Cthulhu chandelier

Me waaaaaantssssss. Me wants baaaad.

tentacled glory above, and below nothing but darkness and the gnashing of teeth

Above, there is a blaze of glory
and beneath,
nothing but darkness,
and the gnashing of teeth.

Kewl.

how to decode personal ads

Tell me I’m not into service journalism! Puh-leeze, I’m all about the service pieces, and here’s one of the most useful I’ve come across: How to decode women’s personal ads. The world does not need “how to decode men’s personal ads” because they all translate into “if you show up, I will fuck you.” Duh.

Stolen from the manic manicurist (bonus points for cool blog name!)

1. 40-ish……………………………49 to 59.
2. Adventurous…………………..Slept with everyone.
3. Athletic…………………………. No Hooters.
4. Average looking…………….Moooo.
5. Beautiful……………………….. Pathological liar.
6. Emotionally Secure………..On medication.

etc. I expect my UK friends to have much fun with this. Just assume it was written by Edwina Currie and it will all make perfect sense. And, in an ironic way, that holds true even for those of us who exist outside that particular bubble.

my god, it’s full of stars

No, really. Watch this astonishing video of a Gonatus Onyx Squid with its brood from Brad Seibel, via Pharyngula. It starts slow, but the wait is worth it. (title heartlessly stolen from Tlonista in Ph‘s comments section; what can I say? It was just lying there, glimmering temptingly)

The Science Pundit adds some useful info in Pharyngula‘s comments section:

When Brad Seibel‘s 2000 paper suggested squids brood, it was called “erroneous.” Years later when Seibel had the opportunity to direct a submersible he captured this footage confirming his hypothesis. Take that, cephalopod traditionalists!

how to build a vulva

A nice piece of jewelryHere’s another useful how-to which should be of great interest to a lot of people who spend too much time on the internet and not enough in the presence of vulvas. This one shows you how to make multiples, too, at no additional cost. Have as many as you like!

Don’t say I never did nuthin’ for ya! Stolen from Pharyngula just for you. Click through to the instructions and be sure to check out the many, many pictures.

The vulva is one of my favorite organs. Not only is it pretty and fun to manipulate, but how it responds tells us so much about its owner. And it is just amazing how much we’re learning about it now.

Don’t worry about clicking to read more…this article is full of pictures, but it is entirely work safe because it’s all about science.

quiz: which mental disorder do you have?

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, that in itself should qualify.

This is Juvenal‘s doing. Believe me, I don’t consider most of these to be disorders: I consider them to be characteristics. Indeed, in my circle they are practically prerequisites.

But what’s with the low score on narcissism, eh? How accurate can this thing be, one wonders? I demand that it be rewritten until I score higher on narcissism, dammit!

Personality Disorder Test Results

Paranoid |||||||||| 38%
Schizoid |||||||||||||||||| 74%
Schizotypal |||||||||||||||||| 74%
Antisocial |||||||||||||||| 66%
Borderline |||||| 30%
Histrionic |||||||||||||||| 66%
Narcissistic |||||||||||| 46%
Avoidant |||||||||||||||| 66%
Dependent |||||||||||| 46%
Obsessive-Compulsive |||||| 26%

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