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Quartz
In a case of 'rose by any other name', a whole slew of semi-precious gemstones actually fall under a single category: quartz.
Chemically speaking, quartz is made up of a lattice consisting SiO2. One perfect quartz crystal is actually one singular giant lattice (otherwise known as a macromolecule in chemistry).
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A word a day
I was thinking of the word 'hoarfrost', and wondered if 'hoary' was a valid adjective.
From Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary:
Hoary, adjective: 1. gray or white with or as if with age, 2, extremely old or ancient -
In my lil imaginary bubble:
I tweak a finger and motorcycles that go 'vroom vroom' fly 10 feet high into the sky and end their 'vrooming' shit with a kaboom ( Read more... ) -
Take it back
Take it back cos it sure ain't mine.
Take it back. Take it away.
I don't care where it goes.
So long as it ain't here with me. -
Dimmed
On hindsight, I really should have been more careful with the cards, and not have left them lying around.
If only laughter could offer more than temporary respite for you. -
Roaches and Rain
I was stil half asleep when I left the house amd I didn't feel it until I was halfway to the bus stop.
Something was squirming and wriggling under my foot.
I took off my right shoe and out scurried a cockroach. Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
I put on my shoe, walked a couple of steps and felt something still squirming under my toes.
I took off my shoe, ( Read more... ) -
Technicolour vision
Oh how sad your life is ( Read more... ) -
Aflame
There's a hunger,
I can't define.
Bit by bit
it eats me up.
Oh be still, wandering heart
Your thirst is a desert
water can't quench.
Fan it, embrace it, hold it too close to your breast and it'll consume you. -
It's not my fight
It's not my fight x10,000
Hell, all the conflict swirling around me only become my fight cos I'm externalising my internal conflicts, and it's easier to worry about problems of other people rather than my own. They don't need me to fight their own battles. In fact, more often than not, I get in their way instead.
Fight your own battles man.
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It's written in the stars
And now that I've got time on my hands, I've been nosing through astrology sites and stuff. And so here's what I found out:
Based on the positions of the sun, moon and the planets at my time of birth:
Ascendant sun sign: Scorpio
Sun sign: Taurus
Moon sign: Capricorn
For those who wanna calculate your star signs:
http://www.spiritproject.com/horoscope/ ( Read more... )