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bbook:

Oh, what a lovely film. I was almost hugging myself while I watched it….Almost Famous is about the world of rock, but it’s not a rock film, it’s a coming-of-age film, about an idealistic kid who sees the real world, witnesses its cruelties and heartbreaks, and yet finds much room for hope. The Penny Lane character is written with particular delicacy, as she tries to justify her existence and explain her values (in a milieu that seems to have none). It breaks William’s heart to see how the married Russell mistreats her. But Penny denies being hurt. Kate Hudson has one scene so well-acted, it takes her character to another level. William tells her, “He sold you to Humble Pie for 50 bucks and a case of beer.” Watch the silence, the brave smile, the tear and the precise spin she puts on the words, “What kind of beer?” It’s not an easy laugh. It’s a whole world of insight.

-Roger Ebert

nbaoffseason:

Trevor Ariza hits the game-winner airballs a last-second attempt against the Pistons, completely fooling the Wizards announcers, who are forced to rescind a “Dagger!” proclamation for the first time ever. You can’t blame the broadcasters, who had a tough angle, or Ariza, who was forced to put up his shot while harassed by noted lockdown defender Kyle Singler. Sometimes “Nothing but net” can be very deceptive.

discoverynews:

Meteorite Crash Landings Mapped

Wonder where on Earth to collect space rocks? Stay at home. The map above shows every meteorite strike known to fall on earthly terrain. And from the looks of it, the United States is prime collecting grounds.

Grab your shovels! Time to find us some space rocks! Read more

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mohandasgandhi:

I find it extremely troubling that the media can’t let go of this story about a cruise ship, an incredible polluter and waste of resources, and the people on board who went without electricity and showers for a few days. Meanwhile, billions of people live without electricity, basic clean …

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crookedindifference:

Rest in Peace, Neil Armstrong

Buzz Aldrin took this picture of Neil Armstrong in the cabin after the completion of the first EVA. This is the face of the first man to set foot on the Moon, just hours earlier, on July 20th, 1969.

Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82.

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Carrots. Beets. (Taken with Instagram)

lostsplendor:

Today being the anniversary of the following:

“June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrill, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.”(via)

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propagandery:

If you collected all of Earth’s water into a sphere, how big would it be?

Our water sphere would have a diameter of 1,385 kilometers (about 860 miles), and span the distance from Salt Lake City, Utah to Topeka, Kansas. A sphere this far across would have a volume equal to about 1,386 million cubic kilometers (roughly 332,500,000 cubic miles).

By comparison, the Earth measures a staggering 12,256 km in diameter, dwarfing the little blue sphere — a “little blue sphere” that contains more than enough water to cover over 70 percent of our planet’s surface, and fill every life form on Earth with H₂O molecules. (Those looking for a similar size comparison at home can use a basketball to represent the dry Earth, and a nickel to illustrate the diameter of our water sphere.)

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