I Don’t Know How To Feel

But someday, I might

[citizenscreen]

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Neil Armstrong walked on the moon #OnThisDay in 1969

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how often are you getting a headache

daily

weekly

monthly

couple times a year

yearly or less

Voting ended onJul 23

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how often are you getting a tummy ache

daily

weekly

monthly

every couple months

yearly or less

Voting ended onJul 23

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Ok so thanks for voting on this but i need you to reblog it too

[fairycosmos]

the chain by fleetwood mac. You agree

[the-prairies-calling-out]

"Why do you buy books when the library is right there?"

Because publishing houses will not continue printing paper books if libraries are their only customers.

Also, I like being able to read at my leisure and generally have books at hand.

[its-the-blob]

#public libraries are good because they let people access books they might never otherwise read#private book ownership is good because it's Yours#physical books are good because they last a long time and again it's Yours#ebooks are good because you can fit a whole library into the physical space of a single book and they're cheaper to produce#audiobooks are good because they're accessible to people with eyesight or visual reading issues and leave your hands free#in conclusion: all books are good and people should enjoy them however and whenever they can#(lest it be misunderstood I agree with you completely OP I just also really like books in general and it got away from me)

YES. all books. every kind

[kylieminvogue]

"THIS IS SPINAL TAP" 1984, dir. Rob Reiner

[freyaskyejones]

MEET THE ROBINSONS (2007) dir. Stephen J. Anderson

[ruinedchildhood]

[missgadabout]

I can see why that Mac and chees would blow any others out of the water. This seems like a way to become the designated Mac and cheese person at thanksgiving and church potlucks.

[strawberrycatcrowbar]

Transcript of recipe (not transcript of video audio):

Ingredients:

1 lb cavatappi pasta

1 lb shredded mozzarella

1 lb shredded Colby jack

1/2 lb sharp cheddar

3 Tb butter

3 Tb flour

1 can evap milk

2 cups heavy cream

1 Tb Dijon mustard

(spices not in specified amounts so I'm guessing here)

2 Tb salt

1 Tb ground pepper

2 Tb garlic onion powder

1 Tb smoked paprika

Instructions:

Boil pasta and drain, set aside

Shred cheese by hand, mix in large bowl

Preset oven to 350°

Melt butter in pan, add half of spice mix, stir

Add flour to pan, stir until it smells nutty

Add evap milk and whisk vigorously u til lumps are gone and roux is thickened

Add heavy cream and mix, add rest of spices

Stir in mustard and start adding cheese, one handful at a time

Once half of the cheese is mixed in, add drained pasta and stir

Add layer of pasta to baking dish, layer of shredded cheese, another of pasta, another of cheese

Bake at 350° for 30-45 mins until golden crust (can broil for 2-5 mins at end)

Sprinkle chives on top

[starlitmyre]

[unsubconscious]

“There is no other home”, Soviet poster, 1986.

[cultstatus]

why is the Denny's job application asking me these things

[homoqueerjewhobbit]

It wants to know if you'd be a better fit for Waffle House.

[sandersstudies]

Was designated to bring dessert to two separate Thanksgiving meals today, did NO shopping and just scrounged in my empty cupboards for ingredients. This baking shit actually easy af.

Thank you to the cookbook I was gifted from a convent — turns out people who take vows of poverty know how to make good food out of NOTHING.

[sandersstudies]

If you’re in desperate need of recipes with only 4/5 ingredients, here are some suggestions from the Carmelite sisters.

The book also includes recipes like these:

[doctorbluesmanreturns]

@wisegirlandseaweedbrainforever

[intercal]

the fact that we made it through the Cold War is nothing short of a miracle. I wish we talked about Mutual Assured Destruction more in schools

[cipherface-deactivated20200224]

William Gibson once suggested that the days on which we almost destroyed the world with nuclear weapons should be recognized as international holidays, to raise awareness of how very precarious the situation has been at times.

If you would like to observe such a holiday, October 27th should be Vasili Arkhipov Day. During the Cuban missile crisis he was first officer on Soviet submarine B-59 off the coast of Cuba. When the destroyer USS Beale began to drop depth charges to force them to the surface, his captain decided that WW III must have started, and ordered his men to arm and fire a nuclear torpedo at a group of American ships. Due to a strange circumstance, the captain had to seek Arkhipov’s approval to fire the weapon, because while he was only second in command of the sub, he was in command of the flotilla of which the submarine was a part. Arkhipov, outnumbered three to one, steadfastly refused to give his approval.

[jheselbraum]

Important context: Arkhipov had previously been involved with a nuclear incident aboard another sub, and cited the things he witnessed happening to the crew as one of the reasons he refused to give approval.

[mnemonomancy]

Happy Vasili Arkhipov day

[summertimenoir]

Classic 1930s horror - title cards

[itspileofgoodthings]

I know that Peter’s Jackson Lord of the Rings trilogy technically has flaws but also….it doesn’t. It’s perfect.

