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We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One...
– John Steinbeck, from “In Awe of Words,” The Exonian, 75th anniversary edition, Exeter University (1930)
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Come away with me: bloodgods: A lot of people go... →
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A lot of people go on about how “IF GANDALF COULD JUST CALL THE EAGLES AT ANY TIME, WHY DIDN’T THEY JUST CALL THEM AND GET THEM TO FLY THEM ALL THE WAY TO MORDOR TO BEGIN WITH?” and how it ruins the films, but let me get proper nerdy for a second alright.
Gwaihir the Eagle was…
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Does the calendar really have to be so confusing? →
sciencecenter:
The dates fall on different days of the week every year. The months all have different numbers of days, with no rhyme or reason. There’s plenty of inefficiency built into the modern calendar. But according to Johns Hopkins astronomer Richard Conn Henry, that doesn’t have to be the case. According to his proposed calendar, eight of the months would have 30 days, with 31 days every...
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i am getting very VERY excited for the DW...
oneparliamentofowls:
i am getting very VERY excited for the DW christmas special