Outfits | New Years Eve

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Good afternoon everyone and Happy Thursday! Anthro brings us another set of lovely outfits that feature 4 party-ready looks for ringing in the New Year. I love the elegant and simplicity of Look 1 with the fun polka dot tights, the sparkly blazer in Look 2, the adorable tulle skirt in Look 3 and the colorful, stand-out maxi in Look 4. Any of these looks would be fabulous to wear! Which looks are your favorite?
Look #1

Eleanor Peplum Dress	Casablanca Cluster Necklace	Cote Headband Set
Sheer Polka Dot Tights	Hansa Mary-Janes

Look #2

Sweetheart Lace Peplum Top	Glitzen Frame Blazer	AG Crushed Velvet Legging
Deco Trinket Bangle	Blooming Fondant Bib Necklace	Converged Bow Peep-Toes

Look #3

Metallic Tulle Skirt	Beaded Denim Jacket	Statelines Tank
Opaque Tights	Kaida Cutout Booties

Look #4

Tropicalia Pleated Maxi Dress	Metallic Taika Flats	Twice Sparked Headband
Collage Watch	Crystal-Spark Wrap Bracelet

Who sings that song that goes "you're just somebody who I used to know"?

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Search: just somebody that i used to know

Why: I heard a song with that line today, but I know another song from a long time ago with that same line. Is this a cover or something?

Answer: Well, no. This is a whole new song by Gotye (featuring Kimbra).

Gotye is Belgian-Australian. His real name is Wouter "Wally" De Backer.

Source: YouTube

The More You Know: That other song I was thinking of was by Elliott Smith. The twist is that this is not the version I know - the one I know is a cover by someone else. It doesn't appear to be on my iPod (which I plugged in for the first time in 4+ months specifically for this), and I can't remember enough details about the voice to figure it out. It's frustrating. If anyone has any details, plz halp.

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What's the difference between a blimp and a zeppelin?

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Search: blimp zeppelin

Why: Corbett took Leigh on a blimp ride for his b-day. Nbd.


What makes a blimp not a zeppelin? The shape? The material? Are zeppelins even a thing anymore?

Answer: For starters, both blimps and zeppelins are dirigibles.

A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is both powered and steerable (as opposed to free floating, like a balloon). Blimps, rigid airships, and semi-rigid airships are all dirigibles.

The name comes from the French verb diriger, "to steer."



A rigid airship has a rigid framework that maintains its shape. It also has one or more gas cells.


The USS Shenandoah
A zeppelin is a rigid airship made by a specific company, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin ("Zeppelin Airship Construction Company") of Germany. The guy who started that company was one Mr. von Zeppelin (actually a Count).

A blimp - technically a "pressure airship" - has no rigid inner structure. Its shape is maintained by the pressure of the gases within its envelope. If it deflates, it loses shape.


Turns out: the thing Corbett and Leigh rode in was actually a zeppelin.

Source: Airships.net
The More You Know: The LZ-129 Hindenburg was a zeppelin (LZ = Luftschiff Zeppelin). At more than 800 feet long, it remains one of the largest objects to ever fly (even bigger than a pterosaur).


From its completion in March 1936 until its fiery disaster in May 1937, the Hindenburg provided the fastest and most comfortable way to fly across the Atlantic. In 1936, it made 17 round trips from the hangar in aviation town Friedrichshafen in Southern Germany over the Atlantic - 10 times to the US and 7 to Brazil. The flight to New York was something like 62 hours long. From New Jersey to Frankfurt, the Hindenburg's best time was 43 hours and 2 minutes.



According to passenger / reporter Webb Miller, passenger accommodations were enclosed in about 4,500 square feet. There 25 two-bed one-sink cabins, a promenade flanked by windows, a salon with writing desks and a piano, and a dining room. Below deck were shower / baths, toilets, kitchens, a smoking room, and a bar.



Tickets were $400 (~$5000 today). People were classy.


Nazis notwithstanding, it sounded very nice.




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What's the difference between a parable and a fable?

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Why: The Bible is filled with parables; kindergarten is filled with fables. None of them are true. They both end in -able.

Answer: A fable has animals! or plants or anthropomorphized forces of nature. Each character represents a particular human virtue or fault, and what happens in the story is directly related to his personality. The word "fable" comes from the Latin root fari, "to speak."





A parable is set in the real world with human characters. It features realistic problems and results handled with spiritual fortitude if not sanctimony. The word is related to parabola, from from para, "alongside," + bole, "a throwing, casting, beam, ray."





