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They had a story on NPR this morning about a type of frog whose young incubates in the mother's stomach and then hops out of the mother's mouth to be born. **
Sending lots of love, and if only my powerful wishes had healing force, you would be doing better before tomorrow...
**Actually, the story was about endangered amphibians. The gastric brooding frog only came up as an example--alas, of a species that appears to have been lost.
.... hmm, if you are not doing well, I should come up with a more cheery piece of perhaps-unknown information.
I'll work on that.
Sending lots of love, and if only my powerful wishes had healing force, you would be doing better before tomorrow...
**Actually, the story was about endangered amphibians. The gastric brooding frog only came up as an example--alas, of a species that appears to have been lost.
.... hmm, if you are not doing well, I should come up with a more cheery piece of perhaps-unknown information.
I'll work on that.
Edited 2010-08-14 00:42 (UTC)
Well, you may already have known about the whole Darian Calendar thing.
And you probably also know more than I do about the Bronze Age Collapse, which is what I've been being /productive/ with. (I'm going to start my Western Civ class at (that iteration of) the End Of The World.)
Uh, the cabin's actually in New Hampshire? Meat turnover may be on the menu? Peter drew his first octopus a couple of days ago?
I'll try to think of something better.
Anyway, feel better!
And you probably also know more than I do about the Bronze Age Collapse, which is what I've been being /productive/ with. (I'm going to start my Western Civ class at (that iteration of) the End Of The World.)
Uh, the cabin's actually in New Hampshire? Meat turnover may be on the menu? Peter drew his first octopus a couple of days ago?
I'll try to think of something better.
Anyway, feel better!
Okay, here is something else, a poem that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
seraphimsigrist posted (here) by Arseny Tarkovsky (whom I had never heard of before now)
In the last month of autumn
In the twilight
Of a most bitter life
I entered
full of sorrow
A leafless and nameless wood.
A mist of milky-whiteness,
Like a glass,
Enveloped it from edge to edge.
Along the grey branches
Pure tears flowed,
Such as
Only trees weep on the eve
Of winter's blanching.
And lo! A miracle occurred:
In the dusk
Blue sky gleamed forth from a cloud
And, as though in June, a bright ray
From days to come pierced mu past.
And the trees wept on the eve
Of great deeds and gay abandonment
Of happy storms swirling up in the azure sky,
And blue tits sang a round dance,
As though hands had touched a keyboard
From the earth to the very highest notes.
--Arseny Tarkovsky
seraphimsigrist posted (here) by Arseny Tarkovsky (whom I had never heard of before now)In the last month of autumn
In the twilight
Of a most bitter life
I entered
full of sorrow
A leafless and nameless wood.
A mist of milky-whiteness,
Like a glass,
Enveloped it from edge to edge.
Along the grey branches
Pure tears flowed,
Such as
Only trees weep on the eve
Of winter's blanching.
And lo! A miracle occurred:
In the dusk
Blue sky gleamed forth from a cloud
And, as though in June, a bright ray
From days to come pierced mu past.
And the trees wept on the eve
Of great deeds and gay abandonment
Of happy storms swirling up in the azure sky,
And blue tits sang a round dance,
As though hands had touched a keyboard
From the earth to the very highest notes.
--Arseny Tarkovsky
Edited 2010-08-14 00:56 (UTC)
Jen Bervin (http://www.jenbervin.com/html/main_index.html#)
Well, I'll see what I can do. Hopefully some of this is both new and pleasing to you.
Nice shot of Stonehenge and the Perseids
Etruscan domestic life
Ancient Chinese rice-lime mortar
Residence of Sextus Tarquinius
Ancient pig DNA and the Neolithic colonisation of Europe
Astérix's home village found. (Well, it should be true.)
Nice shot of Stonehenge and the Perseids
Etruscan domestic life
Ancient Chinese rice-lime mortar
Residence of Sextus Tarquinius
Ancient pig DNA and the Neolithic colonisation of Europe
Astérix's home village found. (Well, it should be true.)
