she's got the whole world/in her hands.

present-day mantra.

just click the dang link.

i can't summarize how awesome this is in a post. just click the dang link: http://jezebel.com/5664134/the-comprehensive-gif-glossary#ixzz15yjT3Gah

smiles in a 3x3.

jensen kimmitt is unbelievable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knYCilujrFM

i think i may be in love with this guy. UNbelievable.

mimic octopus.

this? is AMAZING and why nature is so freaking fascinating.

click here: http://www.todaysbigthing.com/2010/10/29

save the words.

http://www.savethewords.com

most creative father.

most creative father? hands down: jason lee.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1rPaJm/www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/a-father-who-creatively

yet another textual graphic...

your extraordinary mind.

welcome to today.

pinterest

www.pinterest.com. inCREDible.

wooo obama!

http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/

the strength of mother nature.

more here: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/295YBd/www.funzug.com/index.php/nature/amazing-strength-of-nature.html

endless entertainment.

http://taggalaxy.de/

creative teapots.

more here:
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2BG9s7/zuzutop.com/2010/01/cool-teapots/

stained glass windows.

"People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun's out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is light within."

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

ipollack.

http://www.ipollock.com/

"Reflections" Campaign

These photos are all to advertise an Alzheimer’s drug called the Exelon Patch made by Novartis. Photos by Tom Hussey.

visual art by the human body.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2guudi/saigonocean.com/nghethuat/html/visualart.htm

five dollar t-shirt.

always wanted to know how to do this.

birds are secretly composers.

"A normal person sees these birds perched on electrical wires and worries about getting crapped on. Jarbas Agnelli looks at them and sees musical notes. Maybe he’s smarter than the rest of us because the melody is utterly oh-so-sweet-that-I-could-doze-off-right-now."

www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/09/this-clip-is-proof-that-birds-are-secretly-composers/

the thuggie. brilliant.

http://www.thuggies.ca/

shadow art.

www.dailydawdle.com/2010/08/top-10-examples-of-brilliant-shadow-art.html

literal street art.

www.ignant.de/2010/06/15/sandrine-estrade-boulet/

twenty untranslatable words.

this is awesome to me: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1ri9rU/matadornetwork.com/abroad/20-awesomely-untranslatable-words-from-around-the-world/

There are at least 250,000 words in the English language. However, to think that English – or any language – could hold enough expression to convey the entirety of the human experience is as arrogant of an assumption as it is naive.

Here are a few examples of instances where other languages have found the right word and English simply falls speechless.

1. Toska

Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”

2. Mamihlapinatapei

Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – The wordless and silent, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start.

3. Jayus

Indonesian – A joke so awful and told so poorly that a listener can’t help but laugh.

4. Prozvonit

Czech – This word means to call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. In Spanish, the phrase for this is “Dar un toque,” or, “To give a touch.”

5. Litost

Czech – Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, remarked that “As for the meaning of this word, I have looked in vain in other languages for an equivalent, though I find it difficult to imagine how anyone can understand the human soul without it.” The closest definition is a state of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery.

6. Kyoikumama

Japanese – A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic overachievement.

7. Tartle

Scottish – The act of hestitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name.

8. Ilunga

Tshiluba (Southwest Congo) – A word famous for its untranslatability, most professional translators pinpoint it as the stature of a person who is ready to forgive and forget any first abuse, tolerate it the second time, but never forgive nor tolerate on the third offense.

9. Iktsuarpok

Inuit – To go outside to check if anyone is coming.

10. Cafuné

Brazilian Portuguese – The act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair.

11. Schadenfreude

German – Quite famous for its meaning that somehow other languages neglected to recognize, this refers to the feeling of pleasure derived by seeing another’s misfortune. I guess “America’s Funniest Moments of Schadenfreude” just didn’t have the same ring to it.

12. Torschlusspanik

German – Translated literally, this word means “gate-closing panic,” but its contextual meaning refers to the fear of diminishing opportunities as one grows old.

13. L’appel du vide

French – “The call of the void” is this French expression’s literal translation, but more significantly it’s used to describe the instinctive urge to jump from high places.

14. Dépaysement

French – The feeling that comes from not being in one’s home country.

15. Ya’aburnee

Arabic – Both morbid and beautiful at once, this incantatory word means “You bury me,” a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them.

16. Tingo

Pascuense (Easter Island) – Hopefully this isn’t a word you’d need often: the act of taking things from the house of a friend by gradually “borrowing” all of them.

17. Hyggelig / Gezellig

Danish – Many claim this word is closely tied to the Danish national character. Its “literal” translation into English gives connotations of a warm, friendly, cozy demeanor, but it’s unlikely that these words truly capture the essence of a hyggelig; it’s likely something that must be experienced to be known. I think of good friends, cold beer, and a warm fire.

18. Wabi-Sabi

Japanese – Much has been written on this Japanese concept, but in a sentence, one might be able to understand it as a way of living that focuses on finding beauty within the imperfections of life and accepting peacefully the natural cycle of growth and decay.

19. Duende

Spanish – While originally used to describe a mythical, spritelike entity that possesses humans and creates the feeling of awe of one’s surroundings in nature, its meaning has transitioned into referring to the mysterious power that a work of art has in deeply moving a person. There’s actually a nightclub in the town of La Linea de la Concepcion, where I teach, named after this word.

20. Saudade

Portuguese – One of the most beautiful of all words, translatable or not, this word refers to the feeling of longing for something or someone that you love, but is lost. Fado music, a type of mournful singing, relates to saudade.

personal.

Personal by Tony Hoagland

Don’t take it personal, they said:

but I did, I took it all quite personal –

the breeze and the river and the color of the fields

the price of grapefruit and stamps.

the wet hair of women in the rain –

And I cursed what hurt me

and I praised what gave me joy,

the most simple-minded of possible responses

The government reminded me of my father,

With its deafness and its laws

and the weather reminded me of my mom,

with her tropical squalls.

Enjoy it while you can, they said of Happiness

Think first, they said of Talk

Get over it, they said

at the School of Broken Hearts

but I couldn’t and I didn’t and I don’t

believe in the clean break;

I believe in the compound fracture

served with a sauce of dirty regret,

I believe in saying it all

and taking it all back

and saying it again for good measure

while the air fills up with I’m-Sorries

like wheeling birds

and the trees look seasick in the wind

Oh life! Can you blame me

for making a scene?

You were that yellow caboose, the moon

disappearing over a ridge of cloud.

I was the dog, chained in some fool’s backyard,

Barking and barking:

trying to convince everything else

to take it personal too.

i wanna be her when i grow up.

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learn something new every day.

http://www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk/

this website is amazing. fun facts daily! wahooo. here's a selection:

creative advertising. me likes.

thesaurus.