The Book-Lending Philippa

sandandglass: reallyfoxnews: sandandglass: This basically...

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:48:10 +0100

sandandglass:

reallyfoxnews:

sandandglass:

This basically sums up everything Bill O’Reilly’s ever said.

Fox News in two .gifs

#I am chandler

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:47:20 +0100

#I am chandler

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Sat, 25 May 2013 23:47:13 +0100

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We once did a skiping workshop in primary school (I was pretty ace, ngl) and afterwards everyone in the school (I swear I’m not exaggerating) apart from me and my best friend became obsessed with skipping and spent all lunch and break times skipping for a good few months! I didn’t because I was a hipster and my friend didn’t because he was awful at it (but pretended it was because he was too cool)

I did spend an entire summer teaching myself to skip sideways and in the ‘pretzel’ position. Never did master group skipping though; I learned how to ‘run in’ this year and I still can’t do double dutch!

expertcosmotips: oolongs: [x] teach those silly boys some...

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:41:37 +0100

expertcosmotips:

oolongs:

[x]

teach those silly boys some respect (and basic anatomy)

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Sat, 25 May 2013 23:40:34 +0100

lizclimo: Sam and The Monster © Liz Climo

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:29:50 +0100

lizclimo:

Sam and The Monster

© Liz Climo

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Sat, 25 May 2013 08:28:21 +0100

lipstickndynamite: One of the best mom moments in TV history. I...

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:28:00 +0100

lipstickndynamite:

One of the best mom moments in TV history. I wish more parents knew how important it is to validate their children’s feelings.

thepinkqueen: HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE Let’s...

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:27:28 +0100

thepinkqueen:

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

Let’s say it’s 6.15pm and you’re going home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..!!

NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE…

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.

A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.

The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can perhaps buy precious time to get themselves to a phone and dial 911.

Rather than sharing another joke please contribute by broadcasting this which can save a person’s life!

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edwardspoonhands: the-science-llama: If Earth Had Rings First...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:34:49 +0100

Guatamala

Washington, DC

Quito, Ecuador

Polynesia The Earth's Shadow appears on the Rings at night

Arctic Circle The Rings are barely visible

edwardspoonhands:

the-science-llama:

If Earth Had Rings

First off, they would be really pretty to look at. They would also dominate the sky in both night and day at exactly the same place as they would never rise nor set. And at night you would see the Earth’s shadow swing across the rings, like in the 4th photo here.

However, life would be very different on Earth if this were the case. Nocturnal animals would have a hard time being nocturnal, as the light reflecting from the rings would illuminate the night.

Because we are closer to the Sun than Saturn is, the rings would be more rocky than ice, making them less bright but still pretty bright. In fact, you would see far less stars at night (living anywhere other than the equator or the arctic circle) because of the light pollution and not to mention ruin most meteor showers because of that.

During the day the rings would block sunlight in certain regions of the planet creating wild weather cycles and effecting plant life as well. So basically, they would be definitely pretty to look at but they would also make a whole lot of things screwy.

Illustrations by Ron Miller // io9
— Click the photos for captions

DANGIT EARTH! WHY YOU NO HAVE RINGS!