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‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ by The Del McCoury Bandmy second...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:03:29 -0400

‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’ by The Del McCoury Band
my second favorite cover of this.

warrenellis: The first film I remember crying in front of was OLD YELLER, but only because my mum...

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:07:12 -0400

The first film I remember crying in front of was OLD YELLER, but only because my mum hit me for laughing when the dog got shot

This is why I am on Tumblr. This and cat macros.

hangingfire: innocent-smith: dduane: jenesaispourquoi: dontbl...

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:09:55 -0400

hangingfire:

innocent-smith:

dduane:

jenesaispourquoi:

dontblinktheangelshavecamelot:

Look! There was a fan fiction article in today’s Washington Express (a free daily I newspaper put out by the Washington Post in Washington DC)

Link to the article online

Article credit, Beth Marlowe (Express)

Art credit, Patrick Leger (For Express)

You don’t have to sign up to read stories on ArchiveOfOurOwn though. Just to post them :)

I’m just sitting here chuckling at the illo.

You can tell this was written by someone in fandom because they got the definition of “slash” right. \o/

I also like the observation that fan fiction isn’t just a late-twentieth-century invention. And a nod to Teaspoon in the sidebar! And laughing at the description of the Pit of Voles as “massive, if somewhat impersonal”.

Grossman’s description (“one of the great unsung popular literary movements of the last 50 years”) is apt. Now I want to know how soon we’ll start seeing courses and eventually PhDs in FanFic. Or at least MFAs…

los-deadboys: dontbearuiner: breelandwalker: changingpelts: ...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:49:22 -0400

los-deadboys:

dontbearuiner:

breelandwalker:

changingpelts:

shaboogami:

Onward, my plaid steed…

Real men wear kilts and carry kitten in their kilt pouch thingies.

If you’re not reblogging a kitten in a sporran, there’s something wrong with you.

If you’re not reblogging a kitten in a sporran, there’s something wrong with you.

there are lots of things wrong with me but THIS ISNT ONE OF THEM

Still can’t figure out the tartan. It’s not Campbell Ancient…

themonkeysyouordered: We only took giraffes. Giraffe...

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:28:29 -0400

themonkeysyouordered:

We only took giraffes.

Giraffe rebolg…

Things I cannot do, chapter 74,069

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:58:00 -0400

liartownusa: Golfing America’s National Cemeteries and Parksby...

Tue, 07 May 2013 12:09:02 -0400

liartownusa:

Golfing America’s National Cemeteries and Parksby Hoad Pringle, DDS

liartown has discovered how to get the Republicans to pay for National Parks!

The whole set is pretty cool...

Wed, 01 May 2013 13:13:03 -0400

via Porcelain fighting figures dropped and photographed the moment of shattering

muskrat-john: Condescending Doctor is Condescending! :)

Wed, 01 May 2013 12:55:55 -0400

muskrat-john:

Condescending Doctor is Condescending!

doctorwho: BBC Doctor Who Blog wants to know Would You Trust...

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:05:12 -0400

doctorwho:

BBC Doctor Who Blog wants to know Would You Trust Clara?

They say:

…

But if you were in the Doctor’s boots would you be quite so sure about ‘the impossible girl’? With all the mystery surrounding her, our question to is simple… If you were the Doctor, would you trust Clara?

There’s even a poll. So click through and cast your vote.

Anyone else think she’s totally done up like Janet Fielding here?

doctorwho: Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars daniel-stuart: This is...

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:59:21 -0400

doctorwho:

Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars

daniel-stuart:

This is the greatest thing in all of classic Doctor Who

can’t stop watching this.

brucesterling: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nextconference/86744...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:41:04 -0400

brucesterling:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nextconference/8674435195/

Dear Tumblr user-base:

Now that I have achieved the impressive tipping-point of 20,000 Tumblr followers, my contractual arrangement with Tumblr GmbH requires me to upgrade my activities here at brucesterling.tumblr.com.

Our new policy is for your own good, because, without clearer IP policies and some monetization, you, the user-base, may well find yourselves sadly deprived of the lickable street-art posters and the UFO cattle abductions on which all twenty thousand of you have come to depend. None of us want that.

Therefore, in the future, our daily cavalcade of sourceless ripped-off graphic whimsy will also carry some branding — tactful visual inserts quite similar to those found here in my brand-new, official “Tumblr-Maestro” formal studio portrait. I think you’ll agree that this pic looks pretty fucking classy. It does, right? Feel free to heart it and forward it.

Mind you, these branding inserts will come from only the very coolest tech companies — the out-there, with-it, inventive guys who are involved in tech developments that I myself sincerely find interesting, awesome cutting-edge outfits such as Parasight, Uber, TagWhat, GoPro, Dysonics, Vintank, Plantronics, Epiphany — gosh there sure are a lot of them — ElectricFoxy, Memoto, Wolfram Alpha, and our special guest sponsor, Zuta Osa (Yellow Wasp) all-natural Serbian Plum Brandy.

I will continue to wear Missoni at no extra charge. That’s because the “Missoni” brand, unlike most fashion corporations, is some actual family of real Italians who are genuinely named “Missoni.”

To assist in this new arrangement, Tumblr Gmbh has kindly assigned me a secretary and business manager, Miss Tesanovic (seen above). The charming Miss T. will be answering your business email around the brucesterling.tumblr.com small-office/home-office, while I redouble my efforts to pitchfork some sticky-eyeball content into the Tumblr maw.

Here’s to a prosperous second quarter of 2013!

