Stumbling and Discovering

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Sun, 19 May 2013 02:55:49 -0400

quotesfromfiction: “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:05:14 -0400

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy— they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” - The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

theninjapirate: ”where do you wanna go to dinner?” ”i don’t care” ”ok” this is what we need.

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:56:14 -0400

theninjapirate:

”where do you wanna go to dinner?”

”i don’t care”

”ok”

this is what we need.

chemicaldarkshine: hardestcopy: bijou1986: A Mom went to have...

Fri, 17 May 2013 01:53:02 -0400

chemicaldarkshine:

hardestcopy:

bijou1986:

A Mom went to have dinner with her son who lives with his roommate.
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn’t help but notice how handsome his roommate was. She had been suspicious about her sons sexuality but being a good mother she felt that he would let her know if and when the time was right but seeing the two together just made her more curious.

Over the course of the evening, while watching the interaction between the two she wondered even more if there was more here than meets the eye. Her son, sensing his mothers watchfully eye volunteered, “really Mom, I can tell what you’re thinking and you can just get it out of your mind, we are just roommates and nothing more”.

About a week later the roommate remarked, “ever since your mother was here the silver serving platter has been missing, do you think she took it?”

He responded, “Well I’m sure she didn’t but I will email her and ask just to be sure” he sat down and wrote:

Hey Mom
I’m not saying you did take the silver platter from the house and I am not saying you didn’t take it but the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Love,
Your Son.

A couple days later he got a response from his mother:

Dear Son,
I am not saying that you do sleep with your roommate and I am not saying that you don’t sleep with him and you know I love you and could care less either way but the fact remains that if he was sleeping in his own bed he would have found the platter under his pillow.
When are the two of you coming for dinner?
Love,
Mom

BEST MOM

I’m crYING

unknownelandes: SO THAT’S HOW THEY DO IT It took me a few...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:44:10 -0400

unknownelandes:

SO THAT’S HOW THEY DO IT

It took me a few minutes to figure out whatdafuq that is

redheadwithabluebox: NSYNC Medley - Pentatonix (by...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:51:26 -0400

redheadwithabluebox:

NSYNC Medley - Pentatonix (by PTXofficial)

I will NEVER NOT LOVE NSYNC.

And this is beeeeast.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 10:42:33 -0400

y = -(sin(x^(1.7/6)+4)+(1/x))+10

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:39:01 -0400

dat-patriot:

benedictblvd:

jesus-misha:

sundancekyd:

equation of the curve of jensen ackles’ ass.

Leave it to Tumblr.

I’m just far too impressed that someone took the time to create a sine function for this.

never been happier for math

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Mon, 13 May 2013 23:07:31 -0400

"DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in..."

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:06:35 -0400

“DiCaprio and Mulligan, meanwhile, don’t seem like star-crossed lovers so much as a delusional man in love with a bauble of a woman. Maybe that’s intentional?”

-
People Magazine’s review on ‘The Great Gatsby’

(via aeferg)

humansofnewyork: “We just got back from the prom.” “Did you...

Sun, 12 May 2013 12:36:32 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“We just got back from the prom.”

“Did you have dates?”

“Um, yeah.”

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Sun, 12 May 2013 12:32:57 -0400

camiekahle: I’m not crying, I just have some coronation in my...

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:32:23 -0400

camiekahle:

I’m not crying, I just have some coronation in my eye

virtualclutter: Hair washing and care in the the 19th...

Fri, 10 May 2013 02:14:40 -0400

virtualclutter:

Hair washing and care in the the 19th century

Hair washing is something that almost every historical writer, romance or not, gets wrong. How many times have you read a story in which a heroine sinks gratefully into a sudsy tub of water and scrubs her hair–or, even worse, piles it up on her head to wash it? Or have you watched the BBC’s Manor House and other “historical reenactment” series, in which modern people invariably destroy their hair by washing using historical recipes?

Historical women kept their hair clean, but that doesn’t mean their hair was often directly washed. Those who had incredibly difficult to manage hair might employ a hairdresser to help them wash, cut, and singe (yes, singe!) their hair as often as once a month, but for most women, hair-washing was, at most, a seasonal activity.

“Why?” you might ask. “Wasn’t their hair lank, smelly, and nasty?”

And the writers who embrace ignorance as a badge of honor will say, “Well, that just goes to show that people used to be gross and dirty, and that’s why I never bother with that historical accuracy stuff!”

And then I have to restrain myself from hitting them…

The reason that hair was rarely washed has to do with the nature of soaps versus modern shampoos. Soaps are made from a lye base and are alkaline. Hair and shampoo are acidic. Washing hair in soap makes it very dry, brittle, and tangly. Men’s hair was short enough and cut often enough that using soap didn’t harm it too much and the natural oils from the scalp could re-moisturize it fairly easily after even the harshest treatment, but in an age when the average woman’s hair was down to her waist, soap could literally destroy a woman’s head of hair in fairly short order.

