jaminthetardis:

It bewilders me that that they didn’t give the Hogwarts first years maps

like

have fun navigating an ancient castle full of shit that could literally kill you by yourselves suckers

crick3tknight:

lakidaa:

bi-polar-oid:

dinners ready

( ._.)./ an explanation: 

The dog has an issue where his esophagus doesn’t work right; it doesn’t get food in there right because it’s all stretched out and stuff. So what dog owners (and cat owners and I guarantee you the cat ones look goofier) do is make a highchair and feed them upright so gravity can be a hero. It’s also really cute. 

The disorder is called Megaesophagus. 

Here is a cat with the same disorder in his eatin’ sock. 

EATIN’ SOCK

(Source: xenolinguisticspecialist)

assbutts-in-purgatory:

cumberbitch-freebitch:

thesleepingsoldier:

missing-misha:

Things you should know about Misha Collins 

• His full name is Dmitri Tippens Krushnic. 
• He’s from Greenfield, Massachusetts.
• He married his high school sweetheart.
• He built his wife a house.
• They made each other personalized rings.
• He has a BA in Social Theory.
• He used to play the saxophone when he was younger, but he lost his stuff when their house burned down, and then he wasn’t able to get another one. [x]
• A 300 years old maple tree fell in his mother’s yard so he made a bed out of it for his girlfriend.
• He once got arrested because he went to read a book on top of a bank because he needed better lighting.
• He likes green tea and kale.
• He has (or probably had) two turtles.
• He wore a turtle costume to his first Halloween party. It was a negative experience for him because it was handmade and done in a way he had to crawl on all four in order to move.
• He smells like watermelons and cinnamon (according to people who met him)
• He has spent several months in seclusion in monasteries in Tibet.
• He is a certified lifeguard, EMT, and motorcyclist.
• He has slept in an igloo.
• He kayaks, snowboards, bycycle tours, and runs. 
• After a devastating forest fire in Los Angeles that killed an innocent tree, Misha and a band of visionary renegades gave it the Christian burial it deserves by planting it illegally in Hollywood.
• He interned at the White House during Clinton Administration.
• He made jokes on his FBI background check.
• He stole security badges from the White House and made a mobile out of them.
• He is a published poet. [x] [x]
• He made most of the furniture in his house.
• He does a lot for charity and uses his influence to encourage his ‘minions’ to contribute.
• He goes to Haiti every year to help buid an orphanage.
• He dressed in drag to renew his wedding vows. In a supermarket. With a bouquet made of vegetables.
• He organized a tea party in the middle of a highway with his (amazing) friends. The cops stopped by and had tea  with them.
• He does Tibetan throat singing.
• He found out he was very flexible at a fitness test when he was in high school and was very proud to be the most flexible boy of anyone who had ever participated in the history of this fitness test. He later found out that his flexibility is due to a birth defect in his spine. After a bike accident, an MRI showed that stretching too much could leave him paralysed. [x]
• When he was a kid, he forced himself to eat dirt because he believe it would improve his immune system.
• He posted a picture of himself naked on a horse via twitter.
• He dressed in drag at a highschool party, he was so pretty his classmates didn’t recognize him and hit on him. His girlfriend (now wife) was not pleased.
• Once, he was alone at a restaurant with his son. The owner brought him flowers and wished him a happy mother’s day. And this time, he was not in drag.
• He is a Guinness World Record holder. He and his minions made the greatest international scavenger hunt the world has ever seen (aka GISWHES). We made the news for making Christmas trees fly.
• He made hundreds of young women wear dresses only made of bacon. He made a calendar out of it.
• He was named after his mother’s Russian ex-boyfriend.
• Jared beat Misha in Words with Friends. Misha owed $1970, paid in coins, 4 buckets worth.

source:http://meanwhilemishacollins.tumblr.com/perfect-human-being

THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS MAN

EVERY TIME I SEE THIS POST IT MAKES ME WANT TO CRY BECAUSE LIKE HELLO WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE, LOOK AT WHAT MISHAS DONE

iygrittenothing:

ryuyosei:

killipan-jones:

purrim:

purrim:

why are blonde jokes so short?

so men can remember them

this took an unexpected turn

Not if you just asked for directions.

