Today's Dippit!

Quote

"Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls." 

Joseph Campbell

Joke

Why did the teddy bear say no to dessert?

Because she was stuffed.

Fun Fact

Some planets produce diamond rain.

Saturn and Jupiter are gas giant planets that produce a truly unique form of weather. Recently, scientists discovered that there is plenty of carbon in these atmospheres. When carbon soot gets hit by lightning, it hardens into graphite and falls downward, where the pressure of the atmosphere hardens it further, until it becomes… a diamond!  Storms on these planets may literally rain diamonds as big as a centimeter across.

Reading Fact

Reading can provide a sense of escapism and comfort during difficult times, transporting readers to imaginary worlds where anything is possible.

History Fact

Old as Ice

Iceland’s Parliament is the oldest in the world, and has been in existence since 930. You do the math, it’s very old.

Movie/TV Trivia

In Star Trek, the sound of the doors opening is actually the sound of a toilet flushing on a Russian train.

Movie/TV Quote

"Would it be all right if I showed the children the whoring bed?"

Nymphomaniac Part I (2014)

Danish bad-boy director Lars von Trier is not for everyone, and his two-part sex addiction epic Nymphomaniac is definitely not for everyone, but for those who dig his t-t-t-tWiStEd filmography, Nymphomaniac Part I contains the single greatest, most bizarre, most shocking line reading of all his movies. It occurs when Mrs. H (Uma Thurman, god tier) decides to bring herself and her children to visit her unfaithful husband and the young girl (the movie's protagonist, played here by Stacy Martin) he's sleeping with, touring around her apartment and commenting on all of her possessions. The whole exercise is designed to show her husband how his infidelity has ruined the lives of his family -- an extremely, extremely, painfully awkward setup for a scene -- and when she finally gets to the "whoring bed" line, your whole brain will just be full of exclamation points and nothing else.

Conversation Starter

Where’s the most exotic place you’ve ever been?

Writing Prompt

How Did You Start Doing Something You Love?