August 2012
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My book report on Ever After for Ms. Camiwillknow
The biggest clue for dating this movie is that it’s during the reign of Francis I (1515-1547). Henry II was born in 1519, and he’s supposed to be about 21 in the film, so we can pretty comfortably put him in 1540.
Leonardo da Vinci shows up, but he died in 1519. He also shows us a shiny new Mona Lisa, which was painted in 1505. The ghost of da Vinci also makes a joke about having to...
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Ooh, I can catch the last three innings of the Red Sox playing the Anaheim-Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel City Anaheim Angels Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim…Los Angeles.
Seems easiest to go for the Sox.
Concluding its search for appropriate sponsors,...
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I tend to refrain from liking/reblogging gifsets from How I Met Your Mother because in order to completely capture my appreciation of the show, I’d have to a) reblog all of them every time I see one, and that would become my whole blog, or b) make a master legendary gifset of the entire series, broken down line by line, creating an endless-scrolling HIMYM graphic novel dashboard.
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Watching reruns helps restore willpower →
Immersion in “familiar fictional worlds” can provide the same psychological restoration as positive social interaction - such as improved willpower, concentration, and positive mood - without the negative stress effects of social interaction.
Engaging with familiar worlds also showed a stronger correlation with these positive effects than engaging with novel fictional worlds, or shows...
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Does a Pond spinoff mean that they’ll get out of the way and finally move on with Doctor Who?
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First night of 24 hr service and someone’s already doing cartwheels in the lobby.
The fantasy draft and my first overnight librarian shift are tonight. I promised camiwillknow that I’d keep the chatter regarding one of those things to a minimum throughout the season. You can guess which one.
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True or False
Durham is the world capital of people taking pictures of brunch.
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Police: All Empire State shooting victims were... →
c-newt:
New York (CNN)— All nine people injured in Friday’s shooting in front of the Empire State Building were wounded by police gunfire, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters Saturday.
The officers unloaded a total of 16 rounds at a disgruntled former apparel designer, killing him after he shot and killed a co-worker and engaged in a gunbattle with police, authorities have...
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Hope for America
They’re airing an ad against Paul Ryan on the country stations. Country music listeners will hear about how Paul Ryan voted against funds for veterans’ medical and mental health benefits (including PTSD and suicide prevention resources).
As you know, military families and country music listeners are heavily overlapping cohorts, and they need to know that the GOP is not their friend.
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Some of us were trying to have a civilization here, but now I’ll be in my bunker watching Waterworld and all the Mad Max movies to prepare myself for the world we’ll apparently be inhabiting shortly.
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Today in Sports
In a unilateral agreement, citing a gross disregard for any rules, the NCAA, NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, PGA, ATP, UCI, and NASCAR have agreed to the following terms:
All Division I NCAA men’s basketball, FBS football, and all major North American men’s professional athletic titles and statistics will be wiped from the records dating back to 1902.
All current coaching and officiating staffs...
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Why I don't play music quizzes on Sporcle
Missed Answer: Dexy's Midnight Runners
Me: Damn! I knew it was the Somebody Something Somethers!
Giant bow tie stolen from cow statue at UNC →
What do the Republican Party and the Millennial Generation have in common?
Neither of them can remember anything that happened before the Bush (43) administration.
The other reason Millennial Gen’ers don’t own houses is that the oldest ones are 22 years old, and you told them to stay in college.
Watchonceuponanotsolongago:
queerandpheasantstranger:
nephu:
tomhardly:
jakely:
sharkfartsmcgee:
Cup-stacking otter
OMFG THIS IS SO CUTE
LMAO when she gave him the red one after the purple one!
cyuuute
smart as fuck!
oh my god she pats them into place with her little hands
"I request that a copy of the following... →
motherjones:
“Also, if you could send me a copy autographed by the president, you’d be the coolest FOIA officer in the federal government, and who could resist that title?”
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You need to go on back to New Hampshire or wherever if you’re going to keep using the word “Cackalacky.”
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My libertarian ring-wing conspiracy theorist off-the-grid homesteading white supremacist hippie cousin has birthed her clan’s first manchild. It’s called… wait for it… Franklin Beauregard [WASPlastname].
I’m just glad they didn’t name it John Galt.
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So maybe I forgot the name of Caffe Driade and maybe I called it Woodsy’s. I don’t know why.
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When I say "the Triangle" I mean Durham-Chapel...
‘Avengers 2′ Officially Dated For May 1, 2015 |... →
danhacker:
Yeah, that sounds about right.
I thought the superhero thing was supposed to end whenever the recession ends. Or are we still going to be doing that in 2015 too?
When do we go back to pirates or wizards or space westerns?
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Notice
In two weeks this will become a nocturnal blog. It’s gonna get weird too.
I am the night librarian of Chapel Hill.
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Not bad for a town where all the bars are on one street.
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16 Bars in Chapel Hill/Carrboro that are better...
The Station
Tyler’s/Speakeasy
Chapel Hill Underground
The Crunkleton
Orange County Social Club
Linda’s
3 Cups
The Cave
The Library
He’s Not Here
East End Martini Bar
West End Wine Bar
Talullah’s
Whatever PT’s is called now… the Lodge?
Spanky’s
Zog’s
Bars in Chapel Hill that are not as good as Top’O:
Bub O’Malley’s
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Top 50 College Bars in the Country →
notnadia:
21. Olde Queens Tavern, New Brunswick, NJ
lol what
16. Top of the Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Top of the Hill isn’t even the 16th best bar in Chapel Hill.
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There’s nothing in Onslow County that doesn’t make me angry, sad, uncomfortable or confused.
A pumpkin ale appears!
