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nosens: Greenland (by Mathieu Chardonnet)

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:47:28 -0400

nosens:

Greenland (by Mathieu Chardonnet)

mifashoo: Relaxin in 3 days. BAHAMASSSSSSS

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:47:19 -0400

mifashoo:

Relaxin in 3 days. BAHAMASSSSSSS

flowersgardenlove: Orchids Flowers Garden Love

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:42:33 -0400

flowersgardenlove:

Orchids Flowers Garden Love

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herecomesthetrash: x

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:41:54 -0400

herecomesthetrash:

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Fri, 24 May 2013 03:41:46 -0400

herecomesthetrash:

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gly9h-the-hellhound: pillory: Oscar was adopted as a kitten...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:56:31 -0400

gly9h-the-hellhound:

pillory:

Oscar was adopted as a kitten from an animal shelter and grew up in the third-floor end-stage dementia unit at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The 41-bed unit treats people with Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and other illnesses, most of whom are in the end stage of life and are generally unaware of their surroundings. Oscar was one of six cats adopted by Steere House, which bills itself as a “pet friendly” facility.

After about six months, the staff noticed that Oscar, just like the doctors and nurses, would make his own rounds. Oscar would sniff and observe patients, then curl up to sleep with certain ones. The patients he would sleep with often died within several hours of his arrival. One of the first cases involved a patient who had a blood clot in her leg that was ice cold at the time. Oscar wrapped his body around her leg and stayed until the woman died.In another instance, the doctor had made a determination of impending death based on the patient’s condition, while Oscar simply walked away, causing the doctor to believe that Oscar’s streak (12 at the time) had ended. However, it would be later discovered that the doctor’s prognosis was simply 10 hours too early: Oscar later visited the patient, who died two hours later.

Oscar’s accuracy led the staff to institute a new and unusual protocol: once he is discovered sleeping with a patient, staff will call family members to notify them of the patient’s (expected) impending death.

Most of the time the patient’s family has no issue with Oscar being present at the time of death. On those occasions when he is removed from the room at the family’s request, he is known to pace back and forth in front of the door and meow in protest. When present, Oscar will stay by the patient until they die, then after death will quietly leave the room.

i find this very interesting as this behavior seems common in many cats that reside in mental and nursing homes. Often sharing the bed of the soon to be deceased. In the ancient world cats were revered by many cultures, most famously Ancient Egypt, as guardians of the underworld, keepers of the gate of death, and sometimes even harbingers of death itself. This makes me wonder whether this behavior was observed during ancient times as well and perhaps prompted this belief and many practices surrounding it.

thecakebar: Amazing 3D Latte Art by Kazuki Yamoto You don‘t...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:21:56 -0400

thecakebar:

Amazing 3D Latte Art by Kazuki Yamoto

You don‘t even have to love coffee in order to appreciate these super creative latte foam artworks by Japanese artist Kazuki Yamamoto. And we‘re not talking about the little smiley faces or flat palm tree patterns: this 26-year old latte artist, based in Osaka, creates actual 3D foam sculptures in the coffee mugs of the Cafe10g visitors. This thinking outside the box – or, rather – outside the cup – even gave Kazuki the idea to make the coffee foam climb out of one cup and reach for another. That way you might be served with a cup of coffee where a cat is trying to get into another one next to it, where tiny fish are swimming.

Cool coffee foam art by Kazuki Yamamoto
Besides these meticulous 3D sculptures, Kazuki also does some amazing flat latte art. His subjects vary from manga and video game characters to portraits of such people as Albert Einstein or John Lennon. Kazuki says his dream is to open up a his own cafe in Tokyo one day. For more 3d latte art, be sure to follow him on twitter.

tanlines-: is this a sick joke

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:18:02 -0400

tanlines-:

is this a sick joke

earthnation: growlithed: is it just me or does it look...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:17:33 -0400

earthnation:

growlithed:

is it just me or does it look like a penis

buttlid: kymherz: ippinka: Try out a cool way to separate egg...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:12:10 -0400

buttlid:

kymherz:

ippinka:

Try out a cool way to separate egg yolks from egg whites!

this is genius.

this is actually lifechanging

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hotstriderbutt: brodave: malformalady: Tree struck by...

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:11:20 -0400

hotstriderbutt:

brodave:

malformalady:

Tree struck by lightning caused the bark to explode, effectively stripping the tree

nothing gets me hotter than a good old strip treese

r u kidding me

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juliafreakingvu: me

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:10:45 -0400

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attacktics: Operator

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:30:28 -0400

attacktics:

Operator