T. Strange's Blog, page 64
November 2, 2013
greenekangaroo:
tiburongata:
acoustickub:
viergacht:
femmefor...
Nichelle Nichols (Uhura on the original series):”Whoopi Goldberg, she’s just marvellous. I had no way of knowing that she was a Star Trek fan. When I finally met her it was her first year on the Next Generation.
She loved the show so much and she told her agent she wants a role on Star Trek. Well agents go ‘Big screen, little screen, no, you can’t do that’. Well you can’t tell Whoopi ‘You can’t do that’.
And so they finally asked, and they had the same reaction at Star Trek office, specifically Gene. And she said, ‘I want to meet him and I want him to tell me to my face. If he tells me he doesn’t want me and why, I’ll be fine.’
Knowing Gene he had to take that challenge, and so he met with her. She said, ‘I just wanted you to tell me why you don’t want me in Star Trek.’
Gene said, ‘Well, I’ll just ask you one question and I’ll make my decision on that. You’re a big screen star, why do you want to be on a little screen, why do you want to be in Star Trek?’
And she looked at him and she said, ‘Well, it’s all Nichelle Nichols’ fault.’
That threw him, he said, ‘What do you mean?’
She said, ‘Well when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,’ and she said, ‘I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, “Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!”’ And she said, ‘I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be, and I want to be on Star Trek.’
And he said, ‘I’ll write you a role.’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/st/interviews/nichols/page4.shtml
Manly tears were shed.
The feels are strong here.
:’
Fuckin’ Whoopi Goldberg is amazing as shit and no one will ever tell me otherwise.
Me: *texts coworker
Me: *texts coworker
neuromanticism:
abluegirl:
Living Wall
These vegetated...
These vegetated surfaces don’t just look pretty. They have other benefits as well, including cooling city blocks, reducing loud noises, and improving a building’s energy efficiency.What’s more, a recent modeling study shows that green walls can potentially reduce large amounts of air pollution in what’s called a “street canyon,” or the corridor between tall buildings.
For the study, Thomas Pugh, a biogeochemist at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, and his colleagues created a computer model of a green wall with generic vegetation in a Western European city. Then they recorded chemical reactions based on a variety of factors, such as wind speed and building placement.
The simulation revealed a clear pattern: A green wall in a street canyon trapped or absorbed large amounts of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter—both pollutants harmful to people, said Pugh. Compared with reducing emissions from cars, little attention has been focused on how to trap or take up more of the pollutants, added Pugh, whose study was published last year in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
That’s why the green-wall study is “putting forward an alternative solution that might allow [governments] to improve air quality in these problem hot spots,” he said.
This is what progress looks like.
reichenfeels:
“We’re your family, we’re allowed to make fun of you”
“Come on, it’s just a...
“We’re your family, we’re allowed to make fun of you”
“Come on, it’s just a joke”
“toughen up and stop being a baby”
“We’re just teasing”
BULLYING IS BULLYING NO MATTER WHO IT COMES FROM.
IT JUST HURTS A FUCKLOAD A LOT MORE WHEN ITS COMING FROM PEOPLE YOU TRUST
FUCK OFF.
getoutoftherecat:
get off of there cat. you are not...
get off of there cat. you are not a television antennae. though if you can get me the game i’ll give you extra treats.
November 1, 2013
wonderfulrealmofdaintyl5:
glitterandmetal-yt-da:
thewhoviancumberbabe:
/AGGRESSIVELY DRINKS...
/AGGRESSIVELY DRINKS TEA/
Is this how the British prepare for battle?
This is how the British prepare for everything.
