May 2013
When the coach puts you down for distance events...
swimmersonly:
oh-so-you-swim:
You can take the swimmer out of the chlorine, but you can’t take the chlorine out of the swimmer.
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Science & Fiction: Update #2 on Chris Hadfield's... →
canadian-space-agency:
May 16, 2013
An update on Chris Hadfield’s condition by Raffi Kuyumjian, CSA’s Chief Medical Officer and Hadfield’s Flight Surgeon
Chris is already showing noticeable improvement in his walk and equilibrium since yesterday, but it usually takes about 3 weeks until…
shedisenchants:
shedisenchants:
so every year after the juniors finish reading The Great Gatsby my high school english teacher throws a Gatsby party at his huge house and everyone shows up in period clothing and Charlestons to 20s music and my english teacher just wears a suit and stands off to the side staring wistfully out the window the entire night
you guys think I’m joking??
Teen Swimmer: Laws of Competitive Swimming →
teenswimmer:
UNIVERSAL LAWS AFFECTING COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS
(much like Sir Isaac Newton’s laws of motion)
- Law of Competitive Gravity
When left unattended, a swimmer will gravitate to the worst technique possible.
- Law of Inertia
A swimmer at rest will tend to remain at rest unless acted upon by an…
“I’ve told the kids in the ghettos that violence won’t solve their problems, but...”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via loveinfamine)
The Martin Luther King Jr. White people never quote
(via youngblackandvegan)
“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job...”
– When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials aren’t buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)
geniusbillionairesassmaster:
SO BASICALLY TODAY my stern English teacher was leaning around trying to catch someone’s eye to answer his question
I turned to my friend and accidentally sang
LOUDER THAN EXPECTED
AND THE WHOLE CLASS BURST INTO LAUGHTER AND MY ENGLISH TEACHER WAS JUST SO DONE BECAUSE HE HATES LES MIS
HE WENT TOMATO RED FROM LAUGHING AND PUT HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE DESK
I.
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