Brighton Swimming Club, 1863 (via The Retronaut)
Check out those….stovepipes!
What have the two on the left seen to get *that* reaction…? ;)
Some inside illustrations of ‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon - Old Tales from the North’; illustrated by Kay Nielsen. Published 1914 by Hodder and Stoughton.
See the complete book here
Over the few months I’ve been doodling these game characters in my spare time.
I got a lot of requests for prints so I’ve put them up for sale as a timed edition until Midnight on friday the 21st. They’re available in singles and three-packs and you can buy them here.
geminidragonjasminealexandra replied to your post: just ranting’ ‘bout creeps in real life, don’t mind me.maybe he is just awkward. is he unattractive? does he smell bad? it is cruel to just brush him off & not give him a chance. yes, he may be clingy but what if he is lonely &…
This kind of dominating behaviour is not acceptable, but what disturbs me even more is how *other* people justify this by guilt-tripping the victim.
One time a guy at work asked me out. I didn’t know him that well & wasn’t attracted to him so I said “thanks, but no thanks”. He was okay about it, really. Embarrassed, but okay. We say “hi” in passing occasionally, but he pretty much avoids me now. But…
At the time I felt awkward. I really don’t get asked out often; like twice in a lifetime so far. So I tweeted about it. Almost instantly I got a reply; a guy complaining that he got rejected by a girl… And that it sucked.
Of course it sucked… So what?!
What was I supposed to do? Say ‘yes’ to make an unknown third party feel better?! We all have the freedom of choice. There is no law that says you are obliged to go on a date just because someone plucked up the courage to ask.
Yes, it’s scary! I know that terrifying, heart-wrenching, stomach-churning sensation of self-doubt! But I also knew there was a risk of being rejected - and if that happened, then I sure as hell wasn’t going to guilt trip him about it!! And I like to think that if he’d said “thanks, but no thanks” then no stupid girl would have guilt-tripped him about it afterwards.
“Your hair is red. That’s my second favourite colour.”
“What’s your first favourite colour?”
“Reflective.”
“Is that technically a colour though?”
“It is if I say so. I control words, they don’t control me. Now I imagine you want to touch my muscles. You may want to use both hands, they’re quite large.”
And every last inch of him’s covered in hair…! ;D
“I heard police or ambulancemen, standing in our house, say, “She must have provoked him,” or, “Mrs Stewart, it takes two to make a fight.” They had no idea. The truth is my mother did nothing to deserve the violence she endured. She did not provoke my father, and even if she had, violence is an unacceptable way of dealing with conflict. Violence is a choice a man makes and he alone is responsible for it.”
-Patrick Stewart
I always reblog this. Always.
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15 amazing things in nature you won’t believe actually exist
I am gonna make it my personal mission to see these places some day.
Sometimes I forget just how beautiful & full of surprises our planet can be :)
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