70 Years Ago Today, On The 6th Of August, 1945 - 8:15 Hiroshima:

70 years ago today, on the 6th of August, 1945 - 8:15 Hiroshima:

“In less than one second, the fireball had expanded to 900 feet. The blast wave shattered windows for a distance of ten miles and was felt as far away as 37 miles. Over two-thirds of Hiroshima’s buildings were demolished. The hundreds of fires, ignited by the thermal pulse, combined to produce a firestorm that had incinerated everything within about 4.4 miles of ground zero.

To the crew of the Enola Gay, Hiroshima had disappeared under a thick, churning foam of flames and smoke. The co-pilot, Captain Robert Lewis, commented, “My God, what have we done?”

http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/history/hiroshima/page9.html

“Japan, the one country to have suffered nuclear attack, has taken the lead in opposing nuclear weapons. I strongly urge you to keep it up.” -Dalai Lama

I was there for five days, once. I miss it.

Oh, Scotland.

That moment when people start giving you constructive criticism.

"When she got to be around eighteen or nineteen, I saw that she had talent as a writer. So I stopped telling her she was wonderful, and started telling her what I thought."

Neil Gaiman on what stories do for the human spirit and how they last for generations. 

Folklore in action.

“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that God has established clear standards of morality for His children, who are accountable before Him for their behavior. Such standards cannot be changed by the reasoning, emotions, personal interests, or opinions of mortal beings.”

I love names. Even if I can’t pronounce them correctly, I appreciate being given the chance to learn. I feel like it is a gesture of good faith; almost like someone is trusting me to care enough and be smart enough to learn how to say and spell it correctly. And you know, even if I fail miserably, it is still an awesome name and my incorrect use of it doesn’t change that fact one bit. Keep your own name. :)