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justinrampage: Artist and illustrator Coran Stone created a...

Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:39:32 -0600

Lieutenant Luigi by Coran Stone

Militant Mario by Coran Stone

PRIVATE PEACHES!!! by Coran Stone

Mushroom Kingdom Special Forces Cosplay by Jake Castorena

justinrampage:

Artist and illustrator Coran Stone created a Call of Duty style series of Super Mario Brothers themed illustrations. Coran’s inspiration for these bad ass pieces of art derives from his artist pal Jake Castorena and girlfriend’s awesome Mushroom Kingdom Special Forces Halloween costumes.

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Military Super Mario Brothers by Coran Stone (deviantART) (Twitter)

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Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:57:33 -0500

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Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:57:16 -0500

I walked across the stage this past Thursday! I can not believe...

Fri, 11 May 2012 22:41:00 -0500

I walked across the stage this past Thursday! I can not believe I am finally finished! It took me 8 years but in that time I’ve learned so much. I am the first in my family to have an Associate and Bachelor degree. I know that it is a huge deal for my faimly and they are extremely proud of me.

So as I finish filling out more applications, I look back at all that I accomplished and pushed through. I started this blog when I was on my own for the first time. It was a great expericed that I will enjoy and never forget. To keep some of my family informed I began this blog.

A year or two ago I began a second one for my Reading Development class. (http://noscope.tumblr.com/) I did neglect this one a bit so that is why that last update isn’t recent. The college blog became more of a re-blog things as my noscope became more of journal.

This is sad and true but this will be my last post for College Life. I walked the staged, bought my ring, flipped my tassle to the left, jumped into the San Marcos River, and had an amazing party. It’s not time to look towards the future and hope everything will turn out great!

Thank you everyone who supported me through this journey. I love you all.

GCshira out …

herochan: Breakfast Of Champions Created by Dan Avenell

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:01:19 -0500

herochan:

Breakfast Of Champions

Created by Dan Avenell

thedailywhat: OMG! Adorbz of the Day: The latest animatronic...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:58:36 -0500

thedailywhat:

OMG! Adorbz of the Day: The latest animatronic additions to Disney’s It’s a Small World are way too lifelike for comfort.

[sayomg.]

fireflyastoria: So I was fiddling between Google and MapCrunch...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:55:13 -0600

fireflyastoria:

So I was fiddling between Google and MapCrunch and do you know what I found?

Do you know who that is? Yep, that’s Mary Poppins.

Do you know where that is? Yep, that’s Cardiff. Specifically, that’s outside the Roald Dahl Plass.

Do you know what the Roald Dahl Plass is? Yep, the roof of Torchwood.

Do you know why Torchwood is there? Yep, that’s because of the rift in Cardiff, specifically that rift for a specific reason.

Do you know where the Doctor re-fuels the TARDIS?

So tumblr was right.

Mary Poppins IS the Doctor.

thedailywhat: What The Hell of the Day: A full-scale...

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:05:12 -0600

thedailywhat:

What The Hell of the Day: A full-scale investigation has been launched by Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia into controversial math homework, which asked third-grade students to calculate the amount of cotton a slave would collect and the number of beatings he would receive in a week.

“Who would think of such questions to ask third-grade children?” asked parent Nicole Thompson, whose 8-year-old brought the questions to her attention.

According to the school district, the questionable questioned were penned by a teacher who sought to “reinforce social studies lessons through math.” It has since come to light that the homework was seen and approved by all nine third-grade teachers.

“We are looking at what human resources actions may be taken so I do believe that is a hard stance trying to determine what does that situation warrant,” said district spokeswoman Sloan Roach.

NAACP of Georgia has called on the school to fire the teacher responsible and reprimand all other parties involved in approving the lesson.

“To trivialize the suffering of slavery, and to put in a word game in math work sheet is unconscionable,” community activist Jennifer Falk is quoted as saying.

[wsbtv.]

thedailywhat: Lights Out: Happy Nyan Year! [prguitarman.]

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 01:12:40 -0600

thedailywhat:

Lights Out: Happy Nyan Year!

[prguitarman.]

herochan: Marvel / A Christmas Story Mash-Up - by Alex...

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 15:12:21 -0600

herochan:

Marvel / A Christmas Story Mash-Up - by Alex Ryan

(Created & submitted by axelryan)

thedailywhat: One More Thing To Worry About of the Day:...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:43:49 -0600

thedailywhat:

One More Thing To Worry About of the Day: 41-year-old Y&R advertising exec Suzanne Hart suffered a gruesome, Final Destination-esque death today, when she was crushed by an elevator after it suddenly shot up while she was getting in.

The incident, which occurred at the company’s 285 Madison Avenue HQ, was described by an NYFD official as follows:

Her foot or her leg are heading into the elevator while the door is open. Her one foot is in the car; but then, the doors close on her leg and the elevator shoots upward. And she is just kind of yanked up with it. Then, the elevator car becomes pinned between the first and second floor. It seems like her body is what stops the elevator’s movement.

Two passengers already inside the elevator car were not physically injured, but were described as victims of trauma.

Department of Buildings spokesman Tony Sclafani said the elevator in question was inspected this past June, and “no safety issues were found at that time and no conditions were found that would be related to this accident.”

[cityroom / image: cbsnews.]

toptumbles: GF Level 50,000 Wow what a heat Idea!!!!!!!!...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:04:28 -0600

toptumbles:

GF Level 50,000

Wow what a heat Idea!!!!!!!! Hmmmmmm

meghantalasco: I JUST MET MICHAEL BUBLE! Life complete It that...

