July 2011
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The Book of Imaginary Beings →
This is relevant to many of my interests.
Kest Schwartzman is a metalsmith trained at Massachusetts College of Art. She has been making masks for over a decade. She is now embarking on a journey to make a mask for every creature in the 1969 version of Borges’ “The Book of Imaginary Beings” as translated by Norman Thomas Di Giovanni
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Bristolwhip: Captain America - Jemma Salume →
Every time I think Jemma Salume could not possibly impress me more, she goes and draws something like this. Motherfuckin’ PERFECT.
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"6 Questions with the Man Who Had Sex on the Moon" →
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asonlynasacan:
In the imaginary words of John Young, “WHUT IN TARNATION IS THIS”
Also, I thought Jimi Hendrix had sex on the Moon. I mean, it’s possible. He was Jimi Hendrix.
And Al Shepard thought he was cool for golfing on the moon. Please imagine your own joke about a “hole in one.” Hey-o!!
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You Should Date An Illiterate Girl « Thought... →
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Date a girl who doesn’t read because the girl who reads knows the importance of plot. She can trace out the demarcations of a prologue and the sharp ridges of a climax. She feels them in her skin. The girl who reads will be patient with an intermission and expedite a denouement. But of all things, the girl who reads knows most the ineluctable significance of an end. She is comfortable...
Yes Virginia, You Can Still Be An Astronaut | NASA... →
A nice thought for a dreary Monday.
“If kids are in school right now and want to be astronauts, there’s going to be possibly even more opportunities,” Walheim told SPACE.com. “With the commercialization of access to low-Earth orbit, that will give people a chance to go to the International Space Station. And then beyond low-Earth orbit exploration, NASA will be right in...
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And They Thought We Wouldn't Notice
He’s a scary-smart polymath.
He punches dangerous crackpots.
He over-accessorizes persistently and egregiously.
He’s not much of a team player.
And when he’s not working, he’s got a reputation as a drunken playboy.
When you look at it from the right angle, it’s blatantly obvious:
Buzz Aldrin is Batman.
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Dear Anonymous Spambot Querent
I am pretty sure that I have not in fact always wanted to see you naked. Perhaps you are confusing me with The Internet.
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Watchitsfullofstars:
the Space Shuttle Era comes in for a landing.
See you, space cowboy.
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Who Needs NASA? Life as an Independent Astronaut →
Don’t judge based on the title. Just watch the short, then read the interview, then smile inscrutably for the rest of the day.
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Comic Con Pervs: So why this is A Thing →
comicconpervs:
As with anything on the Internet, I suspect there will be someone out there that will be, for lack of a better word, butthurt about my little endeavor here. So I figure I’ll explain myself here, and also to people who don’t understand what it is I mean when I make reference to Comic Con Pervs,…
And When They Find Them, I Will Climb Each One
jump-suit:
postcardsfromspace:
NASA is trying to track down hundreds of “moon trees”—trees grown from seeds that were carried to the moon, then scattered across the U.S.
New road trip plan.
Yes.
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And When They Find Them, I Will Climb Each One
NASA is trying to track down hundreds of “moon trees”—trees grown from seeds that were carried to the moon, then scattered across the U.S.
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And You Were There, And You...
I was late to work today because I wanted to get Buzz Aldrin’s autograph in a dream.
I was going to catch a train—somewhere in Vermont, I think, because I had it stuck in my head to go get maple sugar candy. I had some time before I needed to be at the station, so I went to the souvenir shop across the way, part of which turned out to be the Deke Slayton Memorial Space and [I...
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WE MAKE COMICS AND GET IN FIGHTS*
I usually avoid talking shop here, but you guys, I’m editing this:
Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories
Every editor has a list of maybe-someday holy-grail projects, licenses, and creators. A collaboration with Valve has been one of mine, for years, and I can’t describe how cool it is to see it finally come to fruition, and to be part of that process.
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We Fly
Watching the final launch of Atlantis this morning, I finally put my finger on what bothers me so fundamentally about the privatization of space travel.
For fifty years, the accomplishments human spaceflight—all that brilliance and innovation and technology and sheer goddamn pluck—have very literally belonged to all of us.That launch this morning? All that pride, and all that...
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