Human beings are one of only two animals on the planet who can't synthesize their own vitamin C, and therefore need to seek outside sources to avoid scurvy.
The other is the guinea pig.
The other is the guinea pig.
A group of toads is called a knot.
I did a search for strange facts. I didn't know this one!
Feel better soon! I miss you.
I did a search for strange facts. I didn't know this one!
Feel better soon! I miss you.
Seriously?! A KNOT of toads? That's AWESOME!!!
Thai Castration Comics
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/12/castration-comics-fr.html
Four Eared Cat
http://io9.com/5611890/four+eared-cat-is-at-least-twenty-times-cuter-than-non+mutant-kitties
How to turn carrots into bacon
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/09/how-to-turn-carrots.html
A game for when rock paper scissors is not nerdy enough
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/26/monkey-pirate-robot-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Also: MOJO!
Feel better.
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/12/castration-comics-fr.html
Four Eared Cat
http://io9.com/5611890/four+eared-cat-is-at-least-twenty-times-cuter-than-non+mutant-kitties
How to turn carrots into bacon
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/09/how-to-turn-carrots.html
A game for when rock paper scissors is not nerdy enough
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/06/26/monkey-pirate-robot-.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Also: MOJO!
Feel better.
Edited 2010-08-14 01:34 (UTC)
""I better get home, or the ducks will have something to eat." Castration comics. I swear, everything exists on the Internet.
http://twitter.com/grammarhulk
"LANGUAGE BEAUTIFUL LIVING THING. SHOULD BE APPRECIATED IN WILD, NOT PUT IN CAGE. HULK SMASH ALL CAGES!"
Thank you.
"LANGUAGE BEAUTIFUL LIVING THING. SHOULD BE APPRECIATED IN WILD, NOT PUT IN CAGE. HULK SMASH ALL CAGES!"
Thank you.
You know I'm working on a scene for you, but it's turning strange corners.
Be well.
Love,
Nine
Be well.
Love,
Nine
* Due to the shortage of mammals (and birds of prey) in New Zealand, the Kea, one of the world's larger parrots, evolved into something resembling a sheep-mutilating, flying raccoon: an optimistic omnivore, whose intelligence is demonstrated by their ability to learn to open trash cans by observing others.
* Inbreeding (enforced by local legislation) means that most of the inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha suffer from severe congenital asthma?
* Inbreeding (enforced by local legislation) means that most of the inhabitants of Tristan da Cunha suffer from severe congenital asthma?
Due to the shortage of mammals (and birds of prey) in New Zealand, the Kea, one of the world's larger parrots, evolved into something resembling a sheep-mutilating, flying raccoon: an optimistic omnivore, whose intelligence is demonstrated by their ability to learn to open trash cans by observing others.
Thank you a lot for that.
Inbreeding (enforced by local legislation)
Whaha?
Thank you a lot for that.
Inbreeding (enforced by local legislation)
Whaha?
L'illusionniste! A new film by Sylvain Chomet (Belleville Rendezvous), with a script by Jacques Tati: fading vaudeville with touches of I Know Where I'm Going. Louche, melancholic, gorgeous, by the look of it.
Nine
Nine
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Ai, feel better soon.
Thank you. It does in fact improve my mood to learn things I had no idea of.
Yut sticks are used to determine how many spaces you move in a board game: they're flat on one side and round on the other, and you throw them: if one round side lands up, you move 1; if two, 2; if three, 3; if all four round sides are up, you move 5; if all four flat sides land up, you move 4.
That's great.
What does the song sound like?
Thank you. It does in fact improve my mood to learn things I had no idea of.
Yut sticks are used to determine how many spaces you move in a board game: they're flat on one side and round on the other, and you throw them: if one round side lands up, you move 1; if two, 2; if three, 3; if all four round sides are up, you move 5; if all four flat sides land up, you move 4.
That's great.
What does the song sound like?
