OneBadAsp's definitions

Giclee

A giclee (zhee-CLAY) is an individually produced, high-resolution, high-fidelity reproduction done on a special large format printer. Giclees are produced from digital scans of existing artwork, or a digital file.

Giclees use inkjet technology, but far more sophisticated than your desktop printer.

by OneBadAsp October 22, 2006

Brane

An abbreviation for membrane. Branes can be in any dimension up to eleven. They are the basis of the M-Theory, the leading Theory of Everything. If we take a cross-section of an eleven-dimensional membrane, we obtain a ten-dimensional string. A string is therefore a one-brane.

One theory is that our universe was created by two branes smashing into each other.

by OneBadAsp October 21, 2006

Nice Guys Finish Last

A saying that “Nice Guys” use to explain why they don’t have a girlfriend. Being too stupid to realize the real reason is because they are feel sorry for themselves and blame others for their lack of success in life, not because they are “too nice”. See Nice Guy.

Men who say “nice guys finish last” almost always seem to follow it up with how women enjoy being treated like shit showing their true misogynistic colors.

by OneBadAsp October 30, 2006

Poppy Head

A slang term for someone who uses opium in any of its forms. Based on the word 'pot head' for marijuana users.

Alex is a poppy head because she likes to smoke opium.

by OneBadAsp October 20, 2006

Lonely

A powerful feeling of emptiness and isolation; feeling disconnected and alienated from other people.

The first recorded use of the word lonely was by William Shakespeare.

"Loneliness is the worst pain in this world. It constantly eats away the person's heart, and can cause the person to hate, to feel enraged--the same rage and hate that can cause one person to kill another. It is like a wound of the heart; the type of wounds that cannot go away with a kiss or a hug. The only thing that can make this great pain go away is love and compassion, another human heart to pull them out of this hell."- Princess Diana

by OneBadAsp November 3, 2006

Thought and Memory

The names of Odin's two ravens. Odin kept himself informed about the affairs of the nine worlds with two faithful ravens, Thought and Memory. He sends them out at dawn to gather information and return in the evening. They perch on the God's shoulders and whisper every scrap of news which they saw or heard tell of into His ears.

"The whole world wide, every day,
Fly Thought and Memory;
I worry lest Thought should fall in flight,
Yet more I fear for Memory."-Grimnismal

"We I see a pair of ravens, I smile and say hello to Thought and Memory."

by OneBadAsp October 22, 2006

Charles Darwin

An English Naturalist who was the author of “Origin of Species” as well as several other books. Charles Darwin revolutionized biology with the scientific theory of evolution. Evolution is Descent with modification. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species. This is a scientific fact and the theory of evolution has never been disproved much as some would like to see that happen.

For some reason this inspires great hostility among people who have obviously never read or done research on evolution. (As evidenced by the questions about why are there still apes. Answer: Evolution isn’t a ladder, it more like a tree that has many branches. Humans didn’t evolve from modern day apes such as chimpanzees… humans and chimps have a common ancestor. The descendents of that common ancestor split off into different species over millions of years. )

Charles Darwin had ten children, three of whom died early. Many of his surviving children and their grandchildren would later achieve notability themselves.

by OneBadAsp November 3, 2006