Okay, it is well past time to clean off tabs.

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um... guys? i think i may have located my doppelganger. I am tempted to email the photographer and ask him about the subject of the photo...

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I bought Turkish Delight today at the international food store! So good!!

Couple attacked by bear INSIDE their home
New dog food commercial targets dogs as well as owners
Play with a Humane Society cat via the internet!

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Taking a break from reading Chaucer's "Legend of Good Women" (which btw is hilarious. For instance, I just read about how Jason married Hypsipyle (what a name! I keep visualizing a popsicle with big hips) and had two kids with her and then ran off, and she writes him a letter complaining to him, and tells him that her two sons are just exactly like ( Read more... )

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Official Hobbit casting call for elves! I'M ACTUALLY TALL ENOUGH!!! The height minimum comes out to 5'5", which is my height in the morning! lol

A species of jellyfish with biological immortality

Pierre de Fermat and his unfinished theorem

You know how my birthday is St. Sebastian's Day? Well, apparently it's also St. Paula the Bearded Day. ( Read more... )

I hadn't heard anything about the new Avatar series in awhile, so I thought it was stalled. Apparently not!! (Info on the series. Apparently Korra is NOT a descendant of Aang and Katara, tho her airbending sensei is. Which fixes the Airbenders-dying-out problem, especially as all Air Nomads are automatically benders.)

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BRILLIANT Time Magazine article about fanfiction!

Did you know there are two Snow White movies in the works? The Brothers Grimm: Snow White with Sean Bean, Julia Roberts, Nathan Lane, et al, and Snow White and the Huntsman with Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Nick Frost (?!) et al. Looking at photos for 'Huntsman', one commenter asked why Snow ( Read more... )

So, I meant to be working on "Honor Amongst Thieves" this morning, but instead, I have found myself drawn into this blog/community I was just introduced to called Captain Awkward. People faced with awkward social situations write in asking for advice, and the blog writer replies, and then others can comment. So far this morning I have learned about ( Read more... )