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Before COVID shut the library down, I was helping a little boy and his mom find books.

“What do you like to read about?” I asked. “Dinosaurs!” This is common request, but can mean different things, “Okay. Do you want a story about dinosaurs, or facts about dinosaurs?” “Facts.” I took him to the dinosaur section (567.9) of the juvenile nonfiction. He picked out a couple books, and I asked him if there was anything else he was looking for. “Do you have anything on DNA?” I had to think about that for a second. “I think so…but I’ll have to look it up.” The boy beamed, “I want to find out how DNA works, so I can bring them back!” “We just saw Jurassic Park,” his mom explained with a smile that did not waver when she added, “We didn’t learn anything.”

The Little Mermaid: The Merman King, Edmund Dulac

oh to be an aged king with a coral crown just giving the fish lil nibbles

NOBODY TOUCH ME

LITERALLY NOBODY TOUCH ME IM FRAGILE

Wow, just wow

I’m not sure, exactly, what’s going on - apart from the fact that this appears to be the cast of hit musical Hamilton singing to a little girl - but I am nonetheless moved to tears by it.

And I’ve never even seen/heard Hamilton.

This is gorgeous

And somehow they did this for no one but this little girl

and, impossibly, at the same time, for all of us

Context, from “Some Good News with John Krasinski”.

This is definitely going straight into my top three favourite performances of this song.

you know who’s gay? paul the real estate novelist who never had time for a wife and davey who’s still in the navy and probably will be for life

New headcannon: everyone in that song is gay except the Piano Man who has no idea he’s playing at a gay bar and the staff and regulars have a betting pool on how long he’ll take to finally figure it out. So far John is ahead.

‘What is, is what must be’

“There is not a day or night but a doe offers her life for her kittens, or some honest captain of Owsla his life for his Chief Rabbit’s. Sometimes it is taken, sometimes it is not. But there is no bargain, for here, what is, is what must be.”

#this is how you actually SHOW the fact they grew up together   #and it feels aUTHENTIC

bonus because people don’t mention enough that Andy and Chelsea have known each other since they were kids

you know the other thing that I really enjoy about Good Omens? Despite being messy af and bad at talking about their feelings and using their words, Crowley and Aziraphale are just like… actual grown-ups. Like, their defining character traits are that that they would risk literally everything to avoid a change in their daily routine. They literally defy Heaven and face down Satan to stop the Apocalypse because after a long day they just want to unwind at home with their significant other and a nice glass of red. Like they are SO decidedly middle-aged that actual paradise to these two immortal beings of immense otherworldly power is an early dinner out with your sweetie at your favorite restaurant and then going DIRECTLY home to open a bottle of wine and throw on your favorite album. and honestly, hard same?

And sleep. And reading. Don’t forget that.

MMHMM

that story where you challenge the fairy queen to a match of wit and skill to win back your loved one. and it goes … fine, you think? probably.

adapted from this very short Elsewhere University piece, changed slightly to be a little more self-contained.

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I am OBSESSED

I LOVE THEM

Scottish sculptor Rob Mulholland creates creepy mirrored sculptures out of acrylic glass that makes them blend into their surroundings until your perspective shifts and they suddenly catch your eye. Source Source 2

imagine getting lost in the woods and coming across these

on a scale of 1-10 how ready for death would you be

i didn’t know chaotic evil looked like someone’s dad from north dakota

MAG 102: Nesting Instinct

movie vs book (i adore them both) 

Good Omens resonated with so many because it gave us the biggest romantic fantasy of all times: someone loving us despite witnessing 6000 years of our bullshit. 

[Flipping a chair backwards and straddling in it, looking intently] hey kids, no matter what your friends might tell you, it’s not dulce OR decorum to die for your country

when I presented this project to my 3D design class nobody laughed

I FOUND IT THE BEST ONE

all jackets should have inside pockets its the best feature and everyone else needs to get on board. whats better than reaching inside ur jacket to retrieve Secret Objects from your Secret Pocket? nothing. nothing. youre gonna store your wallet and weapons and cool rocks you find in your outside pocket? where they can fall out?? where someone can swipe them? like an idiot? get inside pockets

I like to see just how big a book i can fit in my inside pocket and then pull it out on the train like a gd cartoon character