March 2012
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February 2012
95 posts
#3
Shall I compare thee to a summers day?
Never, because summer is hot and loud and busy.
I shall compare you to the snowfall that comes first,
Not because you are pure and untouched but
Because you bring the stillness and the silence
The calm and promise of a world remade
To my mind
The shining beauty in the darkest of times.
Poetry is made of the same stuff you are reading now, the same stuff you use to...
– The Ode Less Travelled (via fuckyeahstephenfry)
Reblog if you can pronouce Qikiqtarjuaq
If Common Sense Was Used in Government and the...
Citizen: I don't believe in abortion.
Government: Then don't get one.
Citizen: I don't believe in birth control.
Government: You don't have to use it.
Citizen: I think gay marriage is a sin.
Government: Don't marry the same sex then.
Citizen: I want my kids to learn about creationism.
Government: Take them to church.
MJN AIR: Suddenly I see this gif as Martin failing... →
captain-crieff:
anderobscure:
He’s even cut his hair nice and short to be more like a proper pilot and he’s worn his best shirt and jacket. And he’s trying so, so hard and he really does know everything he needs to, but he gets so nervous during the oral exams that he flubs it all…
You have to stop posting these things. They have scary effects on my emotions.
A Collection of Rare and Obscure Words →
zarameus:
Cheiloproclitic - Being attracted to someones lips. Quidnunc - One who always has to know what is going on. Ultracrepidarian - Of one who speaks or offers opinions on matters beyond their knowledge. Apodyopis - The act of mentally undressing someone. Gymnophoria - The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you. Tarantism - The urge to overcome melancholy by dancing. Autolatry -...
BREAKING NEWS
Common sense reveals that there is no correlation between self-respect and whether or not you show your tits on the internet or how many people you sleep with.
airdot:
i only have three episodes of cabin pressure left to listen to
It will be okay. There should be more in the second half of 2012 aparently. But then they’ll finish the alphabet. And then the world will end.
Some people think that you can’t let same-sex couples get married without...
– California attorney and semi-professional cynic Bill Smith on today’s Ninth Circuit decision regarding Proposition 8. Read the full decision here. (via cognitivedissonance)
woodyallenofmusic:
janet jackson was banned from the grammys for her “nipslip” during the superbowl halftime show
chris brown was not banned from the grammys for beating his girlfriend so badly she went to the hospital
let’s sit and think about these two facts, and decide whether the producers of the grammys are terrible sexist dickwads or not