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Grass cells under a microscope.

THEY LOOK SO HAPPY

"the sun is our mommy and she is big and very beautiful!"

that was the cutest thing I have ever read

Tumblr blogger Smug Mode tried to imagine what the 13 incarnations of The Doctor would look like if Doctor Who was an American show, and here is the result.

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A soon-to-be 11-year-old will be getting a surprise on his birthday: a positive message from more than a million people.

The Michigan boy, named only as Colin, will have his birthday on March 9. He told his mother Jennifer that he doesn’t want a birthday party as he has no friends and is teased at school. She notes that “He eats lunch alone in the office everyday because no one will let him sit with them, and rather than force someone to be unhappy with his presence, he sits alone in the office. ”

Colin has sensory processing disorder, a neurological condition in which sensory information is blocked or delayed while being processed by the brain. In some cases it can cause motor problems, though in Colin’s case the main difficulty is an extreme sensitivity to changes in light and sound. He also has an Aspergers-like condition.

Jennifer decided to prove that while Colin’s classmates might not be too welcoming, there are plenty of people with a more positive attitude, so she turned to Facebook.

Thankfully she was smart enough not to set up an account and ask for friends for the 10-year-old, but instead set up a page for people to post birthday messages. The page first started gathering local media coverage and passed the 10,000 “likes” mark before attracting international interest and snowballing. At the time of writing, more than 1.6 million people had “liked” the page.

Given the extensive media interest, there’s two borderline-miraculous points about the story. Although it would likely be easy to track down, nobody appears to have discovered and published Colin’s surname. And so far, Colin remains unaware of the Facebook page despite a couple of close calls.

[Happy Birthday Colin - Facebook Page]

Vi får ju vänta till 25 februari på nya avsnitt av Supernatural, OS I suppose. Men Misha Collins har fullt upp. Han regisserar ett kommande avsnitt och retstickorna Jensen Ackles och Jared Padalecki verkar inte riktigt ge honom den respekt han förtjänar...

Först:

Sen:

Via Zap2it.

UPPDATERAT kl 21.31: Supernatural, Reign, The Originals, Arrow och The Vampire Diaries har alla blivit förnyade!

UPPDATERAT kl 21.32: Missa inte att vara med i min Supernatural-tävling!

It’s on the Internet, so it must be true: A group of AT-AT walkers are currently wreaking havoc at the Sochi Winter Olympics! OMG RUN. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES.

[Natholdetpaatv2 | Via Geekologie]

DEM CHEEKS.

kissedthystones:

I’m just trying to get lunch, not have an existential crisis.

Confused as to what movie studio owns which characters? Do you think Disney owns Wolverine, because the X-Men are Marvel?

Think again.

The Geek Twins have created this handy infographic with a sampling of what characters are owned by whom.

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onlylolgifs:

5 week old baby Squirrel yawning.

These stunning pictures of Andraia63 cosplaying as a Norn from Guild Wars 2 were taken at a massive Ice castle located in Breckenridge, Colorado by WeNeals Photography and Retouching and Michael Clancey.

[Source: Andraia63 on Deviantart | Photo: WeNeals Photography and Retouching]

gingerhaze:

Oh, I know I have it better than a lot of would-be comics buyers, and that’s what worries me. I’ve had it with the self-appointed gatekeepers in comics. 

En ovanlig detalj med Linux-baserade telefonen Jolla från finska tillverkaren med samma namn är att bakstycket kan bytas ut och att då även gränssnittet påverkas. Utbytbara bakstycken i olika färger var vanligare förr för dumbphones men börjar återigen bli mer populärt – Motorola Moto G är ett modernt exempel.

Med varje bakstycke för Jolla följer ett komplett paket med bakgrundsbilder, ringsignaler, etcetera. Telefonen läser av bakstycket genom NFC och anpassar sig därefter. Företaget berättar inte i detalj vad bakstyckena kan innebära mer än så, men hoppas att utomstående parter ska skapa intressanta lösningar genom tekniken. Se Jollas hemsida för mer information.

Apparently, the sound we make while sneezing is a cultural thing, and deaf people sneeze silently.

If your language isn’t listed above, what would it sound like? Let us know by writing it down in the comments below!

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By Leo Babauta

For a long time, I underestimated the importance of sleep.

