The descent of My Chemical Romance

What The. If anybody can find Gerard Way's integrity, would you please return it to the empty shell of a rock star that it left behind? This is the biggest waste of talent I've seen since Bradley Nowell took the H Train to Nowhere.

I hate to be a downer, so here's a link to MCR at their best.

Sun, Moon, and ISS

Forming a troika to make Kubrik jealous, the sun, moon, and International Space Station gathered for this incredible photo. Pohotography credits go to French astrophotographer Thierry Legault who figured out the why (math), when (early this week), where (Oman!), and how (airplanes). Also check out his similar picture of the ISS (the H-shaped thing with solar panels sticking out of it) passing in front of the moon. Here's the article from Bad Astronomy (don't be fooled by the name - the astronomy is you'll find there is A-OK).

Full size pics:
Solar
Lunar

Well this is disappointing

Missy Higgins in 2007

Sara Bareilles in 2010

Same (hackneyed) chords, same melody. They're even in the same key.

Cool Moon shots

Including one with the International Space Station passing in front of it!


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Ingrid Michaelson reblog

If there was ever any doubt as to who my celebrity crush of the year is: Ingrid Michaelson - TwitterSong!

Placebos Work -- Even Without Deception

Article here

A Harvard team shows that a placebo group fared better than controls, even when they were explicitly told that the pills were useless! Even more remarkable is that the sugar pills treated irritable bowel syndrome - a painfully physiological condition.

A Jewish rabbi's take on the Afterlife

This is brilliant - just watch the first 11 minutes for a crash course in Jewish philosophy.