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BurningExistence

@burningexistence / burningexistence.tumblr.com

I’m an editor at a publishing company and a writer in secret. I have a wonderful wife and two cats named Moose and Newt. I’ve forever given up on trying to pronounce "Worcestershire.” Europa is my favorite moon of all the moons ever. I have freckles on 2 fingers and my hand and the bottom of my foot and just about 157 other places. Do not go gentle into that good night.
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Plop

(via)

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halflifegifs

gmod spawnlist sound

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stone-stars

[ID: a video of a very fluffy baby otter on a dock, while a mature otter that is presumably its mother floats in the water below it. It squeaks and rolls over off the dock, accompanied by a very loud plopping sound. When it hits the water, it starts squeaking loudly, and its mother picks it up onto her stomach. Someone off camera says "Oh my gosh"]

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rikkipoynter

I need to try this for trips I only bring a carry-on to.

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rattlecat

I use to do this all the time in the military. Just forgot how to over time o.o

I wish I’d known about this when I was homeless.

I could’ve taught it to all the other ladies at the shelter and Darlene could’ve sucked a sour one because she never would have been able to bitch at us for “having too many clothes.”

reblogging this to have it forever because holy god damn

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Finally got our kayaks in the mail! We ordered these last year off of Kickstarter. They are awesome—set up only took about 5 minutes per kayak. And folding them back up took even less!

It’s way too cold to use them now, but we can’t wait for summer.

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this is simply the greatest video i have ever seen

I'm going to reblog this a million times so be it

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sindri42

Reminded of that time the xkcd guy was trying to research what sports equipment would be most effective for destroying enemy drones in flight and he looked up a bunch of stats about pro tennis player accuracy against stationary targets like 40 feet away, and figured that a really high level tennis pro might be able to hit the drone in 5-7 shots if they had the time and even then probably wouldn’t do enough damage to disrupt it more than momentarily.

And then Serena volunteered to test this theory and just, killed it instantly.

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lichrelly

i see people saying shit like “she’s the best woman player” nah fam she’s the best one out there

I know basically nothing about tennis but I know that she is a league of her own

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tavo-bell

“Aw man! This pie doesn’t taste at all like what grandma use to make! I’m must be a terrible baker:(“

Maybe! Or maybe one of many things might be different from the recipe you’ve been trying to follow

Baking is largely both a science, and bullshit. Anything from the altitude you’re at, or the mosture in the air, or the way you’re measuring ingredients (ie weight vs volume) can effect how your final result of what you’re making will come out. A few examples just in my grandmother’s Apple Pie recipe are

  • Her recipe calls for Crisco in the crust, but Crisco changed their formula in 2007, effecting the taste and texture of the crusts made, so adjustments have to be made to account for that
  • The Apple tree in her backyard is gone, and no apples sold commonly in stores are similar to whatever random variety she had, and there are over 7,500 known varieties of apples
  • Not all flour that you buy from the store is the same, and I’m not just even talking about like. Cake flour vs wheat flour. Even in the US the kind of regular baking flour differs depending on where you live, and where it’s sourced from

So will I ever make that Apple pie I remember fondly from my childhood? Probably not! Just gotta figure out my own thing that works.

I dunno why I made this post at 6am. Just shit to keep in mind next time you’re struggling with an older recipe I guess!

Needed to see this. Thank you :)

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micdotcom

Do this four times repeatedly and you’ll be out. But how does it work? There’s some real brain science behind it.

We’re trying this tonight!

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askragtatter

It’s about time someone got around to uncovering all the cheat codes for this “human being” software. It’s only been out for like 10,000 years.

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queenofsabah

?????????????

I’ve used this technique for about a year, and I can safely say that it has efficiently transformed my sleeping habits from several hours of struggle to fall asleep, to passing out in a matter of minutes.

It’s a form of Alexander Technique. It’s a technique that was designed for actors to keep their body in ready working condition and give it the best way to perform. This is the method used to calm, and center the body. Once the body is at that point it can perform anything you want it to.

Reblogging for later reference after I tried it earlier today to try to calm down. It actually does help a lot, not just for sleep but if you have problems with anxiety.

My default mental setting is “vibrating intensely in the background.” After doing this, I felt noticeably calm and relaxed - I wasn’t as fixated on my breathing, I wasn’t tense, my movements weren’t jerky and I didn’t feel like I had to be as tense as possible to be under control. 10/10 would recommend.

me gonna try it

dont wanna reblog but insomnia is a bitch for some ppl so heres for my mutuals having trouble sleeping.

Reblogging to find this later! Alexander Technique is the shit, I learned it as part of opera training

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