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In 1993, during the debate in Parliament over the Right To Know Bill, the British Government officially recognized the existence of the British Telecom Tower (originally Post Office Tower, now BT Tower).
The tower has been standing since 1964, is over 600 ft tall when all of the rigging and antennae are included, and is easily visible from much of London. It had not, however, appeared on the Ordnance Survey maps of London as it was considered a secret.
The tower has been standing since 1964, is over 600 ft tall when all of the rigging and antennae are included, and is easily visible from much of London. It had not, however, appeared on the Ordnance Survey maps of London as it was considered a secret.
The tower has been standing since 1964, is over 600 ft tall when all of the rigging and antennae are included, and is easily visible from much of London. It had not, however, appeared on the Ordnance Survey maps of London as it was considered a secret.
I love bureaucracy very much.
I love bureaucracy very much.
No woman ever passed before? (I guess I'd better read the linked story...)
If you put two slices of bread and a slice of cheese inside a brown paper bag, and iron both sides of the bag, you get grilled cheese. I'm told this is how one makes grilled cheese in jail.
There is a blood type that is neither positive or negative, but in between, such that there are very very small amounts of Rh antibodies present.
It's called DU, I believe.
It's called DU, I believe.
In Javanese culture, you are not allowed to step over gamelan instruments, as it is considered disrespectful. If you cannot avoid stepping over one, you must immediately apologize to the instrument. In gamelan class at Wesleyan, we were expected to adhere to this convention.
Hope you feel better soon.
Hope you feel better soon.
In Javanese culture, you are not allowed to step over gamelan instruments, as it is considered disrespectful. If you cannot avoid stepping over one, you must immediately apologize to the instrument.
I will remember this if I am ever around a gamelan.
(If you drop a siddur, you kiss it when you pick it up, for the same reasons.)
Hope you feel better soon.
Thank you.
I will remember this if I am ever around a gamelan.
(If you drop a siddur, you kiss it when you pick it up, for the same reasons.)
Hope you feel better soon.
Thank you.
The first man to envision a Grand Plan for Boston's Back Bay was a Scotsman who claimed to have gone without sleep for five years and eight months -- with the exception of two hours, when he presumably got a bit of a catnap. His other plans included sheep grazing on the Common and constructing a six-story pagoda with a telescope on top.
who claimed to have gone without sleep for five years and eight months -- with the exception of two hours, when he presumably got a bit of a catnap. His other plans included sheep grazing on the Common and constructing a six-story pagoda with a telescope on top.
. . . Were any of his designs implemented?
. . . Were any of his designs implemented?
Sorry to hear it. I hope you feel better.
The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of Othello is quite good. There are a couple more performances and I recommend seeing it if you have time.
Also, there are re-enactor British soldiers camping on Boston Common right now. And tomorrow and Sunday: http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/pdfs/encampmentprfinal.pdf
According to the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong, King Yeongjo of Joseon had certain superstitions: He avoided using words relating to death or dying. After conducting official business, he never entered his own residence or the residences of his favored children until he had changed his clothes. If he heard or discussed something inauspicious, he wouldn't go back to his room until he had brushed his teeth, washed his ears, and summoned someone to say at least one word to him.
The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's production of Othello is quite good. There are a couple more performances and I recommend seeing it if you have time.
Also, there are re-enactor British soldiers camping on Boston Common right now. And tomorrow and Sunday: http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/pdfs/encampmentprfinal.pdf
According to the Memoirs of Lady Hyegyeong, King Yeongjo of Joseon had certain superstitions: He avoided using words relating to death or dying. After conducting official business, he never entered his own residence or the residences of his favored children until he had changed his clothes. If he heard or discussed something inauspicious, he wouldn't go back to his room until he had brushed his teeth, washed his ears, and summoned someone to say at least one word to him.
After conducting official business, he never entered his own residence or the residences of his favored children until he had changed his clothes.
As far as not taking your work home with you goes, that makes a certain amount of sense.
