in winged words

wildestranger: And this is how you show a man how unimpressed...

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:02:35 -0400

And this is how you show a man how unimpressed you are while also impressing him.

I do love how this is the beginning of Steve and his massive epic crush on Natasha’s sheer capability and badassery.

kellysue: craftyjai: ride-the-vibes: This is JASON FYLES and...

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:49:41 -0400

craftyjai:

ride-the-vibes:

This is JASON FYLES and he goes to my university (Newcastle University, North East of England) He is 19 years old, 5’8, ginger hair and slim. He was last seen in the Sandyford area at 2:45am on Thursday morning and has not been seen since. He was wearing a blue shirt, grey cardigan, beige chinos and brown ankle boots. Everyone in uni is so worried about him along with his family and friends. We are coming together as a university to appeal for his safe return. It is thought that he lost his friends on the night out and tried to make his way back by himself. Please, I am begging for you to REBLOG THIS, even if you don’t live in Newcastle, or England. Every REBLOG means that someone else will see his face, they will know who we are looking for, and your followers could be the one to know his whereabouts. Stay safe Jason, we’re looking for you.
THIS WILL NOT RUIN YOUR BLOG!

Local news report

PLEASE. Nobody reblogged my own post on this which I posted an hour or so ago so I’m wondering if nobody will now. This guy is my friend. If I have ever sent you a nice ask or reblogged something of yours and it made you happy for a second (or even if I haven’t; this is about helping him, not doing me a favour) for God’s sake just help now, help to find my friend Jason. You want me to make him human to you?

Once we all grew beans in pots as part of a Biology experiment- the experiment failed miserably and made the whole lab stink, but his was the only bean that grew and he was actually pretty proud about it

He learned to knit as part of a school project where he had to learn a creative skill, and when a couple of people teased him about it he said “gender is a social construct” and carried on knitting like a badass

He loves the scene in The Great Gatsby where Gatsby throws all his silk shirts around and he and I used to giggle over it together

Once I asked him if he had a string of tinsel I could use in a photoshoot and he brought me a big cardboard box full of tinsel and fairy lights because he’s a helpful and lovely guy

He’s HUMAN and he needs our HELP and just PLEASE PLEASE FUCKING REBLOG THIS??? He’s been missing for four days now- when he went missing he would have been wearing his contact lenses and he won’t have had his (very thick) glasses with him so by now he’ll have had to take his contacts out and throw them away and he won’t be able to see well and oh God just please signal boost this

British friends — keep an eye out?

hominisaevum: A seventeenth-century pomander and chain A...

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:48:08 -0400

hominisaevum:

A seventeenth-century pomander and chain

A parcel-gilt silver pomander, made in Italy in the 16th century; features a niello inscription

Pomander, gold filigree, enclosing a ball of ambergris. 1600-1700

Gold and Silver Pomander, 16th Century

***Pomander - a ball made of perfumes, such as ambergris (whence the name),musk, or civet. The pomander was worn or carried in a vase, also known by the same name, as a protection against infection in times of pestilence or merely as a useful article to modify bad smells. The globular cases which contained the pomanders were hung from a neck-chain or belt, or attached to the girdle, and were usually perforated and made of gold or silver. Sometimes they contained several partitions, in each of which was placed a different perfume.

I have wanted a pomander since I was eight years old and read Margaret Irwin’s Young Bess in which there is a scene where Thomas Seymour and Catherine Parr flirt, and Elizabeth is sort of appeased by way of pomander - she’s having a lot of feelings about dashing Thomas Seymour at this point. To be honest, I think Margaret Irwin gets a lot of blame for this fucking thesis. Or, at least, for setting me on the road to this fucking thesis. Don’t let your kids read historical fiction! They’ll end up grinding out words about The Duchess of Malfi and drinking too much.

I … just … fnargh

Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:15 -0400

I … just … fnargh

oliviacirce: ohmygil: redunderwear: ohmygil: chokes C...

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:22:16 -0400

oliviacirce:

ohmygil:

redunderwear:

ohmygil:

*chokes*

C LA RK

Let’s be honest, I would watch the shit out of that show.

I think that show sounds kind of awesome. Complaining around the water-cooler, terse e-mails being sent, complaining whilst drinking in a bar, and then a dance-routine when someone sends a report in on time.

eleveninches: piratemoggy: kittyjimjams: knitmeapony: sashafo...

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:21:49 -0400

eleveninches:

piratemoggy:

kittyjimjams:

knitmeapony:

sashaforthewin:

selenophobic:

dervlaaarghhh:

batched:

whaddup, my name is Blenderdick Custardbath

Benchthis Chunkybap. Well.

Backitup Cunningscratch Omfg

The entire fact that this exists makes me insanely happy. Also, nice to meet you all, I am Beachbody Candygram.

Burgerking Custardbath or Beezlebub Johnnycash.

…. I like both.

BEEZLEBUB THUNDERCATS

Benefit Custard bath, here.

i am bonapart cunningscratch. at least the surname is actually as long as my real surname.

Benefit Custardbath. Which, to be honest, sounds a bit like something they would name a shade of paint. “Oh, yes, we did repaint the hallway. it’s Benefit Custardbath. Limited edition, I’m afraid!”

One of the reasons I really enjoyed The Outs is how many of...

Wed, 15 May 2013 16:10:38 -0400

One of the reasons I really enjoyed The Outs is how many of these really sweet moments there are in a seven episode web series.

sourcedumal: faramon: ilovemysassysuperman: itskalynbitch: no...

