February 2012
134 posts
take a screenshot of your desktop rn and then...
It cuts half of Ringo and John off. :(
“In American today, anti-evolutionism matters because it has become the vanguard...”
– Ken Miller, Biology Professor from Brown University and Roman Catholic, on America’s Darwin Problem (via crookedindifference)
I’ve listened to Kisses on the Bottom one too many times today and have the chorus from Inchworm in my head.
… I feel like I’m relearning my timestables. Maybe I’ll move on to Three Is a Magic Number next.
Moss Graffiti
mrswalruslennon:
chaystar:
Will completely be doing this!
“‘Oh thank you, thank you, sir,’ cried Babbington, suffused with joy. It was not...”
– HMS Surprise, Patrick O’Brian (via star-cunning)
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“The sad thing is that John and Paul both had problems and they loved each other...”
– Linda McCartney on Paul and John’s relationship. (via pauliterotica)
Gah, kept reblogging this to the wrong blog.
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I’ve been redoing my tags on thegilly because, well, they needed to be done, and I figured it would be a good idea to listen to an audiobook on YouTube to get me through it and to keep me from getting bored.
World.
Do NOT have an American narrate Sherlock Holmes. It really doesn’t suit. But most of all, MOST of all, don’t have an American narrate Wodehouse. What is this??...
Theoden King and other tautologies
Kassie: I was amused to find the exact phrase "the lord of the rings" in Beowulf the other day
Kassie: I mean, it is specifically talking about rings of chainmail but the words are right there
Kassie: "hringa thengel"! It is in the bit I quoted on tumblr the other day actually
Kassie: I knew "Theoden" meant "lord"
Kassie: but also
Kassie: "Edoras" means "buildings"
Kassie: "Mearas" means "horses"
Em: lololol
Kassie: "Ent" means "giant/barbarian (?)"
Kassie: etc
Em: you do find yourself wondering how the Rohirrim name things
Em: 'This is our capital! We call it... Buildings.'
Kassie: hsdgfg yes
Em: 'And these are our magic horses! We call them Horses.'
Kassie: "Here is our king, his name is King."
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“People say, “I’m going to sleep now,” as if it were nothing. But it’s really a...”
– George Carlin (via eclecticmind11)
Right, 287 pictures scanned today, let’s get cracking.
While I’ve been scanning today (on my third book and about 250 pictures so far…) I’ve been emailing back and forth with a colleague of mine at the Ministry whose wife works at the National Library. He’s emailing me with info on how to get old national and regional newspapers. Yay! June 1964 specifically, please and thanks, Stephen!
We’re going to the one on Pipitea...
What exactly DOES Bilbo's contract say? →
awesomewhispy:
annathepiper:
I love this! A fan’s trying to decipher all the words visible on Bilbo’s contract based on some high-resolution shots that’ve escaped into the wild. I’m giggling and giggling at “I, the undersigned [hereinafter referred to as Burglar]…”
Hat tip to TheOneRing.net for linking up to this!
This is intense.
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Job agencies, stop sending me to job interviews in Antwerp. I’ve never even lived in or close to Antwerp and I’m sure that by now the commute would be an absolute nightmare.
Kind regards,
A Belgian abroad.
