February 2012
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How to find textbooks online for free: a post.
obsessionfull:
Textbooks are fucking expensive, and if your professor doesn’t require a physical copy (most don’t - they just want you to have the book at hand. Or maybe even not. Some professors literally give no fucks about whether you have the book or not) and you don’t mind having your copy as an electronic copy - this is the post for you!
Most textbook companies put out new editions every...
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“There were always magpies
in the early morning
swinging from the clothesline...”
– John Kinsella and Dorothy Hewett, The Wild Things
(via grammatolatry
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Coolest thing ever
capitolspy:
Finnick is a portmanteau meant to evoke commonalities of traditional Irish naming. It is a conjunction of “fin,” for District Four’s ocean/fishing specialty, and “nick” or Nicholas, meaning “Victory Of The People.” Odair is a play on Adair, a Scotch-Gaelic name meaning “happy spear” (like his trident!) but also likely takes origin in the name of Odysseus (The Odyssey). ...
Rita Just Asked a Girl Out Via YouTube.
And I’m shaking waiting for a response.
UPDATE:
She said yes ;D
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“He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions...”
– The Great Gatsby (via musingsinthemorning)
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January 2012
59 posts
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Today's Spark - Jan 30th
fromdarktospark:
Write a story that has, at its centre, a person at home sick with the flu.
Ensure the reader knows the grossness of the flu.
I could just write about Rita, who happens to be sick with the stomach flu. Should one of us seize this opportunity?
We shall see.
- MW
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x7H30x: Don't Date a Nice Guy →
reenamia:
Sounds backwards, right? All you ever hear are girls complaining about all the assholes in the world; you’d think that once you finally find yourself a “nice” guy, he’d be a keeper. But a relationship with a truly kind man isn’t as great as you think.
Let’s say you got you…
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“Like the bodies of dancers or athletes, the minds of readers are genuinely happy...”
– Lynne Sharon Schwartz (via prettybooks)
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If the Internet Censorship law gets passed, our... →
the-absolute-funniest-posts:
Following this blog may be the greatest thing you have ever done
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“Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.”
– David Foster Wallace (via leaair)
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The Joy of Books →
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