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Fri, 24 May 2013 12:14:35 -0400

effcuz: Junsu & LeeU ▶ “The Shadows Grow Longer” [ELISABETH...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:31:03 -0400

effcuz:

Junsu & LeeU ▶ “The Shadows Grow Longer” [ELISABETH THE MUSICAL]

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Why Did Men Stop Wearing High Heels?

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:12:38 -0400

Why Did Men Stop Wearing High Heels?:

omgthatdress:

“Fast forward a few more years and the intellectual movement that came to be known as the Enlightenment brought with it a new respect for the rational and useful and an emphasis on education rather than privilege. Men’s fashion shifted towards more practical clothing. In England, aristocrats began to wear simplified clothes that were linked to their work managing country estates.

It was the beginning of what has been called the Great Male Renunciation, which would see men abandon the wearing of jewellery, bright colours and ostentatious fabrics in favour of a dark, more sober, and homogeneous look. Men’s clothing no longer operated so clearly as a signifier of social class, but while these boundaries were being blurred, the differences between the sexes became more pronounced.

“There begins a discussion about how men, regardless of station, of birth, if educated could become citizens,” says Semmelhack.

“Women, in contrast, were seen as emotional, sentimental and uneducatable. Female desirability begins to be constructed in terms of irrational fashion and the high heel - once separated from its original function of horseback riding - becomes a primary example of impractical dress.”“

Pathos & Prétention: alcoholic beverage breakdown

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:54:20 -0400

Pathos & Prétention: alcoholic beverage breakdown:

lajacobine:

suffspeare:

starexorcist:

icoulduseinsouciantmaybe:

euclase:

I had a disturbing exchange with a high school-aged person today that prompted this…

Beer, wine, mead, and cider are fermented beverages.

Mead is made from honey.

Cider is made from apples.

Beer is made from grains.

Beer tastes like beer because they flavor it with hops.

They used to flavor beer with dandelions.

Ain’t that cute?

All beer is either ale or lager.

Ale is fermented at room temperature.

Lager is brewed and store cold.

Barleywine, bitter, porter, and stout are ales.

Pilsner and bock are lagers.

Most of the crap people drink in America is pale lager.

Mosft of the crap people drink in Ireland is dry stout.

Butterbeer isn’t real.

(Except actually I think it is, and I heard it tastes like cream soda)

Miruvor isn’t real, either, but it probably would taste like squash.

Ent-draught isn’t real, either, but shit, it would be awesome if it were.

Wine is made from fermented fruit juice, usually grapes.

Red wine is made from red grapes.

White wine is made from green grapes.

The name of the grape is the name of the wine (Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot are all varieties of grape)

Unless you live in France.

In which case, the name of the place supersedes the name of the grape.

(for example: Burgundies are made in Burgundy, France, but Burgundy wine can be Pinot Noir or Chardonnay)

Champagne is any sparkling white wine.

However, Champagne can also be wine that comes from Champagne, France.

Drink red wine with beef. Drink white wine with fish.

Act like it tastes good.

Keep a Diet Coke in your bag for later.

You’ll be fine.

Brandy is distilled wine.

Cognac is brandy aged in oak barrels.

Don’t fuck around with the French about their cognac.

Fortified wine is wine with added alcohol.

Sherry is fortified white wine made in Spain.

Port is fortified red wine made in Portugal.

Vermouth is fortified white wine plus grape spirits.

Sweet vermouth has added sugar.

Dry vermouth has added spices like nutmeg.

Liquors are distilled spirits that contain ethanol.

Liqueurs are liquors that have sugar and flavors added.

Liquors can be made from grains, fruits, or vegetables.

Grain alcohol is liquor made from grains. Duh.

Gin, Vodka, and Whisky are grain alcohols.

Vodka is grain alcohol and water.

Be careful with vodka. Homemade vodka is poisonous.

Gin is (basically vodka) flavored with juniper berries.

Absinthe is (basically gin) flavored with anise.

Whisky is grain alcohol aged in wood barrels.

Malt whisky is made from barley.

Grain whisky is made from all the other grains.

Scotch is whisky made in Scotland.

Bourbon is Kentucky whisky mostly made from corn.

Don’t fuck around with the Scottish.

Don’t fuck around with people from Kentucky, either.

Tequila is liquor made from the blue agave plant.

Rum is liquor made from sugarcane.

Schnapps is liquor made from fruit “must” (smashed fruit that still contains seeds and skins).

American schnapps is grain alcohol mixed with fruit flavors and sugar syrup.

Drink apple schnapps only while playing Tekken 2.

Sake is rice wine that’s brewed like beer. Or something.

Avoid these cocktails: Grog, Long Island Iced Tea, Manhattan, Dark and Stormy, Jack and Coke, Piña Colada, Scorpion. They contain huge amounts of alcohol and/or a huge number of calories. That Long Island Ice Tea is the worst motherfucker of the bunch. Just avoid them. Have a lemon drop martini instead.

Don’t drink on an empty stomach or you’ll puke.

Don’t drink too fast or you’ll puke.

Avoid Long Island Iced Teas. Like I said.

Don’t drink and drive because you might kill my Mom. You fuckers.

If your friend has had too much to drink and needs to crash, make sure she’s lying on her side so she doesn’t choke on her own vomit.

Don’t leave a drunk friend alone.

Passing out is a sign of being severely goddamn sick. If someone drinks and passes out? They are dying right now. Call 9-1-1.

If you are drunk, don’t drink coffee or caffeine to get sober. Sip cold water and nibble some saltine crackers.

Don’t be a fucking idiot. Don’t smash my mailbox.

