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"The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at..."

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:25:28 -0400

“The more I think about language, the more it amazes me that people ever understand each other at all.”

- Kurt Gödel

Two Fish

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:27:23 -0500

there was two fish in a tank and one of the fish said
do you know how to drive this thing
BECAUSE THE FISH ARE DRIVEING THE TANK IN A WAR

"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong."

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:10:00 -0500

“For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.”

- H. L. Mencken

I’ve Had Enough Of This (But We’ll All Float On...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:01:02 -0500

I’ve Had Enough Of This (But We’ll All Float On Anyway)

I recorded a cover/mashup of P!nk’s “Blow Me One Last Kiss” and Modest Mouse’s “Float On”. Hope you enjoy!

"We’re all one thing, like cells in a body. ‘Cept we can’t see the body. The way..."

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:35:17 -0500

“We’re all one thing, like cells in a body. ‘Cept we can’t see the body. The way fish can’t see the ocean. And so we envy each other. Hurt each other. Hate each other. How silly is that? A heart cell hating a lung cell.”

- from Adaptation., written by Charlie Kaufman.

explore-blog: Children in a museum of modern art, what’s not to...

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:42:12 -0500

explore-blog:

Children in a museum of modern art, what’s not to love?

James Howard Young performs his arrangement of Handel’s...

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:41:00 -0500

James Howard Young performs his arrangement of Handel’s Water Music Suite 3 no. 6 (HWV 350) for 3 melodicas.

"Out yonder there was this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands..."

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:31:01 -0500

“Out yonder there was this huge world, which exists independently of us human beings and which stands before us like a great, eternal riddle, at least partially accessible to our inspection and thinking.”

- Albert Einstein

thegoldeneternity: Songs of birds.

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:23:45 -0500

thegoldeneternity:

Songs of birds.

Hauschka improvises with a prepared piano.

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 12:30:00 -0500

Hauschka improvises with a prepared piano.

explore-blog: Amazing mechanical device designed in 1890 mimics...

Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:21:58 -0500

explore-blog:

Amazing mechanical device designed in 1890 mimics the sound of birdsong.

(ᔥ Colossal)

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t..."

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:38:23 -0500

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

José Mujica, the world's poorest president

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:10:27 -0500

José Mujica, the world's poorest president:

This article is about José Mujica, the current president of Uruguay, who lives on a farm and gives away 90% of his income to charity every month; he only keeps $775 a month, which is less than I make at my part-time job.

President Mujica on consumption:

“Do we want the model of development and consumption of the rich countries? I ask you now: what would happen to this planet if Indians would have the same proportion of cars per household than Germans? How much oxygen would we have left? Does this planet have enough resources so seven or eight billion can have the same level of consumption and waste that today is seen in rich societies? It is this level of hyper-consumption that is harming our planet.”

drawnblog: superawesomeshop: Carson Ellis, on Tumblr Easily...

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:27:52 -0400

drawnblog:

superawesomeshop:

Carson Ellis, on Tumblr

Easily one of my very favorite illustrators working today, Carson Ellis is on Tumblr now.

theoddmentemporium: Beard Tax Token, 1705 A beard tax is one of...

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:42:51 -0400

theoddmentemporium:

Beard Tax Token, 1705

A beard tax is one of several taxes introduced throughout history on men who wear beards. In 1705, Emperor Peter I of Russia instituted a beard tax to modernize the society of Russia following European models. Those who paid the tax were required to carry a “beard token”. This was a copper or silver token with a Russian Eagle on one side and on the other, the lower part of a face with nose, mouth, whiskers, and beard. It was inscribed with two phrases: “the beard tax has been taken” and “the beard is a superfluous burden”.

However, Peter the Great was not the first ruler to impose a beard tax upon his subjects, in 1535, King Henry VIII of England, who wore a beard himself, introduced a tax on beards. The tax was a graduated tax, varying with the wearer’s social position. His daughter, Elizabeth I of England, reintroduced the beard tax, taxing every beard of more than two weeks’ growth.

Omnibus Kammarblåsare (Omnibus Wind Ensemble) performs their...

Sat, 06 Oct 2012 01:44:00 -0400

Omnibus Kammarblåsare (Omnibus Wind Ensemble) performs their arrangement of “Heartbeats”, originally by The Knife.

Skylar: Maybe we can go out for coffee sometime.

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 16:31:00 -0400

Skylar: Maybe we can go out for coffee sometime.
Will: All right, yeah. Maybe we can just get together and eat a bunch of caramels.
Skylar: What do you—?
Will: When you think about it, it's as arbitrary as drinkin' coffee.

- Good Will Hunting

Faster-than-light travel using warp fields might actually be feasible!

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:27:13 -0400

Faster-than-light travel using warp fields might actually be feasible!

"“You’d better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.” ..."

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:33:58 -0400

“

“You’d better be prepared for the jump into hyperspace. It’s unpleasantly like being drunk.”

“What’s so unpleasant about being drunk?”

“You ask a glass of water.”

Arthur thought about this.

”

- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams.

oldblueeyes: Neil Armstrong: A giant among men. (x)

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:55:00 -0400

oldblueeyes:

Neil Armstrong: A giant among men. (x)