Sure, I know that sleep is important for health and happiness and all of that … but it wasn’t until I learned two things that sleep took on a new importance for me:

1. If you don’t get enough sleep, you will fail at changing habits; and
2. If you have a lack of sleep, your motivation will drop tremendously.

For years I focused on waking early so that I’d be more productive and be able to focus on my morning habits. But those two things were harmed by a lack of sleep.

I could cite a bunch of studies and numbers, but here’s the honest truth: based on my own self-experiments, and working with thousands of people on habits, sleep is one of the most important but least valued factors when it comes to creating habits.

And in my own life, I’ve noticed that when sleep levels drop, my productivity drops. My motivation to work on hard projects drops.

Here’s what happens:

• I stay up late but still try to get up early, and so I’m in a bit of a sleep deficit.
• Unfortunately, I stay up late the next night, but still get up early the following morning, and the sleep deficit grows.
• This continues until I’m really tired and just not motivated to do anything.
• This lack of motivation drops my discipline levels, so that my healthy habits get forgotten. All I care about is how crappy I feel, and how to comfort my bad feelings.
• Whatever project and/or habits I’ve been working on get dropped. I feel worse.

This pattern continues until I get enough sleep. It takes a day or two to get back to where I should be.

I still do this from time to time, but I’ve learned this pattern the hard way from so many repetitions that I’m much better at getting sufficient sleep these days. And I’ve gotten better at recognizing the signals that I’m not getting enough sleep, soon enough that I can remedy the problem sooner.

How to Get Better Sleep

I’m not an expert on sleep, but here’s what I find to work for me:

• Go to bed earlier. I like to wake up fairly early (not the crazy early hours of my past), but if I don’t go to sleep earlier, then waking early is a mistake.
• Sleep in if I don’t go to bed early enough.
• Have a bedtime routine. I don’t always follow my routine, but when I do, I sleep much better. Basically, it involves flossing, brushing my teeth, cleaning up, shutting down my computer/phone, and then reading.
• Meditate. I lie down with my eyes closed, and meditate, focusing on my body and breath. If I’m tired, this never fails to put me to sleep.

If for some reason those things don’t work, I use this method (walk myself through my memories of the day in detail) to finally fall into the gentle embrace of sleep.

If you find yourself lacking motivation or having trouble changing any habits, check your sleep levels. It could be the factor that’s holding you back.

What’s that? I’m sorry, I can’t hear you over the awesomeness that is me flying on a churrocorn. Yes, when a churro and a unicorn love each other very much, this is what you get. Plus me, flying on my deliciously cinnamon-y steed.

This magnificent work of art comes to us from Natalie Metzger, who is clearly a genius. Let her know, here.

I love caramelized onions, especially the burnt bits at the bottom. But those also tend to stick to the pan and are difficult to scrape off. The Kitchn recommends adding a little bit of water at the end of cooking, while the pan's still on heat, to loosen that delicious crusty part.

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For a long time I never really took the men’s rights movement very seriously. This oppressive “no shorts in the workplace” policy has really opened my eyes. 

I got Gab some spocks for Christmas. 

Want to look slim and sharp in your dress shirt, and not like you're wearing a poofy blouse? This video from Birchbox Man demonstrates how to use the military tuck to do just that (-whether you're a guy or a gal).

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 ... to the Jean Cocteau.

And no, I don't mean the Roger Zelazny novel, I mean the one by Horatio King.  Who is me.  Sort of.  But not really.




This PRINCE OF CHAOS is a fictional fantasy novel by a fictional author who is not me (not at all, no sir, definitely not), as seen in THE CALLBACK QUEEN, a new romantic comedy out of Ireland that debuts tomorrow at the Jean Cocteau Cinema.



How this came about?  Well...

Hundred of actors auditioned for roles both large and small in HBO’s GAME OF THRONES. Only a handful were cast. Thousands more tried to get auditions, but were never given the chance to read. In the old days, aspiring stars sent off resumes and 8x10 glossies to directors, producers, and casting directors. They still do that. . . but these days some also upload their own auditions on YouTube, Vimeo, and similar sites on the internet.

Amy-Joyce Hastings was one of those, as I discovered one day when dozens of my fans and readers began to send me emails with links to a reading by a lovely young red-haired Irish actress that I’d never heard of. They liked what she’d done, and so did I, when curiosity drove me to click on one of those links and take a look. So I dropped her a note, told her the name of our casting director, wished her luck. . . and thought no more of it, until I heard about The Callback Queen.

