Title: Bees
Rating: T
Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Warnings: Bi-lingual swearing and spontaneous combustion
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année mon amis
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Rating: T
Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Warnings: Bi-lingual swearing and spontaneous combustion
Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année mon amis
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Ladies and gentlemen, as a reminder, the next Chrononauts' Winter Stroll will be taking place on Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, Saturday December 26th. We will be meeting at 1pm in the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Dress warmly and in your finest. Though I trust none of you need to be reminded of this, as we will be visiting museums in the nation's capital, do not bring any props or accessories that either are or could be mistaken for weapons or dangerous devices (whether functioning or not). Security is very concerned about things of that nature, and I'm certain we can all understand their position. When in doubt, leave it at home. All you need to bring are your charming selves and your lovely Victorian clothes.
Dress warmly and in your finest. Though I trust none of you need to be reminded of this, as we will be visiting museums in the nation's capital, do not bring any props or accessories that either are or could be mistaken for weapons or dangerous devices (whether functioning or not). Security is very concerned about things of that nature, and I'm certain we can all understand their position. When in doubt, leave it at home. All you need to bring are your charming selves and your lovely Victorian clothes.
I was delighted by this video. I think if we had more cool things like this, more people would be interested in space exploration.
Cassini Holiday Movies Showcase Dance of Saturn's MoonsLike sugar plum fairies in "The Nutcracker," the moons of Saturn performed a celestial ballet before the eyes of NASA's Cassini
spacecraft. New movies frame the moons' silent dance against the majestic sweep of the planet's rings and show as many as four moons gliding around one another.The new video can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/cassini ,
http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov and http://ciclops.org .To celebrate the holidays, the Cassini imaging team has created a video collection of "mutual events," which occur when one moon passes in front of another, as seen from the spacecraft. Imaging scientists use mutual event observations to refine their understanding of the dynamics of Saturn's moons. Digital image processing has enabled scientists to turn these routine observations into breathtaking displays of celestial motion. The original images were captured between Aug. 27 and Nov. 8, 2009.
In one scene that synthesizes 12 images taken over the span of 19 minutes, Rhea skates in front of Janus, as Mimas and Pandora slide across the screen in the opposite direction. While the dance appears leisurely on screen, Rhea actually orbits Saturn at a speed of about 8 kilometers per second (18,000 mph). The other moons are hurtling around the planet even faster. Mimas averages about 14 kilometers per second (31,000 mph), and Janus and Pandora travel at about 16 kilometers per second (36,000 mph).
"As yet another year in Saturn orbit draws to a close, these wondrous movies of an alien place clear across the solar system remind us how fortunate we are to be engaged in this magnificent exploratory expedition," said Carolyn Porco, Cassini imaging team leader at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colo.
The Cassini-Huygens mission is a cooperative project of NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Cassini orbiter and its two onboard cameras were designed, developed and assembled at JPL. The imaging team is based at the Space Science Institute, Boulder, Colo.
- Mood:
busy
Just listed my personal favorite of the newer ones, "My Steampunk Sweetheart".
This is a gorgeous necklace made up of layers of chains in various textures and tones, combined with a vintage pendant with pearls and rhinestones, a vintage locket with a gorgeous aged patina, and a very cool, very tiny little vintage pocket watch. The back has been removed to show the movement and gears inside, but the front is equally aesthetically appealing and as the chain hangs free, the watch can be worn with either front or back prominently displayed.
As an added bonus, anyone who found the listing through this community (or any of the Lj Communities I've posted this in), will receive FREE shipping, if you mention that you found me through one of these communities when you checkout with paypal. I will refund the shipping price for you after I receive the payment.
This is a gorgeous necklace made up of layers of chains in various textures and tones, combined with a vintage pendant with pearls and rhinestones, a vintage locket with a gorgeous aged patina, and a very cool, very tiny little vintage pocket watch. The back has been removed to show the movement and gears inside, but the front is equally aesthetically appealing and as the chain hangs free, the watch can be worn with either front or back prominently displayed.
