nathan tumble dried.

Man of Science. Man of Faith. Hopeless romantic and cynical realist. I enjoy books, movies, music, and plays. I am currently just a student, but I look up into the stars and let my imagination go. If my tongue isn't thoroughly planted in cheek, it better be on something tasty.
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rocketboom: gleuch: A few years ago, Rolling Stone magazine added fuel to the music snobbery fire with its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list. Anyone casually paging through the list would notice that the bulk of the list was comprised of songs from the 60’s and 70’s, just like the music snobs always say. I, however, wasn’t content with the casual analysis. So I punched the list into Excel, crunched some numbers, and found an interesting parallel between the decline of rock music quality and, of all things, the decline in US oil discovery and production. from The Hubbert Peak Theory of Rock, or, Why We’re All Out of Good Songs

rocketboom:

gleuch:

A few years ago, Rolling Stone magazine added fuel to the music snobbery fire with its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list. Anyone casually paging through the list would notice that the bulk of the list was comprised of songs from the 60’s and 70’s, just like the music snobs always say.

I, however, wasn’t content with the casual analysis. So I punched the list into Excel, crunched some numbers, and found an interesting parallel between the decline of rock music quality and, of all things, the decline in US oil discovery and production.

from The Hubbert Peak Theory of Rock, or, Why We’re All Out of Good Songs

slackr: Rainbow Trapped for First Time, Using Convex Lens and Glass

slackr:

Rainbow Trapped for First Time, Using Convex Lens and Glass

LibriVox 

LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books.

Fun project and a worthy cause that I’m contributing to.

omarb: “ Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be . “

omarb:

“ Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be . “

fishforpeople: Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? - Jesus Luke 12:25 Getting me through life right now.

fishforpeople:

Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?

- Jesus

Luke 12:25

Getting me through life right now.

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58 Plays

americaneulogy:

lottieeeee: Elton John - Tiny Dancer

Why yes, I am proud to own this on LP.

travors:

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Slow-motion bullets scene from The Matrix recreated entirely in LEGO

“ Candy Land. I like to think of this as “Schroedinger’s game.” Since there are no dice, only cards drawn, the winner has been predetermined once the order is chosen. Playing the game is merely an excruciating exercise in collapsing the wave function. ”

Hey Reddit, what’s your favourite boardgame? : AskReddit (via nickdouglas)

“ There’s certain days that remind me why I ran for this office. Then there are moments like this where I pardon a turkey and send it to Disneyland. ”

President Obama (via jaredgeller and poobah) (via david)

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6 Plays

Two Birds an instrumental piece off of (m)orning by Mae

The 35 Greatest Speeches in History 

Michael Fagan

It was the 32-year-old’s second successful attempt to break into Buckingham Palace. On his first attempt, he scaled a drainpipe, briefly startling a housemaid who called security, but they decided not to act. Fagan entered through an unlocked window on the roof and spent the next half hour eating cheddar cheese and wandering around. He tripped several alarms, but they were faulty. He viewed the royal portraits and rested on the throne for a while. He then entered the postroom, where he drank half a bottle of California white wine before becoming tired and leaving.

On the second attempt, an alarm sensor detected him. A worker in the Palace thought the alarm to be false, and silenced the alarm, Fagan having gone unnoticed. En route to see the Queen, he broke a glass ashtray, lacerating his hand.

The Queen woke when he disturbed a curtain, after which he sat on the edge of her bed talking to her for about ten minutes. The Queen phoned twice for police but none came. She then asked for some cigarettes, which were brought by a maid. When the maid did not return to base for some time, a footman Paul Whybrew (also called “Big Paul”) appeared. The incident happened as the armed police officer outside the royal bedroom came off duty before his replacement arrived. He had been out walking the Queen’s dogs.

Michael Fagan Incident - Wikipedia (via willw)

You have more than five senses

luxenovella:

sparo:

First, you’ve got the five basic senses that you’ve known about your whole life:

  1. Sight
  2. Hearing
  3. Touch
  4. Taste
  5. Smell

Then you’ve got a few others:

  1. Balance and acceleration
  2. Temperature
  3. Kinesthetic sense
  4. Pain
  5. Echolocation (not hearing because you “sense” how far you are from an object through sound)
  6. Electroception (ability to detect electric fields)

(You can thank Wikipedia for this one)

“ It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams. ”

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (via emily)

“ As president, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. And I also want to keep an eye on those robots in case they try anything. ”

President Obama (via slackr)

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