Mulliken scale is based on the atomic properties of electron affinity and ionization energy. But it really all comes down to effective nuclear charge. The valence electrons in an oxygen atom have a lower energy than those of a carbon atom, and electrons shared between them are held more tightly to the oxygen, because electrons in an oxygen atom experience a greater nuclear charge and therefore a stronger attraction to the atomic nucleus! Cool, huh?
(pause)
SARAH: I don’t get it.
DAD: That’s OK. Neither do most of my students.
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*listening a love song*
normal person: omg this song is about the one I love and me
me: omg this song is about my gay otp
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So I’ve just sent my supervisor the fourth draft of my thesis.
It needs work still, but it’s coming along nicely.
Even if I keep putting in random asides in the footnotes.
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all you can do is fade away: Calvin and Hobbes →
harsheesh:
Calvin and Hobbes is without a doubt the greatest cartoon strip ever (at least in my mind). I recently stumbled upon an article by Robert Krulwich, an NPR Science blogger. In the article Krulwich discussed cartoonists Dan and Tom Heyerman. The two cartoonists are famous for their web cartoon “Pants are Overrated.” Last October they did something incredible in my opinion. The...
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So I didn’t sleep at all last night
Because of that stupid fic You Can’t Choose
And all of the stupid agonising things it made me feel
Namely nausea and agitation and distress
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“There’s a lesson here, I think, for book publishers. Readers today are forced to...”
– Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Why publishers should give away ebooks
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“I will love you as an airplane loves to fall from a clear blue sky and as an...”
– Lemony Snicket (via dailystendhalnitesaudade)
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As a result of that hideously traumatic fic I recc’d a few posts ago
I ended up accidentally inserting #Hananh reblogs happy!Kurt to clear the angst from her head into several footnotes of my thesis
Which is hilarious
And not at all relevant to the role of Libyan oil revenue in the Arab Spring revolutions.
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anattractivecryingman:
Imagine a world where not every main female character is a love interest.
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“And yet a woman’s weight is seen by American culture as an outward manifestation...”
– Everybody, Every Body: the Media’s Erasure of Fat Girls (via sparkamovement)
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I don’t normally make fic rec posts.
But I really need to here.
Because I just spent the last hour reading You Can’t Choose on the Glee Angst Meme.
Beautifully written, gut-wrenching, evocative.
I feel physically sick as a result.
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