Instead, indirect methods of hair-cleaning were used. Women washed their hair brushes daily, and the proverbial “100 strokes” were used to spread conditioning oils from roots to tips and to remove older or excess oil and dirt. This was more time-consuming than modern washing, and this is one of the reasons that “good hair” was a class marker. The fact that only women of the upper classes could afford all the various rats, rolls, and other fake additions to bulk out their real hair was another. (An average Victorian woman of the upper middle or upper class had more apparent “hair” in her hairstyle than women I know whose unbound hair falls well below their knees.) Women rarely wore their hair lose unless it was in the process of being put up or taken down–or unless they were having a picture specifically taken of it! At night, most women braided their hair for bed. Now that my hair is well below my waist, I understand why!

The first modern shampoo was introduced in the late 1920s. Shampoos clean hair quickly and also remove modern styling products, like hairspray and gel, but the frequent hair-washing that has become common leaves longer hair brittle even with the best modern formulations. (From the 1940s to the 1960s, many if not most middle-class women had their hair washed only once a week, at their hairdresser’s, where it was restyled for the next week. The professional hairdresser stepped into the void that the maid left when domestic service became rare. Washing one’s hair daily or every other day is a very recent development.) That’s where conditioners came into play. Many people have wondered how on earth women could have nice hair by modern standards before conditioners, but conditioners are made necessary by shampoos. Well-maintained hair of the 19th century didn’t need conditioners because the oils weren’t regularly stripped from it.

Additionally, the oils made hair much more manageable than most people’s is today, which made it possible for women to obtain elaborate hairstyles using combs and pins–without modern clips or sprays–to keep their hair in place. This is why hair dressers still like to work with “day-old” hair when making elaborate hairstyles.

There were hair products like oils for women to add shine and powders meant to help brush dirt out of hair, but they weren’t in very wide use at the time. Hair “tonics”–mean to be put on the hair or taken orally to make hair shinier, thicker, or stronger–were ineffective but were readily available and widely marketed.

If you have a heroine go through something particularly nasty–such as a fall into a pond or the like–then she should wash her hair, by all means. This would be done in a tub prepared for the purpose–not in the bath–and would involve dissolving soap shavings into a water and combine them with whatever other products were desired. Then a maid would wash the woman’s hair as she leaned either forward or backward to thoroughly wet and wash her hair. Rinsing would be another stage. The hair would NEVER be piled on the head. If you have greater than waist-length hair and have ever tried to wash it in a modern-sized bathtub, you understand why no one attempted to wash her hair in a hip bath or an old, short claw foot tub! It would be almost impossible.

A quick rundown of other hair facts:

Hydrogen peroxide was used to bleach hair from 1867. Before that, trying to bleach it with soda ash and sunlight was the most a girl could do. Henna was extremely popular from the 1870s through the 1890s, especially for covering gray hair, to such an extent that gray hair became almost unseen in certain circles in England in this time. Red hair was considered ugly up until the 1860s, when the public embracing of the feminine images as presented by the aesthetic movement (Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood) gained ground, culminating in a positive rage for red hair in the 1870s to 1880s. Some truly scary metallic salt compounds were used to color hair with henna formulations by the late 19th century, often with unfortunate results.

Hair curling was popular in the 19th century and could either by achieved with rag rolls or hot tongs. Loose “sausage” rolls were the result of rag rolling. Hot tongs were used for making the “frizzled” bangs of the 1870s to 1880s–and “frizzled” they certainly were. The damage caused by the poor control of heating a curler over a gas jet or candle flame was substantial, and most women suffered burnt hair at one time or another. For this reason, a number of women chose to eschew the popular style and preserve their hair from such dangers! Permanents were first in use in the 1930s.

(From: http://www.lydiajoyce.com/blog/?p=1022)

aerx: this is miyazaki rain, which means that every frame was...

Fri, 10 May 2013 01:02:19 -0400

aerx:

this is miyazaki rain, which means that every frame was hand-drawn

everyone appreciate this now please

dootzy: this video will make your day better

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:59:21 -0400

dootzy:

this video will make your day better

michael-ceras-mustache: batmanstardis: WHO LET FUCKING MOON...

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:55:00 -0400

michael-ceras-mustache:

batmanstardis:

WHO LET FUCKING MOON MOON TAKE SELFIES

god dammit moon moon

motherjones: This 17-year-old girl beat out 80 male...

Thu, 09 May 2013 03:15:16 -0400

motherjones:

This 17-year-old girl beat out 80 male programmers to invent an app so that Twitter will never spoil Game of Thrones ever again (it lets you block out key characters and phrases.)

auntiespaz: Poor little guy looks like he’s saying “You want me...

Thu, 09 May 2013 03:13:25 -0400

auntiespaz:

Poor little guy looks like he’s saying

“You want me to leave? Okay…”

“You sure you want me to go? ‘cause I can stay…if you want…”

nightbike: fancysomedisneymagic: The Aristocats (1970) concept...

Thu, 09 May 2013 03:11:39 -0400

nightbike:

fancysomedisneymagic:

The Aristocats (1970) concept art

The film is noted for being the last film project to be approved by Walt Disney himself, as he died in late 1966, before the film was released.

angelinaaaaa