A Little Rain

vengefulbullwinkle: gallifrey-feels: earthgirldonna: feferipix...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:04:14 -0500

gallifrey-feels:

earthgirldonna:

feferipixies:

the-fandoms-are-cool:

everythingis19:

cosmicsyzygy:

Look, I made a gif of this most awesome wizard at the Leaky Cauldron!

DUDE IS READING ‘A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME’ BY STEPHEN HAWKING

I NEVER REALIZED

are you serious

I always assumed wizards just ignored science, because the fact that “magic” exists, can explain anything. But there are MuggleBorn wizards, ones who, until they were eleven, lived in the real world and learned science and things. Did they all just abandon that normal, muggle knowledge, like Harry did? It’s always been there, itching in the back of my mind.

FOUR FOR YOU SCIENCE WIZARD

YOU GO SCIENCE WIZARD

can we point out that he’s doing wandless magic too

like voldemort couldnt even do that shit

molly fuckin weasley couldnt fuckin do that

who are you

pretty sure this whole series has been about the wrong wizard guys

Plot Twist: He is able to do wandless magic because his comprehensive understanding of quantum physics means that he is the only wizard/witch to actually understand how magic works.

You could not possibly understand how happy this makes me.

I have hope for the wizarding world again.

egobus: Brave is a very emotional movie for Clint

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:03:36 -0500

egobus:

Brave is a very emotional movie for Clint

screamsinsilence527: avengerlicious: So I’m re-reading Philosopher’s Stone and I finally notice...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:03:01 -0500

screamsinsilence527:

avengerlicious:

So I’m re-reading Philosopher’s Stone and I finally notice something. The night Harry first finds the Mirror of Erised is Christmas night. Rowling wrote it so Harry gets to spend Christmas with his family.

My heart just broke

snoopdoggwithablog: words of the wise

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:01:46 -0500

snoopdoggwithablog:

words of the wise

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Tue, 21 May 2013 21:54:23 -0500

How to Help Animals Affected by the Moore, Okla., Tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:13 -0500

How to Help Animals Affected by the Moore, Okla., Tornado:

Vetstreet compiled a list of animal shelters, veterinary clinics and rescue groups that are helping lost, found and injured pets. Here’s where you should bring displaced animals and how you can donate.

tardis-and-impala-at-221b: supernatural-black-hole: you-told-me-think-about-it: ohitsjustkim: fai...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:24:04 -0500

tardis-and-impala-at-221b:

supernatural-black-hole:

you-told-me-think-about-it:

ohitsjustkim:

fairgroundsoldier:

01012012:

friendly reminder that after each passing day you are closer to finding your soulmate

and your grave

and eating your next pizza

this sums up all of tumblr

don’t forget that you’re also one day closer to watch the next episode of your favorite show (unless your favorite show is merlin because then you will have no more episodes)

ok that hurt

lindsaur-gor: There needs to be a code word or something that means “my brain is fighting me every...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:42 -0500

lindsaur-gor:

There needs to be a code word or something that means “my brain is fighting me every step of the way today and I feel like I’m going to vibrate out of my skin, so I need you to forgive everything and go slowly and speak softly and lower your expectations.” And then we could all just be like, “I know I said we could go to a movie tonight but… tangerines.” And the other person would nod and squeeze your elbow or rub your head and you wouldn’t feel like a failure.

thespacegoat: Courses:CourseraEDXUdacityUniversity of...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:49 -0500

thespacegoat:

Courses:
Coursera
EDX
Udacity
University of Reddit

Books:
Bartleby
Gutenberg
Librivox
Poem Hunter

Videos:
Academic Earth
C. G. P. Grey
Crash Course
Khan Academy
Minute Physics
The New Boston Tutorials
TED
Unplug the TV

Documentaries:
Documentary Heaven
Top Documentary Films

Languages:
BBC Languages
Busuu
Dou Lingo
Live Mocha
MemRise
Verbling

Music:
How to Play Piano
Justin Guitar
Music Theory
Play Bass Now
Teoria

Programming:
Code Academy
Coding Bat
HTML Dog
Learn Code the Hard Way
Ruby Monk
Trypython

DIY/How-To:
Howcast
How Stuff Works
Instructables
The Daily Miscellany
Wiki How
Wonder How-To

Math:
Math Run
Project Euler
Wolfram Alpha

Cooking:
Cooking for Engineers
Cooklet
How2Heroes
Reluctant Gormet

psilentasincjelli: If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:07 -0500

psilentasincjelli:

If I ever tell you I’m going to sleep and then you see me posting or liking things online for about an hour immediately after that, I promise I wasn’t lying to you, I’m just bad at going to sleep and it is usually a long process that begins with disengaging from any sort of immediate contact with people (chats, for example) and ends when everything on my screen is blurry and I’m hallucinating plot points I haven’t written yet

deadvibe: very cool

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:25 -0500

deadvibe:

very cool

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Tue, 21 May 2013 19:48:01 -0500

nobodysuspectsthebutterfly: Rory McCann as Attila the Hun, from...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:40:50 -0500

nobodysuspectsthebutterfly:

Rory McCann as Attila the Hun, from the BBC series “Heroes and Villains”.

soloontherocks: g-erti: Every Series, Every...

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:39:16 -0500

soloontherocks:

g-erti:

Every Series, Every Episode!

StarTrek.com has made every episode available for streaming on their website! (and there doesn’t seem to be any indication that its only temporary!)

Have a series you’ve been meaning to watch? Can’t afford Netflix? No problem! Go forth; all of Star Trek is now at your disposal!

WHAT.

