The truth is just a shortcut to what’s going to happen anyway.Tumblr (3.0; @gailburt)http://gailburt.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/11f49b66c84588b5dd3166d5cdc16bed/tumblr_mn0kyd7x9Y1r5umcoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beautiful day at the beach (at Baby Beach, Dana Point Harbor)</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50760955881http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50760955881Sat, 18 May 2013 17:56:37 -0400<p><a href="http://whatshouldwecallsocialmedia.tumblr.com/post/50424695536/when-amys-baking-company-bakery-boutique-bistro-had" class="tumblr_blog">whatshouldwecallsocialmedia</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>OMG THIS IS THE BEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN.</p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/0411167a188b60da5dcf4c17c8ad4b94/tumblr_inline_mmsp05rtFE1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/abfef272f8a755c88bf99540b98b3091/tumblr_inline_mmsp0b4PkG1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/f46113876b301e6649ebdcb48d89d2ab/tumblr_inline_mmsp0j43931qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/d253f5502a15ea20edb2ef8e720b415f/tumblr_inline_mmsp0u7ejP1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/7fd3859d516580173aef1d9a3925ec90/tumblr_inline_mmsp16qwoR1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/17c1c9fc05c2993298b29e7bd12ebed4/tumblr_inline_mmsp1cBWrU1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/4516085e25f8794f8be355c0f633b07e/tumblr_inline_mmsp1jMHHD1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/173f3641487803ad32b8a1eb68abb778/tumblr_inline_mmsp1q5azP1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/91cad4aba06ce286c4bd490914ca99e8/tumblr_inline_mmsp1wNq7V1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/1483ee7ccd7be71b1ae37eb4cd152db1/tumblr_inline_mmsp22G2601qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/618505561169366949b68132af79fed0/tumblr_inline_mmsp2cZZ8r1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/60d39f6f39d047fa8c09179968c4e39c/tumblr_inline_mmsp2newWJ1qz4rgp.png"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/1baf3ef796cc3f8b0936615e217be189/tumblr_inline_mmsp5q584c1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/db6dfee3bd88eccd6861cb68977ff0b6/tumblr_inline_mmsp5yf5ZA1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/20036016821df33b67ff4890cc241b76/tumblr_inline_mmsp6aALtB1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/1822e5d6470d3a79370f65a83ff8a29b/tumblr_inline_mmsp6hJN9R1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/aad28a7330e88139aff356806c00e85c/tumblr_inline_mmsp6sj5KM1qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/f1ddfc52553c33101263563746be7a01/tumblr_inline_mmsp71PHH51qz4rgp.gif"/></p> <p>Facebook page <a href="http://on.fb.me/16xhTve">here</a>.</p> <p>Article <a href="http://bit.ly/15JCRaP">here</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>Hilariouss!</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50462877159http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50462877159Tue, 14 May 2013 21:25:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8242e41f36134dd405225123eb8c9246/tumblr_mmpt1iEqnS1r5umcoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Mother’s Day!</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50311375413http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50311375413Sun, 12 May 2013 22:17:42 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9a923e05e9fdf169874dcb85e42d74e2/tumblr_mmprycQv3S1r5umcoo1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Kristen was very obliging</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50309469294http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50309469294Sun, 12 May 2013 21:53:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8a6bca3798d1913b79f4f9b53c2bdf4/tumblr_mmprko6pzP1r5umcoo1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Trying out .Gifinator</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50308801574http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50308801574Sun, 12 May 2013 21:45:24 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/29cd5d249893c02b5114b5811bd5a2b8/tumblr_mmjuz9qkcV1r5umcoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Wth happened to “melts in your mouth, not in your hand”? #truthinadvertising #m& ms</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50036479916http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/50036479916Thu, 09 May 2013 17:13:57 -0400mtruthinadvertising<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o8TssbmY-GM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thedailywhat.tumblr.com/post/48372269882/a-new-perspective-of-the-day-wringing-out-water" class="tumblr_blog">thedailywhat</a>:</p> <blockquote><h2 class="pull-left title editable" data-edit-key="Title"><strong><span>A New Perspective of the Day: Wringing Out Water from a Washcloth in Space</span></strong></h2> <p><span>Tenth graders Kendra and Meredith from Fall River, Nova Scotia recently took a top prize the Canadian Space Agency’s </span><a href="http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/missions/expedition34-35/science-challenge/Default.asp">Science Challenge</a><span> with a washcloth-wringing experiment. As part of their prize, </span><a href="http://colchrishadfield.tumblr.com/">Col. Chris Hadfield</a><span>, currently living in the International Space Station, made a video showing exactly what happens when a person tries to wring out a washcloth in zero gravity.