AshkeJ's Mutterings

Plum & Poppy Seed Muffins (Smitten Kitchen Challenge 1)Many...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:18:28 +0100

Plum & Poppy Seed Muffins (Smitten Kitchen Challenge 1)

Many moons ago a gauntlet was … well, it wasn’t thrown down … it was more tossed aside like an old…

dinosaursfuckyes: This badass is Iguanacolossus fortis (“Mighty...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:00:48 +0100

This badass is Iguanacolossus fortis (“Mighty Iguana Colossus”), and he wins the Best Dinosaur Name of the Year 2010 award, hands down. This guy will coldcock any jackass what tries to hassle him.

(image by Lukas Panzarin originally published in PLoS, used under CC-by-Attribution)

I’m not sure which is better - the awesome illustration or the “…coldcock any jackass …” part of the description …..

Chlöe Howl - I Wish I Could Tell You (by ChloeHowlVEVO)

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:22:00 +0100

Chlöe Howl - I Wish I Could Tell You (by ChloeHowlVEVO)

Work-Type Rant.

Sun, 12 May 2013 21:20:40 +0100

Ok. As mentioned briefly in a previous post, I started a new job last Wednesday. And it fucking sucks. No, I’m not doing something degrading or disgusting (I save that for the weekends and people who pay MUCH better), but there’s just something … soul-sucking about it.

It took me 4 months to get this job (well, to get any job) and yet after 3 days I am back in the old Sunday depression. This is not good. I should be (or so I’ve been told) still in the ‘honeymoon period’ and looking forward to meeting the challenge or whatever.

Instead I just feel slightly nauseous about the thought of going in there tomorrow.

To put things in perspective, in my old job (which I held for 5 years) I used to bake stuff and take it in. You know, brownies, muffins, all kinds of good shit. These people? I don’t know if they deserve my muffins.

Live MAIDA VALE session for Hue Stephens on BBC radio1.

Fri, 10 May 2013 21:05:20 +0100

Live MAIDA VALE session for Hue Stephens on BBC radio1.

“Is that a kitten in your pants or are you just pleased to...

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:51:49 +0100

“Is that a kitten in your pants or are you just pleased to …. Oh. Oh I see.”

JbDubs - I Hate My Job I started a new job on Wednesday...

Fri, 10 May 2013 17:21:10 +0100

JbDubs - I Hate My Job

I started a new job on Wednesday …

How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer

Sat, 04 May 2013 09:46:30 +0100

How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer

Kepler’s Tally of Planets

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:40:22 +0100

Kepler’s Tally of Planets:

NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered more than 100 confirmed planets orbiting distant stars.

What happens when you wring out a washcloth in...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:30:00 +0100

What happens when you wring out a washcloth in space?

http://boingboing.net/2013/04/18/what-happens-when-you-wring-ou.html

Photo

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:18:52 +0100

Jarrad McVeigh

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:36:25 +0100

Jarrad McVeigh

Fruit fly by Jorge Fardels

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:49:01 +0100

Fruit fly by Jorge Fardels

Credit: ESO/H. Dahle The 3.58-meter New Technology Telescope...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:40:18 +0100

Credit: ESO/H. Dahle

The 3.58-meter New Technology Telescope (NTT), located at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, stands against the southern sky. The Milky Way appears as a hazy stripe across the sky. Also, the Large Magellanic Cloud appears to the right of the telescope.

An artist’s concept shows the Orion Multipurpose Crew...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:35:22 +0100

An artist’s concept shows the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle and future destinations for human exploration beyond Earth orbit: the moon, an asteroid and Mars.

Credit: Nasa

John Conway's Log: Jurassic Park 4: Awesomebro!

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:57:37 +0000

John Conway's Log: Jurassic Park 4: Awesomebro!:

nyctopterus:

The director of Jurasic Park 4 has tweeted that the Velociraptors will not have feathers, which has lead to quite a bit of backlash in the palaeo community. There’s not much point in rehashing the scientific in inaccuracy of this. Brian Switek’s piece will give you good rundown of the…

Mustard Marinated Pork Steaks with Pommes Parmentier &...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:41:45 +0000

Mustard Marinated Pork Steaks with Pommes Parmentier & Spinach

Occasionally I’ll cook something and as I’m part way through I think “Damn, I should be taking some…

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On a chilly Sunday, there’s only one thing for it …

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:55:33 +0000

On a chilly Sunday, there’s only one thing for it …

Heard on the Subway: Talking about your gay son.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:28:21 +0000

rafi-dangelo:

I was on my way to work, zoned out listening to some old school Shania Twain to get my life right, when two construction worker types got on the train at Penn Station. They were both middle-aged white guys with Long Island accents, mustaches, dirty jeans — the type of guys you’d expect to see on a building site. I caught a piece of their conversation when the music died before the song changed, and I decided to record them.

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I say that if you’re going to the trouble of paying to...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:10:08 +0000

I say that if you’re going to the trouble of paying to put it on a t-shirt then you should go to the trouble of making sure that there are no spelling mistakes.

“every-fucking-where” and “sense” respectively.