[byjoveimbeinghumble]

‘Are these magic cloaks?’ asked Pippin, looking at them. with wonder.

‘I do not know what you mean by that,’ answered the leader of the Elves. ‘They are fair garments, and the web is good, for it was made in this land. They are Elvish robes certainly, if that is what you mean. Leaf and branch, water and stone: they have the hue and beauty of all these things under the twilight of Lorien that we love; for we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.”

- Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter 8: Farewell to Lorien

This is how I think of Jackson’s movies. Yes, there are serious flaws - Gandalf’s de-powering, Gimli as comic relief, and Faramir, namely - but come on.

Remember when the guys making their chain mail invented a new method for quickly producing large amounts of it by hand? Remember Miranda Otto walking down the street, practicing sword positions? The guys who forged all of the swords - for leads and for extras? The men and women riders who volunteered to be riders of Rohan? The costume designers who designed the inside of Theoden’s armor (which no one would ever see) so beautifully that Bernard Hill said he felt like a king? The friendships between the cast, and their size doubles, and the stuntmen?

When they made that movie, they put all that they loved into all that they made.

[melusinemuse]

#just hundreds of people who went ‘sure let me try this’ #and they made something breathtaking #and then they made it 12 more times in different sizes ( @byjoveimbeinghumble​ )

[phoxxent]

Wait tell me more about that chainmail thing

[byjoveimbeinghumble]

“Kaynemaile has worked tirelessly to perfect the material science behind beautiful architectural mesh, collaborating with architects and designers on projects that embolden urban environments with positive buildings. The company’s patented polycarbonate mesh, inspired by 2,000-year-old medieval chainmail, was initially created for the armor and weapons seen in the The Lord of The Rings movie trilogy and is now used on major architectural projects around the world.

“The film’s art director and Kaynemaile’s founder Kayne Horsham worked with his team to construct each garment from plastic plumbing tubes, coating them in pure silver. Once filming wrapped, Horsham dedicated himself to creating a change to the liquid state assembly process to mass produce the polycarbonate chainmail for architectural applications — products that were light, but strong enough to protect the interior or exterior of a building. Now an industry-leading manufacturer, Kaynemaile produces mesh for everything from small interior screens to large scale exterior façades. Their mesh is easy to install and can be custom created for specialized applications.”

https://architizer.com/blog/practice/materials/kaynemaile-mesh-facade-systems/

How “Lord of the Rings” Chainmail Was Transformed Into an Innovative Architectural Mesh - Architizer Journal

Kaynemaile's patented mesh façade systems are incredibly lightweight and easy to install while bringing a bold look to any scale building.

[byjoveimbeinghumble]

YOU GUYS

[ohifonlyx33]

they took forced perspective and scaled sets to a new level by adding moving set pieces to create the illusion that the hobbits and dwarves were much smaller than everyone else even when the camera moved.

every scene you see in the 11+ hours of glory that is the LOTR masterpiece is most like ridiculously elaborate or expensive–from model towers to the all-new motion capture technology used for gollum to the costumes and sets to the aerial on location shots of mother-fracking new zealand and the big impressive battle scenes and horse charges.

but then the story and the screenplay too–there is just SO much lore that is there in the background lurking if you want to look for it, yet it still remains simplified for the average viewer. Crazy impressive feat.

And the acting is heartfelt and real and makes you love the characters.

ALSO DON’T GET ME STARTED ON FREAKING HOWARD SHORE AND HIS 100+ HEARTSHATTERINGLY BEAUTIFUL LIETMOTIFS AND BRILLIANT SUBTLE VARIATIONS IN THE FLIPPING 13 HOUR SOUNDTRACK. AND ENYA SINGING IN REAL ELVISH.

[amuseoffyre]

There’s so much detail in the costuming that we can’t even see, it’s wild. One of my favourite things I saw on a tour of the WETA collection was seeing a Gondorian sword and on the pommel of the grip, there were concentric rings with a triangle wedge raised about them. They had a representation of frigging Minas Tirith as a part of the sword.

Also, here are a few close-up costume/prop details from the costumes they had on display in the shop and at sites around Wellington:

[healerqueen]

They poured so much love and effort into these films, and it shows. They treated the world of Middle-earth as if it was real, from the buildings to the armor to the creatures to the locations. Everyone who worked on this movie did it with passion and excellence and dedication.

[jazzcathaven]

“Do you have hope for the future? someone asked Robert Frost, toward the end. Yes, and even for the past, he replied, that it will turn out to have been all right for what it was, something we can accept, mistakes made by the selves we had to be, not able to be, perhaps, what we wished, or what looking back half the time it seems we could so easily have been, or ought…The future, yes, and even for the past, that it will become something we can bear.” —  David Ray, “Thanks, Robert Frost.”

[rylandsgrace]

#Happy Labor Day to Shrek I guess

[mindflamer]

there is still time. there is still time. until your bones are in the fucking ground there is still time.

[cannibalcaprine2]

and then after that is THE SKELETON WAR