Pheurton Skeurto
All comprehension is temporary.
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Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.from “The Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan, Dune, Frank Herbert
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himuro mansion 2 by kallah on Flickr.
Himuro Entrance
My partner bought be the original Fatal Frame today! About an hour in, really digging it so far.
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In a development typical of Arizona, the students who walked out on Thursday, protesting the elimination of the district’s Mexican American studies program, have – without a hearing – been directed to perform janitorial duties this Saturday: an amazing message, right out of Newt Gingrich’s playbook (he has been campaigning in the GOP presidential nomination race, proposing the idea that students should be hired as janitors to teach them a work ethic). Apparently, TUSD administrators are paying attention.
The further message of this punishment, then, appears to be that the state and the district do not want students to study Mexican American studies, but they do want them to clean toilets. Perhaps, Gingrich should consider relocating to Arizona, where his message is being fully embraced.Roberto Cintli Rodriguez, Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books
This is what racism looks like.
(via mohandasgandhi)
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The Big Coat
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Reblog with the reason behind your tumblr name…
You all need to take a second and learn about the the badassery that was Helm Hammerhand. You know that part in Two Towers, when Gimli blows on the giant horn at the Battle of Hornburg? That was Helm’s horn, also where they got the name Helm’s Deep. Helm Hammerhand was the ninth King of Rohan.“Later in Helm’s reign, a man named Freca appeared, a Dunlending with Rohirric blood. Freca held lands at either side of the river Adorn, the border of Rohan, and claimed to be a descendant of King Fréawine of Rohan. He planned to marry his son Wulf to Helm’s daughter. Freca marched to Edoras with a great force of men, planning to threaten the old King to comply with his demand. Helm denied his request, and insults were exchanged. Helm struck Freca with his fist and killed him in a single blow (giving rise to the name Hammerhand). …
The siege of Helm’s forces in the Deep lasted through the long winter; their supplies were low and they were desperate. Helm began to launch sorties alone against the Dunlendings: wearing white clothing and under the cover of storms he would go into their camps and slay the enemy with his bare hands. So ferocious were his attacks that the Dunlendings began to believe that, as he bore no weapons, no weapons could hurt him. Before each sortie he would blow the great horn of the Hornburg, which echoed through the deep, and the Dunlendings learned to fear his coming. One night the great horn sounded and Helm left, never to return. When the sun rose, his body was found frozen in the snow where he stood, knees unbent. Even after his death the Rohirrim believed that his wraith continued to stalk their enemies and kill men with fear.”
(source: wikipedia)
And thus ends today’s Histories of Middle Earth lesson.(Source: coffeeskulls)
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KAL’s cartoon: this week, sirens.
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Avalon, from director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell).
In a destitute world, some people make a living off of an illegal virtual war game called Avalon. Ash is one of the most skilled players, preferring to go solo. She seeks the highest level, but what does she need to do to get there? -
(Source: elijahwooddaily)
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It’s a litany not of broken promises as the Republicans claim, but of dreams dashed on the rocks of partisanship. We elected the dream, the audacity of hope and promise of change. We ran headlong into an entrenched oligarchy with enough money and enough media control to persuade too many of our fellow citizens that the sky is purple and they have to reclaim this nation from some nebulous nefarious force, using code words for taking it back from minorities, immigrants, non-fundamentalists, gays, welfare queens and entitlement recipients, even when they themselves were recipients of those “entitlements.” We are losing our country to those who wish to take it back to the late 19th century instead of forward into the 21st. We can fight them for our future or let them drag us back into the past. It is time to take back our country.Linda Carbonell, Obama’s Broken Dreams
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How to make a sandwich, by the Doctor Who characters
(inspired by this Lost version)
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- Gather all the stupid human ingredients and make yourself a stupid sandwich.
- Include a banana.
- Devour, alternating between angry grimaces and fanatic smiles.
- Tell the bread that it was fantastic, and the peanuts that they were fantastic and the plate the it was fantastic, and you know what, taste buds? You were fantastic, too!
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- For the first nineteen years of your life, don’t eat any sandwiches. Not ever.
- Then, run away while biting the first one made with plenty of ingredients from the North.
- Wait until it gets nice and thin, and declare your love for said sandwich.
- Lose it, and take comfort in pie. This is the story of how you pied.
- Tear a hole through the fabric of a paper bag to finish eating the sandwich.
- Once completely ingested, insist that you love it again…and put your mouth all over a sandwich made with the exact same ingredients, one that loves you back too and knows that it does need peanut butter-ing.
- Also, stuff in some chips. Lots and lots of chips inside all sandwiches.
- But remember, it’s a sandwich. You cannot get high off of it.
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The forgotten Tardis by Jon Turner
“Just let this old box gather dust. No one can open it, no one will even notice it. Let it become a strange little thing standing on a street corner. And over the years, the world will move on, and the box will be buried. And if you wanna remember me, then you can do one thing. That’s all, one thing. Have a good life. Do that for me, Rose. Have a fantastic life. “
