kleen kittehs

via my coworker lisa

années, journées

via the constant siege

neiiiiiiiiiige

“Boston has been blasted with 49 inches of snow so far this year, more than double the average at this date of 22 inches. Temperatures this frigid month are also well below the January average of 29.3 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. On many days the temperature plummeted more than 15 degrees below the historical average for that day.”

via boston globe

jouer

time-lapse video of a 9-month-old playing

am i imagining things or is he roughly making his way in circles? i think my favorite part is when he plays with the box.

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glash

i have 164 youtube videos favorited.

oceanic optics

This glass sponge, a cousin of the barrel sponge, produced dense reefs in ancient seas that were shallow and warm. In modern times, the delicate animals were thought to exist only as fossils until explorers in the 1990s discovered large reefs of living relics.

from wikipedia “One ability [Hexactinellid sponges] do possess is a unique system for rapidly conducting electrical impulses across their bodies, making it possible for them to respond quickly to external stimuli . . . They work as optical fibres that are surprisingly similar to those used in modern telecommunication networks and could even be more handy than the artificial versions. The biological fibres of the sponge conduct light beautifully when they are illuminated, and use the same optical principles that modern engineers use to design industrial fibre optics.

Despite not having the ultra-high transparency needed for telecommunication networks, they do have other advantages; unlike commercial fibre, it is possible to tie them in tight knots without them cracking or breaking. Another advantage is the fact that these biological fibres are produced by chemical deposition at the temperature of seawater. For the moment, human fibre optics can only be produced with a high-temperature furnace and expensive equipment.”

la. la. la.

when i was in fourth grade, my mom opened my top left desk drawer and found every chocolate bunny i had ever received. they were all unopened.

click the picture for chocolate bunny carnage.

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dreday

happy little sister day!

she is 19 & amazing. may we nap forever, always annoy mother, and may naught but trees come between us.