Kitchen Helpers I found these helpful charts last week and just had to share! Both of these beauties are from Chasing Delicious (aka one of the most fab foodie blogs out there)! Aren’t they faaaaabulous?! Buy them here. (Note: There are lots of little charts like this online, but these are my favorites). I love tea, but I’m no expert. For people of the UK, have this one with you while you’re meal planning or grocery shopping! I’ve fond some other helpful charts that I’ll share in another post! Yay charts!
» 9 Mindfulness Rituals to Make Your Day Better “Smile, breathe and go slowly.” - Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk Post written by Leo Babauta. Are you simply moving through your day, without fully living? I did this for many years. But today isn’t preparation for tomorrow. Fully live today by being mindful. You don’t need to do all of these, but give a few of them a try to see if they make your day better. Mindfulness Rituals Ritual isn’t about doing a routine mindlessly. Here are a few of my favorites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. These rituals aren’t the only time you should be mindful, but they’re great reminders. 17 step guide to becoming a Big. Name. On. Campus. Whether you love them or just love to hate them, there's no denying that BNOCs are everywhere. From the girl running for SU president that posters her face throughout Uni to the guy that's slept with eight of your friends they've all made a name for themselves in one way or another. For some people a life in the university spotlight has taken over their hopes for a 2.1 as their main aspiration. If you can no longer sit on the sidelines and ignore the allure of university stardom, follow this 17 step guide and you'll be a HUGE name on campus in no time. Sign up to studentbeans.com for free brownies, popcorn and flapjacks - and that's just the start... 1.) This requires some degree of talent, and we're not talking the ultimate Frisbee team here. 2.) One of the surest ways to guarantee yourself a spot in the BNOC society is to become SU president. 3.) This involves getting yourself into an inebriated state every time you step out of your room. 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) The more ridiculous the better.
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The Unread: The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript Stored away in the rare-book library at Yale University is a late-medieval manuscript written in a cramped but punctilious script and illustrated with lively line drawings that have been painted over, at times crudely, with washes of color. These illustrations range from the fanciful (legions of heavy-headed flowers that bear no relation to any earthly variety) to the bizarre (naked and possibly pregnant women, frolicking in what look like amusement-park waterslides from the fifteenth century). With their distended bellies, stick-like arms and legs, and earnest expressions, the naked figures have a whimsical quality, though their anatomy is frankly rendered—something unusual for the period. The manuscript’s botanical drawings are no less strange: the plants appear to be chimerical, combining incompatible parts from different species, even different kingdoms. I first learned of the Voynich in 2010. By the end of the summer, my novel was no nearer to completion.
Dowry Calculator Empathy and Disgust Do Battle in the Brain Rats don't usually come out into daylight, especially not on a busy morning in New York City. But there it was, head awkwardly jutting out in front of its body, swinging from side to side. What injured the creature, I have no idea, but its hind legs could no longer support its weight. The rat dragged them like a kid drags a garbage bag that parents have asked be taken out–reluctantly. Two girls, no more than 15 years old, spotted the wounded rat from about 10 feet away. In The Last Child in the Woods, journalist Richard Louv talks about "nature deficit disorder," something we urbanites have picked up over the last hundred years or so. Evolutionary theorists believe that many of our behaviors are adaptive in some way. These offspring were, in turn, more likely to reproduce, so being able to sense another’s feelings was beneficial because it helped mammals to pass on their genes—the ultimate prize in the game of life. But those girls were not just unsympathetic toward the rat.
20 brilliant things to make in a jar Via: mycakies.blogspot.com Start saving your old jam jars! From cakes to herb gardens, pies to photo frames, and even entire meals … here are 20 fantastic things you never knew you could make with a jar. (Above: red velvet cupcakes in a jar. Via: fatgirltrappedinaskinnybody.blogspot.com Word on the street: salad in a jar is all the rage. Via: bakerella.com Cookies in a jar – a great gift idea. Via: rikkihibbert.co.za For a rustic vintage look, display your photos inside glass jars and bottles. Via: goodfoodbreadandmuffins.blogspot.com Chocolate muffin bread cooked in a jar. Via: pizzazzerie.com Super sweet. Via: simplebites.net Bread, cooked in a jar? Via: marthastewart.com A fabulous visual reminder of your favourite holidays. Via: bigredkitchen.com So let’s just cut to the chase – what about making all your meals in a jar?! Via: runwithglitter.blogspot.com There isn’t a child on earth who wouldn’t be wowed by these: rainbow cupcakes baked in a jar. Via: mybakingaddiction.com Via: flickr.com
Charles Bukowski, Arthur C. Clarke, Annie Dillard, John Cage, and Others on the Meaning of Life by Maria Popova “We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” The quest to understand the meaning of life has haunted humanity since the dawn of existence. Modern history alone has given us a plethora of attempted answers, including ones from Steve Jobs, Stanley Kubrick, David Foster Wallace, Anais Nin, Ray Bradbury, and Jackson Pollock’s dad. In 1988, the editors of LIFE magazine posed this grand question head-on to 300 “wise men and women,” from celebrated authors, actors, and artists to global spiritual leaders to everyday farmers, barbers, and welfare mothers. Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard: We are here to witness the creation and abet it. Ralph Morse Albert Einstein's study shortly after his death, Princeton, New Jersey Legendary science writer Stephen Jay Gould: The human species has inhabited this planet for only 250,000 years or so-roughly.0015 percent of the history of life, the last inch of the cosmic mile. Bill Owens Sicily
The 20 GIFs That Perfectly Describe Your Finals Experience Life• Eddie Cuffin • It’s that time of year we can all relate to. We are all familiar with that miserable period when the school semester is coming to end and your workload exponentially increases. No more fun and partying, it’s actually time to buckle down and to get all your work done. Finals are around the corner and you haven’t done any work all semester. You have no choice but to get the work done. At the end there is nothing more nauseating than knowing that no matter how well you do on your final and how amazing your GPA is, you are not guaranteed a job upon graduating from college. The end of semester is jam-packed with sleepless nights, a lot of Adderall, and pointless memorization in order to prepare for finals. [nggallery id=12]
Marcus Chown: 10 things I’ve learnt from science books | Nudge – Discover beyond the cover 1. You age more slowly on the ground floor of a building than at the top It’s a consequence of Einstein’s theory of gravity, which says that time flows more slowly in strong gravity. Since, on the ground floor, you are closer to the mass of the Earth, gravity is marginally stronger, and so time flows more marginally more slowly (Tip: If you want to live long, move to a bungalow!). 2. Humans share as much as 1/3 of their DNA with fungi (As if my Christmas card list was not long enough…) 3. That’s because the atoms out of which you are made are mind-bogglingly empty. 4. That is more than there are stars in our Milky Way galaxy (No wonder I feel tired doing nothing!) 5. That’s because the Sun is hot on account of the mass of material crushing down on its interior, not its composition. 6. It was made at the height of the last ice age. 7. A whopping 95% of the cells in your body are alien bacteria. 8. NASA spent $20 billion on sending men to the Moon – trillions of dollars in today’s money. 9.