I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.
Mark Twain
Being There
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We magnify the differences between us, instead of the things that make us similar. You are not really any different than anyone else on earth that is your age, yet you feel like you are just because they speak a different language, eat different food, worship a different imaginary creature, or live somewhere else. In reality, we are all the same species living on the same planet. To bears, we probably look exactly the same.
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The human gut is filled with 100 trillion symbiotic bacteria — ten times more microbial cells than our own cells — representing close to one thousand different species…
On a.. philosophical level.. the findings suggest that our concept of “self” should be broadened to include our many trillions of microbial residents. “These bacteria live inside us for our entire lives, and they’ve evolved to look and act like us, as part of us.
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Fascinating article about our gut bacteria and how they work together with our bodies. Here.
Seems like there’s been a lot of awesome bacteria-in-humans news lately.
Definitely check out this and also here.
p.s. And here: “Princeton University scientist Bonnie Bassler compared the approximately 30,000 human genes found in the average human to the more than 3 million bacterial genes inhabiting us, concluding that we are at most one percent human.”
(via realcleverscience)
Emotionally breaking down every time you realize how big and beautiful the universe is
cwnl:
man i hate when that happens
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Michigan saying fuck youu to wintertime norms
“I’ll be 50 degrees out if i want to” -Michigan
As Watson bellows Holmes’s name repeatedly over the falls, we see Holmes clinging to the hillside some distance away, watching his friend. At one moment it almost seems as though he is about to respond with a cry of ‘Watson’, but then he stops himself. Brett explained:
‘That was deliberate. It wasn’t in the script but I just wanted to show that Holmes had affections for Watson and for a fleeting second they almost get the better of his practical mind. But they don’t. [Large Brett grin.] It is a moment.’
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Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes (via fuckyeahjeremybrett)
Even though there is no mention of this in the actual story, this scene has become canon for me.
(via fuckyeahgranadaholmes)
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OK I’m not American, but seriously how can this man not be the best president they’ve ever had.
“When I came out of the asylum, the person who collected me was Edward Hardwicke. He took me to an Italian restaurant. I had a pasta and a glass of red wine. He then drove me back to my home where we sat and had a cup of tea. It was Edward Hardwicke. He is one of the loveliest people, and I suppose he is the best friend that any man has ever had….in life. Which is after all how Doyle describes Watson.”
- Jeremy Brett
About Being There
