February 2012
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thereisafish:
You want a physicist to speak at your funeral. You want the physicist to talk to your grieving family about the conservation of energy, so they will understand that your energy has not died. You want the physicist to remind your sobbing mother about the first law of thermodynamics; that no energy gets created in the universe, and none is destroyed. You want your mother to know that...
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Words to keep inside your pocket:
Quiescent - a quiet, soft-spoken soul.
Chimerical - merely imaginary; fanciful.
Susurrus - a whispering or rustling sound.
Raconteur - one who excels in story-telling.
Clinquant - glittering; tinsel-like.
Aubade - a song greeting the dawn.
Ephemeral - lasting a very short time.
Sempiternal - everlasting; eternal.
Euphonious - pleasing; sweet in...
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“Whitney Houston’s funeral, but for being broadcast live and attended by...”
– Whitney’s ‘Homegoing’ And The Spiritual Divide | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture (via npr)
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“Then, Éowyn of Rohan, I say to you that you are beautiful. In the valleys of our...”
– Faramir, The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien (via lib-e)
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What is it like to be completely ignorant and...
The Battle of Civil Rights
shitmystudentswrite:
Martin Luther King Jr. fought in the civil rights war with Abraham Lincoln to free all of the colored people.
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