The moon is the only natural sattelite of the earth, formed 4.5 billion years ago by a rock the size of mars called theia colliding with the earth, the resulting debris formed the current moon.
A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.
Old Paunchinello, freshly wed,
Took Madam P. to table,
And there deliriously fed
As fast as he was able.
"I dote upon good grub," he cried,
Intent upon its throatage.
"Ah, yes," said the neglected bride,
"You're in your table d'hôtage."
—Associated Poets
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
Old Paunchinello, freshly wed,
Took Madam P. to table,
And there deliriously fed
As fast as he was able.
"I dote upon good grub," he cried,
Intent upon its throatage.
"Ah, yes," said the neglected bride,
"You're in your table d'hôtage."
—Associated Poets
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(n.) often found in white-collar companies. a type of bullshit job. and the more they shout they're vital and important and irreplaceable, the more you can be assured that they're standing on a very precarious cliff.
(also: paper-pusher)
(also: bullshit jobs)
(also: paper-pusher)
(also: bullshit jobs)
(n.) a tiny little insect that compensates for its shrimpiness with endless reinforcements. attracted to exposed foodstuffs, some of the more vicious varieties bite. known also for its monarchist sympathies
(also: leaving the planet)
n. The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress and two slaves, making in all, two.
(n.) a Sufi order, whirling towards God.
(the following link is not broken, though it appears to be)
(also: sufi)
(also: dance)
(also: trance)
(also: meditation)
(the following link is not broken, though it appears to be)
(also: sufi)
(also: dance)
(also: trance)
(also: meditation)
(1822 – 1895) French biologist. Developed a cure for rabies and other infectious diseases.
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: louis pasteur quotes)
(also: 100 most influential people in the world)
(also: louis pasteur quotes)
backed up by a multitude of reasons, not that I'm going to say any
(n.) a word noted for its groove and meaning; the residue left over after cooking good food, as punishment for enjoying yourself
(n.) one who exists to prevent things from happening, on the off-chance those things might be dangerous.
a sport involving men standing out on a floe of frozen ice and attempting to savagely beat each other with sticks. it's a bit like bruce wayne's training in batman begins, actually.
a logical fallacy where I don't follow
n. A tormenting vehicle in which a pirate jolts you through devious ways to the wrong place, where he robs you.
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
Knowable to those only who think it worth knowing.
In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the Immune. The plague as we of to-day have the happiness to know it is merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless objectionableness.
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
(also: The Devil's Dictionary)
field of health whose main tenet is that pain is bad in and of itself, rather than just being a symptom of bad. This is in opposition to fitness, which says that pain is a symptom of bodily good.
sign-up or face the consequences!
“"observers" must obey the call.”
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