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Fonts - The Accessibility Option You Didn't Think About

Currently, I’m a Masters student, studying Digital Heritage at the University of York. Our second term is just winding down right now, and that means preparation for our dissertations is gearing up. My particular area of research is accessibility for those with chronic illnesses, but it’s rapidly expanding into other invisible disabilities. Like dyslexia. This was one of those random facts that I…

On Accomplishments

Ah, another programme begins, and another round of introductions ensues. I know I can’t be the only one who dreads the inevitable “let’s go around and introduce ourselves – be sure to say a little bit about yourselves!” from well-meaning leaders. I understand the point of it and the reason why it’s important. I also hate it with a passion. I never know what to say (name and programme are…

To Quote Hercules Mulligan...

I’m a planner by nature. I currently have three different paper calendars (one wall calendar for the whole family’s schedules, one diary for my schedule and notes, and a third to keep track of my assignments) plus a digital calendar that so we can always have these things with us. I have about a billion notepads laying around to use a to-do list (plus a separate app on my phone and tablet because…

"Did you need help carrying those?"

"OH! Uh.. no I think I should be fine. You new around here?" 

"Yeah, I just started working over at the tattoo place nearby."

In which Kili is smitten right off the bat with the girl who apprentices at the tattoo parlour across his uncles shop. 

(also I thought it’d be a cute pun to have her legs tattooed in constellations in reference to Kili’s quote "She walks in starlight in another world. It was just a dream. Do you think she could have loved me?")

Thor volunteering while on earth to help coach a little girls sports league. I really don’t even care what. He cheers them on to victory and buys them all hotdogs and afterwards they sit in the grass and braid his hair and fill it and his beard with flowers. They rename the team The Valkyries. 

Every time they start losing badly, the game gets mysteriously rained out. Nobody has the guts to say anything.

I believe in this