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September 28 2009

This week in New York, the American Museum of Natural History unveiled something never before seen: an 11-by-4-foot tapestry made completely of spider silk. Weavers in Madagascar took four years to make it, and the museum says there’s no other like it in the world.

10pm

dihard:

This video makes me pause. And not a lot does. (best viewed in full screen)

Via What I Learned Today

1pm

September 25 2009

Ark. player ends game with noble gesture

He had been avoiding, dodging or just simply running through tacklers on the way. Football always had come easily for Morgan. This game was no different. By the time he hit midfield, only open space was ahead of him. The two-time Arkansas all-state selection was headed for a touchdown.

40 … 30 … 20

He glanced at the clock and saw the final seconds ticking away. He realized his team, Cave City, was on the way to a victory over Yellville-Summit, comfortably ahead, 34-16. He also realized two other things: This wasn’t an ordinary game. And he wasn’t the same Thamail Morgan.

11am

September 23 2009

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September 17 2009

sweethomestyle:

(via somerset)

Via Home Sweet Home

2pm

bookmole:

onwyn:

freewheeling:

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stormalong harbor

Via Bookmole

11am

September 16 2009

ModernTube: Young Phillies fan rejects dad’s foul ball gift

“I think she was startled by the reaction of the fans around us — there was a collective gasp,” said Monforto. “She was also startled by the look on my face. I just wanted to let her know it was OK — that she didn’t do anything wrong.”

3pm

September 15 2009

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time.

—Carl Sagan (via Surfstation) (via jingc)

Via Delayed Echoes

9am

September 14 2009