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:55:25 -0400

sourcedumal:

faramon:

ilovemysassysuperman:

itskalynbitch:

notanotherginger:

Those who say the Black Widow’s fighting style is just movie bullshit can see the above. ^ Shit is terrifyingly real.

I think I’m in love.

She’s so tiny.

But she could kill me.

Great.

^ That

I will reblog this flying head scissors every time it comes on my dash because it’s so fucking awesome.

I love this more every single time I see it.

fuckyeahretailrobin: (Mod Note: This post uses a few...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:17:52 -0400

fuckyeahretailrobin:

(Mod Note: This post uses a few British-English colloquialisms and I’m here to be your translator, North American Robins! Pram = stroller, and Cot = crib. ~J)

I work at a store that sells all things baby and because actually explaining and finding stock for everything we have in the store, especially since a lot of customers that know nothing about prams and what-not when they come in, it takes way more than 15 minutes to serve a customer. So around the 10-15 minute mark we’ll start telling people we’re closing up so they can make their final purchases. As I’m waiting for my customers to come and pay at the counter, my coworker comes up to me and points out the couple currently leaving the store. She did the rounds today of telling people we’re closing up and this couple turns to her for help on getting an entirely new cot set, pram and car seat, she explains to them, that since we’re closing they should come back another day when we have more time to go through everything with them. But instead of being rational and realising they should have arrived before closing time, they instead tell her she’s rude, she’s providing them with terrible customer service and why can’t we just stay open a while longer so that they can finish their shopping. And today was Mother’s Day, so when my co-worker said she had to go home to see her mother, they replied with “that’s not my problem, why can’t you help us?”. And yet she’s the rude one?

I really hate it when customers think that the world revolves around them and that business hours are merely just a guildeline. Would they seriously say this if they were say, at a supermarket a minute before closing? No, they would not.

Actually, as someone who works in a supermarket, yes they really fucking would. Ah, Sunday afternoons, you are the bane of my fucking life.

There’s a new post on the baking blog!...

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:36:45 -0400

There’s a new post on the baking blog! Pistachio-Raisin-Coconut-Cranberry Buns.

http://stressbaker.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/pistachio-raisin-cranberry-and-coconut-buns/

i-think-its-tea-time: robotsquid: thearmouredbear: aiglet12: ...

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:22:02 -0400

i-think-its-tea-time:

robotsquid:

thearmouredbear:

aiglet12:

geardrops:

intergalacticju:

fecklessminds:

The Hälssen & Lyon tea calendar features calendar days made from tea leaves.

I would not mind giving this a try.

Tears formed in my eyes just thinking about this.

This is neat!

SCREECH

NEED

Can I please have this

I too would very much like to own this.

fluent-in-lesbianism: forsciencejohn: when I say “I wish they would turn this book into a movie”...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:55:05 -0400

fluent-in-lesbianism:

forsciencejohn:

when I say “I wish they would turn this book into a movie” what I really mean is “I wish they would turn this book into a 17-hour-long spectacle that includes every single solitary detail and doesn’t deviate at all from the storyline and has perfect casting”

There is a new post on my baking blog. Melting Moments:...

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:54:03 -0400

There is a new post on my baking blog. Melting Moments: http://stressbaker.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/melting-moments/

WHEN YOU SEE A COLLEAGUE THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK TO:

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:47:45 -0400

wheninacademia:

(Also, if you haven’t seen it already, there was a whole Star Wars week a few months ago.)

Ahahaha, this would be me with my supervisors. Ooops.

awhitefairytale: I literally reblog this every time it comes...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:28:00 -0400

awhitefairytale:

I literally reblog this every time it comes up

Cannot stop laughing. Oh, help.

copperbadge: copperbadge: The good old red, white, and...

Sat, 04 May 2013 16:24:53 -0400

copperbadge:

copperbadge:

The good old red, white, and blue.

(I may have been having a lot of fun with the Hue/Saturation tool this morning. Also the phrase “Punk Rogers”.)

:D PUNK ROGERS.

Though I still think the pink-purple version came out best.

I was working off the thesis that for the first time in his life Steve has the means and freedom to define his own look, and he went through an experimental phase he’d rather not recall.

Reblogging (retumblring?) mostly for soemily.

I updated my baking blog with Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies:...

Fri, 03 May 2013 12:57:15 -0400

I updated my baking blog with Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies: http://stressbaker.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/gooey-chocolate-chip-cookies/

"We weren’t going back to World War II. Cap cannot travel in time. So while Tony can go home to..."

Fri, 03 May 2013 11:54:13 -0400

““We weren’t going back to World War II. Cap cannot travel in time. So while Tony can go home to Malibu and Thor goes up to Asgard and Hulk can sort of ride the rails, Cap was stuck. So Cap does stay with S.H.I.E.L.D. because he has nowhere else to go. But he’s not necessarily comfortable there. And just as he’s given permission to let go of the past and to focus on the modern world, a ghost comes up. With the Greatest Generation in World World II, there’s a tendency to reflect on that period and say, ‘Things were black and white back then, and now it’s hard to know who the bad guys are.’ ‘We wanted to play on that a little with Cap being uncomfortable with the way S.H.I.E.L.D., and in particular Nick Fury, operates.””

- Kevin Feige [x] (via chujo-hime)

shredsandpatches: This joke doesn’t work as well when deployed...

Wed, 01 May 2013 07:47:56 -0400

shredsandpatches:

This joke doesn’t work as well when deployed against Protestants.

Heh.

I would very much like to be shown how to penguin. I might be...

Wed, 01 May 2013 07:39:36 -0400

I would very much like to be shown how to penguin. I might be better at it that humaning.