All the Pretty Books

Books are my jam. My personal motto was originally Erasmus': "When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes." I also blog here.

[aponii1]

I need more space for my books.

[tyltos]

Best summary of lord of the rings I've ever seen.

[forgotn1]

My favorite part is that this isn't a summary of lord of the rings. It only covers the Fellowship of the Rings. They're nowhere near Mordor yet. lol

[capybaralovers]

[orteil42]

given the current climate this pride especially i feel i must mention that i love my trans friends, i stand with trans people in the fight against transphobic legislation and those who would enforce it, and this blog is not a good place for you to be if you do not vibe with that

[girlmostlikely]

[longseasons]

[gwydionmisha]

Bonus: If I buy a book I get to keep it! The publisher can't turn up at my house at random and confiscate all the books I bought.

[elodieunderglass]

i don't WANT to drink water I WANT a bard to draft a eulogy for me to criticise!!!!!!!

[elodieunderglass]

I appreciate that people also liked this one

[schlarklezyaoi]

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[darkersolstice]

Oedipian task: when you've got to deal with a motherfucker and you'd rather gouge your own eyes out.

[werechicken-deactivated20241121]

Achillean Task: you are forced to do something that you aren’t good at or are weak against.

Odyssean task; you’re made to go on long work related sojourns from home

Atalantan Task; you’re made to fight an invincible pig.

[catchymemes]

[imdrinkingmiso]

I am doing whatever the opposite of locked in is .

[taavicleric]

I am locked out. I am in the parking lot. The rain is coming.

[thememedaddy]

[meruz]

bunch of lil coaster paintings i made for gallery nucleus portland for the SALUT! show. u can see them in person when the show opens on June 7th! mostly these r abt trains tho bottom right is abt the bus

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

art by Curtis Lanaghan

[captain-lovelace-deactivated202]

being a grad student will introduce you to file formats you never knew existed. why am I downloading a .djvu file

[captain-lovelace-deactivated202]

sure whatever download as TPS. as NEX. dude you gotta open this as a SAM file, it's a BAM file, it's a VCF. Save it as a TRE file and then open it in PAUP*. yeah there's your problem you need to save this as a POOB file it'll only work if it's POOB

[sistertaxon]

why are there so many posts about asexuals being immune to sirens. people. sirens don’t lure you in with sex (necessarily). they sing about whatever it is that you want most. they could sing about mothman or cinnamon toast crunch and guess what then your asexual pirate is fucking dead

[thesylverlining]

this is the only kind of ace discourse i ever want to see on my dash. the only kind. ever again. good job

[kittyknowsthings]

Do you think the sirens would be grateful that they finally get some variety? 

[systlin]

“Oh my god we can finally just sing about pasta thank the fucking gods.” 

[totohoy-blog]

I’m not asexual but I’m fairly certain sirens would do a far better job luring me into the depths with a song about pasta rather than sex…

[systlin]

I mean. 

“WHAT THE FUCK STAY AWAY FROM THE ROCKS.”

“FUCKER THEY SAID THEY HAVE FETTUCCINE CARBONARA AND HOT GARLIC BREAD OVER THERE HANG ON BITCH.” 

[musicalhell]

This is true; Odysseus heard them promising him knowledge of the future.  So the next time you see artwork like this:

Remember those sultry naked chicks are saying “We’ll tell you the winning lotto numbers.”

[fuckstaffposts]

Them: “We have unlimited wifi at incredible speeds~” Me: *diving headfirst into the water*

[rpluvsyj]

This post is a blessing

[wittyusername97]

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[kitvalkyrie]

Oh my god sirens were literally scam websites

[10thingsihateabout-all-yall]

Oh my god they were phishing

[2productive]

[sirenofthegreenbanks]

this is from "research as a leisure activity" by celine nguyen, publs. on stubstack in 2024. it's a very good read

[magicratfingers]

damn ok i'll do it like a man

[magicratfingers]

truly this is changing my life