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dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

n. an innocuous touch by someone just doing their job—a barber, yoga instructor or friendly waitress—that you enjoy more than you’d like to admit, a feeling of connection so stupefyingly simple that it cheapens the power of the written word, so that by the year 2025, aspiring novelists would be better off just giving people a hug.

New fave blog.

Word(s With Friends for the iPhone) to your mother

Word(s With Friends for the iPhone) to your mother

“‘I’d rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes.’ Sounds complete to me.”
– TIL that file sharing has prevented the next Twilight book from being completed : Reddit

» Stephenie Meyer cancels her latest Twilight sequel because someone shared an unfinished draft on the internet

See? File sharing is good for art.

From Gratis Recoup

From Gratis Recoup

» The Mavens' Word of the Day: 'Out of Pocket' to mean 'Unavailable'

bestrooftalkever: Get in on the fun! Download the blank -> here <- Use some sort of Futura-esque font Tag your creation #zuckershop No use adding to this meme, it was just won.

bestrooftalkever:

Get in on the fun!

  1. Download the blank -> here <-
  2. Use some sort of Futura-esque font
  3. Tag your creation #zuckershop

No use adding to this meme, it was just won.

awesomeringerud: My character would be played by Queen Latifah.

awesomeringerud:

My character would be played by Queen Latifah.

(via topherchris)

(via topherchris)

readmorewikipedia: Super black is a surface treatment developed at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory. It reflects much less light than the darkest conventional matte black paints currently available. When light hits the surface at right angles approximately 99.6% is absorbed and only 0.4% is reflected: by contrast black paint reflects about 2.5% of the incident light. However, super-black is even more effective at absorbing light that hits it at an angle; if the light source is at an angle of 45°, super-black reflects 1/25 as much as black paint. The technique is based upon chemically etching a nickel-phosphorus alloy. It will be played by Samuel L. Jackson.

readmorewikipedia:

Super black is a surface treatment developed at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory. It reflects much less light than the darkest conventional matte black paints currently available. When light hits the surface at right angles approximately 99.6% is absorbed and only 0.4% is reflected: by contrast black paint reflects about 2.5% of the incident light. However, super-black is even more effective at absorbing light that hits it at an angle; if the light source is at an angle of 45°, super-black reflects 1/25 as much as black paint. The technique is based upon chemically etching a nickel-phosphorus alloy.

It will be played by Samuel L. Jackson.

» I am getting sentenced to Federal Prison in less than 48 Hrs. I am facing 10 years. Ask me anything. – Reddit

My biggest fear is coming out, and not knowing how to do anything. That the world would have evolved so rapidly, that making a phone call would be out of my grasp, let alone finding a job. So if I had the help of an entire people, I would love to be kept up to date with what’s going on behind the concrete walls. That would qualify as an escape.

Codename Flamingo

Codename Flamingo

» The Writer Who Couldn't Read : NPR

Engel couldn’t see words with his eyes. His visual cortex was broken. But he could “see” when he used the motor part of his brain, first by tracing letters on a page, then by “writing” those same letters in the air, and then, strangely, when he shifted to copying letters with his tongue on the roof of his mouth. Tongue-copying was the fastest.

[Flash 10 is required to watch video]

Rachel hulas on Coney Island

» BP ‘burning sea turtles alive’ | Raw Story

Mike Michael at Gather.com reports that Kemp’s Ridleys are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Harming or killing one “carries stiff fines and civil penalties ($500-$25,000) assessed for each violation. Criminal penalties include possible prison time and fines from $25,000-$50,000.”