n-a-s-a:

The Moon shining over the Chilean Andes.

Credit: ESO/H.H. Heyer 

An Obama-Seinfeld mashup? Too fun to pass up.

miriamparker:

Click on this Google Doodle and fun things will happen. There will be robots and babelfish and noises and joy. (via Google)

2012-13 DSYTHL Squirt Green Champions on Flickr.

I’m so proud of these kids and the hard work they put in this season. It was humbling and amazing to watch them on their journey as a team, bonding and learning to play together.

I told our coach at the beginning of the season that I didn’t care if we lost every game, so long as the kids had fun and all ended up a better hockey player than they began the season. I meant it.

For there to have been across-the-board improvement, AND the team finishing in second place for the regular season, AND going undefeated in a tournament in Colorado, AND winning the league championship to cap it all off: the stuff dreams for your kids are made of.

ruckawriter:

archiemcphee:

“I asked for a Kitchenaid mixer for Christmas, I pointed my wife toward a broken one on eBay so that I could refurbish it, as I was taking it apart I got some inspiration for the paint job and this is what came out of it, still needs a phase board for speed control and two decals to be applied to the sides but I couldn’t wait to share.”

We were really excited when we finally got our very own KitchenAid mixer,  but looking at this awesome customized Boba Fett Mixer, painted by DeviantARTist tommyfilth, we’ve realized that just having and using the mixer isn’t enough. Now we’re scheming to come up with our own way to turn the mighty appliance into an outlet for geeky self-expression.

[via That’s Nerdalicious!]

@hopelessjen needs to see this.

I am insanely jealous of this.

I bow down before your Tolkien nerdery, sir.

chroniclebooks:

It’s World Read Aloud Day! Pledge to read a book to a child today, because… Reading, it’s our only hope.

Download and print your own free PDF of this 11×17 poster here.

Preorder your copy of Vader’s Little Princess, Jeffrey Brown’s new follow-up to the runaway hit, Darth Vader and Son

explore-blog:

For Dr. Seuss’s 99th birthday today, his lovely 1971 letter encouraging children to read.