(1791 – 1867) – English scientist who contributed in fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: michael faraday quotes)
(also: tragedy)
(n.) the great and noble thing we must all strive for, which we lack only because we're bogged down by petty arguments
except for when healthy disagreement is a good thing and we would see that if we weren't so bogged down by lack of ideological diversity
so basically everything is completely wrong either way. see order and chaos
except for when healthy disagreement is a good thing and we would see that if we weren't so bogged down by lack of ideological diversity
so basically everything is completely wrong either way. see order and chaos
The fame of one's competitor for public honors. The kind of renown most accessible and acceptable to mediocrity. A Jacob's-ladder leading to the vaudeville stage, with angels ascending and descending.
(n.) it's a funny story, you've probably heard the idiom "hoist by your own petard," meaning "have your actions backfire on you," and you might have assumed a petard was some kind of garment or something. but actually a petard is a kind of bomb. the saying is "blown up by your own bomb"
The most tempting touchable in all known existence. It's also a source of great peril, fraught with blood and pain. Only touch the floof at your own risk.
“Jenny tried to rub Mrs. Flufferbutt's cat belly, and was rewarded with many scratches.”
(also: pork belly)
“Jenny tried to rub Mrs. Flufferbutt's cat belly, and was rewarded with many scratches.”
(also: pork belly)
Appointing your party to various offices for the good of your grandmother
(n.) the grinning killer of the ocean depths, a squeaking sexual predator, a maritime molester, a blowholed bastard, a swirling nest of aquatic evil
considered one of nature's surprisingly intelligent animals
considered one of nature's surprisingly intelligent animals
sitting on a moving truck-car on a seat covered with hay not because you enjoy it but because you're not going to let fall pass by without once sitting on a moving truck-car on a seat covered with hay
(n.) a traditional form of halloween decoration consisting of a vegetable that has been mutilated and disemboweled. a candle is then placed inside the hollowed-out specimen so that the baleful light may evoke the visage of a hideous, grinning face, to be presented on one's doorstep on halloween night.
the real horror comes days after that when you have to clean it up.
(also: pumpkin)
the real horror comes days after that when you have to clean it up.
(also: pumpkin)
(n.) a foodstuff consisting of a cylindrical tubule of visceral meat components. Widely appreciated by members of the German diaspora and those who have not seen them actually being made.
(also: food)
(also: food)
The Encyclopedia Galactica used to be the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom in the universe.
Wildly considered rather old fashioned, and pedestrian.
In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has already replaced the great Encyclopedia.
(also: wikipedia)
Wildly considered rather old fashioned, and pedestrian.
In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has already replaced the great Encyclopedia.
(also: wikipedia)
n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market. Miss, Missis (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the three most distinctly disagreeable words in the language, in sound and sense. Two are corruptions of Mistress, the other of Master. In the general abolition of social titles in this our country they miraculously escaped to plague us. If we must have them let us be consistent and give one to the unmarried man. I venture to suggest Mush, abbreviated to Mh.
(also: misfortune)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: misfortune)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
both wonderful and depressing
cultural stuff that is more inherently edifying and intellectually stimulating; this means nobody wants to actually pay for it, but fortunately it usually qualifies for government subsidy
(n) that sort of fibrous, hairy looking frost that you sometimes see if the weather is just right
you thought it was something else, didn't you? admit it
you thought it was something else, didn't you? admit it
(n.) a complicated coat hanger to drape your skin over. made from a white hard stuff made from hardened milk or something
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
join