What if?

What made me happy today? What if?
It's Tuesday, and that means there's a new 'what if? xkcd'! I've mentioned xkcd before, it's one of my favorite webcomics.
In 'what if?' xkcd answers a reader's science-related question. Spoiler alert: they often end in catastrophy.
Looking for some extra laughs while reading this webcomic? Hover your mouse over the images, you'll get a little bit of extra text.
Enjoy reading!

Little pieces of heaven

What made me happy today? Little pieces of heaven.
Here are some of my favorite things and moments. They always make me happy. I have posted some of them before, feel free to take a look at my old posts!

- my Saturday morning walk to koffie Onan, and the latte of the week.
- Starpower.
- Alan Rickman's voice.
- long, hot bubble baths with Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio playing in the background.
- Porta Nigra.
- watching anime.
- hugs.
- watching my favorite episodes from tv series.
- music.
- laughing.
- my boyfriend.
- watching other people when walking through the city and making up a background story for them.
- xkcd.
- cooking.
- the scent of freshly baked cake or cookies.
- my goddaughter.
- my friends.
- being happy.

Have a great Saturday!

Combo!

What made me happy today? A combination of two of my favorite things!
A long time ago I posted about xkcd, one of my favorite webcomics. On several occasions I have mentioned being a bit (okay, understatement) of a space aficionado.
In yesterday's blog I posted a link to Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity music video. And what do I see today?
What-if xkcd wonders if Space Oddity is the most expensive music video ever! I'm not telling you the answer, head on over and see for yourself.
This definitely made my whole day :-)

Webcomic Wednesday

What made me happy today? The new xkcd!
xkcd is most likely the webcomic I've been reading the longest. It started in September 2005 and if memory serves, I started reading xkcd somewhere at the end of 2007. The comic's tagline describes it as "a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language". Randall Munroe is the brains behind it and I have to say, he is doing a hell of a job. Mind you, this is a comic without an actual storyline, it's just something different each time. Also, xkcd is not an acronym but just four letters.
Over the years, xkcd has become my little oasis of funny geeky moments during the week. I absolutely love xkcd, and it's too bad it only updates on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. And I keep going back for more, because some of the comics are so darn relatable, while others are downright funny.
Lucky for me, about half a year ago, Randall started doing 'xkcd: what if' every Tuesday, in which he answers a reader's hypotetical question with physics.

Want to check it out?
- xkcd: http://xkcd.com/
- xkcd: what if?: http://what-if.xkcd.com/
- the one that even made it into the Belgian newspapers because it was so huge: http://xkcd.com/1110/
-my all-time favorite (science! romance! squee!): http://xkcd.com/162/

Take a look, I hope you enjoy it!