minusmanhattan:

Not sent from my iPhone pixelated heart Valentine’s Day card by Red Letter Paper Company.

minusmanhattan:

Not sent from my iPhone pixelated heart Valentine’s Day card by Red Letter Paper Company.

wgbhnews:

Scientists’ “global flavor map” finds new connections in cultural food choices. Infographic of the week? (Story.)
(p.s. The mushroom star!)

wgbhnews:

Scientists’ “global flavor map” finds new connections in cultural food choices. Infographic of the week? (Story.)

(p.s. The mushroom star!)

h-e-r-e-s-y:

A note from Tupac Shakur’s prom date. ‘96
“I had wrote a letter saying how much I loved his music to his fan club. At the end I made a joke saying that if he ever read this letter to please take me to my prom since my boyfriend had just broken up with me. About a month later there was a knock at my door and it was him! He was by himself. No reporters no homies just 2pac Shakur at my doorstep. He came in and talked to me and my mom and my brother for about fifteen minutes and asked me if I had gotten a dress yet. I said no and he said he would take care of it and gave me $1500 in all hundred dollar bills and told me to get something pretty. Prom day came and he called and said to be ready. A limo showed up with 2pac in it and went straight to my prom. Everyone was going crazy taking pictures but we hung out there for about thirty minutes. We danced to about five songs then he said he had business to take care of kissed me on the cheek and left. I think the world lost a great person when 2pac was killed and I will always remember his kindness.”





Did not know this.

h-e-r-e-s-y:

A note from Tupac Shakur’s prom date. ‘96

“I had wrote a letter saying how much I loved his music to his fan club. At the end I made a joke saying that if he ever read this letter to please take me to my prom since my boyfriend had just broken up with me. About a month later there was a knock at my door and it was him! He was by himself. No reporters no homies just 2pac Shakur at my doorstep. He came in and talked to me and my mom and my brother for about fifteen minutes and asked me if I had gotten a dress yet. I said no and he said he would take care of it and gave me $1500 in all hundred dollar bills and told me to get something pretty. Prom day came and he called and said to be ready. A limo showed up with 2pac in it and went straight to my prom. Everyone was going crazy taking pictures but we hung out there for about thirty minutes. We danced to about five songs then he said he had business to take care of kissed me on the cheek and left. I think the world lost a great person when 2pac was killed and I will always remember his kindness.”

Did not know this.

As culture and commerce intersect, some unusual behavior has emerged. And older folks aren’t the only troublemakers. Young people, often with kids in tow, plop on chairs to watch videos on their smartphones. People aren’t shy about kicking off their shoes and tucking into display beds for a nap.
kiwi.

kiwi.

The world’s only known white kiwi has survived surgery to remove stones from her gizzard, reports a New Zealand Wildlife Centre.
Bonus: Today I learned kiwis, like other birds, swallow stones to help them digest their food. 

The world’s only known white kiwi has survived surgery to remove stones from her gizzard, reports a New Zealand Wildlife Centre.

Bonus: Today I learned kiwis, like other birds, swallow stones to help them digest their food. 

(Source: BBC)

On a barometer of events yuppies get excited about, Starbucks unveiling their annual holiday cups would be at the top…

avisweblog:

How the HuffPost gets us to click.

The scientists took the words of the song It’s a Small World and translated it into a code based on the four “letters” of DNA. They then created artificial DNA strands recording different parts of the song. These DNA messages, each about 150 bases long, were inserted into bacteria such as E. coli and Deinococcus radiodurans.