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Adam Sandler’s done it again

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An adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling book series by BAFTA nominated and Royal Television Society award-winning writer Stephen Butchard.

Set in the year 872, when many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Vikings, the great kingdom of Wessex has been left standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred the Great.

Very pleased to announce this new drama series for BBC America.

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There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.

Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear (via mandabookcorner)

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for everyone who asked for steinbeck…. i’m sorry

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“BestSellers”. Book covers by Hugleikur Dagsson.

Book Summaries

Picture of Dorian Gray: I'll be a good person...lol nah

House of Leaves: Haha have fun sleeping after this book and have fun trying to read it

Jurassic Park: lol let's have dinosaurs

Lotf: KILL THE PIG CUT ITS THROAT SPILL ITS BLOOD

Taming of the shrew: Lol who are we

Catcher in the rye: I'm a phony you're a phony we're all phonies

A Clockwork Orange: Droogs why

Count of Monte cristo: REVENGE

Les Mis: all this for a loaf of bread

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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo (via larmoyante)

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Frankenstein’s Monster Reading Don Quixote

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dontquixote here. #Love it!

#love and hate #loveandhate #l&h #Hate it! #Love it! #hate #love #hate it #love it

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This is Juana Inés de la Cruz. Born in 1651. Mexican poetess and playwright. Since childhood she was very curious, what led her to become a nun “to have the right” to study in a period women couldn’t do so. Her poems and plays are known for talking about women’s rights and present strong and clever female characters.

*In this painting she is 15. One year before get into the Convent.

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Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, also known as Lady Castlemaine.

English courtesan from the Villiers family and perhaps the most notorious of the many mistresses of King Charles II of England, by whom she had five children. Her influence was so great that she has been referred to as “The Uncrowned Queen."

Barbara was known for her dual nature. Her extravagance, foul temper and promiscuity provoked diarist John Evelyn into describing her as the "curse of the nation”, whereas diartist Samuel Pepys often noted seeing her, admiringly, and others described her as great fun, keeping a good table and with a heart to match her famous temper

Tall, voluptuous, with masses of brunette hair, slanting, heavy-lidded violet eyes, alabaster skin, and a sensuous, sulky mouth, Barbara was considered to be one of the most beautiful of the Royalist women

Lady Barbara took advantage of her influence over the King, using it to her own benefit. She would help herself to money from the Privy Purse and take bribes from the Spanish and the French. But there are accounts of exceptional kindness from Barbara; once, after a scaffold had fallen onto a crowd of people at the theater, she rushed to assist an injured child, and was the only court lady to have done so.

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Palmer,_1st_Duchess_of_Cleveland

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Simone Segouin, an 18 year old French Resistance fighter, during the liberation of Paris. August 19, 1944.

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Silent Hills Isn’t Happening, Says Guillermo del Toro

Bad news all around for Silent Hills today. Earlier in the morning, Konami announced that they would be removing the P.T. demo at the end of the month. While there was hope that this was simply because it was a limited time offer, it looks like this could have indeed been the beginning of the end for the project.

Take a look!

http://www.hardcoregamer.com/2015/04/26/silent-hills-isnt-happening-says-guillermo-del-toro/146194/

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#445) Big Data - Clean ft Jamie Lidell

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That’s dedication

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The fake eruption of Mt. Edgecumbe was the work of a local prankster, 50-year-old Oliver “Porky” Bickar. The idea to ignite the volcano had occurred to him in 1971. As soon as he thought of the idea, he knew he had to do it. So he collected 70 old tires that he kept in an airplane hangar. But he had to wait three years, until April Fool’s Day 1974, until the visibility conditions were just right for the prank.

Concerned residents spilled out of their homes onto the streets to gaze up at the volcano. Calls poured in to local authorities. The Coast Guard commander radioed the Admiral in Juneau who ordered a chopper be sent out to investigate.

As the Coast Guard pilot approached Mt. Edgecumbe, the plume of smoke grew in size. Finally he was right above it, and he peered down into the crater. At first, he couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He looked more closely, and then he laughed. Stacked in the cone of the volcano, burning with a greasy flame, was a huge pile of old tires. And spray-painted in the snow beside the tires, in 50-foot-high black letters, were the words “APRIL FOOL.”

Porky’s favorite response to the prank was when he received a letter from an attorney, inside of which was a clipping from the Denver Post with a photo of Mt. St. Helens erupting. Attached was a note that read, “This time, you little bastard, you’ve gone too far.” [x]