pbs-food:

Julia Child would have turned 100 on August 15th! In her honor, PBS Digital Studios brings you a special birthday treat: a funky new Julia Child remix that celebrates her wisdom, wit & superb kitchen skills. Please share with your friends!

Join the PBSFood #CookForJulia Birthday Party, including rare videos, photos, tributes from your favorite chefs and more fun at http://www.pbs.org/juliachild

This is our jam! 

Julia has been auto tuned! Brilliant remix by melodysheep, aka John D. Boswell.  So bring on the roasted potatoes for one of the great ladies of all times. Off to go buy some butter…. 

thelucidpelican: Do you like Fonts? Who doesn’t. They’re pretty sexy. From Simon Garfield’s excellent book. Two of my favorite things, together at last: the periodic table and fonts. This delicious image was adapted from “Periodic Table of T…

thelucidpelican:

Do you like Fonts? Who doesn’t. They’re pretty sexy.

From Simon Garfield’s excellent book.

Two of my favorite things, together at last: the periodic table and fonts.

This delicious image was adapted from “Periodic Table of Typefaces,” copyright Camdon Wilde/Squidspot.com, with additional commentary from Just My Type author, Simon Garfield.

nbcnews:

Ceremonies mark 67th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb attack

Top Photo: Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
Bottom Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP - Getty Images 

Arata Yamamoto, NBC News reports from Tokyo — As dignitaries from 71 countries joined a crowd of 50,000 on Monday to mark the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack, Japanese officials vowed to revamp energy policies in the wake of the devastating Fukushima nuclear accident.

Read the complete story.

nbcnews:

Ceremonies mark 67th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb attack

Top Photo: Kimimasa Mayama / EPA
Bottom Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP - Getty Images 

Arata Yamamoto, NBC News reports from Tokyo — As dignitaries from 71 countries joined a crowd of 50,000 on Monday to mark the 67th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack, Japanese officials vowed to revamp energy policies in the wake of the devastating Fukushima nuclear accident.

Read the complete story.

todaysdocument: Hiroshima At the time this photo was made, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column.Two planes of the …

todaysdocument:

Hiroshima

At the time this photo was made, smoke billowed 20,000 feet above Hiroshima while smoke from the burst of the first atomic bomb had spread over 10,000 feet on the target at the base of the rising column.Two planes of the 509th Composite Group, part of the 313th Wing of the 20th Air Force, participated in this mission, one to carry the bomb, the other to act as escort, 08/06/1945

Process. Action. Monday.

Thinking a lot about process, productivity, mental clarity this weekend. Was treating my black locust deck with Brazilian Rosewood oil (very green and non-toxic, for anyone looking for a wood treatment along those lines) and the constant application and ragging off was quite meditative.

Lists. Getting Things Done. It all boils down to choice and getting stuck in that choice moment can result in mental paralysis. The answer? More often than not, there is no right choice, only action and a mental alignment with the reality you want to create.

And wine helps, too.