Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today is #HolocaustRemembranceDay. All of us should reflect on the need to continue to combat racism and religious or...

Posted by United Nations Human Rights on Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Spills

I am constantly spilling liquids on myself, on furniture, on other people...I could go on and on.

So I am going to log all of the spills I have made.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

Spill (S) 1: tea on table @GroundCentral. Small.
S2: tea on sweater @GroundCentral. Small.
S3: Coke Zero at work. Travel mug top loose. Small.
S4: Coke Zero at work. Travel mug top still loose. Small.

Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Good luck!

Photo by Joseph Steinberg (Baltimoron in Korea) 
September 26 was Chuseok, which is the major harvest festival and a time to honor your ancestors It's an important holiday in Korea. It's like Thanksgiving, but instead of turkeys and Festivus, you have what's called dduk, visit your ancestors' grave, drink some soju and if you are unlucky, have Festivus. It's important to eat dduk (or tteok) during this time period because it gives you good luck for the rest of the year. I haven't had any dduk yet.

 I also missed having miyeokguk (seaweed soup), which you have on your birthday and is also for good luck. So, my luck is low right now.

I better get eatin'.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

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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Saturday, May 2, 2015

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.


Friday, May 1, 2015

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
itwasneveradress.com

Saturday, April 25, 2015

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

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

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

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Awesome