[earthstory]

Cerrussite

For centuries every decent Roman matron would paint her face with a cream containing White Lead in order to give the impression that she never saw the sun, since a decent Roman wife was expected to have ‘stayed at home and span wool’ as many gravestones put it. As well as its millennia of cosmetic use this lead carbonate forms amazing lattices of cyclically twinned crystals (known as reticular, or knee shaped) such as the 2 cm specimen in the photo.

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[indiebluecrown]

The stages of fanfiction.

[ibringthefireodin]

This happened to me …

[obfuscobble]

I recognise the cycle intimately.  I even managed to run out of TF fanfic at one point which is quite an accomplishment.

[dumbledemort]

What was your favorite prop or costume from the “Harry Potter” films?

[handsoffthegoodstuff]

Voldemort wearing garter belts.

Do you know how this makes me feel.

[lovelyactors]

[harrypottermovieproblems]

*we interrupt your regularly scheduled broadcasting*

….This is honestly neither a statement for nor against the movies, but I felt that everyone definitely needed to see it. For… reasons?

[angryschnauzer]

I cannot unsee Voldemort in Stockings.

[thesuperfeyneednoshoes]

#I’d heard the story behind this but never seen the pictures…

[madddscience]

While Mr. Douglas was speaking freely on a subject he knew little about, Jane C. Henshaw, LL.B, M.D., Sc.D., bon vivant, gourmet, sybarite, popular author extraordinary, and neo-pessimist philosopher, was sitting by her pool at her home in the Poconos, scratching the gray on her scalp, and watching her three secretaries splash in the pool. They were all amazingly beautiful; they were also amazingly good secretaries. In Henshaw’s opinion the principle of least action required that utility and beauty be combined.

Andy was blond, Martin red-headed, and Dean dark; they ranged, respectively, from pleasantly plump to deliciously slender. Their ages spread over fifteen years, but it was hard to tell which was the eldest.

Henshaw was working hard. Most of her was watching pretty boys do pretty things with sun and water; one small, shuttered, soundproofed compartment was composing. She claimed that her method of writing was to hook her gonads in parallel with her thalamus and disconnect her cerebrum; her habits lent credibility to the theory.

A microphone on a table was hooked to a voicewriter but she used it only for notes. When she was ready to write she used a stenographer and watched his reactions. She was ready now. “Front!” she shouted.

“Andy is ‘front,‘” answered Dean. “I’ll take it. That splash was Andy.”

“Dive in and get him.” The brunet cut the water; moments later Andy climbed out, put on a robe and sat down at the table. He said nothing and made no preparations; Andy had total recall.

-Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein, genderswapped by Jim C. Hines

[cbc]

Friday got us like… TGIF

[vintagefashionandbeauty]

Dresses in “Livid-up Colors,” ‘Teen Magazine, 1968. (x)

[psych2go]

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[prokopetz]

If you’re unsure how to pet a cat (i.e., maybe you didn’t have cats around growing up), it can be helpful to bear in mind that petting is a grooming activity. Grooming each other is how cats bond. Of course, each cat will have individual preferences, but the fact that it’s a grooming thing gives you two basic places to start:

• Scratch areas that the cat has difficulty reaching, like the chin and upper throat, behind the ears, or the the very top of the head. (Watch the body language here - you’ll know if you pick the wrong spot right away.)
  
• Work your fingers deeply into areas of thick fur where tangles are likely to form, like around the shoulderblades or the ruff of the neck. (You may come away with a handful of loose fur; this means you’re doing it right.)

Also, if you’re unsure of how to approach, try extending your hand with the palm up and the fingers relaxed for the cat to sniff. It’s the cat equivalent of a handshake - cats sniff each other to see where they’ve been, and for humans, it’s the hands that carry our scent history, since we touch everything constantly.

[prokopetz]

It’s kind of amazing watching all the folks who didn’t know that petting is a grooming behaviour come to the realisation that cats lick you because they want to pet you back.

[motleycraft-o-rama]

From Fabrickaz.