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freshphotons: “Two sets of segregated chromatids during...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:34:44 -0400

“Two sets of segregated chromatids during telophase are depicted as cats cuddled up comfortably beside spindle poles”. Genes to Cells February 2011 Journal Cover.

robot-heart: (by cocoaloco)

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:31:49 -0400

robot-heart:

(by cocoaloco)

yuria: そんなあなたに - 不機嫌アホウドリ

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:27:00 -0400

yuria:

そんなあなたに - 不機嫌アホウドリ

two-color: (by idelsonsveta)

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:25:54 -0400

two-color:

(by idelsonsveta)

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:23:14 -0400

annumi: melu: 物騒な夜（youtube用イラスト）

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:20:14 -0400

annumi:

melu: 物騒な夜

（youtube用イラスト）

sashastergiou: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:17:17 -0400

sashastergiou:

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

From The Book of Wonder (1912) by Lord Dunsany, illustrated by...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:14:44 -0400

From The Book of Wonder (1912) by Lord Dunsany, illustrated by Sidney Sime.

allie-w: slimu: Japanese Food Party...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:11:48 -0400

allie-w:

slimu:

Japanese Food Party :D

ええ？？とてもかわいいですね！

たべたいよ！

aivii: My favourite monster girl! She needs to get a top that...

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:08:44 -0400

aivii:

My favourite monster girl!

She needs to get a top that doesn’t show underboob

lohrien: Illustrations by Luce-in-the-sky

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:27:56 -0400

lohrien:

Illustrations by Luce-in-the-sky

lileks: I don’t even want to know why.

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:26:04 -0400

lileks:

I don’t even want to know why.

otherstuffmykidloves: Lions, a text book reader with...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:23:12 -0400

otherstuffmykidloves:

Lions, a text book reader with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman ~ Houghton Mifflin, 1971

missl0nelyhearts: all photos copyright Full Tilt...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:20:04 -0400

missl0nelyhearts:

all photos copyright Full Tilt Photography.

In 2006 we made this little burger meal for a competition on Craftster.org. It got quite a bit of online traffic at the time. Couldn’t find the links, so I re-edited and uploaded these for Parisa.

Me and Mr L put it together, and all the food was edible: baby onion, american cheese, baby gherkin, homemade bun, handcut fries. I made the tray and the drink out of polymer clay and printed up the Craftster branding.

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Tue, 14 May 2013 23:17:35 -0400

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quincourier: Julius Klinger - 1909 (Apologies for the bad...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:15:22 -0400

quincourier:

Julius Klinger - 1909

(Apologies for the bad reproduction quality- photographed from a book, unfortunately)

I am not a fan of centaurs, but I had not previously considered centaurs in early 1900s swimwear.

Cosmo Tip #455

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:11:46 -0400

menluda:

When he asks if you’re in the mood, look him straight in the eye for a moment and then say “Bitch, I might be.”

koboldfacedlie: “One of the most fascinating archeological...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:09:04 -0400

1. Onfim the Warrior

2. Onfim the Beast

3. Onfim's Friends and Family

4. People

5. More people

6. Battle Scenes

7. Yet more battle scenes

8. More people

9. Onfin and his badass dad

koboldfacedlie:

“One of the most fascinating archeological finds in Russia has been the discovery of hundreds of “birchbark documents” (messages written on the bark of birch trees with a sharp stylus) that were created from the 11th to the 15th century.

The birchbark documents of Novgorod are a major source for information about life in Medieval Novgorod because they are not the writings of church theologians or political leaders, but rather, personal messages, IOUs, love letters, shopping lists, and so on. One of the most fascinating items, in my mind, is a collection of children’s drawings that have been unearthed.

Children’s drawings in the Middle Ages?! Even if such things were created in period, how could they have survived to the present day? After all, finger paints, magic markers, and crayons were not yet in use, paper was far too valuable of a commodity to waste on children, and refrigerator doors were unavailable for the display of Junior’s artistic genius. Most of the products of childhood inspiration probably were expressed on the ephemeral canvas of dirt or sand.

But birchbark was a different story. The bark was widely available (although there are indications that excessive use of the medium caused a decline in the local birch population) and easily cultivated. Anyone could use it. When one was finished with the message, it was simply thrown into the mud, where the presence of water and clay created an unusually bacteria-free environment which preserved the documents. So, we have the ideal medium: cheap, easy to come by, and (thanks to unique geology) preserved for hundreds of years.

The drawings from Novgorod that we have found appear to all come from a Russian boy named Onfim, who lived at the end of the twelfth century or beginning of the thirteenth century in the city of Novgorod. By the estimate of the archaeologists who unearthed his works, he was around seven years old at the time that he made these drawings.

Onfim was being taught to write, but he was obviously restless with his lessons and when he could get away with it, he intermixed his assignments with doodlings. In this first example, he started to write out the first eleven letters of the alphabet in the upper right corner, but got bored and drew a picture of himself as a grown-up warrior impaling an enemy with his spear. To remove any doubt about the identity of the warrior, he even labeled the person on the horse as “Onfim.”

Fantasies of becoming a mighty warrior were not the only things that Onfim thought up though. In another example, he took the piece of bark that he was practicing on (left), turned it over (right), and drew a picture of himself disguised as a wild beast (which he identified by writing “I am a wild beast” [Ia zver’] over it). The beast, with its long tongue (or fiery breath), is apparently still a friendly beast as it is carrying a sign that reads “Greetings from Onfim to Danilo” [Poklon ot Onfima ko Danile]. Danilo (i.e., Daniel) was probably a friend, perhaps even a schoolmate sitting next to Onfim.

Onfim liked to draw people and while his artistic aptitude may have been lacking, he was prolific.”

source: http://www.goldschp.net/SIG/onfim/onfim.html

vimeo: Omelette by Madeline Sharafian After a particularly...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:06:07 -0400

vimeo:

Omelette by Madeline Sharafian

After a particularly dog-eat-dog day, this pooch knows exactly how to comfort his human.

n-a-s-a: Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus Image Credit &...

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:03:11 -0400

n-a-s-a:

Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus

Image Credit & Copyright: Isaac Gutiérrez Pascual (Spain)

mattatoio.

freshphotons: “Two sets of segregated chromatids during...

robot-heart: (by cocoaloco)

yuria: そんなあなたに - 不機嫌アホウドリ

two-color: (by idelsonsveta)

Photo

annumi: melu: 物騒な夜 （youtube用イラスト）

sashastergiou: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

From The Book of Wonder (1912) by Lord Dunsany, illustrated by...

allie-w: slimu: Japanese Food Party...

aivii: My favourite monster girl! She needs to get a top that...

lohrien: Illustrations by Luce-in-the-sky

lileks: I don’t even want to know why.

otherstuffmykidloves: Lions, a text book reader with...

missl0nelyhearts: all photos copyright Full Tilt...

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quincourier: Julius Klinger - 1909 (Apologies for the bad...

Cosmo Tip #455

koboldfacedlie: “One of the most fascinating archeological...

vimeo: Omelette by Madeline Sharafian After a particularly...

n-a-s-a: Clouds, Birds, Moon, Venus Image Credit &...

annumi: melu: 物騒な夜（youtube用イラスト）

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