March 2012
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What's Up With "E.G." and "I.E."?
theyuniversity:
“Exempla gratia” and “id est”, I believe, although I never took Latin so that’s only to the best of my knowledge.
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Did you give money to the Red Cross after the... →
univisionnews:
The International Federation of the Red Cross is considering building a luxury hotel in Haiti on land they purchased after the 2010 earthquake (Photo: wikipedia)
By UNIVISION NEWS Channel: Economics, Haiti
The Associated Pressreported today thatthe International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societiespurchased a tract of land outside of Port-au-Prince called the...
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queenofmultitasking:
absoluutebliss:
First of all, who allowed me on the internet.
#the opening line of my biography
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Heeeey! Have a Goodreads page?
Feel free to add me, I’m mercat over there.
I can’t promise much, I seem to remember I have it about once a year and then throw a bunch of stuff on there. :P
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Uh... don't go hunting The Prestige tag if you...
Spoilers OUT THE WAZOO
and that is one movie where you don’t want spoilers. It wouldn’t ruin it but half the fun is figuring it all out on your own.
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Arthur Conan Doyle is the best troll ever.
Study in Scarlet. Just. I can’t.
it’s just so damn glorious
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I can tell my neighbors are watching The Prestige
or, rather, they put in the dvd and it’s sitting on the menu.
Whiiiccchhhh is sad I can tell because I’ve seen the movie so many times?
But not really, because it’s an amazing movie that ALWAYS warrants another viewing.
Speaking of, Gorgonetta, if you haven’t seen it, David Bowie plays Tesla in it. So fab.
THAT PLACE WHERE I POST THINGS: So I've seen that... →
valkyrien:
gorgonetta:
mcbitchtits:
And it does make several good points.
On the contrary, there’s something about it that still bugs me. Like… I think the author acts like recognizing that society put him there is all he can do. I am not disagreeing that certain things society does is harmful. But you can choose to grow out of it, to change, to fight for change. I mean his whole conclusion...
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THAT PLACE WHERE I POST THINGS: So I've seen that... →
gorgonetta:
mcbitchtits:
And it does make several good points.
On the contrary, there’s something about it that still bugs me. Like… I think the author acts like recognizing that society put him there is all he can do. I am not disagreeing that certain things society does is harmful. But you can choose to grow out of it, to change, to fight for change. I mean his whole conclusion seems, like,...
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“He’s a likely lad, and he’s a Christian, which is more than these...”
– the character John Ferrier from A Study In Scarlet byArthur Conan Doyle, because OH MY GOD I AM LOVING THIS
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oh my god now he's picking on mormons
ACD you are steadily climbing the ranks in my favorite author department
but seriously how did this turn from a London detective novel into a fucking Western (UTAAAAHHHHHH!!!11!!1!!!1) with a side order of LDS history
I’m laughing my ass off, Doyle, you troll
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I'm completely mystified by Ohio and Wyoming being...
I’m just reading the original Holmes books and even ACD did it! First dead guy is from Cleveland. Like what.
