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Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 10:21 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2013 at 10:21 am by thesummerqueen.)
We started "I hate," "I confess," and "gratitude" threads, but I'm all about spreading smiles if possible (because I find a lot of shit to grouse about during the day). So here you can share with everyone all the nerdy and not so nerdy things that made you smile and hopefully will make them smile too.
Basically I made this thread as an excuse to post this:
Morgan Freeman, in a CERN hard hat, inside the Large Hadron Collider
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You know that when you clicked that link and read it, you read it in Morgan Freeman's voice.
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 10:31 am
(This post was last modified: March 22, 2013 at 10:32 am by KichigaiNeko.)
At the moment?
Soil, good clay soil, lots of worms and cow poo. And veggies! ummm can you tell it's Autumn here in Oz?
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VOYAGER 1 STATUS UPDATE
Earlier today, March 20th, 2013, several news sources reported a “breaking news” story that scientists were saying that the Voyager 1 spacecraft had finally exited the Solar System.
Following these reports, Edward Stone, a scientist with the Voyager Project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, released the following statement:
“It is the consensus of the Voyager science team that Voyager 1 has not yet left the solar system or reached interstellar space. In December 2012, the Voyager science team reported that Voyager 1 is within a new region called 'the magnetic highway' where energetic particles changed dramatically. A change in the direction of the magnetic field is the last critical indicator of reaching interstellar space and that change of direction has not yet been observed.”
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 10:42 am
I wish I could have caught video of this, but hearing my boyfriend wandering around the apartment getting ready while whistling the theme for Indiana Jones was pretty smile-inducing.
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Something cool that makes me happy? Bruce Campbell...
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 12:12 pm
This song.
It gives me the warm fuzzies.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 2:39 pm
This is more cute than cool, but makes me really happy 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0Z8Ovdctbk
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 3:29 pm
Dachsunds!
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 3:35 pm
Grumpy cat makes me happy.
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 3:46 pm
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People probably have seen it, but yeah, gotta love grumpy cat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INscMGmhmX4
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RE: Cool Things That Make You Happy
March 22, 2013 at 4:22 pm
Oh, now I know! Cool things that make me happy is when Orogenicman posts his wonderful photos of the universe!
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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