[jhfkfghfgughu-deactivated201712]

better WATCH OUT ! this kitty...has Claws...

:3c >:3€

[juichi-bey]

im blocking everyone who reblogs this

[thymesplitter]

Having my Currency Converter on gave me this and I didn’t get it at first:

[hokuto-ju-no-ken]

this kitty… is worth $4.42

[bklynlibrary]

“Has the library outlived its usefulness in the age of Internet?”

“How do libraries stay relevant in the age of Google?”

“Do we still need libraries?”

“What can libraries offer that Google can’t?”

[natehankz]

Brooklyn Library is going through it rn

[girl-with-not-enough-books]

I’m on my library’s Teen Advisory Board (TAB for short). Lets talk about what libraries do and why they are important af:

- Encourage literacy in children. My library and most other libraries have huge sections entirely for children as well as a ton of programs to encourage children to use the library. I would probably not have the same love for reading that I do today, if not for the amazing library near my house.

-Builds communities. My library and most other libraries will frequently sponsor community events to bring people together and make their city a more friendly place. Some of the things my library does it: organise a marathon; participate in parades; two used book sales each year; host local documentary showings; etc.

-free books and resources for anyone to use. I can read any book I want for free!!!! It’s awesome. And anyone can do it.

-seriously, I see homeless people at my library all the time reading books, and enjoying the free resources. Without the library, they would not have access to those books.

-awesome study spot. Seriously, great. As someone who lives with a very large, loud, busy family, the library is awesome for providing a productive peaceful place to study and get away from my hectic house.

-Librarians. are. the. greatest. Really, these people are so nice, and cute, and so hard-working, and I just love and want to be friends with them all, because they are awesome. 

-What are you gonna do when you need help with your English paper, and the internet isn’t working? Google it?

@bklynlibrary, you were the one who started the post, do you have anything to add to this?

[bklynlibrary]

Spot on points! We’d like to add that the library is more than just books and literacy! We offer programs and resources for:

Immigrants studying for the citizenship exam, trying to find jobs, and looking for English conversation groups.

Those who are incarcerated – we bring books to them but also allow incarcerated parents to read to their kids via a live video feed.

Amazing cultural events that feature everyone from Pulitzer-prize winning authors to flamenco groups to art critics to teenage metal bands.

Job-seekers who need one-on-one resume help and interview prep.

Senior citizens who want to stay active – we have dance classes, a bowling league, and all kinds of activities.

For artists, we offer free Photoshop, Illustrator, photography, and art classes taught by professionals.

Every summer we provide free lunches to kids in low-income families.

All kinds of language classes for those looking to learn, and of course, all classes are free!

So yeah, the library is pretty bad ass.

[jenniferrpovey]

Here are a few other things libraries around the world can offer:

* 3D printing services.

* Internet access - it’s not just for research these days, it’s for applying to jobs. Yes, even fast food jobs.

* Cake molds and cookie cutters.

* Energy meters so you can work out how much juice various appliances use.

* Scientific equipment - for that science fair. Another library has telescopes, and works with the local astronomy club to teach people how to use them.

* Gardening tools and even heirloom seeds (you return what you didn’t use).

* Toys and dolls.

* Artwork that you can borrow to keep in your home for a bit.

* Audio production studios.

* Fully equipped maker spaces with all kinds of DIY tools.

* Musical instruments - maybe yours is damaged or you want to try a new one real quick without outlay (instruments are expensive).

* One on one research sessions with trained librarians. In at least one rural area they do house calls.

* Digital media labs with all the software you need to do your design project. Some even have green screen walls.

* Technology instruction, especially for older adults.

* Santa suits.

* Nurses. Seriously, there is actually a library in Arizona with a public health nurse - remember those homeless people who hang out at the library?

* Naturalization assistance

* A karaoke machine.

* Portable exercise equipment.

* Reading magnifiers

* Kids’ fishing tackle

* Workshops, craft workshops, seminars, etc.

* Yoga and exercise classes.

* Museum passes

* Sports equipment, particularly if the library is in a park.

* Coupon exchange/donation.

And I found those in five minutes.

Libraries are very important for books, but they go far, far beyond that.

Also, as a writer, I want my books in libraries, where people will take a risk on an unfamiliar name.

[alitbitmoody]

I would also like to point out: in adverse and extreme weather, libraries are warming and cooling stations for local populations. When Chicago had the polar vortex in 2014 that dropped the temperature down to -16 Fahrenheit, Chicago Public Schools were initially reluctant to close in part because of the hundreds of kids who get free breakfast and lunch each day. They were finally able to give the go ahead, because resources like the Chicago Public Libraries stayed open, providing services for kids and their families.

[merhaskell]

And librarians fight and fight and fight for your privacy and your intellectual freedom.

Google: The opposite of that, really.

[caetnips]

Happy 26th Birthday, Jennifer Shrader Lawrence! (August 15th, 1990)

”I’m a big believer in accepting yourself the way you are and not really worrying about it.”

[gailybedight-deactivated2022090]

cutthroat kitchen

alton brown: buy this item and you can force one of your opponents to use my new mixtape as their only source of heat 🔥🔥🔥

[abearinthewindow]

the martian in a nutshell

NASA: we regret to inform you that astronaut mark watney has died on mars

watney: QUIT TELLING EVERYONE I'M DEAD

NASA: sometimes we can still hear his voice

[ihatejayr-deactivated20180307]

protip: if you cant remember someones name, just call them “old sport”

[a-positive]

Shout out to all the asexual boys out there!