If he heard or discussed something inauspicious, he wouldn't go back to his room until he had brushed his teeth, washed his ears, and summoned someone to say at least one word to him.
Did it work?
As far as not taking your work home with you goes, that makes a certain amount of sense.
If he heard or discussed something inauspicious, he wouldn't go back to his room until he had brushed his teeth, washed his ears, and summoned someone to say at least one word to him.
Did it work?
I just finished watching one of the oddest horror movies I've seen in quite some time: Don't Look Up, directed by Fruit Chan and produced by Hideo Nakata, with Henry Thomas as a hard-bitten Hollywood producer whose latest flick is a remake of a legendary cursed "lost" film based on a Roumanian folk-tale. Part-way into it, I suddenly thought: Where have I heard that before? Oh shit, isn't that the plot of David Lynch's Inland Empire? And you know, it totally is, except with all the stuff Lynch would never put in a movie added in on top--aside from maybe the old dude who seems to be playing the Romany Devil Beng, and looks like the preacher from Poltergeist II with a massive goiter the size of a supernumerary head growing out of the side of his neck. Oh, and Eli Roth has a cameo as the director of the original film, which means he gets to wear 1920s clothes and freak out for five minutes before disappearing, never to be seen again (dum dum DUM). Don't look up, I tells ya!
And you know, it totally is, except with all the stuff Lynch would never put in a movie added in on top--aside from maybe the old dude who seems to be playing the Romany Devil Beng, and looks like the preacher from Poltergeist II with a massive goiter the size of a supernumerary head growing out of the side of his neck. Oh, and Eli Roth has a cameo as the director of the original film, which means he gets to wear 1920s clothes and freak out for five minutes before disappearing, never to be seen again (dum dum DUM).
Awesome.
Awesome.
You're a mine of diverse information, so I've no idea what you're unlikely to know, but as a bow at a venture, Bowie's "Life on Mars" has the same chord structure as Sinatra's "My Way".
There's a car coming to Farthing Party from Boston next Friday with only three people in it, if you wanted to come.
To know what it is that you don't know
I have to make map of the nation
The limens and edges of whatsovay knows
Then reach out through imagination.
It says "here be dragons" in Wales
Well, that's not a matter for weeping
Were we there I could show you the cave
By the sea where there's one of them sleeping.
(In the same way, I've found the true place
Of the boulder once split by the spear
When old Llew Llaw was having a bath
With one foot on a goat. It's quite near.)
Away in the mists of the twenties
Was a craze that was big for a day
Of the writing of rhymes that all ended
With "Edna St Vincent Millay".
Your knowledge of film far outstrips me
Are the following known in your land?
Les Invasions Barbare, Jesus de Montreal
The wonders of Denis Arcand.
There's a panda.cam in San Diego
Where the ambling pandas are seen
It's live, and I love it, it's real
I want to climb into the screen.
There are islands your foot has not trodden
Rising out of a sea that's wine-blue
There's a god in the mountains in Delphi
Who requires that each word be made new.
I have to make map of the nation
The limens and edges of what
sovay knowsThen reach out through imagination.
It says "here be dragons" in Wales
Well, that's not a matter for weeping
Were we there I could show you the cave
By the sea where there's one of them sleeping.
(In the same way, I've found the true place
Of the boulder once split by the spear
When old Llew Llaw was having a bath
With one foot on a goat. It's quite near.)
Away in the mists of the twenties
Was a craze that was big for a day
Of the writing of rhymes that all ended
With "Edna St Vincent Millay".
Your knowledge of film far outstrips me
Are the following known in your land?
Les Invasions Barbare, Jesus de Montreal
The wonders of Denis Arcand.
There's a panda.cam in San Diego
Where the ambling pandas are seen
It's live, and I love it, it's real
I want to climb into the screen.
There are islands your foot has not trodden
Rising out of a sea that's wine-blue
There's a god in the mountains in Delphi
Who requires that each word be made new.
This:
http://www.myspace.com/tristanallenmusic
Blessed be.
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