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gryphonpippin: “Let it Be” by the Beatles, from the movie,...

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 09:24:31 +0000

“Let it Be” by the Beatles, from the movie, “Across the Universe.”

"What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on..."

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:27:24 +0100

“What an astonishing thing a book is. It’s a flat object made from a tree with flexible parts on which are imprinted lots of funny dark squiggles. But one glance at it and you’re inside the mind of another person, maybe somebody dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, an author is speaking clearly and silently inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.”

- Carl Sagan (via olanthanide)

edgyreason: My heart is a fluttering. All of the feels. I’m...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:23:31 +0100

edgyreason:

My heart is a fluttering. All of the feels. I’m just like al;kjfalkjsfakl;fnl;kasdfl.

iTunes meme

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:39:22 +0100

iTunes meme :

How many total songs?

7,803

SSort by song title – first and last?

First: A’i Esboniad - Daniel Lloyd a Mr Pinc

Last: 99 Red Balloons - Nena

Sort by time – shortest and longest?

Shortest: On/Off - Daft Punk (0:19)

Longest: The Road to Mandalay - Robbie Williams (28:16)

Sort by Album – first and last?

First: Panic! At The Disco - A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out

Last: (500) Days of Summer OST

Sort by Artist – first and last?

First: ABBA

Last: 50 Cent

Top five played songs?

i - Paper Airplanes - Alison Krauss and Union Station

ii - Clouds - Newton Faulkner

iii - Knee Deep - Zac Brown Band

iv - Dust Bowl Children - Alison Krauss and Union Station

v - Roll To Me - Del Amitri

Find the following words. How many songs show up?

Sex: 25

Death: 67

Love: 462

You: 1044

Home: 128

Boy: 162

Girl: 146

“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid...

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:20:40 +0100

“What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you. Books help us understand who we are and how we are to behave. They show us what community and friendship mean; they show us how to live and die.” — Anne Lamott

"So you talked to Tammy. What’s it like to stare into the eye of Satan’s butthole?"

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:44:58 +0100

“So you talked to Tammy. What’s it like to stare into the eye of Satan’s butthole?”

- Ron Swanson (via heymallory)

teddy-vincent: it makes me irrationally angry when they change book covers when the movie comes...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:23:50 +0100

teddy-vincent:

it makes me irrationally angry when they change book covers when the movie comes out

four pictures of people I love | Tom Ellis

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:07:22 +0100

four pictures of people I love | Tom Ellis

wollipyos: asexuals: What are those? Those are...

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:56:41 +0100

wollipyos:

asexuals:

What are those?

Those are Doritos.

BLAST-ENDED SKREWTS!!

"‎I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In..."

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:39:40 +0100

“‎I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.”

- Sister Joan Chittister, Catholic Nun (via timehasflewn)

holy shit i love this quote

(via glitter-femin1sts)

I vote we stop using the term “pro-life” and change to “pro-birth”, and every time someone asks “What does that mean?”, you can explain this and the other racialized, classist, misogynist, body policing, rape culture reinforcing bullshit behind “pro-life” dogma.

(via lebanesepoppyseed)

Nuns, y’all.

(via silensy)

Things happening today

Sat, 01 Sep 2012 11:11:54 +0100

aimmyarrowshigh:

residentfeline:randomgeeknamedbrent:

A blue moon, a very rare occurrence.

The funeral of Niel Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.

No wonder the moon is blue, its first human friend is dead.

thedailywhat: Call Me Maybe In English Slang of the Day: The...

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:21:00 +0100

thedailywhat:

Call Me Maybe In English Slang of the Day: The “Call Me Maybe” covers are getting increasingly creative, and this one is pretty sick — presenting Carly Rae Jepsen’s hit in fluent Geordie.

(Some of May Arcade’s lyrics are indecipherable. Find ‘em here.)

[arbroath]

Photo

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:20:47 +0100

Reblog if you are someone who understands the need to sniff old books

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:30:10 +0100

lovemesomeloki:

comefindmeimlostinthought:

sane-as-a-starkid:

notoneofusmakesitoutalive:

thesherlockfandomisbroken:

ivetrulyoutgayedmyself:

I’m sorry, but new books smell amazing too.

Just saying.

Hell, let’s just sniff ALL THE BOOKS

they’re basically like crack for nerds. Only better for you.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this

FINALLY! PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS WEIRD FOR SNIFFING BOOKS

happyblenders: vegetable: lostfrostprince: lovhers: new...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:07:01 +0100

happyblenders:

vegetable:

lostfrostprince:

lovhers:

new favorite thing on tumblr

Why do I feel like this is what the Eleventh Doctor would do should he ever find himself parked outside a Tesco?

i was trying not to reblog literally every stupid video i watch today but this is too hilarious. i want to be this girl’s best friend.

#TINY LITTLE HUMAN BEINGS

edwardspoonhands: ed-ingle: Hank Green on Flickr. :-)

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:05:28 +0100

edwardspoonhands:

ed-ingle:

Hank Green on Flickr.

:-)

Photo

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:05:08 +0100

liamdryden: eddplant: hannahgirasol: absolutetwoddle: Avenger...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:48:31 +0100

liamdryden:

eddplant:

hannahgirasol:

absolutetwoddle:

Avengers gag reel, don’t mind if I do :)

This is hilarious!

Oh my god JOSS <3

GOD

"A beautiful young woman strides down the sidewalk alone, head down, hands drawn into fists. She’s..."

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:43:04 +0100

“A beautiful young woman strides down the sidewalk alone, head down, hands drawn into fists. She’s walking fast, darting around huge men with black cameras thrusting at her mouth and chest. “Kristen, how do you feel?” “Smile Kris!” “Hey, hey, did you get her?” “I got her. I got her!” The young woman doesn’t cry. Fuck no. She doesn’t look up. She’s learned. She keeps her head down, her shades on, fists in her pockets. Don’t speak. Don’t look. Don’t cry.”

- Jodie Foster, a former childhood actress herself, sticks up for Kristen Stewart in a piece up on the site today. “If I were a young actor today I would quit before I started,” she writes. “If I had to grow up in this media culture, I don’t think I could survive it emotionally.” Media, we suck sometimes. Let’s cut this girl a break, eh? (via newsweek)

—

This whole thing makes me wonder: Why is it that we Hester Prynne the hell out of women like Kristen Stewart and not men, like, say, Charlie Sheen? Why is promiscuity good for Sheen’s career and bad for Stewart’s? (Don’t tell me Charlie Sheen is a better actor. 1. Kristen Stewart is an underrated actress, and 2. I’ve seen deceased raccoons bring more energy to a performance than Sheen did on Two and a Half Men.)

And most importantly, when will we realize that our obsession with imagining celebrities (or anyone else) without empathy hurts both the observer and the observed?

(via fishingboatproceeds)

mattfisher: My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:32:06 +0100

mattfisher:

My Sister Paid Progressive Insurance to Defend Her Killer In Court

I’ve been sending out some impertinent tweets about Progressive Insurance lately, but I haven’t explained how they pissed me off. So I will do that here as succinctly as possible. There’s a general understanding that says, “insurance companies— oh they’re awful,” but since Progressive turned their shit hose on my late sister and my parents, I’ve learned some things that really surprised me.

I’ll try to cleave to the facts. On June 19, 2010, my sister was driving in Baltimore when her car was struck by another car and she was killed. The other driver had run a red light and hit my sister as she crossed the intersection on the green light.

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I’m not American, so this doesn’t affect me per se, but it deserves a big signal boost. Big corporations forgetting about decency and humanity