On the lighter side of things: penguins

There are so many traits about penguins that are awesome. They bond for life. They propose using stones. They adopt children. They have same-sex families. They know about community and solidarity. They are wonderful creatures. They are also wonderfully stupid sometimes, you can literally have the blind lead the blind if you do it right. Nonetheless I love these little beasts! Which is why I was so stoked when I came across this article from I f****** love science:

......I was hooked. And you know you are too! Who doesn't want to know reasons that penguins are kind of like humans when it comes to communication? I mean really? It's definitely fascinating! Verbal languages crude as it is but it's nice to know we aren't the only animals that use it on Earth. Anyways, I'm rambling, continue reading for more info.

Math can be awesome/Also extremely tedious and frustrating......

I want to tell you about 2 websites I found today and the weird, wild, wacky, and wizzy stuff they be peddlin.' The first website was taken from I F-ing <3 Science's article:
21 GIFs That Explain Mathematical Concepts

It has numerous Gifs that help visualize the crap that teachers (particularly in math) have been trying to relate to us unsuccessfully for years!

IT is a vital and interesting tool if you're interested or confused and if not then it is just fun and wonderful nonsense. Either way it is worth a look IMO because math is the language of the universe (seriously ANYTHING can be translated into math...ANYTHING. The universe is geometric in nature) and knowing it will open up endless possibilities.

The other article follows in the footsteps of what I was just taking about EXCEPT they aren't math Gifs per se but are Gifs that are made using mathematics, such as:

or.....

 ^All artwork created by ^ :Dave Whyte. 

Io9's orig article: 

The Spellbinding Mathematical GIFs Of Dave Whyte

Article Mega-post: EVERYTHING MUST GO

Over periods of time I accumulate articles and things that peek my interest or things to talk about and/or weigh-in on. Every time I hunt for knowledge, or lore, or fact or fiction I bookmark my entries so I can come back to them at later times. MY hiatus was no different. I cataloged a decent amount of things both fresh and old. Hot topics and has-been discussions. Like this really cool Flower animation pictured above, I found that stumbling. I didn't know when or where or even how I was going to use it in the context of an article but here we are. So enclosed is a pretty Decent collection of Topics and such. Pick and choose what to persue but at least give all the titles a read.. It is pretty random afterall

Thanks I F-ing < 3 science, you helped me with 50% of this article.

I'm glad that I F-ing love science finally has a website, or at least one that I know about. It always seems to have insightful and wonderful article as well as access to current info/trends/breakthroughs in a myriad of scientific fields. Bottom line: It is a pretty good (albeit it sometimes biased......but everything is) one-stopp-shop for science news and info.

Now that I'm done hyping/plugging or whatever it's called (I call it a shout out because I'm not benefiting or getting paid to praise, I just [mostly] support their cause) I can move onto a story that came out of there....
What could have caused this:

Continue for the Scoop

On demand Natural Hallucination: WARNING....not intense but still interesting

I just did this so I know it works. It wasn't anything like a psycadelic trip AT ALL but it is a neat optical illusion, just like staring at an american flag then instantly looking at blank paper to see your vision produce a negative version for a few seconds. EITHER WAY.... do what this video says.

Continue reading to see the actual video, this is just a reference picture. although it will cause optical illusions too.