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I have great faith in fools - my friends call it self-confidence.
– Edgar Allan Poe (via libraryland)
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Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts,...
– Shel Silverstein (via libraryland)
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religion-online.org : Full texts by recognized... →
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Ask the Siri, the new iPhone 4 assistant, where to get an abortion, and, if you...
– 10 things the iPhone Siri will help you get instead of an abortion | The Raw Story (via interweber)
If true, this is extremely important. Not just because of the subject matter but because its important to understand that our access to news and INFORMATION may increasingly be funneled through large...
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fuckyeahbookarts:
10 Syndromes named after literary works/characters:
cinderellainrubbershoes:
1. Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
Unlike the namesake of this disorder, sufferers of Alice in Wonderland Syndrome perceive their body parts and other objects in altered sizes even if they don’t consume weird things with “Drink Me!” or “Eat Me!” on their labels. :P AIWS is commonly associated with...
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Fear can’t hurt you. When it washes over you, give it no power. It’s a snake...
– Jo from “The Name of the Star” by Maureen Johnson (via jarfuls-of-wisdom)
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In one otherwise unremarkable storage box in Connecticut College’s Shain...
– Missing medieval manuscript found after 50 years (via archivalia)
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So Matilda’s strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all...
– Roald Dahl (via faithmckay)
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For Their Children, Many E-Book Fans Insist on... →
“Print books may be under siege from the rise of e-books, but they have a tenacious hold on a particular group: children and toddlers. Their parents are insisting this next generation of readers spend their early years with old-fashioned books.”
(NYT via LISNews)
If you give a kid an iPad, he’s going to want to watch a Sesame Street clip on YouTube. And if he watches...
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Ever Wonder Where That Plane Flying Over Your Head... →
“If you run a search for ‘planes overhead,’ [Wolfram Alpha] will return a list of any and all planes your eyeballs can spot, the flight number, where they’re positioned in the sky and how many miles up they are. In the browser version, the flight version is hyperlinked, showing you its flight path.”
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Because paper has more patience than people.
– Anne Frank (via pavorst)
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