December 2009
“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient...”
– Dr. Seuss via (via ninakix)
“There were a total of 674 passengers, not counting crew or the terrorists...”
– FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Odds of Airborne Terror (via mikehudack)
Once again, Nate Silver is the voice of rationality. Except, of course, that terrorism is an act of man, and lightning an act of God; in theory, we can do something about the former.
(via newsweek)
Seriously, Can We Come Up With a Better Name than... →
(via newsweek)
this is important; first case of highly... →
The color of the alcohol you drink affects the...
brooklynmutt:
Want to avoid a holiday hangover? Don’t belly up to the bar for a belt of bourbon. Pour white wine, vodka and other light-colored spirits, because the color of the alcohol you drink affects the severity of the following day’s hangover, according to a new study reported in the London Daily Mail.
Darker drinks are the worst choices, the study says..
continue reading… NYDailynews
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“From their very first days, the cries of newborns already bear the mark of the...”
– Newborn Babies Cry in Native Tongue | LiveScience (via ayjay)
Those fetuses are remarkably human-like in the womb.
(via sds)
Words That Don't Exist in the English Language
bellavita:
colleenlouise:ryanalexandersincere:justan:
L’esprit de l’escalier: (French) The feeling you get after leaving a conversation, when you think of all the things you should have said. Translated it means “the spirit of the staircase.”
I GET THIS EVERY TIME I’M IN BED TRYING TO SLEEP.
“i like being tired. it’s relaxing.”
– my mom is watching wifeswap. this was gold.
