What I Learned On TV Today

atencio: Day 4 - Ribbles stole Mrs. Carruthers’ pie

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:58:38 -0400

atencio:

Day 4 - Ribbles stole Mrs. Carruthers’ pie

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Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:44:39 -0400

thebluthcompany: Did you know that if you search for the word...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 17:57:09 -0500

thebluthcompany:

Did you know that if you search for the word “Blue” in netflix, you will see some blue smudges and even a blue hand on the results page. Well, if you click on that, it takes you to the exact scene in The One Where Michael Leaves where Michael is walking around the house and starts noticing the blue paint smudges everywhere. Genius.

MARKETING. YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT.

ianbrooks: World of the Ring by Jian Guo Middle-Earth seems...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:44:23 -0500

A Long Long Adventure with Hobbit

Grey Havens

I Am No Man

Night of Planning an Adventure

Lament of Evening Star

Palace of King Theoden

Welcome from Lothlorien

Deep into Moria

Birthday Party

Gates of Argonath

ianbrooks:

World of the Ring by Jian Guo

Middle-Earth seems like it’s a pretty happening place: plenty of exotic locales to explore, elves handing out gifts, trees to ride when your footses ache, and treasure available only to those courageous enough to take it. If it ever existed in a Tolkien novel or note, then Jian has probably drawn it: his jaw-droppingly resplendent masterpieces tell just as enthralling a story as the novels they emulate… though in considerably fewer words. The lead image: “A Long Adventure with a Hobbit” is available in print form at Jian’s DeviantArt.

Artist: Blog (via: Kotaku)

Twitter Fiction

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 23:35:02 -0400

Twitter Fiction:

amandaonwriting:

21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels

The Guardian challenged well-known writers – from Ian Rankin and Helen Fielding to Jeffrey Archer and Jilly Cooper – to come up with a story of up to 140 characters.

This is the result:

Geoff Dyer: I know I said that if I lived to 100 I’d not regret what happened last night. But I woke up this morning and a century had passed. Sorry.

James Meek: He said he was leaving her. “But I love you,” she said. “I know,” he said. “Thanks. It’s what gave me the strength to love somebody else.”

Jackie Collins: She smiled, he smiled back, it was lust at first sight, but then she discovered he was married, too bad it couldn’t go anywhere.

Ian Rankin: I opened the door to our flat and you were standing there, cleaver raised. Somehow you’d found out about the photos. My jaw hit the floor.

Blake Morrison: Blonde, GSOH, 28. Great! Ideal mate! Fix date. Tate. Nervous wait. She’s late. Doh, just my fate. Wrong candidate. Blond – and I’m straight.

David Lodge: “Your money or your life!” “I’m sorry, my dear, but you know it would kill me to lose my money,” said the partially deaf miser to his wife.

AM Homes: Sometimes we wonder why sorrow so heavy when happiness is like helium.

Sophie Hannah: I had land, money. For each rejected novel I built one house. Ben had to drown because he bought Plot 15. My 15th book? The victim drowned.

Andrew O’Hagan: Clyde stole a lychee and ate it in the shower. Then his brother took a bottle of pills believing character is just a luxury. God. The twins.

AL Kennedy: It’s good that you’re busy. Not great. Good, though. But the silence, that’s hard. I don’t know what it means: whether you’re OK, if I’m OK.

Jeffrey Archer: “It’s a miracle he survived,” said the doctor. “It was God’s will,” said Mrs Schicklgruber. “What will you call him?” “Adolf,” she replied.

Anne Enright: The internet ate my novel, but this is much more fun #careerchange #nolookingback oh but #worldsosilentnow Hey!

Patrick Neate: ur profile pic: happy – smiling & smoking. ur last post: “home!” ur hrt gave out @35. ur profile undeleted 6 months on. ur epitaph: “home!”

Hari Kunzru: I’m here w/ disk. Where ru? Mall too crowded to see. I don’t feel safe. What do you mean you didn’t send any text? Those aren’t your guys?

SJ Watson: She thanks me for the drink, but says we’re not suited. I’m a little “intense”. So what? I followed her home. She hasn’t seen anything yet.

Helen Fielding: OK. Should not have logged on to your email but suggest if going on marriedaffair.com don’t use our children’s names as password.

Simon Armitage: Blaise Pascal didn’t tweet and neither did Mark Twain. When it came to writing something short & sweet neither Blaise nor Mark had the time.

