Sister Pearl's World

me!

Hi. I'm Marco's sister. Those of you who don't know me can call me Pearl. When I was nineteen, I bit into a pearl in a fried oyster in some linoleum-floored crab shack on Cape Cod.

I'm a recovering graduate student, high school Spanish teacher, unrepentant history geek, and budding mystic. I've traveled to four of the seven continents. I always love to discuss politics, religion, history, and philosophy. In my other life, I'm also a wife with really poor housekeeping skills. But I can cook.

 




lindaboucher: So this site is pretty cool- it shows you the scale of the universe (and does so whilst playing calming music). It goes from molecules and stuff, all the way out to galaxies and big things in the sky. It shows you that the United States is about the same size as the Moon. That the Mariana Trench is the same size as Everest (neat!) and that the largest bacteria is way bigger than a grain of salt. But. Wtf are those Japanese Spider Crabs? And how can I rid my brain of the knowledge that they exist? This gives me the same kind of peace of mind I get as when I study plate tectonics. I am but a drop in the great ocean of time, space, and change. All things in perspective.

lindaboucher:

So this site is pretty cool- it shows you the scale of the universe (and does so whilst playing calming music).

It goes from molecules and stuff, all the way out to galaxies and big things in the sky.

It shows you that the United States is about the same size as the Moon. That the Mariana Trench is the same size as Everest (neat!) and that the largest bacteria is way bigger than a grain of salt.

But.

Wtf are those Japanese Spider Crabs? And how can I rid my brain of the knowledge that they exist?

This gives me the same kind of peace of mind I get as when I study plate tectonics. I am but a drop in the great ocean of time, space, and change. All things in perspective.

Reblogged from hikergirl on February 10, 2012
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    This gives me the same kind of peace of mind I get as when I study plate tectonics. I am but a drop in the great ocean...
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  4. bsovik answered: Think about Goliath Beetles which are the size of a human hand!!
  5. yellowbrickroad-tohell reblogged this from lindaboucher
  6. duck-and-penguin answered: Seriously, you’re bugged by those crabs? Well, don’t google “giant isopod” then. /marine biologis jokes
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