February 2012
“I wonder why it was that long ago I became a watcher of things.
Always watching...”
– Farley Mowat, “Never Cry Wolf”
“She had a neglected air, of tiredness, of softness, of abandonment, a perfume of...”
– Film Parlé, Irène Némirovsky (via thisideaofsurrender)
By now I know better than to imagine anyone is going to read this, let alone agree with me, so I’m just going to go ahead and get it off my chest.
Many Sherlock fans (those who have not read Doyle’s original Canon) are under the impression that Sherlock Holmes was “not a nice guy” and even a borderline sociopath.
Nothing could be further from the truth, and I am frankly devastated that the writers...
GUYS GUYS GUYS
oxygensonata:
According to my Norton Anthology, Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in Ottery St. Mary. Also, in his youth he enlisted in The Royal Dragoons using the false name “Silas Tomkyn Comberbache.”
THE MORE YOU KNOW. Also, I was so happy when my fellow lit majors got excited over that.
Personally, I think the prejudice against “y’all” is undeserved.
“Ya’ll” is just as economical and practical a contraction for “you all” as is “we’re” for “we are” or “I’m” for “I am.”
The snow is falling softly but swiftly; it is the first snow day all winter.
I’m going to go watch it fall while rereading Deathly Hallows. <3
“In America today, anti-evolutionism matters because it has become the vanguard...”
– Ken Miller, Biology Professor from Brown University and Roman Catholic, on America’s Darwin Problem (via crookedindifference)
I guess we’re in the way of a big snowstorm tonight. We might even get some snow thunder. And most likely a snow day tomorrow.
Yay <3
bbcsherlockftw:
sunsight:
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I just realized I haven’t gotten my dose of Jean sleeping on people yet today
“I could do with a bit more excess. From now on I’m going to be immoderate—and...”
– Joanne Harris (via theprospectofvanishingforever)
