July 2012
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Rick: Coffee: Preventing Scurvy Since 1650 →
ricklipman:
Megan Garber - The Atlantic
The “simple innocent” drink is also useful for preventing gout, dropsy, miscarriage …
In 1650, St. Michael’s Alley, London’s first coffee shop, placed an ad in a newspaper. That ad — archived in the British Museum, and Internet-ed by the Vintage Ads…
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"Writing has nothing to do with publishing....
How Not To Respond To Negative Reviews, ULTIMATE... →
hexybellerachel:
I should mention that the anonymous site runners insist none of them are authors. I find that hard to believe, simply because, while I get but do not condone the insane overprotectiveness of your own books, I really do NOT get such insanity about other people’s books. If these people think they are defending writers, all I can say is, “Get the hell off my side; you’re making...
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It's not the years, it's the mileage: This is... →
lostinhistory:
Cat has been mayor of Alaska town for 15 years
Mayor Stubbs has been at the helm of the small town of Talkeetna, Alaska for 15 years - an impressive feat for any elected official, but even more so considering Stubbs is a cat.
Write-in candidate Stubbs won the mayoral…
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Which means you can’t start out trying to appeal to everybody, or else your...
– the art of being weird enough ( the success secret of the “rule of thirds”) | Justine Musk / On the importance of being weird, a typically insightful post from Justine Musk. (via gwendabond)
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entertainmentweekly:
Amazing.
Hahaha, so epic.
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eaglepilotingablimp:
GAIL CARRIGER’S PARASOL PROTECTORATE SERIES HAS BEEN OPTIONED FOR A BBC SERIES.
OH GOD.
I CAN’T.
I’M DEAD.
I NEED IT.
PLEASE LET THIS BE MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
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Of course there must be lots of magic in the world, but people don’t know what...
– Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden (via unejeunedemoiselle)
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All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn’t...
– Joss Whedon on fanfiction (via felixgaeta)
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