The message from my Japanese day planner/diary on my birthday. Appropriate this year. #hobonichitecho #japan #outeast http://ift.tt/2kBac55

Being called “a dark cherub” by a girl in a pie shop.

Pixar offers free online lessons in storytelling via Khan Academy

m3moore:

Important for everyone (who communicates with others)

platypoose:

*signs a legal document with a glitter gel pen*

As a matter of principle, when depositing checks via an app, I take the photo of the check on top of a resting cat.

This warm and sunny place makes everything better. Yesterday’s crazy storm only highlighted it’s magical ability.

amnhnyc:

You can explore the solar system—and maybe even help scientists discover a new planet—thanks to Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a new citizen-science tool developed by NASA in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History and other partners and released today.

“It’s hard to believe, but our solar neighborhood is still unexplored territory,” said Jackie Faherty, a senior scientist in the Museum’s Department of Astrophysics and a collaborator on the project. “There are cold worlds hiding just a short distance from the Sun, and Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 is a platform for bringing citizen scientists into the search party.”

Read more about the project on our blog.