(Source: sendificator)

guceubcuesu:

I want one

(Source: djisbak)

grantaire-put-that-bottle-down:

ihititwithmyaxe:

mothernaturenetwork:

Harry Potter wizarding genetics decoded

If the wizarding gene is dominant, as J.K. Rowling says in her famous series of Harry Potter books, then how can a wizard be born to muggle parents (non-magical people)? And how can there be squibs (non-magical people born into wizarding lines)?

It seems these baffling genetic questions have finally been answered, thanks to Andrea Klenotiz, a biology student at the University of Delaware.

In a six-page paper, which she sent to Rowling, Klenotiz outlines how the wizarding gene works and even explains why some witches and wizards are more powerful than others.

“Magical ability could be explained by a single autosomal dominant gene if it is caused by an expansion of trinucleotide repeats with non-Mendelian ratios of inheritance,” Klenotiz explains.

What does this mean?

In school we learn the fundamentals of genetics by studying Gregory Mendel’s pea plant experiments and completing basic Punnett squares. Basically, we’re taught that whenever one copy of a gene linked to a dominant trait is present, then the offspring will exhibit that dominant trait, regardless of the other gene.

However, Non-Mendelian genes don’t follow this rule, which is the basis of Klenotiz’s argument. She says that the wizarding gene could be explained if it’s caused by a trinucleotide repeat, which is the repetition of three nucleotides — the building blocks of DNA — multiple times.

These repeats can be found in normal genes, but sometimes many more copies of this repeated code can appear in genes than is standard, causing a mutation. This kind of mutation is responsible for genetic diseases like Huntington’s Disease. Depending upon how many of these repeats occur in the genes, a person could exhibit no symptoms, could have a mild form of the disease or could have a severe form of it.

In her paper, Klenotiz argues that eggs with high levels of these repeats are more likely to be fertilized, a phenomenon known as transmission ratio distortion. She also suggests that the egg or sperm with high levels of repeats is less likely to be created or to survive in the wizarding womb.

This argument answers several questions about wizarding genetics:

How can a wizard be born to muggle parents?

Genetic mutations can randomly appear, meaning anyone could be born with the wizarding gene. However, there’s a better chance of magical offspring occurring if the parents are on the high side of the normal range for mutations.

How can a squib be born to wizard parents?

Although parents with these mutated magical genes would be likely to pass the gene on to their children, there’s still a possibility that any given offspring might not inherit the trinucleotide repeat.

How can varying degrees of magical ability be explained?

The more repeats a wizard inherits, the stronger the magical power he or she will have. If both wizarding parents are powerful wizards, it’s likely their offspring will also be powerful.

You can read Klenotiz’s full paper on wizarding genetics here.

Far and away one of the nerdiest things I’ve ever read. Love it.

wake-up-kid:

runwhenisayrunfightwhenisayfight:

ahorsecalledhonour:

fixthefisherking:

banjaxed:

nightlifemingus:

nosdrinker:

hypnotiqradiance:

If you don’t get this reference, you’re too young for tumblr.

are you fucking kidding me pixar puts out a movie ever year a baby would get this reference

it’s not pixar it’s a reference to that time in 1994 when lamps became sentient humanoids

many were lost that day

It was a grim day for mankind. My parents took refuge in a cave and thus saved us from certain death; we lived close to a lamp factory at the time and the surrounding region was utterly devastated in the conflict.

My brother fought one off using only an egg whisk and a pogo stick.

Only 90s kids remember the Lampocalypse

My father still has the scars from where one stole his kidney

Ironically, it was a dark time.

(Source: brennablueskies)

thewholockedarmyinitiative:

uss-special:

talonsandwings:

mischiefforhire:

black-nata:

v-p-potts:

You know, I think spending over a decade of your life with either Clint Barton OR Tony Stark will wear your face down into the same default expression.

thefuckisthisshit.gif

…I know that look.

i need a movie that’s just pepper and nat and loki having a night on the town being sassy bitches and swapping war stories about their ridiculous pet superheroes

ridiculous pet superheroes

Why do I feel like this describes Tony, Clint and Thor perfectly