To all the boys who are told they’re ‘less manly’ for not experiencing attraction.

To all the boys who felt broken or still do.

To all the boys who can’t tell anyone

To all the boys who wish they hadn’t told anyone

You are valid, and you are not broken or evil.

[rossellini]

I wish I knew how to quit you..

[seventeeneblack]

It’s honestly so frustrating how rich young socialites like Kendall Jenner, Gigi and Bella Hadid (who’s family friend is Paul Marciano, owner of Guess), and Cara Delevigne (who’s godfather is the president of Conde Nast which owns Vogue) can just wake up one day and decide to be models or designers while there are literally millions of guys and girls with much better walks or more symmetrical faces who work their asses off every day and have to live in crappy studio apartments with five other people just trying to land one gig to pay the rent while these girls just get richer and richer

[midnightssea]

Has anyone else been the designated Harry Potter Friend™ in various groups of people……like whenever Harry Potter is mentioned, everyone looks at you because they Know

[absnow]

2016 is really shaping up to be year 1 in all those dystopian novels.

[abearinthewindow]

harry: moony, wormtail, padfoot, and prongs? who are they? did u know them?

remus: -thinking about the sick burn his map alter ego just laid on snape; internally screaming GET REKT-

remus: we've met

[abearinthewindow]

me: *looks at all the unread books in my room*

me: *buys more books*

me: *watches netflix*

[beepboop-its-a-robot]

STORY TIME:

I work in a decent sized, local, indie bookstore. It’s a great job 99% of the time and a lot of our customers are pretty neat people. Any who, middle of the day this little old lady comes up. She’s lovably kooky. She effuses how much she loves the store and how she wishes she could spend more time in it but her husband is waiting in the car (OH! I BETTER BUY HIM SOME CHOCOLATE!), she piles a bunch of art supplies on the counter and then stops and tells me how my bangs are beautiful and remind her of the ocean (“Wooooosh” she says, making a wave gesture with her hand)

Ok. I think to myself. Awesomely happy, weird little old ladies are my favorite kind of customer. They’re thrilled about everything and they’re comfortably bananas. I can have a good time with this one. So we chat and it’s nice.

Then this kid, who’s been up my counter a few times to gather his school textbooks, comes up in line behind her (we’re connected to a major university in the city so we have a lot of harried students pass through). She turns around to him and, out of nowhere, demands that he put his textbooks on the counter. He’s confused but she explains that she’s going to buy his textbooks.

He goes sheetrock white. He refuses and adamantly insists that she can’t do that. It’s like, $400 worth of textbooks. She, this tiny old woman, bodily takes them out of her hands, throws them on the counter and turns to me with a intense stare and tells me to put them on her bill. The kid at this point is practically in tears. He’s confused and shocked and grateful. Then she turns to him and says “you need chocolate.” She starts grabbing handfuls of chocolates and putting them in her pile.

He keeps asking her “why are you doing this?” She responds “Do you like Harry Potter?“ and throws a copy of the new Cursed Child on the pile too.

Finally she’s done and I ring her up for a crazy amount of money. She pays and asks me to please give the kid a few bags for his stuff. While I’m bagging up her merchandise the kid hugs her. We’re both telling her how amazing she is and what an awesome thing she’s done. She turns to both of us and says probably one of the most profound, unscripted things I’ve ever had someone say:

“It’s important to be kind. You can’t know all the times that you’ve hurt people in tiny, significant ways. It’s easy to be cruel without meaning to be. There’s nothing you can do about that. But you can choose to be kind. Be kind.”

The kid thanks her again and leaves. I tell her again how awesome she is. She’s staring out the door after him and says to me: “My son is a homeless meth addict. I don’t know what I did. I see that boy and I see the man my son could have been if someone had chosen to be kind to him at just the right time.”

I’ve bagged up all her stuff and at this point am super awkward and feel like I should say something but I don’t know what. Then she turns to me and says: I wish I could have bangs like that but my darn hair is just too curly.“ And leaves.

And that is the story of the best customer I’ve ever had. Be kind to somebody today.

[xvnot15]

Choose to be kind, that is something you always have control over.

[draumboosky]

I had to pee really bad and o forgot that I had just sliced jalapeño peppers and the chef is looking nice at me weird because I’m pouring milk on a rag and running to the bathroom

[draumboosky]

My dick has been on fire for over an hour

[draumboosky]

I told my chef what happened and he was like “you only make that mistake about fourteen times”

[draumboosky]

He tells me this story about this time he had gotten out of a chili class in which he had been cutting habenjero peppers all class and he goes back to his dorm and starts finger blasting his girlfriend and she stars SCREECHING.

[draumboosky]

She he fukin SPRINTS to the dorm prep kitchen and gets a gallon of heavy cream and runs back to the room. He starts pouring this shit all over her Cooze right, and she’s like shoveling cream into her hole. And he’s freaking out. Like he’s so sure that this chick is don’t with him forever.

[draumboosky]

So they deal with this thing and the cream works and he’s like massaging it into her pussy for like a half an hour because you have to constantly soak it to nullify the habenjero oils or whatever. And she gets INTO IT.

[draumboosky]

She fucking CUMS

[draumboosky]

And my chef tells me this stupid ass story and looks me in the eye and says to me

“Nothing says I love you like a gallon of heavy cream in her pussy”

And I think that’s the best sentence I’ve ever heard in my entire life.

[roronoa-deactivated20180902]

[fedswatching]

my guy pikachu more heartless than the whole team rocket organization

[darthvaders]

I don’t know what they told you but I’m a hitman. I don’t save people.