I make records, teach college, and indulge in various other nerdy obsessions. Visit my website at chadblinman.comTumblr (3.0; @chadblinman)http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/606d70adb993bf1d65e3b5f7260c90f0/tumblr_mn22z3eZ661qc1sduo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/50852404914http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/50852404914Sun, 19 May 2013 17:25:50 -0400film“I’m not against religion in the sense that I feel I can’t tolerate it, but I think written into the rubric of religion is the certainty of its own truth. And since there are 6,000 religions currently on the face of the earth, they can’t all be right. And only the secular spirit can guarantee those freedoms and it’s the secular spirit that they contest.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><a href="http://www.believermag.com/issues/200508/?read=interview_mcewan">Ian McEwan</a>, <span>found in </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Believer-Book-Writers-Talking/dp/1932416943/?tag=exp-lore-20"><em>The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers</em></a><span>.</span></p> <p>Also see <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/04/12/philip-ball-curiosity/">science vs. scripture and the difference between curiosity and wonder</a>, <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/07/27/science-vs-religion-50-famous-academics-on-god/">50 famous academics on science vs. religion</a>, and why <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/04/02/stuart-firestein-ignorance-science/">the very lack of certainty is what drives science forward</a>. </p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/">explore-blog</a>)</p></em>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49713804814http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49713804814Sun, 05 May 2013 16:23:30 -0400Ian McEwan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/76cef05713241396552d9033983cff4b/tumblr_mmcdhbdNNR1ruwbklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cakesandcomics.com/2013/02/space-final-frontier.html">Matt Ferguson</a></p>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49712937246http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49712937246Sun, 05 May 2013 16:12:46 -0400Star Trek<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d035f4df5ccde6c02c218a89854e88e/tumblr_mmcdgcoHzq1ruwbklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cakesandcomics.com/2013/02/space-final-frontier.html">Matt Ferguson</a></p>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49712891097http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49712891097Sun, 05 May 2013 16:12:11 -0400Star Trek<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f91ece0235d6639b1eb60742d03faeed/tumblr_mmcdf6s3Cj1ruwbklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.cakesandcomics.com/2013/02/space-final-frontier.html">Matt Ferguson</a></p>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49712832010http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49712832010Sun, 05 May 2013 16:11:29 -0400Star Trek<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/00428017b87d82cd53c158e717f2c876/tumblr_mmccum1Agu1ruwbklo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Poster by <a href="http://www.cakesandcomics.com/">Matt Ferguson</a></p> <p>via <a href="http://cromeyellow.com/?p=29920">Crome Yellow</a> (great article there as well)</p>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49711812468http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49711812468Sun, 05 May 2013 15:59:07 -0400Star Trek<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b640803c4def430f3e99d7fc3ce8f092/tumblr_mm4v5jJFWd1rrj7ufo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bfd1432aeff37b0dfbdf256d3752c8b6/tumblr_mm4v5jJFWd1rrj7ufo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb82112e87dd42a834998c3be993493e/tumblr_mm4v5jJFWd1rrj7ufo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/911d529d466759ed8076b2120b46e771/tumblr_mm4v5jJFWd1rrj7ufo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ed3cf61821cdab654f42b89c7c9c3e2/tumblr_mm4v5jJFWd1rrj7ufo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49621122587http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49621122587Sat, 04 May 2013 16:49:11 -0400robots<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f1933b9de5b0f7e0410dcb012e446333/tumblr_mm8z54xhMu1r4w8k5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49620658670http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49620658670Sat, 04 May 2013 16:42:49 -0400chesley bonestell<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/97f2baa367fe45d59a4e4bc2b689c0ea/tumblr_mhpxs545BO1ro74x3o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/57b82bee622e74d30579dc8d028cfca0/tumblr_mhpxs545BO1ro74x3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c93c60a6ee79dcd0e7c62fdc4b0e9605/tumblr_mhpxs545BO1ro74x3o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9c1c478e0903c7a416ab3643bc695b63/tumblr_mhpxs545BO1ro74x3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d0989fe9ba0f4ffa50727c8293634ea5/tumblr_mhpxs545BO1ro74x3o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://mattfraction.com/post/49085541971/rarely-important-chris-cobb-an-artist-based">mattfractionblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rarely-important.tumblr.com/post/49080055543/chris-cobb-an-artist-based-in-san-francisco-has">rarely-important</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p><span>Chris Cobb, an artist based in San Francisco, has created an amazing installation in bookshop called Adobe Books- he catalogued every single one of the 20,000 books by color. The project is titled </span><em>There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World.</em><span> They were arranged by hand over a 10 hour period, and he enlisted the help of 16 volunteers. Such beautiful results, they transformed the bookshop overnight.</span></p> <p><small>(<a href="http://ivestartedsomething.blogspot.it/2009/04/chris-cobb-abode-bookshop.html">via</a>)</small></p> </blockquote> <p>…and made it impossible to find anything at all.