Ah Bruce Sterling. This is what the internet is for. I look forward to my continuing supply of likable street-art posters, although the UFOs have abducted all the cattle from Cousin Troy’s spread up near Dialville. Durn alien rustlers…

mizbingley: IS THIS MY DREAM COMING TRUE AND THE BISEXUAL...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:09:14 -0400

mizbingley:

IS THIS MY DREAM COMING TRUE AND THE BISEXUAL NUN-FUCKING SWORD WIELDING OPERA SINGER JULIE D’AUBIGNY BEING IMMORTALIZED IN A FILM BY NATALIE DORMER

I would watch the hell out of that series/movie/one-act play/music video/whatever.

hangingfire: daniel-stuart: This is the greatest thing in all...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:07:08 -0400

hangingfire:

daniel-stuart:

This is the greatest thing in all of classic Doctor Who

It’s a bit hypnotic, isn’t it?

My question: was it improvised by Tom and Liz in rehearsals or on the set?

"After learning my flight was detained 4 hours, I heard the announcement: If anyone in the vicinity..."

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:44:29 -0400

“

After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If anyone in the vicinity of gate 4-A understands any Arabic,
Please come to the gate immediately.

Well—one pauses these days. Gate 4-A was my own gate. I went there.
An older woman in full traditional Palestinian dress,
Just like my grandma wore, was crumpled to the floor, wailing loudly.
Help, said the flight service person. Talk to her. What is her
Problem? we told her the flight was going to be four hours late and she
Did this.

I put my arm around her and spoke to her haltingly.
Shu dow-a, shu- biduck habibti, stani stani schway, min fadlick,
Sho bit se-wee?

The minute she heard any words she knew—however poorly used—
She stopped crying.

She thought our flight had been canceled entirely.
She needed to be in El Paso for some major medical treatment the
Following day. I said no, no, we’re fine, you’ll get there, just late,

Who is picking you up? Let’s call him and tell him.
We called her son and I spoke with him in English.
I told him I would stay with his mother till we got on the plane and
Would ride next to her—Southwest.

She talked to him. Then we called her other sons just for the fun of it.

Then we called my dad and he and she spoke for a while in Arabic and
Found out of course they had ten shared friends.

Then I thought just for the heck of it why not call some Palestinian
Poets I know and let them chat with her. This all took up about 2 hours.

She was laughing a lot by then. Telling about her life. Answering
Questions.

She had pulled a sack of homemade mamool cookies—little powdered
Sugar crumbly mounds stuffed with dates and nuts—out of her bag—
And was offering them to all the women at the gate.

To my amazement, not a single woman declined one. It was like a
Sacrament. The traveler from Argentina, the traveler from California,
The lovely woman from Laredo—we were all covered with the same
Powdered sugar. And smiling. There are no better cookies.

And then the airline broke out the free beverages from huge coolers—
Non-alcoholic—and the two little girls for our flight, one African
American, one Mexican American—ran around serving us all apple juice
And lemonade and they were covered with powdered sugar too.

And I noticed my new best friend—by now we were holding hands—
Had a potted plant poking out of her bag, some medicinal thing,

With green furry leaves. Such an old country traveling tradition. Always
Carry a plant. Always stay rooted to somewhere.

And I looked around that gate of late and weary ones and thought,
This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.

Not a single person in this gate—once the crying of confusion stopped
—has seemed apprehensive about any other person.

They took the cookies. I wanted to hug all those other women too.
This can still happen anywhere.

Not everything is lost.

”

- Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” I think this poem may be making the rounds, this week, but that’s as it should be. (via oliviacirce)

A fine poem. Now I want a cookie.

method-to-my-melody: Blue Dragon (blue ocean sea slug) The...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:10:55 -0400

method-to-my-melody:

Blue Dragon (blue ocean sea slug)

The normal size of this species is up to about 3 cm, depending on the animal’s age. This species is distributed throughout the world’s oceans, in temperate and tropical waters. Regions where this slug is found include the East and South Coast of South Africa, European waters, the east coast of Australia and Mozambique. This species floats upside down on the surface tension of the ocean.

Blue Dragon Mollusc is pretty cool.

boxlunches: delano-laramie: wildcat2030: To celebrate the...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:43:42 -0400

boxlunches:

delano-laramie:

wildcat2030:

To celebrate the 38th anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang, the government of Vietnam has constructed the world’s largest dragon-shaped bridge over the Han River. Not only is it the steel bridge the largest of its type in the world, but it is covered in over 2,500 LED lights - and it breathes fire!

holy shit.

A government that makes kickass art for everyone to freely enjoy. I’m down for that.

“go across the Dragon Bridge, Tail-wards, then take a left…”

victoriousvocabulary: “If the English language made any sense,...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:49:00 -0400

victoriousvocabulary:

“If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.”

- Doug Larson

masks-and-roses: Sometimes I think I should take up running, just in case I meet the Doctor.

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:36:11 -0400

masks-and-roses:

Sometimes I think I should take up running, just in case I meet the Doctor.

fangirlasplosian: breelandwalker: changingpelts: shaboogami: ...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:11:58 -0400

fangirlasplosian:

breelandwalker:

changingpelts:

shaboogami:

Onward, my plaid steed…

Real men wear kilts and carry kitten in their kilt pouch thingies.

If you’re not reblogging a kitten in a sporran, there’s something wrong with you.

am pretty sure this is why sporrans were invented.

Also, now want a fic of Two being turned into a kitten and Jamie carrying heeem in his sporran

Maybe Clan Keith or Clan Austin? not 100% sure. Ancient or Hunting tartan most likely…