December 2011
4 posts
I'm thirsty
“When we get inside, you must be strong. You must realize you are in your earthbound body, unusual as it is, and your senses will be overwhelmed! You will not be able to endure what you see as you would if you were dead or an angel,” he said. There was no time to argue. We had passed swiftly across the bridge; giant gates were opening before us. I couldn’t see the summit of the walls. The...
Zippitycrackfuckdang
With a hard, shattering blow, I struck a wall and fell to the floor. Horses went by, the hooves barely missing my head, sparks flying from the stones. A woman lay bleeding and dying before me, her neck obviously broken, blood pouring out of her nose and ears. People fled in all directions. Again the smell of death mixed with blood. It was a city at war, the soldiers looting and dragging the...
It snows on Mars.
And love is a figment of your lollipop, rainbow, and cheese filled brain—
Young, a researcher at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta, studies the neurobiology that underlies pair bonds — what nonscientists might call love. In an essay in the journal Nature last month, he laid out evidence that scientist have been able to tie the emotion...
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