</p> </blockquote> <p>we did this in our first apartment. i don’t have pictures anymore. </p> </blockquote>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49102791706http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49102791706Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:02:30 -0400books<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/feed2f4bfda685377bfa186eb5512c7d/tumblr_mlnft3eKgr1qjxvzjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://contemporary-artist-gallery.tumblr.com/post/49075796984/glenn-barr-undefeated">contemporary-artist-gallery</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Glenn Barr</p> <p>Undefeated</p> </blockquote>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49102150473http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49102150473Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:54:19 -0400Glenn Barr<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c0b6684b5b28a42de6c2e3d1e80bb123/tumblr_mlngqs4yaZ1qjxvzjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://contemporary-artist-gallery.tumblr.com/post/49088758871/glenn-barr-the-plan">contemporary-artist-gallery</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Glenn Barr</p> <p>The Plan</p> </blockquote>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49102088793http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/49102088793Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:53:31 -0400Glenn Barr<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96230da175c1c70d84fc1f6e31e3cfb8/tumblr_ml4otbDp1Q1r3ccqko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/48211653347http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/48211653347Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:18:05 -0400televisionBattlestar Galactica<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6f2e4c9ec41b915a793e6712f38281aa/tumblr_mlayauVqhN1r7dgeuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/48056082549http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/48056082549Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:00:51 -0400film<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ca13d01dfc7f78d58d4bfcd10cc89956/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cfba3a662e3c3627e91c29e3bbfba383/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a8dcfb5beb06a89ad94a643b9117924a/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c172f12196f7be1f02547d11a5395c92/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/684badb8c0aca0322662d49991fd5b32/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io7_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/227c82a9a8d81a215c17e4339cbb6267/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0de8143429dfcc95349bcedd1e36ed19/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c282c3fef317e70f2f241d3e374232b4/tumblr_ml5nmqaNnO1rw872io8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://curioushistory.com/post/47819383067/ice-caves-around-the-world">odditiesoflife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Ice Caves Around the World</strong></em></p> <p><strong>Ice caves come in two forms. A cave formed entirely of ice is actually called a glacier cave and as the name implies, forms in glaciers. Water runs through or under the glacier and forms a cave. </strong></p> <p><strong>The other type of ice cave can be any cave type (limestone, lava tube, etc.) that has ice in it year round. These caves trap cold air. Water entering the cave freezes and stays frozen year round.</strong></p> <p><strong>Glacier caves can be found in the Pacific Northwest and ice caves are found in many locations where temperatures drop below freezing. Once cold air enters the cave, it generally stays there.</strong></p> <ol><li><strong>Iceland</strong></li> <li><strong>Russia</strong></li> <li><strong>France</strong></li> <li><strong>Antarctica</strong></li> <li><strong>Iceland</strong></li> <li><strong>Russia</strong></li> <li><strong>Iceland</strong></li> <li><strong>Iceland</strong></li> </ol></blockquote>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/48000451298http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/48000451298Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:19:26 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fb5a8f6030e35ebb7da14ebbaf5a180b/tumblr_mjt4fjBBjx1qzhnmco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47994988888http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47994988888Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:10:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf7f759a802dcd3ba77405d1c0e609c6/tumblr_ml0quhhHeM1rphtnfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://weirdvintage.tumblr.com/post/47592555707/anti-beatles-pamphlet-1965-via-dangerous-minds">weirdvintage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Anti-Beatles pamphlet, 1965 (via <a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/marxist_minstrels_the_beatles_want_to_sexually_hypnotize_you_into_communism">Dangerous Minds</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47734263492http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47734263492Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:00:28 -0400Beatles<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrko9is3JM1qlgl27o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47733572047http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47733572047Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:51:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ad0e711fd7c24a3e925d24742558e205/tumblr_ml27ogC1Ye1qz5q5oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47733510101http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47733510101Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:50:52 -0400vinyl<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/22d9ef86342bebfba0c59ec7f266b2fa/tumblr_mkybnqxDL51rqpa8po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://exp.lore.com/post/47474196171/south-vs-north-korea-by-the-numbers">explore-blog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>South vs North Korea, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/datablog/2013/apr/08/south-korea-v-north-korea-compared#">by the numbers</a>.</p> </blockquote>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47553665499http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47553665499Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:48:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a0b1ad3720424e32af59fffcc135b734/tumblr_mkyhm4YdUn1r7dgeuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47553361108http://chadblinman.tumblr.com/post/47553361108Tue, 09 Apr 2013 14:43:50 -0400