January 2010
73 posts
"Lovely" Baby Mammoth Found Frozen in Russia
boomdeahdah:
A Russian hunter traipsing through Russia’s remote Arctic Yamalo-Nenetsk region in May noticed what he thought was a reindeer carcass sticking out of the damp snow. (See a map of Russia and its remote Siberian regions.)
On closer inspection, the “reindeer” turned out to be a 40,000-year-old baby mammoth, perfectly encased in ice.
The six-month-old female mammoth is the most...
“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose...”
– J.K Rowling (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (via artpixie)
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”
– George Bernard Shaw (via artpixie)
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
– Mahatma Ghandi (via artpixie)
100 Best First Lines of Novels As chosen by the... →
(via booklover)
“when a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an...”
– Paul Auster (via suzywire) (via booklover)
“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once...”
– Bertrand Russell (via artpixie)
Walking in Holden's Footsteps - Interactive Map →
booklover:
samchase:
Trace Holden Caulfield’s perambulations around Manhattan in “The Catcher in the Rye” to places like the Edmont Hotel, where Holden had an awkward encounter with Sunny the hooker; the lake in Central Park, where he wondered about the ducks in winter; and the clock at the Biltmore, where he waited for his date. Roll your mouse over each point and read about Holden’s...
“You can’t force love, I realized. It’s there or it isn’t. If it’s not there,...”
– Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy) (via artpixie)
“The heart was made to be broken.”
– Oscar Wilde (via artpixie)
“Saying ‘I notice you’re a nerd’ is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you’d rather...”
– John Green (via artpixie)
Small birds sometimes hitchhike on the backs of...
ohyeahfacts:
(What Makes Flamingos Pink? Bill McLain)
my life story right there.
Angry interlude
magicmolly:
It kills me when people say things like “I don’t play games” when they are talking about romantic relationships. Of course you play games. If you are self-aware enough to acknowledge the possibility of manipulating someone else, you are as good as admitting that you do it.
Most people do it. It’s not necessarily a bad thing. Manipulation is what creates and stokes romance, often. To...
I feel Pathetic
I feel like a Grandma. I’m pretty sure my eye sight just dropped to like zero (is that a possibility? haha) Yeah so reading today is not going to happen. Must.Read.Asher.Lev D’: BUT on a better notes I’m listening to a band called Beach House. Listen to Zebra. I’m loving it.
“Snooki said she was hiring a bodyguard to keep fans at bay. The 22-year-old...”
– ‘Jersey Shore’ cast wants big raise for season 2 - NYPOST.com (via rickyv)
“To be nobody but yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you...”
– E.E. Cummings (via maluna)
I love Bennington College. I’m so happy they accepted me. I cried and then they sent me a complimentary “You’re Awesome” cake. Afterwards we danced to Of Montreal and opened a bottle of champagne. Everyone at Bennington came to my house and we ate fancy h’ordeuvres and laughed at classy jokes. After everyone left the President at
Bennington approached me and told me...
haha
mahcjkenze:
melleigh:blaisecrocker:veekayisneato:realynmay:chrissslol:
Socially Awkward Situation #1: You’re in class and you want to cough. Some other guy just coughed, now you have to wait. Socially Awkward Situation #2: Someone calls in your direction. You raise your hand to wave. It turns out they weren’t calling you. You casually fake a head-scratch. It’s too late; everyone saw. ...