Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Dub Step / Jazz?

Fuckwit at the Commands


One of my more eccentric DPhil acquaintances posted this sketch on facebook - which he doodled while attending a really boring conference talk. He does stuff about the history of music and wrote a dissertation on violins. He works for a big auction house now, handling Stradivariuses with white felt gloves. All of this is true, and the reality of this person is even more peppered with delightful arcane eccentricities...



When Catching Butterflies is not Child's Play

Why Sisterly Chats Make People Happier

“Having a Sister Makes You Happier”: that was the headline on a recent article about a study finding that adolescents who have a sister are less likely to report such feelings as “I am unhappy, sad or depressed” and “I feel like no one loves me.”These findings are no fluke; other studies have come to similar conclusions. But why would having a sister make you happier?...
(Check out the full article from the New York Times)



Just puttin' it out there! :)

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Mind-Blowing Photo



Also my desktop for the foreseeable future

Take-Home Point:

Africa is effing huge!

It's also interesting that Italy is almost as long as the American East coast.

Friday, October 22, 2010

The Antlers - Kettering

Likely to give you a case of the beautifuls and the sads.