SeaShells and Shamrocks

Frozen Swiss Landscape

In January 2005, Lake Geneva and the surrounding area were hit with a horrific ice storm. Everything was completely blanketed with ice when waves breaking on the lake’s shore hardened into a solid coating in the sub-freezing temperatures. Several boats even sank under the weight of the ice. The wind gusts reached 110 km/h (60 mph) and literally froze water sprays in their place.

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the-lonely-urisk: chirart: jhameia: Cover of Lady Gaga’s...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:45:41 +0100

the-lonely-urisk:

chirart:

jhameia:

Cover of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” on the koto and shakuhachi by Team Kozan

that shakuhachi player is really rocking it

there’s nothing I don’t love about this

deosluxmea: itswalky: demiurgent: redcap3: skyliting: annlar...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:54:55 +0100

deosluxmea:

itswalky:

demiurgent:

redcap3:

skyliting:

annlarimer:

clanwilliam:

shrewreadings:

egalitarianmuse:

fairyisasgoodasdead:

scifiaddict:

dannysgirlsg1:

evrymeevryu:

capn-madd-katt:

shewhoisanna:

ablupybro:

czarpower:

nicholasjosephfury:

blokestotheleft:

There are two protagonists in Inglourious Basterds.

So I’m a hillbilly looking to end the war, and a Jewish girl looking for revenge.

UGH. IT’S NOT THE 1940’S ANYMORE.

I AM THE PUNISHER.

I AM THE BLACK BANDIT.

ODIOUS YOUR ASS IS MINE

SANTA FEEEEEE

FUCK THIS SHIIIIT

I DON’T WANT TO BE A NEWSIE

AT LEAST NOT FOREVER, OOOKAYYYYYYYYY?

I’m going to be stuck on a spaceship with a couple of robots, forced to watch bad movies for the rest of my life.

FUCK THIS SHIT.

KING OF ENGLAND!

Or, you know… the Queen…

Hurray for The King’s Speech!

DUDE! I am IRON MAN!!!!

I’m a Browncoat!

FUCK YEAH!

I’m a Starfleet Officer!

RECOVERING ALCOHOLIC/DRUG ADDICT!!!!!! I WIN!

I’m the captain of a stupidly-named cruise ship, which will sink and in which I will surely die. At least forever will be short.

Fuck.

I mean, I’m okay with the genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist part, but really, I can do without the ‘Merchant of Death,’ and I really, really get enough of that from the undergrads…..

And I find it extremely unlikely that I’ll ever get a Steve. Or a Pepper. Or a Bruce. Or a chosen family like that, ever, ‘cause, really, the only thing that guy and I share is extraordinarily bad luck. I’ll probably end up with the shrapnel….

You know, I can cope with being an independently wealthy smartarse - last film was Much Ado About Nothing. I can also cope with Clark Gregg being my uncle who gets drunk with me.

STARSHIP CAPTAIN MFY!

Sexy Starship Captain and/or crew? i can get with that.

I’m Batman.

All I know is, it’s damn hard to do my job with Mike Nelson and Kevin Murphy making fun of everything that comes out of my damn mouth! Hey — I’m trying here! DON’T YOU SAY THAT I SURE AM TRYING! THAT’S NOT FUNNY!

I guess my job now is being flung through half the buildings in Metropolis.

I am now an under-privileged black homeless man who protects random white people.

All right, then.

I’m the Queen of England and Ireland :D lol

misfitsims: There’s a horse in my sims’ town that has been walking backwards for HOURS, and he...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:53:02 +0100

misfitsims:

There’s a horse in my sims’ town that has been walking backwards for HOURS, and he won’t stop…

I’m not sure if this creepy or hilarious.

Because domestic violence is never a 'playful tiff'

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:51:30 +0100

Because domestic violence is never a 'playful tiff':

reasonsforfeminism:

Because when a high-profile man assaults his equally high-profile wife in a posh restaurant, photographers take pictures instead of intervening. The assailant is then allowed to use his platform in a national newspaper to defend his actions and state that he often places his hands around his wife’s neck during fights.