Charlie Higson: Jack was sad in the orphanage til he befriended a talking rat who showed him a hoard of gold under the floor. Then the rat bit him & he died.

India Knight: Soften, my arse. I’m a geezer. I’m a rock-hard little bastard. Until I go mushy overnight for you, babe. #pears

Jilly Cooper: Tom sent his wife’s valentine to his mistress and vice versa. Poor Tom’s a-cold and double dumped.

Rachel Johnson:Rose went to Eve’s house but she wasn’t there. But Eve’s father was. Alone. One thing led to another. He got 10 years.

did-you-kno: Source

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:54:25 -0400

did-you-kno:

Source

Someone got caught trying to find the easy way...

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:01:27 -0400

Someone got caught trying to find the easy way out.

outofprintclothing:

great response!

This reminds me of the great Swedish film, “Låt den rätte...

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:54:27 -0400

This reminds me of the great Swedish film, “Låt den rätte komma in” (Let the Right One In) from 2008. Although they did an American remake, I refuse to watch because I feel that it would be extremely difficult to show the emotional loneliness and emotional dependency between all of the major and some secondary characters.

juliancallos:

Blood Bond

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Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:24:34 -0400

Reinstagram Olympics 3M diving face. Lol (Taken with Instagram)

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:07:06 -0400

Reinstagram Olympics 3M diving face. Lol (Taken with Instagram)

"The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the..."

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:27:39 -0400

““The aim of the High is to remain where they are. The aim of the Middle is to change places with the High. The aim of the Low, when they have an aim - for it is an abiding characteristic of the Low that they are too much crushed by drudgery to be more than intermittently conscious of anything outside their daily lives - is to abolish all distinctions and create a society in which all men shall be equal. Thus throughout history a struggle which is the same in its main outlines recurs over and over again. For long periods the High seem to be securely in power, but sooner or later there always comes a moment when they lose either their belief in themselves or their capacity to govern efficiently, or both. They are then overthrown by the Middle, who enlist the Low on their side by pretending to them that they are fighting for liberty and justice. As soon as they have reached their objective, the Middle thrust the Low back into their old position of servitude, and themselves become the High. Presently a new Middle group splits off from one of the other groups, or from both of them, and the struggle begins over again. Of the three groups, only the Low are never even temporarily successful in achieving their aims. It would be an exaggeration to say that throughout history there has been no progress of a material kind. Even today, in a period of decline, the average human being is physically better off than he was a few centuries ago. But no advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimetre nearer. From the point of view of the Low, no historic change has ever meant much more than a change in the name of their masters.””

- George Orwell (“Nineteen Eighty-Four”, written 1949)
One of my fav. books.

azizalbraik: Daniel Lai, aka Kenjio, uses a paper folding...

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 05:19:51 -0400

azizalbraik:

Daniel Lai, aka Kenjio, uses a paper folding technique for his inspired book sculptures.

Art!

Finally a real day at the beach. (Taken with Instagram)

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:09:50 -0400

Finally a real day at the beach. (Taken with Instagram)

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Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:31:26 -0400

Monet night skies #sky #nature #sunset #evening #dusk #clouds...

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:33:06 -0400

Monet night skies #sky #nature #sunset #evening #dusk #clouds #wind (Taken with Instagram)

Welcome to the Twin Cities #minnesota #highway #rt60 #rt39...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:20:52 -0400

Welcome to the Twin Cities #minnesota #highway #rt60 #rt39 #sings #directions (Taken with Instagram)

@chiarooscuro86 & Me in #minnesota #minnihahafalls #nature...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:15:13 -0400

@chiarooscuro86 & Me in #minnesota #minnihahafalls #nature #friends #vacation #grunge #photo #instagram #water #waterfall (Taken with Instagram)

St. Paul Cathedral, London #London #statue #england #church...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:07:09 -0400

St. Paul Cathedral, London #London #statue #england #church #facade #uk #british #britain #gb #greatbritain (Taken with Instagram at St Paul’s Churchyard, London, EC4M 8AD)

They don’t even make Chips Deluxe anymore...

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:05:05 -0400

They don’t even make Chips Deluxe anymore #ThrowBackThursday #Braves #swag #sunglasses #bicololorhat #cookies #picnic #90s # (Taken with Instagram)

minimalmovieposters: Sherlock by Kenzo Giunto

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:52:04 -0400

minimalmovieposters:

Sherlock by Kenzo Giunto