Both fables and parables teach moral or ethical lessons.

Source: Wild Fables,

The More You Know: The word fable is also related to the word fabulous, i.e. "rich in myths; legendary." Speaking of fabulous, I just found out that Season 4 of "RuPaul's Drag Race" started January 30th.



May the best woman win!

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How big is a whale's blowhole?

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Search: how big is a whale's blowhole; blowhole size

Why: You guys, guess where I finally went Sunday for the first time ever? I'll give you 3 hints:


 

That's right: Comic-Con!

Answer: Well, what kind of whale we talking here? 

• Blue? According to this documentary about bleu whales, their blowholes are big enough for a toddler to fit inside.
• The humpback whale blowhole is 8-10 inches long.
• The sperm whale blowhole is about 20 inches long. It is also S-shaped.

• I can't find any information about killer whale blowholes, but based on this photo (which must have been taken before this happened), I am going to estimate that it's something like... 4 inches in diameter? I have no idea. You could definitely fit your whole fist in it, if that's what you're wondering.

The blowhole leads to the whale's trachea, which then goes to its lungs, bypassing the mouth. The spray from a humpback whale's blow hole goes 10-13 feet in the air. The spray from a blue whale's blowhole can go up to 30 feet!

It takes a dolphin only a fraction of a second to empty its blowhole. Baby dolphins are too dumb to understand breathing, so they raise their heads out way above the water until they get the hang of it.


Source: Enchanted Learning, Neatorama, National Geographic, this site, Understand Dolphins, Panda's Thumb (which also has part of an interesting essay about the evolution of whale nipples)

The More You Know: The blowhole is covered by a muscular flap that the whale contracts to open. When closed, the seal is water-tight. If water gets in there, the whale could drown.

Also, baleen whales (humpbacks, blue whales, gray whales) each have 2 blowholes! TWO!!


The other kind of whale (Odontoceti - sperm, killer, beluga, dolphin) is called "toothed."

One of the nostrils (air-passages) of toothed whales evolved into their echolocation system (the sensing system in which they make and receive high-pitched sounds in order to orient themselves, catch prey, and communicate), leaving them with only one blowhole.

Put that in your hole and smoke it.

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What's the difference between a blimp and a zeppelin?

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Search: blimp zeppelin

Why: Corbett took Leigh on a blimp ride for his b-day. Nbd.


What makes a blimp not a zeppelin? The shape? The material? Are zeppelins even a thing anymore?

Answer: For starters, both blimps and zeppelins are dirigibles.

A dirigible is any lighter-than-air craft that is both powered and steerable (as opposed to free floating, like a balloon). Blimps, rigid airships, and semi-rigid airships are all dirigibles.

The name comes from the French verb diriger, "to steer."



A rigid airship has a rigid framework that maintains its shape. It also has one or more gas cells.


The USS Shenandoah
A zeppelin is a rigid airship made by a specific company, the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin ("Zeppelin Airship Construction Company") of Germany. The guy who started that company was one Mr. von Zeppelin (actually a Count).

A blimp - technically a "pressure airship" - has no rigid inner structure. Its shape is maintained by the pressure of the gases within its envelope. If it deflates, it loses shape.


Turns out: the thing Corbett and Leigh rode in was actually a zeppelin.

Source: Airships.net
The More You Know: The LZ-129 Hindenburg was a zeppelin (LZ = Luftschiff Zeppelin). At more than 800 feet long, it remains one of the largest objects to ever fly (even bigger than a pterosaur).


From its completion in March 1936 until its fiery disaster in May 1937, the Hindenburg provided the fastest and most comfortable way to fly across the Atlantic. In 1936, it made 17 round trips from the hangar in aviation town Friedrichshafen in Southern Germany over the Atlantic - 10 times to the US and 7 to Brazil. The flight to New York was something like 62 hours long. From New Jersey to Frankfurt, the Hindenburg's best time was 43 hours and 2 minutes.



According to passenger / reporter Webb Miller, passenger accommodations were enclosed in about 4,500 square feet. There 25 two-bed one-sink cabins, a promenade flanked by windows, a salon with writing desks and a piano, and a dining room. Below deck were shower / baths, toilets, kitchens, a smoking room, and a bar.



Tickets were $400 (~$5000 today). People were classy.


Nazis notwithstanding, it sounded very nice.




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