</span></p></blockquote>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/48380498048http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/48380498048Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:02:46 -0400<a href="http://projectunbreakable.tumblr.com/post/47543427710/project-unbreakable-reclaiming-stolen-words-with">Project Unbreakable: Project Unbreakable: Reclaiming Stolen Words with Photography</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thegeorgetownindependent.tumblr.com/post/47478072721/project-unbreakable-reclaiming-stolen-words-with">thegeorgetownindependent</a>:</p> <blockquote> <div> <p>By Lindsey Shea</p> <p><span>It’s been a full year since my childhood friend, Grace Brown, started Project Unbreakable – or in her words, since Project Unbreakable “happened.” Four years, probably, since the last time we’ve spoken. As much as we’ve both changed since the…</span></p></div></blockquote>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/47624644276http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/47624644276Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:43:14 -0400<a href="http://www.hitfix.com/news/my-chemical-romance-disbands-after-12-years">My Chemical Romance Disbands After 12 Years | Hitfix</a>: <p>Noooooo!</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/46084636506http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/46084636506Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:23:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1ee56bf5c91a3b8bfe9713548bffc2de/tumblr_miwsvrpn5u1r3kmkso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>WANT</p> <p>thisistheverge:</p> <p>Self-driving trucks tested in Japan, form a close-knit convoy for fuel savings</p> <p>As Google and others ramp up their plans to develop self-driving cars, one government-funded corporation in Japan is already making headway with autonomous heavy duty trucks. In order to save fuel, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has programmed a convoy of four trucks to drive just four meters (about 13 feet) apart. That cuts down on air resistance, reducing drag (and thus improving fuel efficiency) similar to drafting with a race car.</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/44223463473http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/44223463473Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:46:13 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e4b441c807185fe7c9fb0100ed833f8c/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cb653bc78d8699659f488c4b0ceeb145/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b2639ca177b513daa74639efe01b5ed2/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b783be92bf5a75a4bf729bc2f53e3833/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/47732ccfa2481f15a2019d35dbe5f60f/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o5_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3d0e3523d5eecd5739172d3247362933/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o6_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f7b0c29ce95a1b6c9951439035329a1e/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o7_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d6cbfbace5371911b36dadc11baaf04/tumblr_miwfokNHjc1rc2rr6o8_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>Why I love him, to this day.</p> <p>Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003)</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/44223540359http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/44223540359Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:45:19 -0500<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/gailburt/43269181303/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_43269181303" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="327" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Darling nerds (my niece and her boyfriend) at Gallifrey One</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/43269181303http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/43269181303Sat, 16 Feb 2013 19:46:40 -0500Nerdy proposal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3379b2e326ac73fb212e743c15e2c01f/tumblr_mi1durZfDD1qz581wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://buzzfeed.tumblr.com/post/42813489109/well-this-is-the-best-photobomb-in-history" class="tumblr_blog">buzzfeed</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Well, this is the best photobomb in history.</p></blockquote> <p>Hilarious!</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/42865271870http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/42865271870Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:07:18 -0500““In December, [Megan Phelps-Roper, formerly one of the Westboro Baptist Church’s most vocal members] went to a public library in Lawrence, Kansas. She was looking through books on philosophy and religion, and it struck her that people had devoted their entire lives to studying these questions of how to live and what is right and wrong. ‘The idea that only [[Westboro Baptist Church] had the right answer seemed crazy,’ she says. ‘It just seemed impossible.’””