The Tired Man's Almanac

I opened a door and let some light inside,and as it passes over the lines on your arms,don’t...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:15:50 -0400

I opened a door and let some light inside,
and as it passes over the lines on your arms,
don’t worry, I won’t change my heart on you

I asked a question that made you stop and think a while,
and a smile appeared over the frown you tried to hide,
but that’s ok, it doesn’t need to come out this time.

Our shadows are easier to hide,
when spend our days hiding inside
I don’t want to drag you out,
but just take some time to sit beside you

Sometimes the trophies we keep,
are from the times we came in last
as shiny souvenirs from our familiar pasts.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 01:38:57 -0400

.. from one of my favorite movies.

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:25:34 -0400

.. from one of my favorite movies.

Can you save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they could never love anyone?

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:54 -0400

Can you save me from the ranks of the freaks who suspect they could never love anyone?

the-dancing-wind: Hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:26:13 -0400

the-dancing-wind:

Hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.

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Sun, 19 May 2013 11:21:32 -0400

nowlylid: This movie!!

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:21:14 -0400

nowlylid:

This movie!!

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Sun, 19 May 2013 11:19:17 -0400

pappubahry: Jupiter’s moon Io, photographed by Voyager 2, 10...

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:14:37 -0400

pappubahry:

Jupiter’s moon Io, photographed by Voyager 2, 10 July 1979.

The end of this blog’s Io-thon follows on from yesterday’s post. The photos used in this gif were taken with longer exposures than yesterday’s, so there is a better contrast between Io and the background. Two volcanic eruptions are clearly visible in the top-left: I think that they are from Amirani and Maui. There’s also an eruption on the right-hand side, but as its only lit by reflected light from Jupiter, it requires a lot of brightening to see (NASA’s photojournal shows it here).

You can also see a volcano in the south, tall enough to stay in sunlight even as the surrounding areas fall into darkness.

Yesterday I mentioned the bright spot glinting near the equator. I asked Jason Perry (who used to write an Io blog) about it on Twitter and he said that it “looks like specular reflection off of glassy, cooled lava near Hi’iaka Patera.” So there you go.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 13:34:38 -0400

"Like the sun we will live to rise."

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:06:05 -0400

“““Like the sun we will live to rise.”””

- Soundgarden (via michelephants)

"I love the smell of the universe in the morning."

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:37:48 -0400

“I love the smell of the universe in the morning.”

- Neil deGrasse Tyson (via loveyourchaos)

michelephants: alley cat walk

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:59:47 -0400

michelephants:

alley cat walk

michelephants: I believe in the existence of chaos as much, or even more as karma. I don’t deserve...

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:59:22 -0400

michelephants:

I believe in the existence of chaos as much, or even more as karma. I don’t deserve this pain, but it’s happening anyway. I can’t get out and nobody can relate. can’t just can’t.

michelephants: I Need My Girl//The National my boyfriend is a...

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:47:31 -0400

michelephants:

I Need My Girl//The National

my boyfriend is a solid introvert. you basically have to yell at him and grab his shoulders and shake him to get under his skin. this song came on as the back noise when we were raising our voices, then he said to me “you’re the most comfortable thing I have ever had. I don’t want to think about you walking out of our life.” some honesty, show your vulnerability, and throw in The National and you know I will calm down and stay with you.

michelephants: brassaï landscape. curvy valley. curvy...

Wed, 15 May 2013 03:03:39 -0400

michelephants:

brassaï

landscape.

curvy valley. curvy shore.

Hammock - Departure Songs (Full Album)

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:57:36 -0400

Hammock - Departure Songs (Full Album)

And grief still feels like fear. Perhaps, more strictly, like suspense. Or like waiting; just...

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:49:00 -0400

And grief still feels like fear. Perhaps, more strictly, like suspense. Or like waiting; just hanging about waiting for something to happen. It gives life a permanently provisional feeling. It doesn’t seem worth starting anything. I can’t settle down. I yawn, I fidget, I smoke too much. Up till this I always had too little time. Now there is nothing but time. Almost pure time, empty successiveness.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 01:43:01 -0400

One never meets just Cancer, or War, or unhappiness (or happiness). One only meets each hour...

Wed, 15 May 2013 01:12:42 -0400

One never meets just Cancer, or War, or unhappiness (or happiness). One only meets each hour or moment that comes. All manner of ups and downs. many bad spots in our best times, many good ones in our worst. one never gets the total impact of what we call ‘the thing itself.’ But we call it wrongly. The thing itself is simply all these ups and downs: the rest is a name or an idea.