“ Because I grew up loving it, you kind of want to do it for your 8-year-old self. You want your 8-year-old self to be proud of what it is and captivated and fascinated by it.
David Tenant (the 10th Doctor) on his motivation behind being The Doctor, upon leaving the series. This is a concept that has steered me well in life, actually.
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Velma and Scooby fight to survive. I always thought Velma was really the cool one, even before Linda Cardellini. (via BoingBoing)
“The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people. I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. Finally I asked her: what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?”
I never would have thought the most moving argument for same-sex marriage I would hear would come from a life-long Republican and veteran. Tears are visibly dripping from this man’s face as he recounts how he fought for so that all of his sons could live free and have equal rights. (via BoingBoing)
A “piggie” of Lusitania, from “Speaker of the Dead” by Orson Scott Card. This terrific sketch is by Burton Durand.
“you can put a beret and a mustache on just about anything you want and it looks like me.” Jamie Hyneman, referring to these Amigurumi dolls.
The Ballad of G.I. Joe featuring a whole bunch of famous people whom I’m not really sure actually appreciate the 80’s cartoon. But whatever, it’s good for a larph. (via BoingBoing).
28 Days Later summarized in one minute, one take. These single take videos seem to be a fad right now, but I’m here to say I approve of them (at least the really well thought out ones). (via SyFy).
“ Here Comes Science also may be the first music album to be peer-reviewed. The final song is ‘Why Does the Sun Really Shine?,’ a follow-up to ‘Why Does the Sun Shine?,’ a 1959 folk tune they famously covered. The new track corrects some factual errors TMBG’s scientist fans pointed out; the original chorus, ‘The sun is mass of incandescent gas,’ becomes ‘The sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma.’ When it comes to science education, that’s leading by example.
Seed Magazine reviewing the latest children’s album by They Might Be Giants.
Beach calligraphy by Andrew van der Merwe (via Make blog)
Disney buys Marvel: What happens when to beasts in the world of entertainment collide?
