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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:28:46 -0400

popculturebrain: Trailer: ‘The Lego Movie’ - Feb 7 Directed by...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:27:32 -0400

Trailer: ‘The Lego Movie’ - Feb 7

Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, with the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman.

Picking up serious ‘Toy Story’/’Wreck-It Ralph’ vibes from this. I don’t hate it.

Huh.

generic-nerdfighter-blog: 1/50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:19:24 -0400

generic-nerdfighter-blog:

1/50 Ways to Pretend to Be Smarter

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:19:16 -0400

historyhobbit: At our Teen Book Challenge club meeting we...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:18 -0400

historyhobbit:

At our Teen Book Challenge club meeting we talked about Uglies, the movie Carrie, bullying, pizza and Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. Then we turned some “Pretties” into some “Uglies” just for fun.

Awesome!

intrepidheroine: librarianpirate: schoollibraryjournal: A...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:25:47 -0400

intrepidheroine:

librarianpirate:

schoollibraryjournal:

A California library has introduced a kid lit vending machine. It holds 220 books, and patrons only need their library cards to access them.

If each book comes with a mini bag of pretzels, I’m in!

(story via Mercury News)

I love this so much. Put a vending machine full of kid’s books at a local park! Put a vending machine full of paperbacks at the train station! Put vending machines EVERYWHERE!

I want one!

rainbowrowell: Hey! I’ve got exciting book news! My next book,...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:38:57 -0400

rainbowrowell:

Hey! I’ve got exciting book news!

My next book, Landline, will be published next spring/summer by St. Martin’s Press. This one is adult (not YA) about a woman who finds a magical way to fix her marriage — or maybe to erase it. (What will she do?!?)

St. Martin’s bought my next YA book, too.

I’m INCREDIBLY PLEASED.

I BOUGHT MYSELF A CAKE.

More details here …

Rainbow Rowell is awesome. :)

I found Maddie’s car!! But no Maddie. :(

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:36:53 -0400

I found Maddie’s car!! But no Maddie. :(

Digg Reader Will Start Rolling Out Next Week, Already Looks Nicer Than Google’s | Betabeat

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:56:31 -0400

Digg Reader Will Start Rolling Out Next Week, Already Looks Nicer Than Google’s | Betabeat:

popculturebrain:

Yes.

(via @Jorcohen)

"Rory: You know when Amy and I first got married and we went travelling? Brian: To Thailand. Rory:..."

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:54:23 -0400

“Rory: You know when Amy and I first got married and we went travelling?
Brian: To Thailand.
Rory: More the entirety of space and time. In that police box.”

- Rory Williams in Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

2/13 - 1 quote per episode series 7 (re-watch)

dogjournal: DOG HELPS HOCKEY PLAYER DEAL WITH SEIZURES - “Moxie...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:53:37 -0400

dogjournal:

DOG HELPS HOCKEY PLAYER DEAL WITH SEIZURES - “Moxie is amazing…She’s by my side, every step, every day. I certainly wouldn’t be able to be as independent without the service and safety she provides.”

A sled-hockey player named Christy Gardner was recently honored as USA Hockey’s Disabled Athlete of the Year. Due to injuries suffered while serving in the army, Gardner suffers from occasional seizures. However, her service dog, a Golden Retriever named Moxie, is trained to stabilize her when a seizure occurs. Read more from the N.Y. Daily News:

Moxie is a 5-year-old golden retriever, an assistance dog with a weakness for peanut butter and an astonishing set of skills, all of them cultivated to keep Gardner safe. Moxie, happily, did not have to do much of anything but watch nine days ago, when Gardner was honored as USA Hockey’s Disabled Athlete of the Year — a distinction earned not so much by her dazzling skills as a sled-hockey player as by her voracious appetite for improvement — getting after her latest athletic passion the way Moxie gets after a chew toy.

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Technically, Moxie was trained only to help respond to a seizure. So if Gardner were stricken, Moxie would go get the telephone and bring it to her. She could open the door, and run over to a neighbor’s house and ring the doorbell. She could even climb a ladder or activate an elevator in order to stay close to Gardner.

But because of the close bond that Gardner and Moxie forged at the beginning of the puppy’s life, Moxie grew so in tune with her owner that she could detect a seizure moments before it would happen. Much as diabetes-assistance dogs can pick up on the secretion of a hormone before a low blood-sugar attack — dogs have a sense of smell 100 times more acute than humans do — seizure-assistance dogs often can detect an almost imperceptible twitch, a toe tap or finger snap, that occurs before a full seizure.

Moxie is an amazing dog who is helping an amazing athlete. What a pair! Click here for the full story. (Photos by Robert F. Bukaty)

nypl: Mark Twain on his way around the world in 1897. Happy...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:52:05 -0400

nypl:

Mark Twain on his way around the world in 1897. Happy Mustache Monday.

Photo from NYPL Digital Gallery.

Fun day with the family: Dunkin kisses, Jolie tired after a long...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:23:29 -0400

Fun day with the family: Dunkin kisses, Jolie tired after a long day.

maddieonthings: “Hello. My name is Maddie. I have an addiction....

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:57:53 -0400

maddieonthings:

“Hello. My name is Maddie. I have an addiction. I love to dig holes.” - Newport, KY

Maddie was in Newport??

taylor swift ft. lemony snicket

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:52:23 -0400

highschooljewsical:

we are never

getting back together

rainbowrowell: Hey. So. Sometimes people get really mad because...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:51:36 -0400

rainbowrowell:

Hey. So.

Sometimes people get really mad because “Doctor Who” is written as “Dr. Who” in the uncorrected advanced copies of Eleanor & Park. My friend Bethany caught this mistake way before the book came out — so I remember panicking a little when the change didn’t get made in the advanced copies.

As you can see in the bottom photo, it is correct in the official book.

Also, I know — and Park knows — that the Doctor is called “the Doctor” and not “Doctor Who.” But in this scenario, Park is just a grade-school kid trying to explain his Halloween costume. “Doctor Who” is the simplest answer to the question “Who are you supposed to be?”

But it’s still not a great answer, because, honestly, almost nobody watched Doctor Who in America in the ’70s and ’80s. It was a late-night public TV thing. Even nerds didn’t watch Doctor Who.

That’s the point of mentioning it in this scene. All of Park’s childhood heroes are beyond just obscure — they’re sort of theatrical and weird. He isn’t part of any fandom. (Though he might like to be.)

Okay. That’s all I’ve got. Don’t get mad! It’s fixed!

(Oh, P.S., I stole that top photo from somebody’s Tumblr. I almost reblogged it, but I really didn’t want to call out a specific person. Normally I would never repost instead of reblogging.)

Just one more reason to love. This. Book.

muppetmindset: Muppet Meme (Mee-Mee) - Top Ten Favorite...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:27:02 -0400

muppetmindset:

Muppet Meme (Mee-Mee) - Top Ten Favorite Muppets

6/10 - Rizzo the Rat

“God save my little broken body!”

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:01:49 -0400

thisoldhouse: 2013 Reader Remodel Finalists: Best Whole House...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:08:36 -0400

thisoldhouse:

2013 Reader Remodel Finalists: Best Whole House Redos

This exterior is very close to what I want. Love.

everythingcapecod: Frozen Fruit v2. (by MattZwilling)

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:06:36 -0400

everythingcapecod:

Frozen Fruit v2. (by MattZwilling)