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“I got a fan letter from a young lady. It was a suicide note. So...

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:44:33 -0400

“I got a fan letter from a young lady. It was a suicide note.
So I called her, and I said, “Hey, this is Jimmy Doohan. Scotty, from Star Trek.” I said, “I’m doing a convention in Indianapolis. I wanna see you there.”

I saw her — boy, I’m telling you, I couldn’t believe what I saw. It was definitely suicide. Somebody had to help her, somehow. And obviously she wasn’t going to the right people.

I said to her, “I’m doing a convention two weeks from now in St. Louis.” And two weeks from then, in somewhere else, you know? She also came to New York - she was able to afford to got to these places. That went on for two or three years, maybe eighteen times. And all I did was talk positive things to her.

And then all of the sudden — nothing. I didn’t hear anything. I had no idea what had happened to her because I never really saved her address.

Eight years later, I get a letter saying, “I do want to thank you so much for what you did for me, because I just got my Master’s degree in electronic engineering.”

That’s…to me, the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

"Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman in a bra. So..."

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:52:22 -0400

“Except you can’t show a topless woman on TV - and you can’t defibrillate a woman in a bra. So victims of heart attacks on TV are *always* male. Did you know that a woman having a heart attack is more likely to have back or jaw pain than chest or left arm pain? I didn’t - because I’ve never seen a woman having a heart attack. I’ve been trained in CPR and Advanced First Aid by the Red Cross over 15 times in my life, the videos and booklets always have a guy and say the same thing about clutching his chest and/or bicep.

And people laugh when I tell them women are still invisible in this world.”

- distractedbyshinyobjects

re: feministing - for women, heart attacks look different

Things I did not know, but should.

(via elfgrove)

This is a post that might save a life.

(via str8nochaser)

My mom worked for 25 years as an ER nurse and is convinced that a lot of women die simply because folks only know heart attack symptoms that occur in males.

(via darkjez)

Photo

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:40:39 -0400

awesomestuffwomendid: Golda Meir: Prime Badass

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:29:24 -0400

awesomestuffwomendid:

Golda Meir: Prime Badass

sexijexi: Nelson Mandela

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:29:02 -0400

sexijexi:

Nelson Mandela

upworthy: A horrible thing happened at a movie theater in...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 10:52:24 -0400

upworthy:

A horrible thing happened at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado last night. The news media will be looking to make a breaking story, politicians will be pointing fingers, and people, as they’re known to do, will naturally rush to judgment and form some very strong opinions very quickly. Be extremely cautious in your speculation today and take everything with a grain of salt. The facts will take some time to surface, but the victims of this awful tragedy aren’t going anywhere.

explore-blog: The Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets, Napoleon...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:28:24 -0400

explore-blog:

The Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets, Napoleon wasn’t short, and other historical myths debunked.

(↬ The Dish)

are2: Clean up on aisle Delta Quadrant

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:41:35 -0400

are2:

Clean up on aisle Delta Quadrant

No one ever accuses the descendants of ancient birds of plagiarism

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:41:59 -0400

explore-blog:

“Originally, feathers evolved to retain heat; later, they were repurposed for a means of flight. No one ever accuses the descendants of ancient birds of plagiarism for taking heat-retaining feathers and modifying them into wings for flight. In our current system, the original feathers would be copyrighted, and upstart birds would get sued for stealing the feathers for a different use. Almost all famous discoveries (by Edison, Darwin, Einstein, et al.) were not lightning-bolt epiphanies but were built slowly over time and heavily dependent on the intellectual superstructure of what had come before them. The commonplace book was popular among English intellectuals in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. These notebooks were a depository for thoughts and quotes and were usually categorized by topic. Enquire Within Upon Everything was a commercially successful take-off on the commonplace book in London in 1890. There’s no such thing as originality. Invention and innovation grow out of rich networks of people and ideas. All life on earth (and by extension, technology) is built upon appropriation and reuse of the preexisting.”

—

David Shields articulates beautifully what we already know to be true – creativity is combinatorial, everything is a remix, art is theft, and all builds on what came before.

(↬ Austin Kleon)

We Choose The Moon

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:25:00 -0400

We Choose The Moon:

This is a very cool site I stumbled upon! It is an interactive simulation of the Apollo 11 moon launch and landing created by NASA using original audio and video. This description does not do it justice, you need to see it!

Follow the instructions then scroll down to see the result if...

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:44:42 -0400

Follow the instructions then scroll down to see the result if you aren’t getting it

What you should see after following the instructions above

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:42:12 -0400

What you should see after following the instructions above

Yep, that’s about right

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:40:02 -0400

Yep, that’s about right

meish.org :: Be My Anti-Valentine - I love you blah blah blah hearts& flowers yadda yadda etc

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:06:43 -0500

meish.org :: Be My Anti-Valentine - I love you blah blah blah hearts& flowers yadda yadda etc

When asked if he knew the speed of sound, Einstein said he "didn't carry such information in my mind since it is readily available in books."

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:01:31 -0500

"I’ll give ya ten if you’ll take a cheque"

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:34:15 -0500

““I’ll give ya ten if you’ll take a cheque””

- Red Green