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Tue, 21 May 2013 04:38:58 -0500

vriskies: bluegrass-pagan: autumn-wood-nymphh: you—unculture...

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:07:50 -0500

vriskies:

bluegrass-pagan:

autumn-wood-nymphh:

you—uncultured—swine:

A mother sits beside her newborn calf. She can see him, she can smell him, her body is already making the milk she craves to feed him, but she is prevented from nursing him.

Her time with him is brief as he will be taken and killed so that her milk can be consumed by humans. She will grieve the loss, and the next loss and the next and the next.

The dairy industry is without compassion for the misery and suffering of the millions of animals it exploits.

Please, don’t support this industry.

I never realized how nasty these industries are, until now. :(

Are you guys serious? That calf is being weaned, because it’s time for her to be separated from her mother, it’s a gentle form on weaning, they can still see and smell each other, but can’t touch each other. Rather than cold turkey ripped away from mother and herd. That calf will then go into a herd of other calves that get raised till yearlings, these are dairy cows, unless it’s a bull it won’t be killed, and even then it’s highly unlikely. It’ll go into production. If you euthanize all the calves, your business won’t be continuing very long. And Seriously? Are you a fucking idiot? A cow does only produce milk when a calf is born. Cows are milked two or three times a day, all year round. Oh and milking is cruel? You numbskull, if the cow isn’t milked as much as she needs to be, it gets painful. The more grain they eat, the more milk is produced. If she doesn’t get milked, her udder will get too heavy and start to ache. She won’t be able to lay down or get comfortable. Not to mention if it’s left, she can get infections like mastitis. Not fun. Also, dairy farms have whole herds of dry cows. Those are the girls that aren’t milking for whatever reason, so they get a break and go out to pasture. Keeping the cows happy and comfortable and least stressed is the priority of dairy farms, because the happier the cow, the more milk she produces. They get water beds. And you’re telling me that’s cruel? This is all coming from an animal rights activist, and a person strongly against factory farming. Wanna know something? The majority of dairy farms are not factory farms. They’re family owned. All the milk goes to a co op and sold from a major company. I’ve done my research on this, and spent a lot of time on dairy farms. You, my friend are ignorant. Do some research. you—uncultured—swine, it’s a fitting URL.

"Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:35:55 -0500

“Yes, false rape accusations happen. Run the protocol anyway. I’ve heard that perhaps the military has the highest number of ‘em. True or not, RUN THE PROTOCOL ANYWAY. Because in 15 years of investigating rape accusations, I can count those that panned out as false on one hand. Meanwhile, the one time I almost skipped the protocol, the one time I almost didn’t believe a petty officer, because I was naive as an investigator and a young woman, because her commanding officer described her as “a party girl, always late, always out drinking, don’t bother with this one”, she turned out to be the victim of one of the most brutal assaults I’ve ever investigated. She shouldn’t have still been -alive-, let alone up and making the accusation. So let me repeat: five false accounts in fifteen years. And one time I almost failed a woman ‘cause of the bullshit way it’s normal to talk about us. Take your shipmates’ word, and then run the protocol. Every. Single. Time.”

- - JAG lawyer, speaking to my husband’s plant during Sexual Assault Prevention Month. (via circusbones)

"the first word I teach my daughter will be “no” she will sing it to me and scream it at me and I..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:26:57 -0500

“the first word I teach my daughter will be “no”
she will sing it to me and scream it at me
and I will never tell her to quiet down
she will say it when I tell her to go to bed
when I tell her she can’t have anymore candy
or watch anymore television
“no” will be my daughter’s favorite word
not only will I teach her how to say it
but I will teach her to repeat it over and over
again until every single atom in her tiny little body
hums with it
If it makes her less soft than the other girls
I will take her to museums and show her
what marble and stone can become
I will brush her hair and let her wear whatever
she wants
whatever that makes her
she will know
that the world has been built upon “no’s”
upon rejections and refusals and swords
if this makes her a warrior in a field of
flowers, then she will walk without fear
of being trampled on
the first word I teach my daughter will be
“no”
and when she grows up
in a world that tells her
she can’t walk down the street by herself
that “no” will be heard
it will roar and echo down the block
and she will never be told to keep
silent
she will not know the meaning of the word.”

- The First Word I Teach My Daughter (via alonesomes)

"Cigareete, expensive wine and books to burn!": Little Tweaks #1

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:14 -0500

"Cigareete, expensive wine and books to burn!": Little Tweaks #1:

bannedbooks:

If you want to make your story or novel seem more realistic, change broad food terms. For example, “John is eating a sandwich”. Okay, we knows its a sandwich…..but what kind of sandwich is it? Is it a cold or a hot sandwich? Does it have American or Swiss cheese? Specifying food choices can indirectly indicate where the story takes place or aid in character characterization.

Here is a list of some common food items you will most likely include in your writing:

Coffee:

Types of Coffe Drinks

Comparing Coffee Drinks

Coffee Flavors Suggestions

Sandwiches:

Sandwiches from A-Z

Wine:

Grape Types

A Guide to Wine

Soup:

Soup Types

Bread:

Bread list #1

Bread list #2 (longer version)

Desserts:

Dessert Wordlist

For the beer lovers, here is a list of top beers.

What to include a sexy scene involving food? Here is a list of aphrodisiacs that can literally spice up any bland story.

Not sure why food is so important to a story? These articles can help you understand how certain food carry great significance:

Food Symbolism

Food & Literature

Keeping Your Story on Track with Style Sheets

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:20:33 -0500

Keeping Your Story on Track with Style Sheets:

phroggee:

Some great tips to keep your story straight. =)