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Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Nerd Girl With Amazing Sense of Humor Takes her Calculator to Prom

by Susana Polo | 10:11 am, May 3rd, 2013

According to Tumblrer I Ship It Like UPS, as documented by a suite of photos, nobody asked her to prom, so she decided to take somebody who’d had a real and lasting effect on her academic progress: her TI-84.

I have to admit: it’s a pretty snazzy dresser.

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We Have Done the Impossible and That Makes Us Mighty

This Russian Grandmother Has Already Worked Out Today. How About You?

by Jamie Frevele | 2:27 pm, July 1st, 2012

For those of us on a budget who still want to hold on to our girlish figures, sometimes we need to get creative. In the case of this 72-year-old Russian grandmother, that means heading to the playground for some old-fashioned calisthenics. Come inside and check out her routine, and see if you’re not inspired to get the heck off the couch and hit the monkey bars.

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Fear is the Mind Killer

Here Are Two Skydiving Octogenarian Great-Grandmothers to Make You Feel Like a Serious Wimp

by Jamie Frevele | 4:23 pm, June 25th, 2012

Hey, so, when was the last time you thought about your fear of heights (if you have one)? Were you like, “Oh dear, I can’t even stand by that railing at the Nitehawk Cinema without my 30something-year-old heart skipping a beat!” Maybe that was just me. Well, here is a story that will make all of us feel inadequate as human beings: Two great-grandmothers in their 80s, on behalf of the Lima, Ohio chapter of the Blue Star Mothers, jumped out of a plane for charity. Yup. I’ll bet you/I didn’t even put a penny in that ratty tupperware at Starbucks, did you/I?

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Great Hera!

Tao Porchon-Lynch, 93, Is the World’s Oldest Yoga Teacher

by Jamie Frevele | 11:11 am, May 15th, 2012

When Tao Porchon-Lynch was a younger woman, she won contests for her shapely legs. Now, at age 93, she’s been using those legs — and arms, and back, and abs — to bend herself into yoga poses that make people decades younger than her gasp in admiration. Her yoga journey began 45 years ago, later in life than most people who pursue it, but after finding herself loving the poses and the culture, she suck with it and share it with others. Her dedication has now earned her the title of the world’s oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records.

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We Can Be Heroes

Gushy Highlights From Joss Whedon’s “Thank You” Note to All the Fans Who Saw The Avengers

by Jamie Frevele | 3:28 pm, May 9th, 2012

It’s been a heck of a spring for Joss Whedon, hasn’t it? Besides the overwhelming, record-breaking success of The Avengers, Whedon’s previously shelved, then expectation-exceeding Cabin In the Woods was also a hit with fans. (He’d still like to let you know that’s still in “some theaters,” by the way.) But the filmmaker’s newfound epic success that has put him in some very high Hollywood ranks would not have been possible if not for all the fans who came out to buy all those tickets, then proceed to rave about what they saw. And now, Joss Whedon is humbly expressing his thanks — on Whedonesque. Because he is still the same groovy guy.

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