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NaNoWriMo progress:
This guy Ted Leo gets some friends together and they all dress as the Misfits for Halloween.
Yeah. … and play two entire sets. As the Misfits.
F**k this is awesome.
Pitchfork has five videos of them (via YouTube) playing a set.
via austinkleon
A synth rendered Frank Mills (from Hair) by Mort Garson.
Sort of corny but who doesn’t love astrophysics?
The Symphony of Science (via)
Please watch this! It’s absolutely nuts, but at the same time infinitely brilliant.
There’s another video on the website which is equally as fantastic.
Oh my. Those are beautiful.
Fantastic retro International Year of Astronomy 2009 Posters by Simon Page.Apparently, what started as Page’s personal project got the attention of the IYA2009 and ended up becoming official promotional work for the organization. Well played!
(via ISO50)
The general usage follows the English, though less strictly. Adult males are addressed, formally, as Mister, while boys are addressed formally as Master, though the latter is retained only in highly formal situations (such as for weddings and wedding invitations) and by some older persons. The age at which the transition from master to mister takes place is not strictly observed, though approximately 13, or the beginning of high school (13 to 14) is usual for those who still observe the distinction.
I thought it would be fun to take photos from my parents were awesome and write a mini–story about them. Here’s the first one:
Karin and Gary
Gary lays back, hands tucked up and behind his head. His chest slowly rose with each breathe as he watched through heavily lidded eyes.
Karen lay on his chest, grinning into the direction of the TV. She’s proud of the terrible fart that slipped silently from her, soon suffusing the air with a stench that in just a few moments would draw Gary’s attention from the football game.
