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Hadn’t done any Cosmos thing in a while

“Takua of Nova”: 

An adventurous rascal with a heart of gold and armor of light. Armor’s stolen, of course, since nobody is going to condone his decision to travel the galaxy by himself to discover what happened to the Six that were left behind during the war for Mata Nui. Whether it kills him or not, Takua’s going to be the first to know the story behind the Six and spread it across the universe somehow.

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Glittery

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This is the money Kiryu. Reblog this post in 1988 seconds and it will boost your financial luck.

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OMG COULD YOU IMAGINE LES MIS BUT THE ONLY WEPONS ARE NERF GUNS AND NERF SWORDS

And when the captain yells cannons it just shoots dodge balls

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My Snap story today - follow my blog michaelplatco - add me on SC: mplatco

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Forgive the poor focus - kitty was moving his head slightly.  I still can’t believe he was patient enough to let me take this photo. Once in a lifetime, really.

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Finally took some pictures of me bionicles in good lighting I’m proud of these boys

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Shark week is coming to an end, and to cap off this wonderful week, we’re giving you enough shark facts to last you the whole year!

Sharks have roamed the oceans since well before the days of the dinosaurs and remain among the world’s most effective hunters.

Sharks originated some 450 million years ago, and many species have changed little in the past 100 million years. 

Unlike most fishes, they have no gas bladder to keep them afloat, so many species must move constantly to keep from sinking. 

Their skeletons are made of light, tough cartilage instead of bone, and many have large, oil-filled livers that make them more buoyant.

Sharks’ mouths bristle with rows of teeth which are constantly replaced by new ones as they become broken or worn. 

The first vertebrates to develop an immune system, sharks may have greater immunity to cancer than humans, and they are being studied for potential new cancer medications and antibiotics.

Most sharks are no more dangerous than other fishes. Humans, however, have proved extremely dangerous to sharks. 

Of the roughly 340 species of sharks, most never attack people. Fewer than 100 people per year are bitten by sharks, and less than 15 percent of these attacks are fatal. 

Humans kill 50 to 100 million sharks each year, placing entire populations and some species at serious risk.

As top ocean predators, sharks maintain the balance of other populations.

Growing consumption of shark meat and fins, and the popularity of shark fishing for sport, have caused some shark species to decline by more than 90 percent, threatening the sharks’ survival and disrupting ocean ecosystems.

Some sharks lay eggs, but most bear live young, as mammals do. Some species remain pregnant for over two years – longer than any other vertebrate. 

Sharks typically bear just three to 12 pups, and many do not reproduce until age 30, making it hard for them to recover when millions are killed by humans.

Learn much more about sharks and other marine life in the Museum’s Milstein Hall of Ocean Life.

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Firefly: An Introduction

Keep reading

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@recoveryllama

dont care if i sound corny or cliche but to love and be loved back and not having to second guess where u stand in someones heart is such a warm and safe feeling & everyone should have the luxury and pleasure of having it always

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To all my freshman babies who are panicking right now about how much your college textbooks cost: Yeah, you’re right, that’s some highway robbery. No, you don’t have to lie down and take it. You have options. Follow my advice and fly on your own debt free wings.

1. Forgoe the bookstore entirely. Sometimes you can get a good deal on something, usually a rental, but it’s usually going to be considerably more expensive to go through official channels. Outsmart them, babies.

2. Does your syllabus call for edition eight? Get edition seven. Old editions are considered worthless in the buyback trades, so they sell for dirt cheap, no matter how new they are. It’s a gamble, sure; there might be something in edition eight you desperately need, but that never happened to me. However, I’ve only ever pulled this stunt for literature/mass comm/religious studies books, so I don’t know it would work in the sciences.

3. Thriftbooks.com, especially for nonfiction and fiction. Books are usually four or five dollars unless they’re really new, and shipping is 99 cents unless you buy over 10$ in books, in which case shipping is free. 

4. Bigwords.com. It will scan every textbook seller on the internet for the lowest price available, and will do the same to find the highest price when you try to sell your books back at the end of term. Timesaver, lifesaver.

5. In all probability, your library offers a service called interlibrary loan which is included in your tuition. This means if your library doesn’t carry a book you can order it for free from any library nationwide in your library’s network and it will be shipped to you in a number of days. Ask a librarian to show you how to search for materials at your library as well as though interlibrary loan; you’ll need to master this skill soon anyway.  If you get lucky you can just have your required reading shipped to you a week before you need to start reading, then renew vigorously until you no longer need to item. I’m saving over 100$ on a History of Islam class this way.

You professors might side-eye you for bringing an old edition or a library copy, but you just smile right back honey, because you can pay your rent and go clubbing this month. You came here to win. So go forth and slay.

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Jaeger blueprints!

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my favorite thing i’ve learned in college is that way back in ancient china there was this poet/philosopher guy who wrote this whole pretentious poem about how enlightened he was that was like “the eight winds cannot move me” blahblahblah and he was really proud of it so he sent it to his friend who lived across the lake and then his friend sends it back and just writes “FART” (or the ancient Chinese equivalent) on it and he was SO MAD he travels across the lake to chew his friend out and when he gets there his friend says “wow. the eight winds cannot move you, but one fart sends you across the lake”

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TYPHOON GALI

Part of a MOC series where I make a personal redesign of the classic Toa team.

I’ve only finished Gali for now but I’ve ordered parts to finish the others this week so they should be done in August.

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Stop motion in general deserves more credit

Fun Facts About The Nightmare Before Christmas Movie pt 1