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Proving that science can be fun, here’s a thermogram of human flatulence. Intestinal gas (red, lower left) being expelled from the body. The gas shows up as red because it has recently been at body temperature, which is warmer than the surroundings (via Science Photo Library photos of the week - Telegraph)
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Purdy Rich conversations
- P: I hooked up the wireless at my parents, they need an extra ethernet cord though to hook up to their desktop.
- R: I have some.
- P: I think I have some in the basement, too.
- R: I have some in YOUR basement...
- P: Whoa, hah.
- R: Wait, that didn't make any sense.
- P: It's ok, they don't have to. That's what makes them funny.
- R: That's what makes YOU funny...
- P: Ok, now it's getting bad.
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This is a random photo I chose because I could have linked every single image that is on this site. It’s like typeface porn. Yum.
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Things I Don't Understand And Definitely Am Not Going To Talk About
- He said “I don’t get it,” in a way that made me realize: “he does not understand at all,” and that an explanation, in this case, was not necessary, could not help.
- I don’t think he understood that either.
- And then I pictured myself having to explain everything to him all the time, forever, because, it seemed, he might never understand, and so I just smiled and shrugged, though it’s possible I overthought it, and also no longer understood things too.
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Maurice Sendak tells parents to go to hell»
“This concentration on kids being scared, as though we as adults can’t be scared. Of course we’re scared. I’m scared of watching a TV show about vampires. I can’t fall asleep. It never stops. We’re grown-ups; we know better, but we’re afraid.”