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jtotheizzoe: Planet Travel Posters Sets Mars & Venus by Ron...

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:33:14 -0700

Planet Travel Posters Sets Mars & Venus by Ron Guyatt

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The Project:

Space tourism is still a long ways off, but it’s not hard to imagine that someday, tourists will visit the natural geological landmarks of other worlds much like they tour the Grand Canyon, Mount Everest or Ayers Rock. Each of these great tourist destinations needs a classic retro travel poster to entice visitors. Until the day people settle off world and make their own destinations many of these may be the places that people will want to travel too. I hope that these posters can inspire people to think beyond our world to the limitless possibilities of the Universe.

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I want to go to there. And there. And there.

I propose we add the Geysers of Enceladus and the Great Crater of Mimas to the itinerary.

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:00:52 -0700

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

these-times-will-pass: Love quotes? you will love this blog

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:49:19 -0700

these-times-will-pass:

Love quotes? you will love this blog

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Sat, 25 May 2013 13:05:54 -0700

peppermonster: darthnoctem: nudityandnerdery: Remember that...

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:34:30 -0700

peppermonster:

darthnoctem:

nudityandnerdery:

Remember that time Gandalf convinced the whole party to flee so that he could take out the Balrog and not have to share any of the XP? Shows up the next session with fancy new robes and everything. What a jerk.

Loot whore.

you gotta hand it to a guy who can solo a boss

lifesucksyeahner12: Happy Birthday Sir Ian McKellen!

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:34:43 -0700

lifesucksyeahner12:

Happy Birthday Sir Ian McKellen!

"All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better."

Sat, 25 May 2013 10:31:50 -0700

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (via mypositivereflections)

The Evolution of the Iron Man suits

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:27:30 -0700

The Evolution of the Iron Man suits

prettygirlfood: Lemonade

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:44:08 -0700

prettygirlfood:

Lemonade

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Wed, 22 May 2013 23:14:53 -0700

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fllwfoundation: What do Frank Lloyd Wright, a wealthy Texan...

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:27:51 -0700

fllwfoundation:

What do Frank Lloyd Wright, a wealthy Texan couple, a Mexican government official, and Marilyn Monroe all have in common?

Frank Lloyd Wright designed a clubhouse in 1949 for the Windfohrs, a wealthy couple from Fort Worth, Texas. The clubhouse he designed had a large circular living room with a domed roof and a central skylight. Wings with barrel vault roofs extended out to contain the bedrooms, kitchen and other elements of the house. The Texas couple decided not to more forward with the clubhouse, so Wright laid the plans aside.

Three years later, in 1952 a Mexican government official, Raul Bailleres, asked Wright to design a home for his family at Acapulco Bay. Wright took the idea of the building he had designed for the Texas couple and adapted it to the more temperate climate of Mexico. He adjusted the design to fit the sloping site and enlarged the plans, adding a covered terrace and partial lower level. However, the Bailleres lost their son in a tragic accident and abandoned the project. Wright once again laid the plans aside.

Five years later, in 1957, Marilyn Monroe and her playwright husband Arthur Miller approached Wright. Monroe and Miller wanted Wright to design a large home for them, so he once again modified the domed clubhouse for their site in Connecticut. However, the couple divorced the following year and the plans were once again laid aside.

It wasn’t until after Wright’s death that the clubhouse plans were revisited. The Taliesin Associated Architects (an architectural firm founded by Frank Lloyd Wright to carry on his architectural vision) adapted the designs for a 74,000 sq. ft clubhouse eon the slops of Waikapu, Maui. It was completed and opened for business in 1993. The King Kamehameha Golf Club is a synthesized version of Wright’s three original plans. The clubhouse was modified to fit the site and circumstances, but maintains the spirit and integrity of the original designs.

Photo 1 and 2, courtesy the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York).

Photo 3, 4, and 5 courtesy the King Kamehameha Golf Club, Maui.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 08:44:02 -0700

ruinedchildhood: Let’s take a moment to appreciate the fact...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:51:40 -0700

ruinedchildhood:

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the fact Tony Stark killed a man over a Dora the Explorer watch.

IT WAS LINITED EDITION

fckyeahundergroundhiphop: Bruce Lee had me up to three miles...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:35:21 -0700

fckyeahundergroundhiphop:

Bruce Lee had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a half minutes per mile]. So this morning he said to me “We’re going to go five.” I said, “Bruce, I can’t go five. I’m a helluva lot older than you are, and I can’t do five.” He said, “When we get to three, we’ll shift gears and it’s only two more and you’ll do it.” I said “Okay, hell, I’ll go for it.” So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I’m okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I’m tired, my heart’s pounding, I can’t go any more and so I say to him, “Bruce if I run any more,” –and we’re still running-”if I run any more I’m liable to have a heart attack and die.” He said, “Then die.” It made me so mad that I went the full five miles. Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, “Why did you say that?” He said, “Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.”

The man

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savvydarling: Forest by Lauren Fowler on Flickr.

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:27:45 -0700

savvydarling:

Forest by Lauren Fowler on Flickr.