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The Midnight Planétarium by Van Cleef & Arpels

The movement of each planet is true to its genuine length of orbit: it will take Saturn over 29 years to make a complete circuit of the dial, Jupiter will take almost 12 years, Mars 687 days, Earth 365 days, Venus 224 days and Mercury 88 days.

“I think if Dickens was alive today, he’d have been working for the BBC, until HBO offered him much more money.”

Roddy Doyle discusses television and his short story in this week’s issue of the magazine: http://nyr.kr/1mUhHxZ (via newyorker)

Watch the seasons change across America in hypnotic GIF 

Alarming Whispers reveal the ridiculous sex ed lessons schools give teens

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Real Time with Bill Maher: 6.6.14 — Anthony Weiner, Jim Geraghety, Nicolle Wallace

Light is more important than the lantern, The poem more important than the notebook.

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ARDENT

[adjective]

1. having, expressive of, or characterised by intense feeling; passionate; fervent: an ardent vow; ardent love.

2. intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous.

3. vehement; fierce.

4. burning, fiery, or hot.

Etymology: from Latin ārdent-, stem of ārdēns, present participle of ārdēre, “to burn”; replacing Middle English ardant.

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here’s a 13 second video of ducks bobbing their heads to bossa nova music