Today, I discovered Unalaska, Alaska while researching the geographic distribution of our donors, and I am fascinated.

I can't tell you why. I originally googled it because of the name - since we have two records for that town, I figured it wasn't a typo, but still - Unalaska? What IS that?

It turns out, Unalaska is a city and eponymous island in ( Read more... )

If an entire gallery of lesbian prom photos doesn't make you at least a tiny bit gleeful, I don't know what will.

The NASA Astronauts' Twitter stream. They post photos of the earth as seen from space. It is awesome like a million hot dogsThe way frozen and melted and refrozen snow crunches under my feet ( Read more... )

This morning I got up, got dressed, looked in the mirror and decided my shoes didn’t look right with my outfit, changed my shoes, liked them, then took them off and put them in my backpack. On the way out the door, I grabbed my tennis shoes and laced them on over my tights ( Read more... )

If you are feeling grumpy, I present the following de-grumpifying exhibits featuring an ORSU rugby player who makes some amazing faces:

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And, as a bonus:

THIGHS!

Most mornings on the way to work, including this morning, I sit at a stop light next to a strip of sidewalk where a few urban bushes overhang a perpetually wet gutter. The combination of shelter and water seems to make it the perfect habitat for some itsy, fluffy little birds. They're all perfect little butterballs, each one very nearly a perfect ( Read more... )

What soapbubbles look like when it's freezing outside.

These photos are amazing - especially this one, where you can see the bubble in the process of freezing.

DC, please having freezing weather soon!!

One of the amazing things about working for a nonprofit/organization that endeavors to make the world a better place is that sometimes, when I read about something terrible and I think "Oh man, someone should do something about that!", I then realize that - oh yeah. Someone IS doing something about that. For example... everyone I work with! And ( Read more... )

Today was the first time I cast a ballot in person ( Read more... )

One of the blogs I read, Dorothy Surrenders, has a semi-regular feature called Tank Top Tuesday. I'm a pretty big fan of this because it's, y'know, hot women in tank tops!

However, today's TTT made me smile not just because of the eye candy, but because of Dorothy's rambling intro:

Some people say it with flowers, I say it with tank tops. As an ( Read more... )