Ozzy and Rex are so smart, someday we're going to see them having this conversation. On second thought, scratch that: Ozzy can't see laser pointers.

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my computer can't seem to handle ANYTHING right now, which indicates that i need to clean off my tabs. :)

A not-quite-mobile-phone from 1922!

Improving classical paintings with cats

Tamar of Georgia: "King of Kings and Queen of Queens"!

The word ampersand is a conflation of the phrase "and per se and", meaning "and [the symbol which] by itself ( Read more... )

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I have finally identified the BRIGHT BLUE and PURPLE berries I have seen growing around here: they're Porcelain Berries.

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I don't know if you guys have heard, but they've been releasing photos of the dwarves of The Hobbit a few at a time. All they have left is Balin, Dwalin, and Thorin. But they've just released photos of Kili and Fili. I don't know if you remember me squealing over Aiden Turner and wondering how he ended up getting cast as a DWARF since he has such a ( Read more... )

...but very funny ones!

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One of my students emailed me last night wanting to know if it was possible for us to discuss his grade. O_O The semester ended WEEKS ago. Color me boggled.

Firefox also lost my tabs yesterday. GRRRR!! So this isn't everything I was planning to share, but here's some of it, anyway. >_<

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Stephen Fry is going to be in The Hobbit!?

Edward Hardwicke (John Watson) dies. :( I just finished watching that series like a week ago!

Budapest Emergency Broadcast Service: Severe Flooding in Middle-earth
Hungary’s disaster management agency is testing the country’s emergency broadcast system with warnings of severe storms in Middle-earth, the ( Read more... )

Animal armor: YES PLEASE.

So apparently Romania has decided to tax witches as self-employed, and the witches are unhappy about it and threatening to cast spells on the politicians, and the politicians are worried. It's Iceland all over again! :)

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