Interesting. “Fa’afafine is a third gender specific to Samoan culture.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faafafine
Sorry for the large amount of retweets. I cant resist. I either retweet it or shout it from the roof tops. And I am sick of the dirty looks.
Getting sick of all the negative talk about Ashley Young? Try watching the game with a cousin who “got dropped because of him” at Watford.
Good morning!
Start with this, David Foster Wallace on the importance of voting: http://i.imgur.com/QjuRs.png
Scientist version of a threesome. The Triple Microscope: http://bit.ly/cgXur2 (image)
Still with thought.
Wikipedia gives a short account of the curious case of Edward Mordrake, the two-faced man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordrake
“Brave New World” read by Aldous Huxley himself on CBS radio, 1979.
Part 1: http://bit.ly/bGjbGA | Part 2: http://bit.ly/bk0tpk
“Aerial View of Edinburgh”, c.1920. Captain Alfred George Buckham. http://bit.ly/aXwumc (photo)
Wow! Just, wow. ‘Van Gogh’s Paintings Get Tilt-Shifted ‘: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/van-goghs-paintings-get
Taking Buster for his usual morning walk. http://instagr.am/p/Gfb/
It is my honour to present to you the greatest animated GIF of all time: http://lolubad.com/images/theyseemerollin.gif
Never forget: http://i.imgur.com/Kq3jH.png (funny comic) [reddit]
Martin Freeman = Bilbo. His role in “Sherlock” got in the way, but with so many “Hobbit” delays he may still play him: http://bit.ly/99gC1M
LotR/Peter Jackson fans! A man claiming to be involved in the production of “The Hobbit” has done an ‘IAmA’ on Reddit: http://bit.ly/9VBkso
‘Thanks to the Web, we have the technical means to make Jefferson’s dream come true, but do we have the will?’ http://t.co/TiCv150 (article)
Plus, check out Alex’s AMAZING freekick. Speed, curl, execution: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CkSGSXETho
Nothing better for your mood than your football team winning. Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0.
Good to see new recruit Ramires adapting quickly too!
Like “The Fighter”. Yes, I’m sure Christian Bale produces a great performance, as always. But the film is essentially a red-neck “Rocky”.
Am I the only one who says “[what] the fuck’ out loud when watching trailers now days? None of them excite me. And they all reveal too much.
Aside: isn’t BBC Four fucking great?! No other channel would have a ‘medieval season’.
Plus, it doesn’t start broadcasting ’til 7pm! :D
It uses modern enviroments to illustrate a 700+ year old ‘miracle’ and the consequent events. Thrilling and informative. Plus, animations!
“The Saint and the Hanged Man” is a hugely original documentary narrated by @RobBrydon: http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/9wzcs/ (1 hour long, UK only)
In 1988 the US military shot down an Iranian passenger airliner killing 290 civilians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655
You MUST watch this video of @stephenfry arguing that the Catholic Church isn’t a good thing: http://dai.ly/bXL4tx (20 minutes long)
Can someone save me a phone call, please? Is the British Museum Library open now? Or is it still bring used for exhibition space?
The Plot Escapes Me. Why read books if we can’t remember what’s in them? http://nyti.ms/cZN5ap
What a man’s body would look like if each part grew in proportion to the area of the brain concerned with its movement: http://bit.ly/cF2fyr
“Faces of a Vanishing World”, a journal of a trip to Africa. Great pictures. http://bit.ly/9gs8UB (image heavy)
“The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft, / And gathering swallows Twitter™ in the skies.” — John Keats