bracken & sea-shrapnel

theimpossiblecool: “Because in the end, you won’t remember the...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:26:53 -0700

“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”

Jack Kerouac.

omgthatdress: Pelerine 1890s The Metropolitan Museum of...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:25:10 -0700

omgthatdress:

Pelerine

1890s

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ah, that’s what they’re called.

Frederick Leighton Light of the Harem

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:23:17 -0700

Frederick Leighton

Light of the Harem

loveandgraphite: just one of those days…

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:21:57 -0700

loveandgraphite:

just one of those days…

theoddmentemporium: Burying in Woollen Acts Following a decline...

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:17:02 -0700

theoddmentemporium:

Burying in Woollen Acts

Following a decline in the wool industry, c.1660s, the English government, in a bid to boost sales, made it law that the dead be buried in pure English woollen shrouds to the exclusion of all other textiles.

As the document above shows, an oath had to be made by a member of the deceased’s family confirming that the ‘lately deceased, was not put in, wrapt, or wound up, or buried in any shirt, shift, sheet or shroud, made or mingled with flax, hemp, silk, hair, gold or silver, or other than what is made of sheep’s wool’. The same went for the lining of the coffin.

The legislation was in force until the 1810s, however, it went mostly ignored after 1770 by people who could afford to pay the £5 fine for noncompliance.

[Sources: Burying in the Woollen Acts | Needleprint Blogspot]

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Thu, 23 May 2013 22:15:55 -0700

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Thu, 23 May 2013 22:07:12 -0700

realgrumpycat: The Daily Grump | May 23, 2013

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:03:08 -0700

realgrumpycat:

The Daily Grump | May 23, 2013

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Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:35 -0700

lacigreen: i dont think….um

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:32 -0700

lacigreen:

i dont think….um

"I want you to know that it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes my chest is a field full of..."

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:27:01 -0700

“I want you to know that it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes my chest is a field full of landmines, and where you went last night, you can’t go tomorrow. There is no manual, there is no road map, no help line you can call; my body does not come with instructions, and sometimes even I don’t know what to do with it. This cannot be easy. But still, you touch me anyway.”

- Ivan E. Coyote (via seols)

knitmeapony: bunnyfood: (via alxbngala:x) SUCH A GOOD...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:08 -0700

knitmeapony:

bunnyfood:

(via alxbngala:x)

SUCH A GOOD HELPER.

Archaeological News: Scientists Finally Pinpoint the Pathogen That Caused the Irish Potato Famine

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:36:33 -0700

Archaeological News: Scientists Finally Pinpoint the Pathogen That Caused the Irish Potato Famine:

archaeologicalnews:

For nearly 150 years, starting in the late 17th century, millions of people living in Ireland subsisted largely off one crop: the potato. Then, in 1845, farmers noticed that their potato plants’ leaves were covered in mysterious dark splotches. When they pulled potatoes from the ground, most…

witchesandslippersandhoods: McQueen created his own ‘museum of...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:22 -0700

witchesandslippersandhoods:

McQueen created his own ‘museum of woman-monsters’ in his second couture collection fro Givenchy, Eclect Dissect, shown in July 1997. In the period leading up to to the show, his art director SImon Costin combined the late Victorian costumes McQueen was then looking at with with a series of animated skeletons and muscle men from the sixteenth-century anatomical plates of Andreas Vesalius in a series of collages.

Caroline Evans, Fashion at the Edge (2007)

yearoftheglitch: Glitch Textiles presents: Binary Blankets A ...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:30:41 -0700

yearoftheglitch:

Glitch Textiles presents: Binary Blankets

A collection of blankets aimed at making visible the hidden data structures that give shape to everyday life. The materiality of our digital age is composed of binary data encoded on electronic devices and transmitted through the airwaves on invisible frequencies of light. As an alternative to the screen, Binary Blankets literally gives you a way to experience the fabric of this otherwise invisible and intangible side of our digital world.

This initial collection features designs from a handful of binary files from programs such as Microsoft Word, iTunes, Google Chrome, and Mac OSX.

$350 USD + $15 Shipping (see site for details)

A phenomenal scarf posted by Baaad Anna’s yarn store. I am...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:09:05 -0700

A phenomenal scarf posted by Baaad Anna’s yarn store. I am in love.

loveydoveyecstasy: nospockdasgay: sunfell: Pete and...

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:01:59 -0700

Leonard Nimoy (1968)

Zachary Quinto (2009)

loveydoveyecstasy:

nospockdasgay:

sunfell:

Pete and Repeat

The bitchface is strong with this one.

#live long and eat a dick

thefrogman: Princess Monster Truck [instagram] on Buzzfeed

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:42 -0700

thefrogman:

Princess Monster Truck [instagram] on Buzzfeed

edwardspoonhands: tyleroakley: Oops. lolololol

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:58:44 -0700

edwardspoonhands:

tyleroakley:

Oops.

lolololol

redscarfstars: jesuislegrandefromage: scienceheroextraordinaire...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:01 -0700

redscarfstars:

jesuislegrandefromage:

scienceheroextraordinaire:

0ver-doze:

lamp

guaranteed to make your friends shit themselves

I just realised what this is omg I want one