February 2012
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January 2012
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My Last.fm account. Don't mind the weirdo username →
(please let me know you found me on tumblr!)
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Do I worship modern medicine? Is science my religion? Not at all; there is no...
– Thank Goodness! by Daniel C. Dennet (via scipsy)
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El encargado del Programa de Donación de Cuerpos de la Universidad de Chile, Miguel Soto, explica en qué consiste este aporte a la ciencia y cómo ayuda a formar las futuras generaciones de profesionales de la salud.
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stfu, believers: “When I was 17, I got pregnant... →
stfubelievers:
“When I was 17, I got pregnant and my boyfriend disappeared. My parents were 100% supportive and so helpful. But in the chaos, my mother moved from a twice a month church attender to a Bible-thumping, scripture-quoting religious bigot. In addition to this, a new ‘live in this house, follow these rules’ system was established. I don’t go to church, but my now six year-old daughter...
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What is body donation?
Body donation is the donation of the whole body after death for medical research and education. For years, only medical schools accepted whole bodies for donation, but now private programs also accept donors.
Body donation is useful for understanding the human body and for advancing science. Medical schools use whole embalmed bodies to teach anatomy to medical students. These organizations will...
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Artículo: "Me doné a la ciencia"
“Cuando nos llega la hora, no solo existe la opción del cementerio o el crematorio. Algunas personas altruistas optan por no tener funeral ni tumba, donando su cuerpo al Instituto de Anatomía de la Universidad de Chile. Firman un documento en vida. Y ya hay nada menos que 285 en esa lista de espera.
(Seguir leyendo)”
Información adicional (e info de contacto) en el...
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Modesty is EXTREMELY overrated
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carlconnor:
Why are all children in zombie movies/shows always moronic fucktards?
And if there’s more than one woman, there’ll only be one clever one and the rest will scream and cry, getting everyone caught.
I hate to admit it, especially the second part, but he’s absolutely right. Crap.
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“The sexuality was palpable!”
Hysterical!
I absolutely adore this guy :-)
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December 2011
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Nothing would have kept me from joining you except the loss of my voice (at...
– (Source: Christopher Hitchens’s address to American Atheists; April 22nd, 2001)
Goodbye, Mr. Hitchens.
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La prensa del Partido estaba llena de acontecimientos. Y lo bueno era que...
– (Vasili Aksiónov, Una saga moscovita. Trad. del ruso de Marta Rebón.)
November 2011
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The Penguin Press: A Collection of Rejected Titles... →
thepenguinpress:
When Jane Austen’s father submitted an early version of her second novel, First Impressions, to a publisher on her behalf, it was rejected. As Pride and Prejudice, it did much better. [via]
Don DeLillo wanted to name his 1985 breakout novel Panasonic, but the corporation’s lawyers protested, and he settled for White Noise. [via]
Once Max Brod got his hands on it, Kafka’s The...
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Los acontecimientos determinados por la historia y las ingobernables fuerzas de...
– (Vasili Aksiónov, Una saga moscovita. Trad. del ruso de Marta Rebón.)
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*Thinks*: I want a guy who will let me read my... →
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As long as it’s not the Bookselling Kiteflying Lolita-reading Bastard of Tehran. As long as it hasn’t been on the Booker long list and it’s not about the struggles of a first generation immigrant in some soulless satellite town. As long as it’s not about being old and Jewish. Or living in a Glasgow tenement and saying ‘fuck’ a lot. Or being slapped about by your alcoholic dad in...
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I don’t like autobiography. I will never write my memoirs. Autobiographies of...
– (Julio Cortázar in The Paris Review No. 93, Fall 1984)
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