February 2012
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The Queen's favourite TV shows: Doctor Who →
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skarosoul:
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highlanderhufflepuffhugmachine:
brigwife:
comagirlx:
“The Queen doesn’t just like Doctor Who – from the sounds of things, she’s a full-on ‘Whovian’, once ordering an entire box set to while away a summer holiday. She was apparently keen on Christopher Eccleston’s Doctor in particular, and was very disappointed when he left....
gingerhaze:
How to write a paper:
Go on Tumblr for a few hours
Lie on the floor
Cry
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Oh great. One of the schools I applied to just sent out two rejections. I don’t have one yet, but every time my computer makes an email sound I jump six feet in the air.
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January 2012
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the besotted head-thinkings of a young lady: How... →
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anotherboywholived:
I’ve been using a mind palace since my teens and never thought it odd until I saw tumblr’s reaction to Sherlock’s use of the technique. A couple days ago I found myself building an extension in order to cram for my philosophy…
There are simpler versions, too, but this is certainly more fun. Anything structural (spatial) can work, too-...
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“After a long day, you just want to go home and shove the closest edible thing...”
– “TOP TEN SIGNS YOU’RE AN ADULT” by Almie Rose (via fuckyeahfunnychicks)
It would appear that I have been an adult since the age of four.
(via nerdiegirlie)
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Philoso-Examples are the Best Examples
X. I intend to go to that concert on Tuesday. Y. You will enjoy that. X. I may not be there. Y. I am afraid I don’t understand. X. The police are going to ask me some awkward questions on Tuesday afternoon, and I may be in prison by Tuesday evening.
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the world: hey man we've got some really serious problems like global warming and mass economic failure and riots and genocide and aids and cancer and your healthcare system is shit so maybe we should get to work
US government: sit down I have to stop people from sharing things online
US government: also pizza is a vegetable
from my reading for class tomorrow
rubato:
“For instance, English lord and lady derive from Old English compounds hlāford < hlāf-weard ‘loaf keeper’, hloef-dīge ‘loaf kneader’ respectively[.]” (Matthews 1991: 93, quoted in Aikhenvald 2007: 60)
“You know what I believe? I remember in college I was taking this math class,...”
– John Green (via julieheartsbooks)
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