<br/><br/> - <em><p>Metafilter member “the man of twists and turns” <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/124695/Wonderful-how-one-loses-track-of-the-days-up-here-in-the-mountains#4813984">said</a>: I’m going to stick this quote into every discussion of why libraries are important.<br/><br/>I say: Amen to that.</p> <p><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/124695/Wonderful-how-one-loses-track-of-the-days-up-here-in-the-mountains">Megan Phelps-Roper, formerly one of the Westboro Baptist Church’s most vocal members, has left the church. | MetaFilter</a></p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hadro.tumblr.com/">hadro</a>)</p> <p>Repeating: “<span>I’m going to stick this quote into every discussion of why libraries are important.”</span></p> (via <a href="http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/" class="tumblr_blog">wilwheaton</a>)</em>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/42513966017http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/42513966017Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:06:27 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/13f935e1ef466099215caf1c22a1fe4f/tumblr_mhi6zcf74M1r5tv32o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/42355792215http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/42355792215Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:27:30 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7d405fe0dec6effd5d9fc9ce6c76d01e/tumblr_mhgnthrTsp1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What it SHOULD say (to be accurate):</p> <p>Who are you<br/> Why are you here<br/> Things were acceptable without you<br/> Why don’t you leave again<br/> I wouldn’t close my eyes if I were you<br/> Puny human</p> <p>thedailywhat:</p> <p>Poem of the Day</p> <p>Dubbed the “BEST CAT POEM EVER,” Spencer Madsen’s poem about his sad cat has been getting a lot of love on Tumblr and Twitter.</p>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41977901622http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41977901622Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:39:39 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/771afe73467d37abfc6ba7e897ab4229/tumblr_mhctuqfoZN1qckp4qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/41727731900/theonion-nation-would-not-be-surprised-at-this" class="tumblr_blog">wilwheaton</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theonion.tumblr.com/post/41725454512/nation-would-not-be-surprised-at-this-point-if">theonion</a>:</p> <blockquote> <h1>Nation Would Not Be Surprised At This Point If Chris Brown Allegedly Traveled Back In Time And Punched Anne Frank: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/nation-would-not-be-surprised-at-this-point-if-chr,31053/">Full Story</a></h1> </blockquote> <p>Chris Brown is a piece of shit, and I can’t wait for him to fade into obscurity where he belongs.</p></blockquote>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41728329298http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41728329298Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:52:32 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eddc099e2d5ca4ce3fd0ea8f0dbb4938/tumblr_mh3vi7088X1qanm80o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41445858167http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41445858167Fri, 25 Jan 2013 11:36:35 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8931bdb21234a77ee5c22a98c7c7f175/tumblr_mgumcxClZf1qkb3gqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/41379751954/alittlefurtheroutoftheway-in-which-case-you" class="tumblr_blog">wilwheaton</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://alittlefurtheroutoftheway.tumblr.com/post/40884332820/in-which-case-you-fail-by-default-wil">alittlefurtheroutoftheway</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>“…in which case you fail by default.”</p> </blockquote> <p>Wil Wheaton asks, I deliver.</p> </blockquote> <p>I love this!</p></blockquote>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41394042093http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/41394042093Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:33:22 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cae053fdcd60762aaccd7ea194061d8b/tumblr_mex9osXkEX1qa601io1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bc70d50d819202ddd620c7b000baae47/tumblr_mex9osXkEX1qa601io2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6fe86214e613e45d50c447a2f50f7f85/tumblr_mex9osXkEX1qa601io3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/51663dc9adf7c03865167598eb76ce11/tumblr_mex9osXkEX1qa601io4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/38892941773/moments-like-this-messages-like-this-one-are" class="tumblr_blog">wilwheaton</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Moments like this, messages like this one, are probably at the top of my list of reasons I’m proud to be part of Star Trek.</p></blockquote>http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/38958113339http://gailburt.tumblr.com/post/38958113339Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:54:07 -0500