Adding more AWESOME.

-everdeen: Help me not to make a fool of me and to not uproot...

Sun, 19 May 2013 16:01:20 -0400

-everdeen:

Help me not to make a fool of me and to not uproot my family tree

#boutofbooks Day 6View Post

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:54:02 -0400

#boutofbooks Day 6

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Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:59 -0400

When I feel a bug on me

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:27:11 -0400

whatshouldwecallme:

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Sun, 19 May 2013 08:00:42 -0400

Hasbro: Let's make a new MLP cartoon for all the little girls to enjoy!

Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:25 -0400

Hasbro: Let's make a new MLP cartoon for all the little girls to enjoy!
College Age Guys: Hey, this show is pretty cool!
Hasbro: Wow, you guys weren't our intended demographic, but that's cool! We'll just throw in some references that will make you feel more included and here, have some cool merchandise we know you'll like!
College Age Guys: Wow, thanks!
~meanwhile~
Warner Brothers: Let's make some new DC cartoons for all the little boys to enjoy!
College Age Ladies: Hey, these shows are pretty cool!
Warner Brothers: WELP. Looks like no one likes these shows, guess we'll just have to cancel them.
College Age Ladies: WAIT! We like them! And we'd love merchandise to show our support!
Warner Brothers: ....you're not little boys, why should we listen to you?

#boutofbooks Day 5, in which I am not a revolutionary.View Post

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:35:33 -0400

#boutofbooks Day 5, in which I am not a revolutionary.

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"Dis Pater is an angry god. Well, not so much angry as really annoyed. Like many people in..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:41:32 -0400

“

Dis Pater is an angry god. Well, not so much angry as really annoyed. Like many people in management, he’s been promoted past the level of his competence—and Persephone knows it. It’s always good to have a layer of ruthlessly competent middle management beneath you to keep you afloat, but you do not want said middle management to know how much you rely on them. Persephone knows; Persephone doesn’t lick Dis Pater’s boots, and that means she doesn’t consult with him when situations arise. She handles problems with iron grace, and occasionally briefs her husband afterward.

And that’s why he’s such a fucking stickler for food. He can’t control the Underworld, but he can control food. His own, and everyone else’s. He tempts new arrivals with plates of figs and grapes, and then whips out the terms of service as soon as they swallow their first bite.

Persephone, unbeknownst to him, rolls her eyes whenever this happens. The food rule didn’t even exist before her. The food rule was just a convenient way to arbitrate the dispute between Dis Pater and her mother. It’s not like six pomegranate seeds really made the difference. He’d already proven a good lay. She’d already decided to stay.

If you undertake your travels to the Underworld while you are yet a living being, you may wish to sew your mouth closed—black thread is best. It is the surest way to avoid the temptations and escape with your soul intact. If you are deceased, you may disregard this rule.

”

- From Five Rules for Commuting to the Underworld, By Merrie Haskell [x]

vega-ofthe-lyre: The Archipelago of Kisses by Jeffrey...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:48 -0400

vega-ofthe-lyre:

The Archipelago of Kisses by Jeffrey McDaniel.

What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:01:12 -0400

San Francisco

Paris

Tokyo

Los Angeles

Hong Kong

Rio de Janeiro

New York City

What the city is missing: Thierry Cohen photographs cityscapes and then photographs deserts at night, combing the two to show us what our cities would look like with the lights off. The stars are not enhanced, they are actual photos from relative latitudes that would expose the same starry sky view if it weren’t for light pollution. Click on each photo to see which city it is.

Be wicked and lovely and don't live in fear

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:01:08 -0400

hematiteironrose:

For we will be wicked and we will be fair
And they’ll call us such names, and we really won’t care
So go, tell your Wendys, your Susans, your Janes
There’s a place they can go if they’re tired of chains

And our roads may be golden, or broken, or lost
But we’ll walk on them willingly, knowing the cost —
We won’t take our place on the shelves
It’s better to fly and it’s better to die
Say the Wicked Girls saving ourselves

—— Wicked Girls, Seanan McGuire

HOW I FEEL WHEN SOMEONE ASKS ME IF I'VE READ A BOOK AND I HAVEN'T

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:00:50 -0400

librarianproblems:

theresthedoorspaceman: meredithmcclaren: Catwoman © DC...

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:28 -0400

theresthedoorspaceman:

meredithmcclaren:

Catwoman © DC Comics

Artwork by me

ALSO-

The Kickstarter moves ever onward!

Check it out and show some love!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/225641773/hinges-book-1-clockwork-city?ref=category

OH. MY. GOD. Love this SOOOO much. - Kelly

doctorwho: Doctor Who Scenery

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:00:39 -0400

doctorwho:

Doctor Who Scenery

#boutofbooks day 4, in which I learn things about tea.View Post

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:20 -0400

#boutofbooks day 4, in which I learn things about tea.

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caffeinatedqueer: redvedev: captain-gumdrops: bluhbluhhugedork...

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:19:07 -0400

caffeinatedqueer:

redvedev:

captain-gumdrops:

bluhbluhhugedork:

The Spider Who Couldn’t Hide

I HATE SPIDERS BUT OH MY GOD THIS WAS SO FUCKING HILARIOUS HELP

i am hidden

I had to

vega-ofthe-lyre: The Quiet World by Jeffrey McDaniel.

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:10 -0400

vega-ofthe-lyre:

The Quiet World by Jeffrey McDaniel.

specialedition87: laughingsquid: Florentijn Hofman’s Giant...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:00 -0400

specialedition87:

laughingsquid:

Florentijn Hofman’s Giant Inflatable ‘Rubber Duck’ Floats to Hong Kong

Because obviously.

"If your hero is going to save the day through some very specialized skill late in the book, it is..."

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:57 -0400

““If your hero is going to save the day through some very specialized skill late in the book, it is best to introduce that skill early on and make it a part of your character’s life…no matter how you do it, it cannot come as a complete surprise when it is revealed to the reader in the second to last chapter that Earl the lumberjack was once the ballroom dance champion of the Upper Peninsula.””

- From How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman (via mythographers)

wickedstepmother: Veronica: A female mentor would have been...

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:49 -0400

wickedstepmother:

Veronica: A female mentor would have been very valuable for a young Veronica, bursting with potential, yet vulnerable, like a fawn in the woods, but tough, like a fawn in the woods with a machine gun.
Linda: So you’re saying you, or this terrifying, murderous fawn, could have used some guidance?
Veronica: Yes, we would have liked that. We’re going to raise more money for this charity than it ever has before. The forest will run red with the blood of woodland creatures who doubted little Veronica and will now pay with their furry little lives.

Better Off Ted | 2x11 - Mess of a Salesman