Maia is not too sure about all the physical contact involved in learning to dance, but Csethiro is prepared to coax him out of his shyness.

(Still messing around with fashion development- I need to do a thorough re-read and make notes any time clothing is mentioned.)

blessing of blessings, today the World’s Most Boring Man was at a conference and had his phd student give a lecture on his dissertation. Which, despite being about mathematical models of international fishery management (based on, for some reason, game theory), was about 500% more interesting than the usual repetitive drone

every time I enter the mechanical engineering building on campus I have the vague but peristent impression that the entire structure is composed of 75% asbestos and lead paint, 10% robotics competition memorabilia, and 5% accumulated engineer sweat.

ventureonwilderseas:

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#oh yeah. this thing #so caught up in if they could did they ever stop to consider if they… should?#(inevitable spoiler: she wrecked with the loss of most of her crew in the scilly isles and caused the first large-scale marine oil spill)#listen if you’re desperately trying to remain competitive in the twilight days of sail #the answer is not MOAR MASTS #apparently there was no clear consensus on what to call so many masts #and one proposed naming scheme was to use the days of the week beginning with ‘sunday’ for the foremast #nautical #maritime #vintage maritime photos #tea for queue