Tumblr (3.0; @growthchart)http://growthchart.tumblr.com/<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurih3RqP61qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This image provided by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows brilliant blue stars wreathed by warm, glowing clouds. The festive portrait is the most detailed view of a young stellar grouping, called R136 in the 30 Doradus Nebula</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p><b>Picture: AP / NASA</b></p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286622368http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286622368Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuri9yIA1d1qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A barn owl flies through the snow at Chessington World of Adventures and Zoo in Surrey</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p>Picture: PA Telegraph.UK</p> <p><b><i>Neither rain, nor sleet,  nor snow, nor dark of night…..next stop, Hogwarts.</i></b></p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286458097http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286458097Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:29:58 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuri6hTQAx1qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A man shelters under an umbrella as snow falls in Westminster, central London</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p>Telegraph.UK</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286456102http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286456102Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:27:53 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuri34ccCp1qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Two black swans paddle in the lake in St James’s park, London, as a sprinkling of snow falls</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p>Picture: AFP/GETTY</p> <p>Telegraph.UK</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286454089http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286454089Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:25:52 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuri05zKGK1qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A deer stands in the snow in Richmond Park, London</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p>Picture: GETTY. Telegraph.UK</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286452343http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286452343Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:24:05 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurhx2qoTq1qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A young fallow deer runs through the frost in Richmond Park, London…</p> <p>Telegraph.UK</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286450687http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286450687Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:22:14 -0500“<p>#1, Chapel Hill, North Carolina </p> <p>Major College: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<br/> Total Population: 54,972 <br/> Percent Students: 33%<br/> Overall Grade: A</p> <p>Home to the oldest state college in the U.S., “Chapel Thrill” combines an antique Southern charm with nationally recognized research facilities as one part of Research Triangle Park (with Durham and Raleigh, homes of Duke and North Carolina State, respectively). The city has the highest percentage of adults over age 25 with graduate degrees, at 44 percent. The academic capital in a state historically dominated by agricultural and textiles, it attracts top talent for the business and medical schools.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>Daily Beast</em>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286447848http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286447848Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:19:13 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunk57pqDk1qzbijso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://adorablelife.tumblr.com/post/286273272/heavenishere-myvintagevogue-december-1953" target="_blank">adorablelife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://heavenishere.tumblr.com/post/285084669/myvintagevogue-december-1953-mccalls" target="_blank">heavenishere</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://myvintagevogue.tumblr.com/post/283383295/december-1953-mccalls" target="_blank">myvintagevogue</a>:</p> <p>December 1953 - McCall’s</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286447083http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286447083Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:18:25 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/vOeuV8nU1o1psfmuQWzJUOeqo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://adorablelife.tumblr.com/post/286388409/onetheme-archaeologistanddiva-berchina" target="_blank">adorablelife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://onetheme.tumblr.com/post/284280626/archaeologistanddiva-berchina-erikanize-van" target="_blank">onetheme</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://archaeologistanddiva.tumblr.com/post/133907535/berchina-erikanize-van-snoopy" target="_blank">archaeologistanddiva</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://berchina.tumblr.com/post/133904349/erikanize-van-snoopy" target="_blank">berchina</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://erikanize.tumblr.com/post/114569246/van-snoopy" target="_blank">erikanize</a>:</p> <blockquote>van snoopy</blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286442592http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286442592Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:13:44 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurfytsKAC1qa61iio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://adorablelife.tumblr.com/post/286412269/via-senzenina" target="_blank">adorablelife</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/senzenina" target="_blank">SenzEnina</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286436698http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286436698Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:07:32 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurgos1X5N1qzep2bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kennedys.tumblr.com/post/286426121" target="_blank">kennedys</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>For those interested in Jacqueline Kennedy’s Bouvier side of the family, here are some photos of the infamous “Little” and “Big” Edie Bouvier.</p> <p>She was the only daughter of Edith Ewing Bouvier and Phelan Beale, respective sister and brother-in-law to John Bouvier III, Jacqueline’s father. She dated Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. for a while and dined at the Kennedy’s Palm Beach house sometime in 1939. It’s said (but not universally agreed upon) that Joe proposed and she turned him down due to an overwhelming attachment to (and the apparent sabotage by) her mother. A decision she came to regret rather obviously some thirty-five years later when she was stuck at Grey Gardens, their estate in the Hamptons.<br/><br/><i>“Jack Kennedy never liked society girls, he only dated showgirls,”</i> she said. <i>“I tried to show him I’d broken with society. I was a dancer. But Jack never gave me a tumble. Then I met Joe Jr. at a Princeton dance, and, oh my!”</i> She swooned. <i>“Joe was the most wonderful person in the world. There will never be another man like him” </i>— Edie on Jack and Joe, 1970s</p> </blockquote>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286434286http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286434286Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:04:50 -0500<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurgvsiz2e1qzep2bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://kennedys.tumblr.com/post/286429723" target="_blank">kennedys</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>And a 14 year old Jackie, to be relevant.</p> </blockquote>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286431884http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286431884Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:02:15 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurgylCQou1qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>London Eye at night</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p>Picture: JASONHAWKES.COM</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286431275http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286431275Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:01:33 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurgvytdJj1qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The atrium of the British Musem, London, at night</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p>Picture: JASONHAWKES.COM</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286429814http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286429814Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:59:58 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kurgso5rV61qzyjxuo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Field of lavender, Essex</p> <!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --> <p>Picture: JASONHAWKES.COM</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286428114http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286428114Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:58:00 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuqfo8yz9c1qzjnmwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://justbesplendid.tumblr.com/post/285816816/m-altruism-in-and-out" target="_blank">justbesplendid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://m-altruism.tumblr.com/post/285792045/in-and-out" target="_blank">m-altruism</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>in and out</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286277936http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286277936Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:00:00 -0500<p><b><i>to make gingerbread houses.</i></b></p> <p><b><i>See you later, Tumblr.  Have a sweet and spicy day.</i></b></p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286067624http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286067624Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:53:00 -0500<p><b><i>I am married to a man who has read every single Jane Austen novel.  He reads everything, and even enjoys classics and “school titles.”  Last year, when he got his Kindle, he was happy to find that he could get all of Jane’s novels for two dollars.  He very deliberately set his mind to reading Miss Austen and made it through all six novels on his Kindle and/or IPhone. He can name all of her novels, in order. In a prior life, he got his MA in English literature, before morphing into an MBA.  Of course, he happily watches the Austen movies with his daughters, but he likes the books much better.</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Speaking of the Captain, this morning, along with my coffee, he brought me a warm croissant with butter and strawberry jam. That is sense and sensibility that I can really appreciate.</i></b></p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286066819http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286066819Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:52:00 -0500<p>Ben Bernanke</p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286057624http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286057624Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:39:10 -0500<img src="http://7.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuqwfsP7Dg1qzyjxuo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><i>Happy Birthday, Miss Austen</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Jane Austen, born in Hampshire, England on December 16, 1775.</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Her novels:</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Pride and Predjudice</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Sense and Sensibility</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Emma</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Persuasion</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Northanger Abbey</i></b></p> <p><b><i>Mansfield Park</i></b></p>http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286056963http://growthchart.tumblr.com/post/286056963Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:38:16 -0500