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:57:18 -0600

meghantalasco:

I JUST MET MICHAEL BUBLE! Life complete

It that guy his body guard?!?!?

thedailywhat: RIP: Bil Keane, creator of the long-running comic...

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:14:02 -0600

thedailywhat:

RIP: Bil Keane, creator of the long-running comic strip The Family Circus, passed away yesterday at the age of 89.

His syndicated strip, which debuted in 1960 as The Family Circle, now appears in over 1,500 publications nationwide. Jeff Keane, who has been helping his dad with inking and coloring, said the cartoonist died of congestive heart failure.

“We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment,” Keane said in a 1995 interview. “On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can’t tell what you’re going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.”

[ap.]

branch56: Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant Fanart! Such...

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:51:39 -0500

branch56:

Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant Fanart! Such a great online comic, not only in its wonderful art, but such a strong fun story! A highly recommended er…recommendation! http://www.delilahdirk.com/

I completely agree!!!

Love it when I get a good fortune

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:13:06 -0500

Love it when I get a good fortune

thedailywhat: Follow Up of the Day: Libyan Prime Minister...

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:01:29 -0500

thedailywhat:

Follow Up of the Day: Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril announced a short while ago that Muammar Gaddafi was in fact killed while attempting to flee from anti-loyalist forces flooding into Sirte. The State Department and NATO have yet to independently confirm the claim.

According to the Daily Telegraph, Gaddafi’s convoy was struck with a bomb from a NATO aircraft, causing the deposed leader to flee into a nearby drain where he was eventually captured. NATO has confirmed the airstrike, but said it was targeting pro-Gaddafi forces engaging in military operations and could not confirm Gaddafi’s presence in the convoy.

Gaddafi’s spokesman Moussa Ibrahim was also captured in Sirte, according to a National Transitional Council official, and Gaddafi’s son Mutassim and former defense minister Abu Bakr Yunis were both killed. Al Arabiya says it has confirmed reports that Seif al-Islam, another of Gaddafi’s sons, was killed as well.

Questions surrounding the exact nature of Gaddafi’s demise continue to emerge. Though the NTC alleges that the tyrant had succumb to wounds suffered during the attack, just-obtained footage shows Gaddafi alive and mobile in the immediate aftermath of his capture (warning: graphic):

Video of later scenes released by Al Arabiya shows an unresponsive Gaddafi being aggressively manhandled by unidentified men, while footage aired on Al Jazeera shows Gaddafi’s body being shoved around while strewn about on the street.

Global reaction to Gaddafi’s death has been swift. ”This is only the end of the beginning,” said UN Secretary-Gener al Ban Ki-moon. Other world leaders such as British PM David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy expressed optimism and hope in their offici al statements. President Obama is set to address Gaddafi’s death at 2 PM ET from the White House’s Rose Garden.

CBS News aired a behind-the-scenes video from a press interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during which she receives word of Gaddafi’s death via BlackBerry. Her initial reaction was “wow.”

Further Reading/Viewing: Why Qaddafi’s Death Matters; a 1987 sitcom starring Matthew Perry predicted the year of Gaddafi’s death; Below: Meet Mohammed: The Yankees fan who found Gaddafi:

Live Updates: The Lede; Reuters; BBC News; The Guardian.

[tdb: 1,2 / telegraph / thelede / @alarabiya / bbc / abcnews / cbsnews / photo: msnbc.]

unknownskywalker: Quantum Levitation A single crystal of...

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:21:00 -0500

unknownskywalker:

Quantum Levitation

A single crystal of sapphire wafer is coated with a thin ceramic material called yttrium barium copper oxide. The ceramic layer has no interesting magnetic or electrical properties at room temperature, but when cooled below -185ºC (-301ºF) the material becomes a superconductor. It conducts electricity without resistance, with no energy loss.

Superconductivity and magnetic field do not like each other. When possible, the superconductor will expel all the magnetic field from inside. This is the Meissner effect. In this case, since the superconductor is extremely thin, the magnetic field DOES penetrates. However, it does that in discrete quantities called flux tubes.

Inside each magnetic flux tube superconductivity is locally destroyed. The superconductor will try to keep the magnetic tubes pinned in weak areas. Any spatial movement of the superconductor will cause the flux tubes to move. In order to prevent that the superconductor remains “trapped” in midair.

The Bright Moonlight That Inspired Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein Was Probably Real

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 22:41:43 -0500

The Bright Moonlight That Inspired Mary Shelley to Write Frankenstein Was Probably Real:

Once upon a time in 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin gathered alongside Lord Byron, John Polidori, and the man who would become her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley. A group of ambitious and creative writers, the quartet agreed to each write their own ghost story, but the woman who later became Mary Shelley was stuck with “that blank incapability of invention which is the greatest misery of authorship.” In other words, she had writer’s block. (Sing it, sister.) However, one night, after discussing the possibility of a man being reanimated by lightning, Shelley had an experience involving a bright stream of a moonlight, spilling into her room through the shutters. And then she wrote Frankenstein. Some have disputed her story about how she struggled for days to come with the story, saying that this was just a romanticized tale to hook her audience, but astronomers are now saying that she was probably not making it up: Mary Shelley was most likely witness to a “bright, gibbous moon” in the wee hours of June 16, 1816, which must have been a few struggle-filled days after the ghost story challenge.

That is awesome that my professor made news on the Mary Sue!! :D