May 2010
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omgfactsofficial:
The creators of Adidas and Puma were brothers…and Nazis. Adolf “Adi” Dassler started and Rudolph “Rudi” Dassler started a line of sports shoes in Germany in 1924. They both joined the Nazi Party when Hitler rose to power. Rudi was drafted to fight in WWII and was captured by Allied forces. American soldiers suspected him of being a member of the SS (Hitler’s paramilitary...
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April 2010
i'm tired, can't we just be death eaters?: Reblog... →
thatweasleygirl:
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16th March - Gore Verbrinski, Peaches and Cream Geldof and Theo Walcott.
April 21st
Iggy Pop
Queen Elizabeth II
August 23
Neil Cicierega of Potter Puppet Pals fame.
Also, one day off from John Green.
I SEE YOU APRIL 21ST. I SHARE THE GLORY OF LIZ II WITH YOU.
16th…
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN, HELLZ YEAH
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Seth Godin: "The coming melt-down in higher... →
austinkleon:
Seth outlines 5 reasons why higher education is about to crash and burn:
Most colleges are organized to give an average education to average students.
Pick up any college brochure or catalog. Delete the brand names and the map. Can you tell which school it is?
College has gotten expensive far faster than wages have gone up.
The definition of ‘best’ is under siege.
The more...
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Part 2 of the Re-Vamp is up! →
I’ve gotten soooo much support for the Re-Vamp, I’m so happy you all are enjoying it! If you don’t have a DA account, but would like to leave a comment, please comment on my formspring. Thanks a lot!
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Why were the women so unattractive in the 1800's?...
I’d consider it to be greatly different standards of beauty and a lack of photoshop. Tehre were beauty products, but makeup as we would consider it was only really worn by theatre people, circus performers, and whores. Personally, I think there are many beautiful women from the 1800s.
Ask me anything
Anne Frank's full diary on display in Amsterdam →
caraobrien:
AMSTERDAM – Nearly all of Anne Frank’s diary went on display Wednesday for the first time at the house where she wrote it during the two years the Jewish teenager was in hiding from the Nazis.
The notebooks and pages that comprise the World War II diary have been moved into the Anne Frank House museum to mark 50 years since it opened its doors to the public.
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“Blackbirds” Linkin Park
Fuck yeah,...
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Today, I went to the yarn store.
mimisaurus:
There was silk/cashmere/merino yarn on sale for about $5 a ball.
I wanted to buy that entire clearance basket and make a bed out of all those little balls. Of course, I only unfortunately bought four. ;__;
I am so jealous of you. BUT IN A WEEK I’M GOING TO ATLANTA FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF YARN SHOPPING AT THE BIGGEST AND BESTEST YARN SHOP IN THE SOUTHEAST. And viting my...
“When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living...”
– Leviticus 19:33-34 (NIV) (via jonathan-cunningham) (via jasencomstock) (via therealestsocksinthegame)
Nothing on this earth makes me happier than when people refute conservatives by quoting Scripture.
I think I inherited this from my dad, who is conservative (moreso as he gets older) but has no...
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“In the beginning God created Adam and Eve. A few years later, Shaniqua—the...”
– RuPaul on RuPaul’s Drag Race (via madame-melodrama) (via lgbtlaughs)
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junk bond trader: Queen Victoria & White Wedding... →
my-ear-trumpet:
“Take, for instance, our penchant for dressing brides in white. The white wedding gown is popularly supposed to indicate a bride’s virginal purity. Many people, including some misinformed scholars, have endorsed this association, perhaps thinking that the gown symbolizes the white sheets upon…
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