Amy-Joyce never got to audition for GAME OF THRONES. That’s something she has in common with thousands of other actors from all over the world. Unlike all the others, however, Amy-Joyce took life’s lemons and made lemonade; she shared her experiences with her friend Graham Cantwell, an Irish filmmaker, who took her tale about a young actress attempting to land a role in an epic fantasy, and turned it into a movie... a romantic comedy about moviemakers and aspiring actors that pokes fun at the whole casting carousel… starring Amy-Joyce Hastings.

So now the tale comes full circle.  We're delighted to be able to present the North American Premiere of THE CALLBACK QUEEN right here in Santa Fe, tomorrow evening.  Amy-Joyce Hastings and writer-director Graham Cantwell are flying in from Ireland for the event, and will introduce the film and answer questions afterwards, and we'll also be having a small post-screening reception at the Cocteau's new bar, where you can meet Graham and Amy-Joyce and sample a "Call Me For Comfort," our special CALLBACK QUEEN cocktail.

So see you there.  But don't ask me to sign your copy of PRINCE OF CHAOS.  I am not Horatio King.  (They never even asked me to audition for the role).

((THE CALLBACK QUEEN will be playing for four days only, February 7 - 11.))

P.S.  And yes, your eyes are not deceiving you, the role of the director in THE CALLBACK QUEEN is being played by Mero, the Titan's Bastard.  Someone must have sewed his head back on after Daario hacked it off.  It's a small world, it is, be it Hollywood or Westeros.

Debates around the frequent nudity on the show Girls had MTV curious about how the series compared to some of the other most notoriously naked shows around at the moment. After checking out the most recent seasons of Girls, Orange is the New Black, True Blood, Masters of Sex, and Game of Thrones, here’s how they stacked up.

And despite Game of Thrones‘ reputation for gratuitous nudity, it wasn’t even close. The winner? HBO’s True Blood.

Ours is the Fury: I watch True Blood, so I’m really not surprised by the results. Romance and sexuality are a huge part of the storylines, and they also have a better track record with showing male nudity than the other shows in the infographic. The discussion about what is and isn’t gratuitous will presumably continue. GoT actually did have a bit of full frontal male nudity in season 3 during Loras and Olyvar’s scene which is unaccounted for here, but it was very quick and I suppose MTV’s naked-accounting interns may not have as sharp an eye.

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"he set out to prove a point about how easy women have it"

As predicted, that 48-second snippet released last week was only a teaser; here's the full 3.5-minute gag reel from Thor: The Dark World. There are more dangerous things in the universe than Malekith, and they include recalcitrant ravens, Natalie Portman's propensity for violence, and Thor's cape.

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Standard resume templates usually include a place for your address at the top. AvidCareerist's Donna Svei points out, however, how filling that area out can actually work against you and decrease your job opportunities.

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Ok I had to share this with you guys.

So I guess some troll cave got fire thrown in it by my posts yesterday about cutting my hair, and a bunch of accounts are linking the above picture on Twitter with captions like,”Felicia Day before and after. Which is better?” And “What boyfriend allowed this kind of self-harm?” 

I will not credit or point them out, because the BEST THING TO DO is laugh and just block trolls. Giving them attention is exactly what they want. But I had to share the picture because:

THE GIRL ON THE LEFT IS NOT EVEN ME!!! THEY CANT TELL TWO WOMEN APART WHO HAVE THE SAME HAIR COLOR!!!

I was laughing so hard this morning I had to share. I mean…come ON, dudes. It’s so obvious.

My boobs are WAY smaller than hers.

shadows-and-starlight:

I can just imagine Ellen going to her neighbors’ houses, looking all official with glasses and a clipboard.
“Hey Ellen, what’s up?”
“I’m going around the neighborhood taking a poll.”
“What’s the question?”
“Has my marriage hurt your marriage?”
“Um…no.”
“Good to know. Thanks for participating, here, have a sticker.”

The movie adaptation of Dean Koontz's horror novel, Odd Thomas, puts an actual face on the demons that make bad shit happen to good people. And they are ugly.

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Don't click play on this video yet or you'll ruin the surprise! First, try this quick test to find out if you're an expert at deception or not.

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I saw this on Reddit, and the Internet tells me that it originated on this Tumblr.