7. »  Write World: Word of the Day: Apotropaic

    writeworld:

    apotropaic \ap-uh-truh-PEY-ik, adjective:

    Intended to ward off evil.

    Ritualistic behaviour used as an apotropaic to ward off private demons, yes. Except to Raymond there’s danger everywhere.
    — Leonore Fleischer,Rain Man
    In an older kind of fairy story, the magic of the flowers would be…
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  9. good-and-nice: Young Adrien Brody.

    good-and-nice:

    Young Adrien Brody.

  10. madinmadame: portrait of adrien brody for our lesson on facial features. prismacolor.

    madinmadame:

    portrait of adrien brody for our lesson on facial features. prismacolor.

  11. synthesize-me: Adrien Brody by ~Olga-Orlando

    synthesize-me:

    Adrien Brody by ~Olga-Orlando

  13. lovablelie: ADRIEN BRODY FOR PRESIDENT.

    lovablelie:

    ADRIEN BRODY FOR PRESIDENT.

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  15. unknownskywalker:

    Physicists Bring Origins of Universe to Big Screen

    Dramatic 3-D videos, created from actual data by Stanford physicists at SLAC’s Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, show the origins of the universe. Now playing to the general public on screens at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory campus, as well as museums in San Francisco and New York.

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