Valleys and Troughs

15 things everyone should know about breasts. Really.

Pretty self-explanatory:

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via onlineschools

Avatar is shaping up to not suck, if you can believe it.

We've been following the discussion surrounding James Cameron's Avatar for a while now, on a personal if not a public level, and in the past few days a surprising trend has taken shape: amazingly, people are reporting that - despite reasonable assumptions otherwise - it's actually pretty good. It's held up with an 84% on rottentomatoes, maintaining its lofty rating well after the oft-skewed early sample-size period has passed. And a couple days ago the people at Defamer went so far as to issue an apology for all the Avatar-bashing they've done over the past few weeks:

Hollywood goes for epic in just about every tentpole it churns out, but somehow the ginormity of a Transformers 2 or a 2012 production, leave them feeling small — with a shrunken spirit and core that quashes their monstrous pretensions. Avatar, while certainly not without flaws, manages to create a sense of true epic scope in which the journey becomes greater than the sum of its effects.

They go on to say that Avatar is not without a certain cheese-factor, but it is overshadowed by the magnificent spectacle of the film. Which defense we can probably get behind. And so we will see it, and approach it with an open mind, as we attempt to do with all things. If nothing else, it will probably be an entertaining diversion, which is something we can all use in times like these.

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via Defamer, as we said.

Internet so much huger than you could have imagined.

We are thankful for nothing more than the internet, and have always held the belief that its effect on our daily life can hardly be measured. Well, thanks to the minds at Online Education, that is patently untrue. The graphic is pretty self-explanatory, but it just staggers the mind to think that an aspect of our lives that is so totally pervasive and ubiquitous has been around for what, a little over a decade? And 210 billion emails daily? That's roughly 35 times the population of the earth. Not bad for a series of tubes.

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via geekologie.

Best video ever. No, really.

We have actually been trying to work in the above video - which we will say without hyperbole is the single-greatest video we have maybe ever seen, and if you have a few spare minutes in your day (and who doesn't, really?) you would do yourself a disservice not to watch it, for it will expand your idea of what the human body is capable of - for quite some time, but the moment just never seemed right. Well, that moment is upon us. Mashable, "The Social Media Guide," rated the video - following trials rider and superhuman Danny MacAskill through the streets of Edinburgh for Inspired bicycles - as the single-most innovative viral video ad of 2009. Impressive, but it hardly sums up the mind-bending awesomeness of what this man does on a bicycle, nor the sheer beauty of the cinematography and soundtrack (The Funeral by Band of Horses). Well, if this hasn't convinced you to watch the video (or watch it again, if you've already seen it), we can't imagine what will. It is truly epic, one could almost say life-affirming, and we hope you enjoy it.

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Weekend Valley: Infinite internet loop.

from achewood:

Endless hours spent in front of the glowing rectangle can sometimes seem like a trough, but knowing that others are out there makes all the difference. Excuse us, while we momentarily walk to the kitchen to put a dish in the sink. Also: achewood, by Chris Onstad, is the best webcomic you will ever read. Truly outstanding.

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