February 2012
20 posts
Perchance to dream ...
I’ve been having fantastically cinematic dreams, complete with beautiful, romantic tracking shots through vegetation.
And last night’s one was Sherlock fan fiction. I don’t know what to say. I’m slowly and pleasantly going mad.
January 2012
45 posts
“Twenty years ago no one could have imagined the effects the Internet would have:...”
– J.G. Ballard (via bookshavepores)
My words exactly. Or almost.
6 tags
Fantasy Names with Normality Potential.
Pet Peeve of Mine:
I have observed a phenomenon that mostly occurs in the fantasy or science fiction genre, or any other fiction where original worlds and cultures different from the ones we know are invented.
Either there are character names that sound like perfectly normal names from our (Western) cultural background, but have some ridiculous exotic spelling.
Or there are character names that...
crooked indifference: 21 Reasons Why The English... →
luckyshirt:
by Sheetr
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert…
Meh. I can’t see one reason why “the English language sucks” in this list. If you started...
mythologising me: One teacher's approach to... →
mythologisingme:
This is beautiful and inspiring and I wish there were more teachers like this one out there.
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood,…
