WEEKS 101

Just a hodgepodge of things I like. I am smitten enough with cars that they get their own tumblog.

[irkabyrka]

PINGPONG

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[incidentalcomics]

In celebration of Father’s Day, here are some thoughts about the beautiful chaos of having an 18-month-old.

[nevver]

The best place to be is somewhere else

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Baseball Nation

[designboom]

henry hargreaves + caitlin levin map the world in famous foods images © henry hargreaves + caitlin levin top: south america crafted in citrus middle australia sculpted in shellfish bottom: india shaped with spices

see the US created in corn, the UK + ireland built of biscuits, new zealand kept in kiwi, japan in juxtaposed seaweed, italy transformed by tomatoes, framnce formed in fromage (cheese), china composed of noodles, africa patterned in plantains http://www.designboom.com/art/henry-hargreaves-caitlin-levin-map-world-famous-foods-03-13-2014/

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[maptacular]

A Mind-Bending Image of Last Month’s Polar Vortex

“Just when you might have been slowly emerging from the hibernatory winter fetal position, NASA has brought all of us back to that dark scary place by releasing a mind-bending visualization of last month’s epic “polar vortex” cold snap.”

Read more at Slate

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http://flowingdata.com/2014/02/05/where-people-run/

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[sesamestreet]

There’s only one Oscar for us.

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Wild Turkey vs. UPS Driver (winter edition) (by Snow Biggie)

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This Year

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Santa Parkour (by Ronnie Street Stunts)

[nprfreshair]

"I think what caring for our mothers really taught us — all the way up through the hospice experience — was that this part of life that so many people are afraid of, for good reason, it’s kind of a privilege to be able to be there when you can. So we would go over and see Mark’s [Mark Olsen, the co-creator of "Getting On”] mom. He’d go over a lot and talk for hours, carrying on these one-sided conversations with her, and it always touched me to see how much energy it took to carry on a conversation when you’re the only speaker.

There was sort of a sense that, “Gosh, I was so afraid of this, I didn’t want to do it; I didn’t want to be here.” But being here is starting to feel like a good thing, a good part of life — something that we avoid in this culture. That actually is a rich experience, albeit painful; it’s actually so much a part of life.”

[nprfreshair]

—- Will Scheffer, the co-creator of the HBO series Getting On, talks with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross on taking care of his mother while she was in hospice care and what inspired him and Mark Olsen to create the show

Photo via Dale Robinette/HBO

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(by http://www.simonstalenhag.se/)

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1977