inconceivable
I’m currently reading The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle.
And I’m starting to find this stuff interesting.
That’s a first.
Dirty Pretty Things: words that don’t exist in the english language
l’esprit de 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.”
waldeinsamkeit: (German) The feeling of being alone in the woods.
meraki: (Greek) Doing something with soul,…
G-rated family films earn more money than any other rating. Yet only 4% of Hollywood’s output is G-rated.
via ohyeahfacts
So, sex doesn’t sell? Interesting.
PSA of the Day: For their latest anti-domestic-violence campaign, the non-governmental organization People Opposing Women Abuse set up a disturbing bystander effect experiment in a townhouse complex in Johannesburg.
Be prepared to dislike humanity quite a bit.
[noob.us.]
via a friend’s fb status
my starshines posted this check-off list thing, so i decided to fill it out too! :D
[X] You know how to make a pot of coffee [not anymore] You show up for school late a lot [X] You know how to do the dishes [X you mean without using spellcheck] You can spell experience, without looking it up
[X] You keep track of the date using a calendar
[had] You own a credit/debit card
[n/a] You know how to change the oil in a car
[X] You’ve done your own laundry
[X] You can vote in an election
[X] You can cook for yourself
[not really] You think politics are interesting
TOTAL SO FAR: 5
[x] You always carry a pen/pencil in your bag/purse/pocket
[LOL] You’ve never gotten a detention
[almost] You have forgotten your own birthday
[X] You like to take walks by yourself
[X] You know what credibility means, without looking it up
[X] You drink caffeine at least once a week
TOTAL SO FAR: 9
[X 2 others :D] You can count to 10 in another language
[X] When you say you’re going to do something, you do it
[don’t have a lawn] You can mow the lawn
[X studying Spanish now lol.] You study even when you don’t have to
[] You have hand washed a car before
TOTAL SO FAR: 13
[ ] The people at Starbucks know you by name
[ ] Your favorite kind of food is take out
[x] You can go to the store without getting something you don’t need
[x] You understand political jokes the first time they are said
[x] You can type pretty quick
TOTAL SO FAR: 17
[didn’t make friends at my first job] Your only friends are from your place of employment
[X with my mom when I was 5] You have been to a Tupperware party
[X that’s life] You have realized that practically no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job
[] You have more bills than you can pay
[not this year] You have been to the beach
[x] You use the internet every day
[never] You have been outside of your country 3 or more times
[X] You make your bed in the morning
TOTAL: 21
hazal:Michelangelo hid anatomical sketches in Sistine Chapel
The cleverly disguised drawing of a human brain, which has remained unnoticed for 500 years, may have been a coded reference to the clash between science and religion.
The Renaissance master, who painted the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel between 1508 and 1512, would have been familiar with what a brain looked like – he was an accomplished anatomist who is known to have dissected many corpses.
