Improbably Yours

Courtney. MIT '17(ish). Biology & political science. I like cats, octopuses, birds, music, snowmobiling, cozy blankets, books, movies, running, rainstorms, and snow.

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[karenhallion]

Finished another nine in this series. :) https://www.etsy.com/shop/khallion

[tsunamiwavesurfing]

penguins vs giant petrel

[byk23]

An Adelie ready to throw flippers

[fluffy-kittens]

This is Olive.

[laufeyjardottir-deactivated2018]

What We Do In The Shadows but the Fab Five from Queer Eye are the vampires

[wolfsnape]

Queer Eye but the fab 5 are the vampires from What we do in the shadows

[catchymemes]

Chance of a lifetime for an epic trick

The passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through the waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia. The navigator had just finished working out a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The Warrimoo’s position was LAT 0º 31’ N and LONG 179 30’ W. The date was 31 December 1899.

“Know what this means?” First Mate Payton broke in, “We’re only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line”. Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take full advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak of a lifetime.

He called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship’s position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.

The calm weather & clear night worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the Equator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date Line! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:

The forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.

The rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.

The date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.

In the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.

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This ship was therefore not only in:

Two different days,

Two different months,

Two different years,

Two different seasons

But in two different centuries - all at the same time!

[jewishdragon]

[princess-bonnie-deactivated2016]

This is an incredibly important lesson to learn.

[lettersiarrange]

My Facebook meme groups DELIVERED

[positivedoodles]

Only 5 more days left to get one of my digital collections of positive doodles with surreal messages and/or my collection of flower-themed positive doodles before I retire them forever! You can get one (or more) here.

[positivedoodles]

Only 1 day left!!! 

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[tommy-siegel]

hope this clears things up

[bardstardish]

[gumb00t]

a platypus?

[bardstardish]

[gumb00t]

PERRY THE PLATYPUS??????

[angelophile]

[yourbigsisnissi]

the older i get the more it’s clear that being smart doesn’t get you very far if you’re not disciplined. there are tons of people who are brilliant but not disciplined. they have amazing ideas but cannot finish a project. they are creative and innovative but cannot execute a plan. i see how important it is to set deadlines and boundaries for myself an to be disciplined.

[maureenjohnsonbooks]

TRULY DEVIOUS ON KINDLE FOR $1.99

Hello.

Perhaps you have heard of this book TRULY DEVIOUS? Perhaps you thought, “Maybe this MYSTERY NOVEL is for me, but now is not the time! NOT THE TIME! I am busy building the MACHINE and do not have time for BOOKS!”

Well.

Right now, TRULY DEVIOUS is available on Kindle for $1.99. Even if you are in your LABORATORY, perhaps you would like to pick up a copy for POST-INVENTION READING? 

It is $1.99.

If you want it.

*thunderclap*

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[fvckingholland]

I haven’t seen this posted yet but it gave me chills. (Credit to grable424 on YouTube)

[doobler]

Fucking s i c k

[thedyslexicbard]

A fucking god made this masterpiece