August 2011
70 posts
Space And Stuff, IDK: The Lunar Receiving... →
lightthiscandle:
The lab had dormitory bedrooms for the people working there, plus separate private bedrooms for the three of us and the doctors. There was a kitchen, dining area, and a large living room recreation area where we could watch television and, in the evenings, show movies. Two…
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The Problem of Women in Comics: Where They Are... →
The nice kids at Comics Alliance were kind enough to lend me their soapbox so that I could talk about women in comics, and the way we talk about women in comics, and how we got where we are; and propose some ways to fix some of the bad shit that has become endemic to comics as an industry and market.
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X-MEN COMICS...
captainfuck:
…best read with Wikipedia handy.
- “What the fuck are the Shadow King’s powers again?”
- “Betsy & Brian had an older brother? FUCK. Why don’t I remember this?”
- “Yuriko and Yukio aren’t the same person?”
There’s a limit to how much continuity one brain can keep straight.
For a number of years, my whipping-out-my-geek-dick party trick was explaining, very rapidly, the...
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On the Side of the Angels
Dark Horse announced today that we’re going to be publishing an Avatar: the Last Airbender comics, written by Gene Luen Yang. I’ve known about this for a while—I distinctly remember yelling and jumping up and down in the hall outside my office when I first heard—but the official announcement has me grinning all over again.
The comics themselves are a really big deal, and...
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“The Chicago Tribune used to have a great columnist named Mike Royko, who was an...”
– A Morning In Iceland (via douglaswolk)
This is the best thing.
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The Hell What No
Did I miss Pete Conrad Day? I totally missed Pete Conrad Day, didn’t I? DAMNIT.
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“…By the way, for the flat-Earth people, it’s round.”
– John Young, about the Earth, 1993. (via awwyeahjohnyoung)
I love John Young.
(via lightthiscandle)
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“I took one last unfiltered look at the Earth and was enveloped by a sense of...”
– Eugene Cernan, The Last Man on the Moon (via outtaluck)
MY SPACE HUSBAND IS SO DEEP.
GENE CERNAN > EDWARD CULLEN. JUST SAYING.
(via spaceandstuffidk)
DEAD BADGERS > EDWARD CULLEN. JUST SAYING.
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So this probably isn't true, but...
lightthiscandle:
…it made me laugh, so I’m putting it here.
Legend has it that Gus Grissom and John Young, the two astronauts in the first manned Gemini mission, were going to crack a joke after their flight: they wanted to announce their engagement at the press conference.
Anyone know if this is true? And if it is…then why oh why couldn’t this have happened?
But… but… Ed and...
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MythBusters: Moon Hoax : Videos : Discovery... →
Just finished watching this episode. It is vindicating and awesome; and it leaves me feeling smug and happy and wistful all at once. Also, Adam Savage is every bit the detail-oriented space nerd you would hope him to be, and it is soundly heartwarming.
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Dress Like You're from the Moon
In the spirit of being slightly demented, I have started a tumblr of fashion advice for goofy people. It is called Scrapscallion, and if you are looking for feisty advice from a beastly brat with no fashion cred whatsoever on the fine art of pairing combat boots with cocktail dresses and how best to accessorize a false mustache, you may find it of interest.
Also! You can ask questions about...
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Does this say arsenic or aspirin? →
wordshepherd:
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Mike Collins, Hipster Astronaut: We Tease... →
spaceandstuffidk:
lightthiscandle:
hipstermikecollins:
But Carrying the Fire is the only astronaut biography I’ve ever read where I’ve kept a pencil nearby to underline passages because of the clarity of observation or the sheer beauty of the writing. Mike really was the hipster artist of the group, with the guts of a pilot and the mind of a poet,…
Carrying the Fire is one of those books...
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stuff: I woke up today wanting to say something... →
davidwynne:
I woke up today wanting to say something about the riots, but not knowing what to say. I said everything I wanted to say last night on twitter, while I watched this all unfold on the internet and BBC news. I was at work, on stand by waiting to be “activated” as a Major Incident hospital- but we…
