Living a post nomadic life: 27th ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED

troubledsigh:

alexdallymacfarlane:

arcfinity:

The six shortlisted books for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of the year 2013 are:

Nod by Adrian Barnes (Bluemoose)

Dark Eden by Chris Beckett (Corvus)

Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway (William…

And yet a woman (Seanan McGuire, sometimes writing as Mira Grant) has been nominated an unprecedented FIVE TIMES for Hugo Awards, once for a wholly self-published story. Plus she won a Hugo last year, too. I don’t think it’s quite as dire as all that.

iminshock-ive-got-a-blanket:

nethenclawpuff:

Superwholock Via Hogwarts Houses


So, I thought I’d do the Hogwarts Houses as fits the great threesome of Supernatural, Doctor Who and Sherlock. And whilst many of these characters have traits of more than one house I went with the one that seemed to fit them best. And look, Slytherin isn’t full of baddies! I didn’t want to put any baddies in, didn’t want to fall into that trap, but couldn’t think of anyone in Sherlock who screamed Slytherin more that Moriarty. 

Hope you all like!

This is actually perfection

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jjswag21:

Congratulations, you broke physics.

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cosplay-and-costumes: Full Metal Alchemist Cosplay Source: http://links.tusfil.es/28 Why can I only love this once?

cosplay-and-costumes:

Full Metal Alchemist Cosplay

Source: http://links.tusfil.es/28

Why can I only love this once?

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laughterkey:

morrissarty:

the best of tumblr confusion

Meat sprinkles got me something fierce.

Because of all the awesome.

(Source: cornchipz, via wilwheaton)

polyphonicpeacock: baronadhemar: oldbookillustrations: Paan the peacock. George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898. (Source: archive.org) Its a peacock happy day… lol ooo I am certifiable, we all know this, in no small part because I think this looks like it would be fun to embroider.

polyphonicpeacock:

baronadhemar:

oldbookillustrations:

Paan the peacock.

George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), from Bird gods, by Charles De Kay, New York, 1898.

(Source: archive.org)

Its a peacock happy day… lol

ooo

I am certifiable, we all know this, in no small part because I think this looks like it would be fun to embroider.

polyphonicpeacock: It’s like a real life Jan Brett book! I was thinking that Seanan McGuire’s Aeslin mice had finally found a steed.

polyphonicpeacock:

It’s like a real life Jan Brett book!

I was thinking that Seanan McGuire’s Aeslin mice had finally found a steed.

(Source: a-s-h)

motivatedslacker: “iwill climb on top of you in the night and settle like a tiny rain cloud” i will also climb on top of your arm while your trying toread and then leave when you give up and move to turn out the ligjht

motivatedslacker:

“iwill climb on top of you in the night and settle like a tiny rain cloud”

i will also climb on top of your arm while your trying toread and then leave when you give up and move to turn out the ligjht

(Source: joala, via seananmcguire)

princesssnarkypants: brainingdaily: kataklysm: tangledupinlace: karaokay: malformalady: This mushroom - thought to be a specimen of Clathrus archeri, or “Devil’s Fingers” - takes the cake for being the strangest and creepiest specimen of a fungus looking like something else. It looks like a cold, dead hand reaching out to pull the rest of the zombie body out of the earth. Those even look like tattered sleeves down by the wrists of the hands. UGH I LOVE FUNGI OMG this is incredible. Also, searching Clathrus archeri got me this picture: So freaking creepy/cool. EWEWEWEWEWEWEWEW SQUICKSQUICKSQUICK Just fucking no. I think these are pretty cool. At least they’re not trying to crawl on me LIKE SPIDERS YES I SEE YOU WATCHING AND PLOTTING.

princesssnarkypants:

brainingdaily:

kataklysm:

tangledupinlace:

karaokay:

malformalady:

This mushroom - thought to be a specimen of Clathrus archeri, or “Devil’s Fingers” - takes the cake for being the strangest and creepiest specimen of a fungus looking like something else. It looks like a cold, dead hand reaching out to pull the rest of the zombie body out of the earth. Those even look like tattered sleeves down by the wrists of the hands.

UGH I LOVE FUNGI

OMG this is incredible. Also, searching Clathrus archeri got me this picture:

So freaking creepy/cool.

EWEWEWEWEWEWEWEW SQUICKSQUICKSQUICK

Just fucking no.

I think these are pretty cool. At least they’re not trying to crawl on me LIKE SPIDERS YES I SEE YOU WATCHING AND PLOTTING.

Reblog, click the picture, and prepare for battle.

courtneymilan:

robinade:

penandpage:

whisperrun:

whisperrun:

theneverendingdrums:

anywigwilldo:

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after a while i became convinced that the words were mocking me

Nothing happened. 

