amnesium

“By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill...

selenographer — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

“By all accounts, jellyfish are creatures that kill people, eat microbes, grow to tens of meters, filter phytoplankton, take over ecosystems, and live forever. Because of the immense diversity of gelatinous plankton, jelly-like creatures can individually have each of these properties. However this way of looking at them both overstates and underestimates their true diversity. Taxonomically, they are far more varied than a handful of exemplars that are used to represent jellyfish or especially the so-called “true” jellyfish. Ecologically, they are even more adaptable than one would expect by looking only at the conspicuous bloom forming families and species that draw most of the attention. In reality, the most abundant and diverse gelatinous groups in the ocean are not the ones that anyone ever sees.”

Bird Automata from the 19th century

selenographer — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Bird Automata from the 19th century

"If there was a party whose main platform was being nice to people, freedom of speech and supporting..."

selenographer — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

“If there was a party whose main platform was being nice to people, freedom of speech and supporting libraries I’d sign up for it, but mostly I try and vote… for the person whose politics I dislike the least, and who does the most good for the area s/he represents.”

- Neil Gaiman

Feathered Flying

selenographer — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Feathered Flying

"all new media – from sheet music to cable TV – is accused of piracy by the mainstream ... until it becomes the mainstream"

selenographer — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

"all new media – from sheet music to cable TV – is accused of piracy by the mainstream ... until it becomes the mainstream"

"Altogether elsewhere, vast Herds of reindeer move across Miles and miles of golden moss, Silently..."

selenographer — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

“Altogether elsewhere, vast
Herds of reindeer move across
Miles and miles of golden moss,
Silently and very fast.”

- W. H. Auden

Do tags work?

selenographer — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

#theobscurecrapiread

Your word for the day

selenographer — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

bumf - useless official printed material, e.g., all the inserts you get in your mailbox

"Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones: Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them..."

selenographer — Sun, 29 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

“Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones:
Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so
That heaven’s vault should crack.”

- King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3

"‎Tell me and I forget, Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand."

selenographer — Thu, 26 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

“‎Tell me and I forget, Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.”

- Confucius

TEOTWAWKI

selenographer — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:24:00 -0700

TEOTWAWKI

Chewbacca Bento Box

selenographer — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:18:00 -0700

Chewbacca Bento Box

This is not a painting

selenographer — Sun, 22 May 2011 19:27:00 -0700

This is not a painting

"When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the human race."

selenographer — Sat, 21 May 2011 23:50:00 -0700

“When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the human race.”

- H.G. Wells

Say it with me

selenographer — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Appalachia: it’s pronounced “apple-at-cha” not “apple-ay-sha”

Valborg: Welcoming Spring with a Bonfire at Skansen

selenographer — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Valborg: Welcoming Spring with a Bonfire at Skansen:

I miss the paganacity of things

"‎The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will..."

selenographer — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:46:00 -0700

“‎The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he’s completely draped in it. Then he’ll stand up and go hey, I’m Vine Man.”

- Jack Handey

Future prediction #143: Xbox Kinect-type dance devices will...

selenographer — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:03:00 -0700

Future prediction #143: Xbox Kinect-type dance devices will paint words on your body that you have to “flash” at the appropriate moment, à la the YouTube versions of “Harder, Faster, Better, Stronger” by Daft Punk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLYD_-A_X5E and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EUupnF02vo)

The Jews are also not worried about this weekend’s Rapture

selenographer — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:28:00 -0700

The Jews are also not worried about this weekend’s Rapture

The Rapture is really all about a man from Mars killing stuff...

selenographer — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:25:00 -0700

The Rapture is really all about a man from Mars killing stuff with his ray gun and eating people, cars, and bars. Be pure. Don’t strain your brain.