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Boss is asleep, cannot stop me from frogposting

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Sir Terry Pratchett awakens. A skeleton stands at his bedside, wearing a long black robe. He sits up. “Well, hang on, let me get my hat,” he tells it.

The skeleton reaches into its robe. From abyssal depths it produces a heavy book bound in sheets of lead and night. It is the kind of book that gets stolen by a rugged adventurer from a temple with more spike-traps than the average house of worship contains. It is the kind of book to which the word “tome” might properly be applied. Frost forms on its pages from the lingering chill of the void. 

The skeleton coughs once and holds the book out to the man sitting on the bed.

WOULD YOU SIGN THIS? it asks. BIG FAN.

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we usually think of mood as a scale from 1-5, but there's actually a negative scale too, where the frown turns back into a smile, but just a little insane !

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Oh man I can't believe I forgot. You know that post that was like "tell me what clothes you've bought because of a character" or whatever. I searched for ages to find an adequate white cable knit sweater because of Ransom's in knives out.

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The word loss was banned. I don't remember the consequences for saying/typing/using it, but it was really bad and you weren't allowed to say it. IRL and online. International.

"I am at a :.|:; for words" was a massive meme after the ban got lifted. (It existed for about two days dream time.)

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it’s completely acceptable to stay alive for tiny reasons. because you want to hear your favorite song one more time. because your dog will miss you if you leave. because the moon is just too pretty to never see again. because you haven’t seen the next season of a really good tv show. because you want to see the christmas lights this year. if you’re alive, you’re doing enough. if you’re surviving, i’m proud of you.

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The real problem with fan-media treating domming as synonymous with topping is that it obliges one to leave unexplored the rich comedy potential of depicting the object of one's fandom attempting to dominantly suck a dick.

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i think the scariest exam i ever took was in my Fisheries Management 400 course, the final semester of my degree. our final exam was an essay response to a management prompt. each of us pulled a slip of paper out of a jar at the start of the exam, for a unique fisheries management situation. like a recovery project in a salmon habitat, etc. then we wrote a response as if we were the project manager, detailing how we would manage, execute, and accomplish the project.

so i got my prompt and my heart sank because as i read it, i could only think that what i was assigned to manage was impossible. the prompt explained that a farmer asked me to stock a fishing pond with a specific species. based on the location and the ecological parameters of this imaginary pond, i knew it would be impossible to accomplish his goal to maintain a self-sustaining population of his target species.

basically, the answer was, "The client's request is not possible [short explanation as to why]" and "I would recommend alternative species, or repeated manual stocking."

In the end, my essay response was 3 sentences long. By the time I wrote down my answer, most of my classmates hadn't even picked up their pencils. They were still thinking over their no doubt far more involved management prompts.

I sat there having a crisis for 15 minutes until I finally walked to the front and put my notebook down on the professor's desk.

I said, quietly, unsure if he'd give me ANY hints, "surely.....this should be longer?" He raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you trust yourself and what you've learned in this class?" I said, "Uh. I think so?" He said, "Then you'll have to trust it's as long as it's supposed to be."

I decided to think those were encouraging words so I left the class, 15 minutes into a final exam that allowed 2 hours for my response.

Went home and took a Xanax. Got an 100%.

Nobody better ever do that to me EVER again.

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As a former librarian I'm actually required to remind you that many libraries that subscribe to Libby are opted into a program that lets you subscribe and access magazines for free with no wait

And that this is actually a really fun, low cost way to not only access news and larger cultural magazines, but also to get free patterns for many different crafts that you can screenshot if need be and that lower the financial barriers to entry for trying new things

From my experience working in both academic and public libraries, many libraries are use it or lose it funding-- I have to say this because a lot of patrons feel guilty for how much they use the library and how often they're using it funny enough, but the worst thing you can do for libraries is not try out new features and not use what's already given to you as much as possible.

The numbers that come as a result of your patronage are how most libraries justify their continued existence in times of financial hardship, which sucks but, go check out some magazines on Libby!

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Forest tree frog

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forgive me lord for I have imagined a life far more soft and tender than the one you created for me

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warm bread with butter. reblog if you Agree

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Justin Eichorn, one of the state senators who authored that stupid "Trump Derangement Syndrome" bill in MN, was arrested yesterday for soliciting a minor.