I WAS PROMISED A BATTLE

*throws down gauntlet*

Edit: Went back. This is the best thing to happen to my dashboard ever.

Reblogging again because my followers need to see this. To be clear, rebog, go to your actual blog, then click the picture. 

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OH MY GOD THIS GAME IS SO FUN 

I made it to lv 27

This is far too addictive.

animalstalkinginallcaps: SINGLE FILE LINE. SINGLE FILE LINE, PLEASE. GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO POLAR BOB’S POLAR PLAYPLACE. WE’VE GOT ALL KINDS OF EXCITING FLOES AND SNOW PILES FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, AS WELL AS OUR RENOWNED COLLECTION OF ICICLE COVERED CAVES. RECENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS HAVE REDUCED THE OVERALL LEVELS OF PERMAFROST REVEALING SOME EXCITING HIDDEN LANDSCAPES WHILE CAUSING PREVIOUS ATTRACTIONS TO BREAK OFF AND SINK INTO THE UNFORGIVING SEA, SO THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES TO ENJOY. AS ALWAYS, POLAR BOB’S POLAR ARCADE WILL ONLY COST YOU FIVE FISH, WHICH IN THESE TRYING ECONOMIC TIMES IS SURELY ONE OF THE BETTER BARGAINS TO BE FOUND IN THIS HEMISPHERE, SO STEP RIGHT UP AND WE’LL GET YOU FROLICKING IN NO TIME. AGAIN, COULD I GET A SINGLE FILE LINE PLEASE? THANKS SO MUCH. Love.

animalstalkinginallcaps:

SINGLE FILE LINE. SINGLE FILE LINE, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING, AND WELCOME TO POLAR BOB’S POLAR PLAYPLACE. WE’VE GOT ALL KINDS OF EXCITING FLOES AND SNOW PILES FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, AS WELL AS OUR RENOWNED COLLECTION OF ICICLE COVERED CAVES. RECENT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS HAVE REDUCED THE OVERALL LEVELS OF PERMAFROST REVEALING SOME EXCITING HIDDEN LANDSCAPES WHILE CAUSING PREVIOUS ATTRACTIONS TO BREAK OFF AND SINK INTO THE UNFORGIVING SEA, SO THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES TO ENJOY. AS ALWAYS, POLAR BOB’S POLAR ARCADE WILL ONLY COST YOU FIVE FISH, WHICH IN THESE TRYING ECONOMIC TIMES IS SURELY ONE OF THE BETTER BARGAINS TO BE FOUND IN THIS HEMISPHERE, SO STEP RIGHT UP AND WE’LL GET YOU FROLICKING IN NO TIME.

AGAIN, COULD I GET A SINGLE FILE LINE PLEASE? THANKS SO MUCH.

Love.

unstoppablyplushjuggernaut:

brainingdaily:

dontbearuiner:

xxcuriouserandcuriouserxx:

20lightyearsaway:

wolf-in-the-fold:

Faber Castell’s 250 Year Anniversary (1761-2011) Art & Graphic Case
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why is there porn on my dash!?

there are children on this website

drool

 Unf. *grabby hands*

I…. But…. *whimper*

I wish I could Art.  

If Wolfie were still alive I would save all my moneys to buy this for him. I have purchased motorcycles for less, and yet I would still want to give this to him. I miss his art.

(Source: assassincreeds)

The Opposite of Batman: 2003 was 10 years ago

popelizbet:

biyuti:

thenapturalone:

90sdefect:

happyninjabunny:

urbieknowsbeats:

hiphopandcoffee:

spikexero:

dearestsprout:

shonilane:

morenamagia:

misscontraption:

I was in 4th grade. Why do I feel so old?

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You were in…

Please. I’d been out of college and a commissioned officer in the Army for 13 years. That’s MY lawn you’re jumping rope on.

(Source: afrosinspace)

archiemcphee:

We love finding examples of people doing awesomely creative things with stained glass, so we were delighted to encounter the wonderfully geeky work of self-taught stained glass artist Evan Daniels.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Evan’s magnificent windows feature some of our favourite characters from video games such as Metroid, Halo, and Mega Man, superheroes like Iron Man, My Little Pony characters, and even the occasional TARDIS. Head over to Evan’s Etsy shop, MartianGlassWorks, to see more.

[via Kotaku]

I think polyphonicpeacock should see this.

doggedlyjohn: punkrockandmisandry: did-you-kno: Source what even Yeah, didn’t we all do this experiment in elementary school? No! No we did not! We did the carnations-in-colored-water experiment, but not this! THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME.

doggedlyjohn:

punkrockandmisandry:

did-you-kno:

Source

what even

Yeah, didn’t we all do this experiment in elementary school?

No! No we did not! We did the carnations-in-colored-water experiment, but not this! THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME.

(via seananmcguire)