Gonna scream oh my Gd

crying

lord of the rings bigatures my beloved

Scott McCloud’s incomparable “Understanding Comics”.

I swear you can open this book to any page and it’s amazing.

(ps it’s actually a digital image of a printed copy of a drawing of a painting of a pipe)

Neo-gothic mausoleum of Robert Karl von Lachmann-Falkenau in Jałowiec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Photos by abandoned_nordic.

Watching my toddler figure out how to language is fascinating. Yesterday we were stumped when he kept insisting there was a “Lego winner” behind his bookshelf - it turned out to be a little Lego trophy cup. Not knowing the word for “trophy”, he’d extrapolated a word for “thing you can win”. And then, just now, he held up his empty milk container and said, “Mummy? It’s not rubbish. It’s allowed to be a bottle.” - meaning, effectively, “I want this. Don’t throw it away.” But to an adult ear, there’s something quite lovely about “it’s allowed to be a bottle,” as if we’re acknowledging that the object is entitled to keep its title even in the absence of the original function.

Once upon a time…

recording Vampires !

they need to invent a writing that is easy. and fast also

These Jezebel commenters are right and they should say it

The Adventuring Party talkback for Fantasy High Junior Year episode 15 is now out on Dropout!

And don't forget to NOT get in the comments!

The Doctor and Companion at Abbey Road, London.