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As an added bonus, anyone who found the listing through this community (or any of the Lj Communities I've posted this in), will receive FREE shipping, if you mention that you found me through one of these communities when you checkout with paypal. I will refund the shipping price for you after I receive the payment.
While not technically fashion, the awesomeness of this in unheralded.
Steam Engine in the UK rescues passengers in bad weather.
Steam Power for the Win.
Steam Engine in the UK rescues passengers in bad weather.
Steam Power for the Win.
Jordan's been asleep since 10:00. Curled up on the couch like a stray dog wearing baggy sweats, she's the kind of stray dog you'd gladly take home from the parking lot at Wiggly Foods without a second thought. Or a first thought, even. It'd be take-home autopilot, something you'd respond to without thinking.
"Hop in, girl," you'd say, and let her ride shotgun in the cab of Gloria, nose wind-surfing out the half-down window of the rusting, '87 Ford F-150 you got when Uncle Leddy kicked the bucket for the third and final time.
"Gloria -- this is," you'd say in introduction, "... what's your name, again?" She'd look at you with those lonesome, winsome, distant-close, warm-you-to-the-bone eyes. "Take me home, Big Boy," her slow, blue eyes would say, "we don't need words to interact."
And you'd obey. You'd do whatever those eyes asked, as long as you could let this feeling linger on. Because, somehow, in the genus of her own, non-ape indie world, she made you species jump and feel human.
( more ... )
20091223 11:07 Wed (658 words)
"Hop in, girl," you'd say, and let her ride shotgun in the cab of Gloria, nose wind-surfing out the half-down window of the rusting, '87 Ford F-150 you got when Uncle Leddy kicked the bucket for the third and final time.
"Gloria -- this is," you'd say in introduction, "... what's your name, again?" She'd look at you with those lonesome, winsome, distant-close, warm-you-to-the-bone eyes. "Take me home, Big Boy," her slow, blue eyes would say, "we don't need words to interact."
And you'd obey. You'd do whatever those eyes asked, as long as you could let this feeling linger on. Because, somehow, in the genus of her own, non-ape indie world, she made you species jump and feel human.
( more ... )
20091223 11:07 Wed (658 words)
This week's posts over on Gaiatribe: Ideas for a Thinking Planet include:
The Wheel of the Year
Copenhagen Report from 1Sky
Call to Action: Protect Utah’s Red Rock Country
News: Suing for Species
Weekend Meet-n-Greet 12-19-09
Call to Action: Fight Global Warming
Three Questions: The Global Village
Yule Food and Decorations
The Wheel of the Year
Copenhagen Report from 1Sky
Call to Action: Protect Utah’s Red Rock Country
News: Suing for Species
Weekend Meet-n-Greet 12-19-09
Call to Action: Fight Global Warming
Three Questions: The Global Village
Yule Food and Decorations
- Mood: busy
Ever wonder what happened to Mark? Well...
- RT @KellyMeding Three Days to Dead: 4.5 stars from Romantic Times! ..."a thrilling urban fantasy full of desperate humans & menacing evil." #
- America’s Most Literate Cities, 2009 bit.ly/70A5fu (via @branflakez)--someone asked me why there were so many writers in Seattle. #
- Vampire Academy Jewelry and stuff! Order Now, unless you're a dolt. bit.ly/5p1LPB #
- I haz a tummy ache from all the CRACKer Candy. I might die now. #
- The Christmas Carols on XM, cookies are in the mixer and only one gift left to come in the mail. Looking good people! #
- When Dido is providing the holiday music, you can bet it'll be a white Christmas. Mighty white. #
- Watching Lost Season 1 for the first time. I do dig it. Just not as much as Fringe. Maybe it's the lack of the X-Files feel. #
- RT 2011. It's in Los Angeles at the Westin Bonaventure. (via @Debi_Murray) Hmm. #
- Dammit! Sugar headache. I can look forward to a few more of these this week. #
I was amused by this bit of online humor.
