Maru in boxes

GIRLLADYFRIEND

The Scientist Who First Theorized That Earth Had an Inner Core. Oh, and the scientist was a woman.

Inge Lehmann 

Google posted a doodle in honor of the birthday of Inge Lehman, who theorized the existence of the Earth's inner core. She. Was. Awesome.

I don't want to discount her amazing findings and life work, but I am very annoyed that we have to celebrate women who were brilliant scientists, theorists, whateverists. I am annoyed because there should be many women in the sciences. So many that we do not have to point it out. Let's get the girls started on the sciences early and nurture their abilities. 

My pal Sophia Yen is a co-founder of SheHeroes, an organization that provides videos of accomplished women in STEM. Check it out.

From Wikipedia:

Inge Lehmann ForMemRS (May 13, 1888 – February 21, 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who postulated the existence of an Earth's inner core.[2][3] In 1936, she theorized from existing seismic data an inner core with physical properties distinct from the outer core's and that Earth's core is not a single molten sphere. Seismologists, who had not been able to propose a workable hypothesis for the observation that the P-wave created by earthquakes slowed down when it reached certain areas of the inner Earth, quickly accepted her conclusion.

(c) Google 2015

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Socks in one color

8 Surprising Productivity Hacks That Will Blow Your Mind (And Help You)

Frak these advertisers

Londoners reject sexist "beach body" ad with creative protests

Maru & Hana making bread

This kneading cats do before they get comfortable (including the circular walk before laying down) is baffling. One of the theories is that they are recalling pressing on their mothers' to increase milk production. Which just goes to show that we all, animals and humans alike, have patterns of behavior that help comfort ourselves.

Regardless it's damn cute.

Here's famous Maru & Hana kneading bread. Of course, Maru sleeps where he's most comfortable. I won't spoil the ending.

It was NEVER a dress

I <3 this campaign

It was NEVER a dress

(c) axosoft

According to the website:

It Was Never a Dress is an invitation to shift perceptions and assumptions about women and the audacious, sensitive, and powerful gestures they make every single day. In science, technology, arts, mathematics, politics, houses of worship, on the streets, and in our homes, insightful women are often uninvited, overlooked, or just plain dismissed. Through storytelling, community building, innovation and creative disruptions, It Was Never a Dress will foster necessary conversations, vital voices, and images from around the world that honor ALL women. When we see women differently… we see the world differently! Stay tuned and keep disrupting.

ROCK ON!


#itwasneveradress
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Life is good

Sometimes you just want to take your teddy bear into the pool and drift away from all your troubles.

Posted by Ramona Humane-Society on Saturday, March 28, 2015

fud, glorious fud!

NYC's Most Beautiful Bakery Instagram Feeds

Inwood is awesome

Missing Cows and Chicken Atop Inwood Supermarket to Return Soon, Store Says

Awesome because...

This is officially awesome because (1) I love the exploration of space and (2) animals (did you know that?). Tx @tasha.hanna The Official NASA Portrait for Astronaut Leland Melvin Includes His Rescued Dogs

A messy mind

This explains why I eat crap but am very creative :) Your Messy Room Might be the Sign of a Brilliant Mind

Awesome

After years of crawling due to rare deformity, dog gets life-changing reconstructive surgery. http://t.co/5AABqQVkr5 pic.twitter.com/WRHeR5ygmd

— World News Tonight (@WNTonight) April 18, 2015

Animals are smarter than us

Animals are smarter than us. #fb https://t.co/rNtk24eIjP

— girlladyfriend (@girlladyfriend) April 19, 2015

Go Speed Zebra, Go!

From The Guardian: Escaped zebras chased through Brussels by police
Full story here.

 

Thanks, Frann-Marie

Secret Agent Ham, Secret Agent Ham...

Invisible girl

I tried not being on Facebook and turn my focus on my blog, http://girlladyfriend.blogspot.com/, with links on Twitter and Facebook. I was getting wrapped up in the "news" (some real, some about cute pets) people were sharing and not paying attention to the outside world and my thoughts.

I lasted about three weeks. Not bad, I think.

I am still not on Facebook a lot.

However, I've been watching a lot of crime dramas, especially ones where there are cyber crimes (e.g., CSI: Cyber [horrible, but I'll watch anything], Scorpion). And FB is watching. So is Google. Everyone really is watching. It's impossible not to be followed. I have become a bit paranoid about it all because I was one of the people in the Anthem hack (I feel like everyone I know was on the Anthem list). I also know someone whose SSN was used and the hackers/thieves submitted a tax return in their name. 

First, that's horrible. Second, why submit a return? Like they are going to get THAT much money back? I just do not understand it.

So, now I am trying to mellow out about Big Brother watching. It's inevitable. 

That being said, if you don't hear from me on FB, don't feel ignored. It's because I am hiding in my post-war bunker.

WORLD SLEEP DAY?

World Sleep Day?! And I missed it? (I like the frog pose. Now THAT's a way to sleep)

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/what-am-i-seeing-april-10/24/

Yay - More "name" Coca Cola bottles!

The Coke bottles with names are coming back and they are adding more names, which I learned from Ad Age. This is one brilliant campaign. I definitely increased my soda intake (which was non-existent) just because my name or someone else's was on the bottle. I am so influenced by advertising. It's a good thing I don't have cable.

They came a-knockin'

Two words:  JURY DUTY.