Meanwhile, Australian radio DJs engage in victim-blaming, threatening the victim that if she doesn’t put in a good enough showing as a ‘role model’ they will tell everyone to stop buying her products.

suckmytrend: Nigella Lawson Leaves Family Home After Charles...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:50:28 +0100

suckmytrend:

Nigella Lawson Leaves Family Home After Charles Saatchi Strangled Her

Nigella Lawson has left the family home in Chelsea with her children after Charles Saatchi…

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This was done in public at a restaurant in front of other diners and not one of them intervened they just sat and watched and now her so called husband has passed if off as a “playful tiff”

deosluxmea: the-girl-who-laughed: This is the cutest thing...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:40:17 +0100

deosluxmea:

the-girl-who-laughed:

This is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

I love C.S. Lewis.

ksteeno: spoookyscary: After succumbing to a fever of some...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:36:10 +0100

ksteeno:

spoookyscary:

After succumbing to a fever of some sort in 1705, Irish woman Margorie McCall was hastily buried to prevent the spread of whatever had done her in. Margorie was buried with a valuable ring, which her husband had been unable to remove due to swelling. This made her an even better target for body snatchers, who could cash in on both the corpse and the ring.

The evening after Margorie was buried, before the soil had even settled, the grave-robbers showed up and started digging. Unable to pry the ring off the finger, they decided to cut the finger off. As soon as blood was drawn, Margorie awoke from her coma, sat straight up and screamed.

The fate of the grave-robbers remains unknown. One story says the men dropped dead on the spot, while another claims they fled and never returned to their chosen profession.

Margorie climbed out of the hole and made her way back to her home.

Her husband John, a doctor, was at home with the children when he heard a knock at the door. He told the children, “If your mother were still alive, I’d swear that was her knock.”

When he opened the door to find his wife standing there, dressed in her burial clothes, blood dripping from her finger but very much alive, he dropped dead to the floor. He was buried in the plot Margorie had vacated.

Margorie went on to re-marry and have several children. When she did finally die, she was returned to Shankill Cemetery in Lurgan, Ireland, where her gravestone still stands. It bears the inscription “Lived Once, Buried Twice.”

what did i just read

His Royal Highness Prince Ernst August of Hanover and his wife...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:19:32 +0100

His Royal Highness Prince Ernst August of Hanover and his wife Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline, Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco

The 'yes or no' game.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:53:11 +0100

You can ask me anything and I’ll answer honestly, but only with yes and no.

Our Lady of Cardigan , also known as Our Lady of the Taper, at...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:21:00 +0100

Our Lady of Cardigan , also known as Our Lady of the Taper, at the Catholic national shrine of Wales, is a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary located in a chapel in Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales

.According to the legend, a statue of Our Lady and Child was found beside the River Teifi, in southwest Wales, with a burning taper (candle) in her hand. The statue was taken to the local parish church, although it was moved several times before a church was specially built to house the shrine. The present St Mary’s church dates back to around 1158, making the shrine more than 800 years old.

The original statue is believed to have been taken to London and destroyed at Chelsea in 1538 along with other Marian images on the orders of Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex, chief minister of King Henry VIII.

In 1952, the Bishop of Menevia, John Edward Petit, was informed that Cardigan had once possessed a famous shrine and pilgrimage site, and a new statue was carved based on the description of the original. The new statue was blessed at Westminster Cathedral in London and taken to every parish in the Diocese of Menevia before arriving in Cardigan where it was placed in Our Lady of Sorrows church. Fourteen years later, a new church, Our Lady of the Taper, was consecrated, and the statue was placed in its current home.- Source

Welsh National Shrine Website

Awwwwwwwwwwwww <3

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:33:53 +0100

Awwwwwwwwwwwww <3

royalwatcher: Members of the Spanish Royal Family attend the...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:33:21 +0100

royalwatcher:

Members of the Spanish Royal Family attend the Armed Forces Day in Madrid today.

spanishroyalnews: June 4, 2013. Kronberg im...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:32:27 +0100

spanishroyalnews:

June 4, 2013. Kronberg im Taunus (Germany)

Queen Sofía, with her brother former King Constantine of Greece and cousin former King Michael of Romania and many other royals and nobles, attended the funeral of Landgrave Moritz of Hesse, the Head of the House of Hesse at the Johannes church at Kronberg.