Martians! At Grovers Mill!!!!

"A humped shape is rising out of the pit. I can make out a small beam of light against a mirror. What's that? There's a jet of flame springing from the mirror, and it leaps right at the advancing men. It strikes them head on! Good Lord, they're turning into flame!"- Eyewitness at Grovers Mill, NJ, October 30, 1938 It turns out that lots of things went down in 1938; for instance, a martian landing in the very nice town of Princeton, New Jersey! We...

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best cure for panic attacks = jousting

Seriously. This is what happened: Prince William turned 27, spring officially turned into summer, and I turned 25. I can say this with zen-like calm now, but Friday it was another story. Friday I was like, "25 is so OLD!" And, "But I...don't...wanna...be 25!!!" [said in the escalating, whiny manner of a two-year-old preparing for a tantrum. You are familiar, I am sure]. There was stomping and pouting and, yes, actual tears at one point. So I helped...

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My cousin, My hero

My cousin helped organize a grassroots protest against the ridiculous LAUSD school board who has pink slipped 70% of her school's teachers. View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video.She says, "Teaching is a lifestyle, it's not a job. I'm here for the kids." You really don't need proof to believe that, but read this blog post and this one (about field trips), and if that's a teacher who should be pink slipped...we have serious, serious issu...

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i love choreography

not gonna lie, definitely watched this one five times in a row. i'm particularly fond of the snap at 1:35. thank you luke for sharing this g...

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