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contrary to popular belief i think calvin's adhd is, funnily enough, medicated. he takes extended release ritalin every morning alongside his chocolate frosted sugar bombs. this is because he appreciates being more easily able to focus on his various Schemes, Projects, and Machinations while more effectively ignoring schoolwork

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three times a year we have the monastery poetry slam but some of the brothers are taking vows of silence so they just get up there and look at us for a while and then we all clap

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Evening bodice and petticoat ca. 1815

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

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extremely fucked up that the only way out is through

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my wife and i don't argue she cuts my hand off and i dedicate my heart and soul to her

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everyone is meeting me in the grotto

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Today in truly unfortunate URLs. Like, I feel like they have to have noticed and decided it was amusing but. MOIST LOUIS

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“The markings upon the band begin to fade. The writing, which at first was as clear as red flame, has all but disappeared… a secret now that only fire can tell.” - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, 2001

Want to knit this scarf? You can download my free pattern here! :)

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A drawing showing how Jim Henson Performed Kermit in The Muppet Movie’s swamp scene.

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River Water-crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans) in River Vramsån Photo Patrik Olofsson

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ahh elizabeth vandiver's lectures pointing out a heartbreaking moment in the odyssey i wasn't even aware of:

telemachus addresses eumaeus the swineherd as atta (ἄττα). in my fagles edition it's translated as "old friend", but as vandiver points out, atta has two meanings: it can be used as a familiar-but-respectful form of address to an older man (which is how telemachus uses it), but significantly it's also baby-talk for "father", parallel to papa/dada. it's what telemachus WOULD have called odysseus growing up, but now telemachus refers to him as xenos -- a visiting stranger/foreigner.

like imagine. odysseus is in disguise as a beggar, it's the first time he's seen his son since infancy, and one of the first things he hears telemachus say, to another man, is "daddy, who is this stranger?"

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whoever said diamonds are a girl's best friend clearly has never met ibuprofen

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• Evening Dress.

Date: ca. 1922

Designer/Maker: Callot Soeurs

Place of origin: Paris

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how men in huge pickup trucks look at you thru their windshield when they just almost hit you point blank at an intersection where you had indisputable right of way

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I stumbled across a photo (by Lindy Pollard) that fantastically mirrors a little dragon I drew a few years ago.... I can't get over this...

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Linda Friesen 'The Stardust 2.0 version' Haute Couture Gown