February 2012
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Just thought tumblr ought to know
I am somewhat inebriated.
Had a gig with the Funk Soul Sisters this afternoon, and it was good and enjoyable, and there was free beer and wine at the event which was good and enjoyable, and then we went to the pub and drank more beer which was good and enoyable.
And now I’m home.
Yeah,
It was all good and enjoyable.
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“…It’s a sign of alcoholism to make rules about how much you drink.”
– Christopher Hitchens, “Booze and Fags,” London Review of Books, 3/12/1992 (via hitch-22)
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Magic time!
Pick up the closest book to you and turn to page 91.
The 7th word of the 2nd sentence on that page will be your grandmother’s maiden name.
It really works, try it.
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This is a post for all of you that are fascinated...
The banana I just ate was of absolutely optimal ripeness. It was at the apotheosis, the epitome, the apex of ripeness. That’s how perfectly ripe it was. You all ought to be envious of me.
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“(something something) The Hobbit
Sam and Frodo
Fuck Robert”
I went to a party last night, it was very enjoyable, but I think the highlight of the night was provided by a guy on the train on the way there. He was freestyle rapping for all to hear, and a shining example of his lyrics being displayed for you enjoyment above.
I have no idea who Robert is.
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yourealightagainmydear replied to your post: Just finished 1Q84
can I borrow it one day for book 3 please? not right now because I’m angry at it. but one day.
No wozzles. I think Leon wants to read it, so maybe by the time Leon’s finished with it, you’ll be up for book 3.
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Just finished 1Q84
I enjoyed it.
The plot was a bit odd to say the least though.
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"A History of Scotland"
It’s on the TV at the moment. I’m not really listening, just being lulled by the loveliness of having a Scottish accent on in the background.
knitttingandshit:
the problem with those ‘missing person’ posts is that if someone goes missing in sydney the post is hardly going to be helpful when someone from toronto sees it on their dashboard and starts raking their brains for a memory of this person on the street
and no one ever writes where the person went missing
I’ve never even seen the name of the country they live in on one of...
I think the whole world ought to know that
It’s raining in a far off corner of Australia. Really quite hard. And I just heard about the loudest thunderclap I’ve ever heard. It’s amazing how when lightning strikes so close that it really is a thunder-CLAP, as opposed to the thunder-rumble that we all are familiar with.
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Since when did selecting a miniature half-a-second gif, from among hundreds or thousands of them in a file on one’s computer, become a valid form of expressing your opinion?
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Encapsulate
Your word of the day.
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Find where your last name is most common →
youlikecake:
UK
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
USA
1. Footscray, Australia. 2 - ∞. Nowhere.
There’s something nice about having a surname that only you and your brother share.
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I don't want to brag
But I just wrote a pretty long email.
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leonrw:
*funny photo of teacher i can’t post cause i don’t think that’d be a very good idea*
Don’t believe the lies, I went and looked at the photo, and it’s not actually funny.
Myth Busted!
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Beethoven Was Black →
bakethatlinguist:
meganphntmgrl:
A pretty shocking overview of how Beethoven’s racial heritage has been pretty much totally erased from history in favor of a whitewashed popular image.
Why didn’t I know this?! He’s one of my favorite composers!!!! I had to write papers on him for orchestra!
Man…This is just like when I found out that the dude who wrote the Comte of Monte Cristo was...
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January 2012
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the-metres-gained replied to your post: A tragic tale.
your cat’s name is Trieste. Oh man. That’s beautiful.
As a matter of fact, this family sort of has a thing for naming cats after place names. Other cats we’ve had include Florence, Dimboola, and Sarah. Sarah, you ask? It’s short for Sierra Leone.
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A tragic tale.
Getting up to turn the television on to watch the news, I noticed out of the corner of my eye our cat Trieste playing with something on the floor. Upon closer inspection I noticed a poor defenceless paralysed dragonfly clinging to a jumper of Leon’s lying on the floor.
Feeling sorry for it, I decided to try and rescue it: I picked it up and despite its struggling once it had awoken from its...
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Always nice to get a 121 point word in words with...
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Ye Gods
What a match
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amnesiac1331 replied to your post: I think it would be fun to be one of the…
I’m really tired so when I half glanced at that my brain interpreted it as “I think it would be really fun if there were oompa-loompas running around picking up tennis balls” Oh, the mental image. The mental image!
Hopefully the organisers get onto it for next time.
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I think it would be fun to be one of the oompa-loompas that run around picking up the tennis balls.
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Using the word 'idiolect' at the dinner table.
Feels good, man.
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What?!
Woman on 7.30 report now is speaking in an American accent about the Obamas.
And yet! There’s the British Parliament greenscreened into the background. Why!?
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A girl with whom I went to school invited me to her 20th birthday celebration over facebook. Now, despite being friends with her on facebook, in reality I haven’t uttered a word to her in about 5 or 6 years, not even online. The question is, how on earth did I get an invitation? Yes, she did invite about 500 people, but I checked her profile, and she has about 1000 facebook friends.
What...
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Now you're just some broccoli that I used to grow.
To Debate, and To Argue
They have pretty similar meanings. And yet, there is considerable difference between the words ‘debatable’ and ‘arguable’.
If you call something debatable, you really doubt its veracity.
But if you call something arguable, you think there’s a considerable chance that it’s true.