If you can’t say anything nice¹
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¹Say it in a footnote
“I loved Spring’s bouquets / In Winter I wished we were May / Time and time again / Until I fell in love with Winter’s grey.” - Author’s description
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IF WOMEN WROTE MEN THE WAY MEN WRITE WOMEN
“Brett pulled his tank top up over his head and stared at himself in the full-length mirror. He pushed down his jeans, then his boxers, and imagined the moment when Jennifer saw him nude for the first time. His feet were average-sized, and there was hair on his toes that he should probably take care of before tonight. He liked his legs just fine, but his thighs were wide and embarrassingly muscular. He tried standing at an angle, a twist at his waist. Some improvement. In that position, it was easier to see his ass and notice that it was not as pert as it had been at 22. He clenched both cheeks, hoping that tightened its look. He sucked in his tummy and pulled his pecs up high, trying to present them like pastries in a bakery window. Would she like him? Were the goods good enough? He pouted his lips and ran his hands over his thighs, masking their expanse. Maybe.”
“There is a particular look about a teenage boy that lets you know what kind of man he’ll be. A certain fullness of lips, a frank sensuality in his gaze. We all know what the word for that is, but it’s not polite to use it until he’s proven he’s that kind of boy.”
“But I don’t get it!” Shea was panting, trying to catch up to Michael as he fled. “The monster ate everyone else. How did you escape?”
Michael reached the boat first, flinging himself in. He waited for Shea to follow him and take the oars, guiding them smoothly away from the shore.
“It’s because I was different from the other boys,” he said, pushing his hair behind his ear and looking away.
“What do you mean, different?” Shea’s muscles rippled and flexed as she rowed them to safety, and Michael could not tear his eyes away.
“Different. Pure, the monster said. Because I’m… I’ve never…” He looked away again, and the moonlight caught on his throat, outlined his clavicle.
“You’re a virgin,” Shea said, realization dawning. “What a waste.”
Michael blushed.
“If we get out of this alive,“ she said. “I’m going to fix that.”
Do go and read the others, they’re brilliant.
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-women-wrote-men-the-way-men-write-women
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Astronauts Study How Lack of Gravity Impacts Muscles
ISS - Expedition 50 Mission patch.
Dec. 29,2016
Animation above: The International Space Station flying over the Northern Lights. Animation Credit: NASA.
The crew wrapped up part of a muscle research program today while continuing other experiments to study the effects of living in space. Also, a new CubeSat deployer was installed in Japan’s Kibo laboratory module.
Scientists want to understand how the lack of gravity impacts muscles that aren’t used due to working in the microgravity environment. The Sarcolab experiment is one study that measures how the calf muscle changes in space using an ultrasound and electrode stimulators. The first part of that experiment was completed today as its gear was stowed and data downlinked for analysis on Earth.
Image above: Expedition 50 crew members Peggy Whitson (left) and Shane Kimbrough of NASA (right) share fresh fruit that was recently delivered by the HTV-6 cargo vehicle to the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA.
The station residents also explored how astronauts adapt to spaceflight conditions, the effects of a long-term mission on the human circulatory system and how charged particles behave in a magnetic field.
An enhanced small satellite deployer was installed in the Kibo module replacing an older model that deployed its last CubeSat on Monday. The new CubeSat deployer has twice the satellite deployment capacity than the previous version. CubeSats scheduled for release from the new deployer will study a variety of space phenomena and enable advanced satellite communications.
Related article:
NASA Preps for Space Station Power Upgrade Spacewalks; Live NASA TV Coverage
http://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.ch/2016/12/nasa-preps-for-space-station-power.html
Related links:
Sarcolab experiment: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/738.html
Spaceflight conditions: http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/researches/human/24.html
Circulatory system: http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/researches/human/11.html
Charged particles: http://www.energia.ru/en/iss/researches/popular/02.html
Space Station Research and Technology: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/index.html
International Space Station (ISS): https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Animation (mentioned), Image (mentioned), Text, Credits: NASA/Mark Garcia.
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Glory of Heracles IV: Gift from the Gods (ヘラクレスの栄光IV 神々からの贈り物) - Data East - Super Nintendo - 1994
Translation Corporation lead by Nightcrawler, the famous hacker and founder of Rom Hacking Dot Net, has finally released their English patch for Glory of Heracles IV on the Super Nintendo. This translation has been in the works for over a decade with initial work being done on the project as far back as 2003. Learn more about the project’s history in the readme and of course you can download the patch over at Rom Hacking Dot Net.
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