There are over 200 bodies on Mt. Everest, and they're used as landmarks. [HT Scotty]
I guess I'm just a 14-year-old boy at heart because I find the idea of this facebook prank HILARIOUS.
I love The Piano Guys and I love their latest rendition of a Christmas song (O Come, Emmanuel).
My favorite version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is the Shrek version and also Brian Crain's instrumental version and also Allison Crowe's. I don't like Alexandra Burke's version at all, sorry. How about you?
Check out the generation charts in this article about why parents don't name their girls Mary anymore.
If you ever feel like stirring up vaccination debates, here's a great pro-vaccine article.
The Atlantic's 2012 in pictures.
You might think you'll just sit down and casually watch or skim a few minutes of this 13-minute video about driving in Russia. WRONG. You will click for the HD version and make it full-screen and watch the whole dang thing. It is just that crazy. [HT Andrew]
Did you know that some colleges require swimming skills in order to graduate? It's true (Cornell is one of them). [HT Liz]
I just want to point out two things: one, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now has a website dedicated to issues of same-sex attraction; and two, the statement on the front page that "individuals do not choose to have such attractions" is, as far as I can tell, an almost entire reversal of what the church's standing was as recently as 10 years ago.
I guess I'm just a 14-year-old boy at heart because I find the idea of this facebook prank HILARIOUS.
I love The Piano Guys and I love their latest rendition of a Christmas song (O Come, Emmanuel).
My favorite version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" is the Shrek version and also Brian Crain's instrumental version and also Allison Crowe's. I don't like Alexandra Burke's version at all, sorry. How about you?
Check out the generation charts in this article about why parents don't name their girls Mary anymore.
If you ever feel like stirring up vaccination debates, here's a great pro-vaccine article.
The Atlantic's 2012 in pictures.
You might think you'll just sit down and casually watch or skim a few minutes of this 13-minute video about driving in Russia. WRONG. You will click for the HD version and make it full-screen and watch the whole dang thing. It is just that crazy. [HT Andrew]
Did you know that some colleges require swimming skills in order to graduate? It's true (Cornell is one of them). [HT Liz]
I just want to point out two things: one, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now has a website dedicated to issues of same-sex attraction; and two, the statement on the front page that "individuals do not choose to have such attractions" is, as far as I can tell, an almost entire reversal of what the church's standing was as recently as 10 years ago.