March 2013
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February 2013
4 posts
KamiDoodles: Someone stated today that the gaming industry cannot and should not... →
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Someone stated today that the gaming industry cannot and should not change for the “2%” demographic that is female. Since we all know that 85% of statistics are made up on the spot, I’m curious to see how many people in the tumblr sphere are part of this demographic.
If you identify as female…
January 2013
12 posts
“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living, I want to know what you ache for. It doesn’t interest me how old you are, I want to know if you are willing to risk looking like a fool for love, for your dreams, for the adventure of being alive. I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine. It doesn’t interest me where you live or how rich you are, I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and be sweet to the ones you love. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and truly like the company you keep in the empty moments of your life.”
—Oriah Mountain Dreamer (via cellophaneelephants)
December 2012
8 posts
(Insert Clever Tumblr Title Here): Harrods' Designer Disney Princess Dresses Unveiled →
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Harrods’ Christmas windows will be taken over by a designer Disney Princess display this year - and we have a preview of the beautiful gowns set to go on show. Some of the biggest names in fashion have created their imaginings of the iconic fairy tale dresses, which will grace the iconic…
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November 2012
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The Hymn For The Alcohol
Hefner
Hefner - The Hymn for the Alcohol
Don’t start me on the rum, just because it makes me numb.
Start me on the whiskey I know whiskey is his drink.
You never drank it with me but now you drink it with him,
I’m not good enough for whiskey, not good enough for you.
Let’s start drinking wine, we used to all the time.
It used to go to our heads but then you went to his bed.
If the wine stains you lips red then tonight you might forget,
You might not go home to him you might stay here with me.
It is just wishful thinking that all this hard drinking might lure you back to my ramshackle stable,
There’s no point in trying, the debutante was lying when she said that she did something that your lips could never do.
And if you know whats true then you know I love you.
Its six months since you left, you must be truly blessed,
Cause you look no less pretty, in fact you may be more so,
If you reap the seeds that you sow, Oh we both know you are going straight to Hell
Ants
- Ants are descended from wasps that went social and shared tasks such as taking care of their larvae. Individuals in the colonies changed shapes to fit to their tasks better. It is believed that ants lost their wings because it was more economic and thus more suited for producing a large number of workers.
- Most male ants are completely useless. They don’t even have proper jaws to feed themselves. Ant workers, which are always female, take care of them during most of their lives, until they grow wings and leave the colony to reproduce.
- Most ants colonies have only one queen. The queen lay eggs that can hatch different types of ants : male ants, workers, soldiers, queens. When laying an egg, a queen can choose to inseminate it or not. She has a sperm bank that she can close or open. A male ant is produced when the egg is not fertilized. In some ant species, queens don’t even need sperm to lay female eggs anymore. I find this completely mind blowing.
- A colony has individuals of different shapes that fit their tasks more efficiently. For example there are several size of workers. The small ones will stay in the colony and take care of the pupae while the big ones will defend against predators. They can develop specialized body shapes such as big jaws to fight. A particular species of ants has a type of fighter that has a big head shaped like a door. This ant will stay at the entry of the colony with its head blocking the passage to intruders.
- A species of ant has lost the ability to produce workers. Instead, the queen will create abductor ants. They raid other ants colonies and steal their workers larvae. They have jaws shaped like hooks that allow them to transport them. The abducted workers will work as slaves in their colonies.
- Tasks distribution among ants depends on their shape and size but also on their age. Young ants will mostly stay safe in the colony. When growing old, they will assume more dangerous tasks, like going outside to look for food. Thus when an individual is lost, the loss for the colony is less important. In mushroom growing ant colonies, old workers even take care of cleaning a chamber full of bacteria. They will enter the chamber when reaching old age and never leave it, because they will die of contamination. Nature is cruel and efficient.
- My grandmother’s house in Laos is a stilt house. There used to be big gaps between the planks of the floor. I remember seeing ants coming after a messy meal (my grandfather had Alzheimer). About 10 minutes later, they would have cleaned every bit of food that had fell on the floor. We also tried and protect some candies from them by putting them in the center of a bowl full of water. After one night we would find that the ants that died drowning would pile up and form a bridge for the others to pass and get our candies.
