April 2010
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Bike the US for MS →
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From the lady's mouth
“There’s something weird over there. They have a coffin.”
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As far as I can tell
Stephen Hawking is magic. ALS usually kills within 3-5 years after the onset on symptoms. Very rarely the patient can survive 10 years after the onset of symptoms. Stephen Hawking started showing signs of ALS when he was 21. He is now 68.
Stephen Hawking is magic.
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While watching Stephen Hawking’s Into the Universe…
The gentleman: I met a Supermassive Black Hoe last night.
ConceptArt.org Forums - View Single Post - SVA... →
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From the lady's mouth
“Nobody makes veins popping out look more effortless than Brad Pitt.”
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“I hated Hitler…
…before 1933.”
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What's in Your Bag
flickr sets only make me realize how badly I need
1) a pencil bag,
2) an “everyday purse”
3) to get a handle on this dastardly bobby-pin situation.
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The Tetris Effect Article at HellBound Hackers
“There is an actual psychological condition known as “The Tetris Effect.” It is a condition where prolonged repetition of advanced brainwork causes you to repeat the behavior in real life. This first showed up when the popular game Tetris was released. Tetris…requires a large amount of spacial thinking and forces the player to think ahead to what will happen...
Flickr's Color Pickr →
ONLY IN INDIA
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Crazy Dead People: His Imperial Majesty Emperor...
The funeral procession for San Francisco’s Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I was approximately at 2 miles long, with 30,000 people in attendance. At the time, San Francisco’s population was only 230,000. The rosewood casket he was buried in, along with his headstone and the ceremony were paid for by the city of San Francisco itself.
Joshua Abraham Norton (1819-1880)was a San...
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Crazy Dead People: Xerxes the Great
Xerxes the Great (519-465 BCE) was the fourth Zoroastrian king of the Achamenid Empire. During his campaign to invade the Greek mainland, a straight of water, the Hellespont, destroyed two bridges he was building made of flax and papyrus. Who knew water beat paper? According to Herodotus, the Greek historian, Xerxes responded thusly:
“Xerxes flew into a rage at this, and he commanded that...
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Asteroids Has A New High Score
nerdology:
It’s the longest standing record in videogame history. Since 1982 the high score in Asteroids has not moved. Until this week. John McAllister started playing on Saturday and finished on Monday. A 58 hour game session gave him a score 2300 points higher than the previous one.
The score hasn’t been verified yet by Twin Galaxies but it’s likely to be. Congratulations John. I hope...
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Book of Numbers →
I don’t know why or wtf, but I like it.
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