Ben Etherington

petrovitch: terrestrial-noesis: Elliðaey, Iceland okay I want...

Mon, 28 May 2012 21:10:37 -0500

petrovitch:

terrestrial-noesis:

Elliðaey, Iceland

okay I want this place too.

And it’s in Iceland, cool.

Photo

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:31:12 -0500

tacticalshoyu: French artist Mademoiselle Maurice who creates...

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:14:00 -0500

tacticalshoyu:

French artist Mademoiselle Maurice who creates stunning geometric figures on urban surfaces using rainbows of folded origami figures. via

vicarvelociraptor: This was the basis of Ben’s and my...

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:47:37 -0500

vicarvelociraptor:

This was the basis of Ben’s and my relationship when we went on dates. Now we just make that pizza at home, whilst drunk!

THANKS TO KELLY’S BADGERING, Analiese changed to from “ben’s and I’s,” which was just weird. Now if only she’d not use the word whilst.

Hey, do you like fishsticks?

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:40:52 -0500

Do you like to put them in your mouth?

What are you, a gay fish?

Inside of the Dragon module. Beautiful. Spacious, Modern. Blue...

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:29:53 -0500

Inside of the Dragon module. Beautiful. Spacious, Modern. Blue LEDs. Feels a bit like a sci-fi filmset. Of course it is from Los Angeles. André Kuipers, upon seeing inside SpaceX Dragon vehicle first time

Don Pettit said it smelled like a new car.

I’m so excited to be alive in this exciting new era of spaceflight. It’s finally profitable to run a space company.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:29:02 -0500

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Bottle Cap Blues A gazilion crazy ways to open a bottle.

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:23:30 -0500

Bottle Cap Blues

A gazilion crazy ways to open a bottle.

Photo

Mon, 28 May 2012 17:00:36 -0500

Photo

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:39:02 -0500

throwing-milkshakes-at-cars: Also maybe just stop touching...

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:28:40 -0500

throwing-milkshakes-at-cars:

Also maybe just stop touching everything.

Look at the cute bird/animal but leave it alone or I’m going to start picking up your kids and carrying them around like, “OMGGG look how cute quick take my picture with it #nature”

memewhore: Literally deleted it from my computer.

Mon, 28 May 2012 16:10:00 -0500

memewhore:

Literally deleted it from my computer.

fuckyeahdementia: Update: after 25 showers and much scrubbing...

Mon, 28 May 2012 15:46:07 -0500

fuckyeahdementia:

Update: after 25 showers and much scrubbing with his toilet brush, the brazilian Hulk is back to his human form.

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ivemissedsomething: 2010 - 2012 Uhhhh try “studio - red...

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:35:22 -0500

ivemissedsomething:

2010 - 2012

Uhhhh try “studio - red carpet”.

He thinks he’s a French girl.

Mon, 28 May 2012 08:32:38 -0500

He thinks he’s a French girl.

kellyfromthecity: benetherington: saltykisses: A boy left his...

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:59:05 -0500

kellyfromthecity:

benetherington:

saltykisses:

A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914. He never returned, leaving the tree no choice but to grow around the bike.
Photographer Unknown

Submitted by nessastooshort

This is no doubt a beautiful installation, a wonderful photo and a moving caption, but it is not very likely to be true.

Trees grow outward, not upward. You can carve a mark on a tree three feet above ground and in thirty years or longer it will still be three feet above the ground. The wheels of the bike should be touching the grass, and the rubber tire on the front wheel should be weathered. I’m not sure, but I believe the plastic handle grips are too modern as well.

THAT SAID, this is a really great photo.

So I googled this, and this is what Snopes found: while the photograph is real (apparently the tree is a popular tourist destination on Vashon Island), the description is inaccurate. It was not left by a boy who went to war, but by a local resident in the mid 1950s.

Source: http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/bicycle.asp

Should have been my first step, thanks Kelly!

1950’s explains the plastic and rubber. I think the height is explained by the bike NOT being on the ground to begin with. You can see a branch a bit higher up that looks like it is being overwhelmed by the trunk. I’ll bet the owner wedged the bike in that when it met the trunk lower. It’s an unusual growth pattern, but the branch probably died shortly after the bike was hung on it.

englishbeijinhos: explodeyfaces: #this is an accurate...

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:53:00 -0500

englishbeijinhos:

explodeyfaces:

#this is an accurate representation of me trying to introduce friends to a new fandom

the truest thing

Reblogging for Whit.

saltykisses: A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went...

Sun, 27 May 2012 14:23:37 -0500

saltykisses:

A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914. He never returned, leaving the tree no choice but to grow around the bike.
Photographer Unknown

Submitted by nessastooshort

This is no doubt a beautiful installation, a wonderful photo and a moving caption, but it is not very likely to be true.

Trees grow outward, not upward. You can carve a mark on a tree three feet above ground and in thirty years or longer it will still be three feet above the ground. The wheels of the bike should be touching the grass, and the rubber tire on the front wheel should be weathered. I’m not sure, but I believe the plastic handle grips are too modern as well.

THAT SAID, this is a really great photo.

throwing-milkshakes-at-cars: makkon: lavenderharmony: rainbowd...

Sun, 27 May 2012 08:07:24 -0500

throwing-milkshakes-at-cars:

makkon:

lavenderharmony:

rainbowdash-likesgirls:

missrebellious:

alwaysblind:

metalturtle:

kcjo:

Aerogel, also know as frozen smoke, is the world’s lowest density solid, clocking in at 96% air. If you hold a small piece in your hand, it’s practically impossible to either see or feel, but if you poke it, it’s like styrofoam. It supports up to 4,000 times its own weight and can withstand a direct blast from two pounds of dynamite. It’s also the best insulator in existence.

Chemistry at its finest

can i eat that

Why don’t we use this for everything?!?

This shit is about the coolest thing ever.

It’s such a great insulator that a thin layer of it will protect anything from the heat of a bunsen burner.

Even though it’s incredibly light and has an extremely low density, its lattice-like molecular structure makes it able to hold objects much greater in mass.

What if you got loads of it, and made a bed, you could pretend you were a pegasus

Possibly one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen.

What if you got loads of it, and made a bed, you could pretend you were a pegasus

What if you got loads of it, and made a bed, you could pretend you were a pegasus

WHAT IF YOU GOT LOADS OF IT, AND MADE A BED, YOU COULD PRETEND YOU WERE A PEGASUS

You would NOT want to lie in a bed of Aerogel. Just handling it with your fingers dries your skin out like you wouldn’t believe. The corners can also be pretty sharp, so you’d probably end up looking like a SKINNED pegasus.

kellyfromthecity: did-yuo-kno: alibody: The sky is blue...

Sat, 26 May 2012 17:15:38 -0500

kellyfromthecity:

did-yuo-kno:

alibody:

The sky is blue because light from the sun enters our atmosphere it collides with molecules in the air. The blue part of the light gets scattered more than the other parts during these collisions and thus makes the sky appear to our eyes as blue. If the light from the sun took a straight path down to our eyes with no scattering or absorption in the atmosphere, the sky would in fact look much as it does at night in the day time.

…I’m a nerd.

I don’t think the ability to copy-paste something from Yahoo Answers classifies you as a “nerd”, sorry.

AAAACTUALLY you’re not disqualified from nerddom because you searched out answers but more because you’re just wrong.

This describes Rayleigh Scattering, which definitely takes place in our atmosphere. It’s the commonest smart-guy explanation for the blueness of the sky, but it only accounts for a slight amount of blueness. The real reason the sky is blue is because AIR is blue. Just like stained glass, the sky lets in a specific color and reflects everything else.