Really, do you need to drink?

You probably don’t.

But now you know some stuff. Maybe.

♥

I need this for… uh reasons…..

9fficially my fav9urite p9st 9n Tum6lr.

You will pry my long island iced tea, pina colada and strawberry daiquiri (? I guess it’s just like the pina colada but you forgot that one) out of my cold, dead, alcohol poisoned hands >:(

I love Piña Coladas, omg. ;___;

Needs More Research: The hidden danger lies in the bourgeois?

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:36:35 -0400

Needs More Research: The hidden danger lies in the bourgeois?:

needsmoreresearch:

Again, too long to post the original, but here’s the translated extract:

“My dearest father,

…Your house, the family home, is dear to me; no one knows better than I the pleasure Ulysses felt seeing from afar the hearth-fires of Ithaca; but with 4,000 francs now worth barely 2,000 in income,…

barricadeboyz: little-rebellion: eddie-guccimayne: Les...

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:18:31 -0400

barricadeboyz:

little-rebellion:

eddie-guccimayne:

Les Misérables - Craft Featurette

Has anyone else noticed how Grantaire appears to be rising like an ancient and vengeful creature at seeing someone touch enjolras

Has anyone else noticed Enjolras’s complete confusion and annoyance at feeling someone touch him

bootykun: malformalady: Hand-shaped icicle no this is fuckin...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:59:19 -0400

bootykun:

malformalady:

Hand-shaped icicle

no this is fuckin bullshit i can’t draw a hand to save my life but some water drips into that shape on accident

no fuck you nature fuck you

playthatsadtrombone: …At least it works 100% of the time on this...

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:59:16 -0400

playthatsadtrombone:

…At least it works 100% of the time on this blog

Joly 1 is relatively rare, but he does exist!

What doctors call priapism, Courfeyrac calls “having a good day”

OH MARIUS STOP CRYING

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Fri, 24 May 2013 00:59:13 -0400

diaryofalandlockedmermaid: Modern examples of 18th century...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:42:25 -0400

diaryofalandlockedmermaid:

Modern examples of 18th century women’s dress.

natgeofound: Boys boxing in Washington D.C.Photograph by Orren...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:24:41 -0400

natgeofound:

Boys boxing in Washington D.C.
Photograph by Orren R. Louden, National Geographic

knowhomo: I only met one other homosexual in the army. That was...

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:18:02 -0400

knowhomo:

I only met one other homosexual in the army. That was in Le Havre in 1917. We was on the boat coming home. I don’t know how these things work, whether it’s through conversation, or whether it’s the attitude of the individual concerned, but we seemed to come together, see. All of a sudden his arm was round my neck and this, that and the other, and then, of course, one thing led to another. And that was Phil, my affair that I had for seven years. When I come out of the army we stuck together. I was living at the time in Ilford. I rejoined the army in 1920, then I went out to Germany. I was living with Phil at the time and I saw him when I came home on leave and we kept a flat together. I was in the army because the army was my life at that period. He was somebody just like a wife to come home to…

… I don’t think our friends or family knew, yet they had a very good suspicion. Phil and I often talked about it, only he said, well, he says, as long as we love each other, what’s it to do with other people? And that was the true situation.

Text: First person account as told by Gerald, born 1892, Norfolk, England. Excerpted from Between the Acts: Lives of Homosexual Men 1885-1967, Jeffrey Weeks and Kevin Porter (eds)

(story found thanks to: www.woolfandwilde.com)

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Thu, 23 May 2013 16:17:59 -0400

paws44: Imp - gem sized snap shot. on Flickr.

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:17:57 -0400

paws44:

Imp - gem sized snap shot. on Flickr.

teachingliteracy: loveemickey: Perf

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:17:55 -0400

teachingliteracy:

loveemickey:

Perf

jillthejellyfish: La Cigarette, L’Eventail by Jane Atche, ca...

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:17:52 -0400

jillthejellyfish:

La Cigarette, L’Eventail by Jane Atche, ca 1900.

from The Hunt of the Unicorn, tapestries, 1495-1505

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:06:40 -0400

from The Hunt of the Unicorn, tapestries, 1495-1505

nia-chan: majestic—kili: So I was trawling Wikipedia for...

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:54 -0400

nia-chan:

majestic—kili:

So I was trawling Wikipedia for interesting sources on the French Revolution and then this happened.

Okay, which peeps did it ?

the-garden-of-delights: “The Congratulator” by Heinz Pingerra...

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:48:32 -0400

the-garden-of-delights:

“The Congratulator” by Heinz Pingerra (1900-?).

truegryffindorforever: “I got a fan letter from a young lady....

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:03:58 -0400

truegryffindorforever:

“I got a fan letter from a young lady. It was a suicide note.
So I called her, and I said, “Hey, this is Jimmy Doohan. Scotty, from Star Trek.” I said, “I’m doing a convention in Indianapolis. I wanna see you there.”

I saw her — boy, I’m telling you, I couldn’t believe what I saw. It was definitely suicide. Somebody had to help her, somehow. And obviously she wasn’t going to the right people.

I said to her, “I’m doing a convention two weeks from now in St. Louis.” And two weeks from then, in somewhere else, you know? She also came to New York - she was able to afford to got to these places. That went on for two or three years, maybe eighteen times. And all I did was talk positive things to her.

And then all of the sudden — nothing. I didn’t hear anything. I had no idea what had happened to her because I never really saved her address.

Eight years later, I get a letter saying, “I do want to thank you so much for what you did for me, because I just got my Master’s degree in electronic engineering.”

That’s…to me, the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.”