the generalisto

Laundry, laundry, + more laundry.

Pretty dang funny when I hear the L-man (age 4) tell his mom that her “armpit has a beard.” #fb

This is no longer a family show.

Dear NYT Carpetbagger blog. If you can’t add insight to the Music by Prudence oddity, or even acknowledge it, are you really liveblogging?

9:45am

When you put six guys in the finals – that is what you are after, getting six automatic (NCAA) qualifiers. But we’ve got work to do. There are certain things that happened out there tonight that cannot ever happen, like lack of hustle or putting your head down on the mat. Across the board, those are things that we have to iron out during that year, and at this point in the year you have to have conversations because that’s not how you get yourself where you want to be. You get yourself where you want to be by hitting spectacular holds, and when you are down you have to keep hitting those spectacular holds and fighting. If you are behind and you think the lead is insurmountable, anything can happen in this sport. You cannot let up. You have to put yourself in the best position.

— University of Iowa Head Wrestling Coach Tom Brands

I suspect a quote like this indicates why he is having so much success as a coach. Of course, he’s emphasizing determination, hard work, and hustle — but, more importantly, performing through executing at your best: “hitting spectacular holds.”

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Mar 6

I’d love to hear audio of this collision!

Animation of Giant Iceberg Collision as Seen From Space

The collision in early February of the 60-mile-long B-9B iceberg with the protruding tongue of the Mertz Glacier in East Antarctica is captured here in a series of satellite radar images.

Images: ESA

Source: wired.com

(via scienceisbeauty)

Reblogged from scienceisbeauty

5:34am

A recent post on SOF Observed:

White Mountain Milky Way
Trent Gilliss, online editor

This one-minute time lapse film taken in Mauna Kea, Hawai’i made me ache for the magic dome of my home state of North Dakota — the thickness of the galaxy in plain site. The canvas overhead will surely spark your sense of wonder for the weekend. Enjoy heartily.

Reblogged from speakingoffaith

3:24am

Dig. My colleague over turned me on to this illustrated book at SOF Observed. She nabbed the publisher copy, but I won’t hold it against her. Mine’s on the way from Amazon, and I’m looking forward to reading it with the Boy-King and Baby Prince.

The Ramayana, Illustrated
Shubha Bala, associate producer

Sanjay Patel, supervising animator at Pixar, has come out with his second illustrated book on Hinduism, Ramayana: Divine Loophole. Patel is one of the few people who have presented Hindu mythology in a way for North American kids to understand, and enjoy. But he also presents the Ramayana, one of the Hindu epic mythological stories, in a wonderful way for adults too — complete with illustrated character bios and geography lessons in the back.

He says in an Atlantic Monthly interview:

“I grew up in a house where there was no explanation—there was just practice. It was like eating for me: ‘Okay, I’ve got to eat. I’ve got to sit down and pray and stare at these wild illustrations of Hindu gods.’ My parents completely subscribe to these stories as philosophy, of course, but it’s also very much a religion to them, and they do see these beings as gods. I would ask my father, ‘Dad, do you really think there’s a blue guy out there?’ I couldn’t really narrow him down on that. But he seems to believe it.

So the Ramayana was always something my parents would study and worship, but it had no meaning to me until I read the story. Then I was like, ‘Wow, the characters are so cool. The plot is so cool. What they symbolize is so cool. This totally needs to be told!’ I wanted to use all the skills and the knowledge I’d gained at Pixar to put these ancient stories in a package that’s relatable and entertaining. If I have children, I want them to know something about their cultural mythology in a way that’s fresh and dynamic.”

He’s also asked about finding existing images of the Ramayana before creating his book:

“I realized after doing some research that centuries and centuries ago, The Ramayana wasn’t actually illustrated. It was sung and performed, and the actors would bring it to life with masks and costumes. Then later, there were these amazing sculptures. So I was looking at that for sure. But artists only really depicted certain episodes in the Ramayana. I wanted to show all those other scenes, like the part where they meet Jambavan the bear! If I were a kid, I’d want to see cool icons and badass graphics.

That’s what’s so great about this story. If you want to get into the dogma you can. But on a raw level, these stories are amazing conduits for really deep philosophy. I think that’s uniquely Indian in many ways. It’s this profound stuff but told through stories that common people can completely engage with—avatars and man-gods.”