- Mood:
amused
This quote appeared on my Google homepage today. I have found it often true:
"There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it."
"There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it."
- Mood: busy
As we grow, our needs change. Sometimes that means our goals need to change too. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
haikujaguar offers a lovely post about this life lesson.
haikujaguar offers a lovely post about this life lesson.- Mood:
thoughtful
I was fascinated by this article about Na'vi, the alien language composed for the movie "Avatar." It is a subtle, flexible, and intricate tongue. I am strongly reminded of some Native American languages, which can stack and weave affixes in ways that seem odd to English speakers. I can't quite get my mind around Na'vi yet ... I need to hear it in my ears ... but there's something familiar about it.
- Mood: busy
The most magnificent majesty of multiple meanings will manifest to the masses on the following months in these places of meeting:
Ikkicon - Jan 1st - 3rd Austin Texas
Templecon - Feb 5th - 7th Warwick Rhode Island
The Steampunk Worlds' Fair - May 14th - 16th Piscataway, NJ
World Steam Expo - May 28th - 31st Dearborn
This agenda is subject to change and will notify if done so.
The Lord Emperor would love to know who else may be attending these fine gatherings of the creative elite and endorses you to introduce yourself and converse greatly on matters of non-importance as you carouse till your heart's boil with joy.
The Emperor would also like to take this opportunity to enforce every one of you to have a joyous holiday.
Thank you,
Emissary to the most masterful of monarchs.
Ikkicon - Jan 1st - 3rd Austin Texas
Templecon - Feb 5th - 7th Warwick Rhode Island
The Steampunk Worlds' Fair - May 14th - 16th Piscataway, NJ
World Steam Expo - May 28th - 31st Dearborn
This agenda is subject to change and will notify if done so.
The Lord Emperor would love to know who else may be attending these fine gatherings of the creative elite and endorses you to introduce yourself and converse greatly on matters of non-importance as you carouse till your heart's boil with joy.
The Emperor would also like to take this opportunity to enforce every one of you to have a joyous holiday.
Thank you,
Emissary to the most masterful of monarchs.
I'm not going to jump ship any time soon - too many of my friends are LJ only, and too few are over at DW (plus, I still haven't found a layout that allows me to read my flist with custom colours, and it doesn't tell you with the styles, so you have to try them, and you can't test the flist, only the main page)
but anyway. I messed up a tag, and DW very kindly put the contents behind a cut instead of splatting it all over my flist.
Score one for Dreamwidth.
And the other thing is that it then took the fixed tag and edited the LJ post, so that - once crossposted - if you edit the DW post, both posts remain synchronized.
Score two for DW.
Also posted at http://green-knight.dreamwidth.org/9
comments. Reply wherever you like.
but anyway. I messed up a tag, and DW very kindly put the contents behind a cut instead of splatting it all over my flist.
Score one for Dreamwidth.
And the other thing is that it then took the fixed tag and edited the LJ post, so that - once crossposted - if you edit the DW post, both posts remain synchronized.
Score two for DW.
Also posted at http://green-knight.dreamwidth.org/9
- Mood:
impressed
I like chip carving, and these are lovely. Over my altar there is a chip carved plate with a unicorn and a star on it.
- Mood: busy
It's been a challenging year in many ways, but we've had some worthwhile victories along the way. Here's a slideshow of some wildlife victories.
- Mood: busy
I often blog a lot about intense and controversial topics, because part of my responsibility includes spreading information. Too much of that can lead to burnout, though, both for readers and for bloggers.
So, I'm making an effort to increase the amount of positive, noncontroversial news. What "good news" have you heard recently? In what ways is the world becoming a better place? What cool discoveries or inventions have people made? Please share links or stories in the comments below. Remember, "Energy flows where attention goes." Let's send it somewhere good!
