screamatthevoid:

icoulduseinsouciantmaybe:

#because this is THE WHOLE POINT OF DOCTOR WHO #the doctor picks someone who seems ordinary #a shop worker or an office temp #he picks someone who thinks of themself as perfectly average #and he shows them how extraordinary they actually are #doctor who is about how every person has it within them to be fantastic

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lexcanroar:

jessicavalenti:

The Obama campaign has released a video on how horrible Romney would be for American women. I certainly don’t need convincing - but if I did, this would likely do it. 

I’m always suspicious of campaign videos because I prefer to find out the facts and draw my own conclusions, but this video is basically just a lot of the things that I already think about Mitt Romney and some other Republicans put together in a neat little package. 

Man, that Mitt Romney. Bit of a dick, ay?

thearchtivist:

Bathroom with glass floor, overlooking a 15 story elevator shaft. 

lexcanroar:

hermionejg:

thepenguinpress:

This is amazing. Zadie Smith’s younger brother, Ben “Doc Brown” Smith, rapping about the one thing that gets him fired up: tea. (Warning: His passion about tea causes him to use so not-no-nice language.)

THIS THIS THIS

oh my god this is so amazing

thedailywhat:

Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: “It’s not the right thing to do, but I did it. If I were younger, maybe I’d be spending time in the hoosegow.”

So says Hyman Strachman, a 92-year-old, 5-foot-5 World War II vet who has spent the past eight years sending bootlegged copies of first-run movies to American soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Known to soldiers as Big Hy, he has copied the movies — more than 300,000 — in his small Long Island apartment, then sent them overseas free of charge, and at a personal cost of about $30,000.

“It was pretty big stuff — it’s reconnecting you to everything you miss,” said Jenna Gordon, a specialist in the Army Reserve. “We’d tell people to take a bunch and pass them on.”

Now, with the wars waning and soldiers returning home, Strachman’s shameless violation of domestic copyright laws is winding down, as his chance of being prosecuted. In fact, Howard Gantman, with the Motion Picture Association of America, hinted that Strachman might never have been on Hollywood’s radar at all: “We are grateful that the entertainment we produce can bring some enjoyment to them while they are away from home.”

[nyt]

nprfreshair:

smellslikemegan:

George Washington as a middle-aged dad with his record collection.

I’ve always wanted to see how presidents would look modernized.. so I’m making it happen. 

Today’s show: how religious rhetoric has influenced American foreign policy from George Washington’s days to the present. [picture h/t emilykilpatrick]

lexcanroar:

well this is just lovely. I’ve only just started watching CTFxC, and I’ve never really watched any daily vlog channels before except Cassandra’s, but it’s really really great. 

vondell-swain:

let us re-experience