So, I'm making an effort to increase the amount of positive, noncontroversial news. What "good news" have you heard recently? In what ways is the world becoming a better place? What cool discoveries or inventions have people made? Please share links or stories in the comments below. Remember, "Energy flows where attention goes." Let's send it somewhere good!
- Mood: busy
Ever wonder what happened to Mark? Well...
- Today, we visit the Rue du Fauborg Saint-Honoré. Well, in the manuscript we do. And by we, I mean me. Someone gonna die in front of Dior! #
- Waited an hour and fifteen minutes to find out the scoop on Brittany Murphy's death and got nothing but gossip. Hissssss. #
- At Starbucks, Jiffy Lube hooked me up with a $5 gift card cuz it's Christmas and shit! #
- Damn it smells like burning rubber and bung in this Starbucks. They must be filming a porno movie in the back. #
- Who doesn't love cheese? #
- Gotta get back to work. Discuss amongst yourselves. Topics: uses for cheese, boring towns and things bikers hide in their spandex. #
- Attention Aspiring Writers: Enter to Win an RT Pre-Con & General-Con Registration! See @ bit.ly/7AdOZe #
- I'm about to ditch out of my library writing to gather all the ingredients for the big Christmas Cookiethon 2009! #
- This year we're making Cracker Candy (thanks @angelajames), Butterscotch Haystacks, Fudge, Russian Teacakes and Frosted sugar cookies. #
- The library is being infiltrated by suit-clad young men on a mission of literature delivery. I'm scared for my soul. #
- Craving tater tots something fierce but don't have a deep fryer. Too bad the baked version are an ABOMINATION against God. #theuglytruth #
- Road Trip of the Living Dead is a Six Dollar Bargain Book at Amazon! Go! Buy! Now! bit.ly/5Uf5B9 #
- Cracker candy chillin' like a gangsta. Not sure this tray's gonna last 'til Friday. In fact, I'm sure it won't. Muhahaha! #
- Sweet Jesus CRACKer Candy is totally accurate. twitgoo.com/a6trn #
- I'm afraid my heart might give out from all the salty buttery chocolatey goodness of the cracker candy. If so, know that I loved you... #
Greetings. Longtime costumer, first-time steampunk explorer, etc. etc.
In a search to understand just what makes steampunk costumes steampunk -- outside of actual pieces of faux technology, e.g. brass ray guns -- I've seen certain symbols: cogs, gears, watch faces, watch fiddly bits, keys, locks. To a lesser extent I have seen compass roses, compass faces, clock hands. It's also usual in jewelry in decoration to see coiled wire, with the occasional ship's wheel and (for some reason) the octopus. (All hail the octopus.)
There is another class of symbols that don't seem to be drawn upon for steampunk identifiers: the square and compass, the sun, the moon, scales, or the phoenix -- which are all masonic symbols. Freemasonry was a prestige club in Victorian England (or so I understand) and it seems like these "symbols of devising" would fit in with steampunk. But so far I have not seen any. Has anybody run across any of them in their steampunk wanderings?
(Also... has anybody seen Illuminati symbols worked in to steampunk costumes, like the eye in the pyramid?)
Thanks.
In a search to understand just what makes steampunk costumes steampunk -- outside of actual pieces of faux technology, e.g. brass ray guns -- I've seen certain symbols: cogs, gears, watch faces, watch fiddly bits, keys, locks. To a lesser extent I have seen compass roses, compass faces, clock hands. It's also usual in jewelry in decoration to see coiled wire, with the occasional ship's wheel and (for some reason) the octopus. (All hail the octopus.)
There is another class of symbols that don't seem to be drawn upon for steampunk identifiers: the square and compass, the sun, the moon, scales, or the phoenix -- which are all masonic symbols. Freemasonry was a prestige club in Victorian England (or so I understand) and it seems like these "symbols of devising" would fit in with steampunk. But so far I have not seen any. Has anybody run across any of them in their steampunk wanderings?
(Also... has anybody seen Illuminati symbols worked in to steampunk costumes, like the eye in the pyramid?)
Thanks.
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