I have a checking account where I allow myself $200/month “fun money” for things like entertainment, treats, and dining out. Over ¼ of it currently goes to podcasters on Patreon. Maybe I need to cut back on my podcasting habit?
What, uh...what kind of food do they serve here?
Small snacks that you can’t afford
this is the most Portland thing I’ve ever seen
It’s a really neat vegetarian tearoom that treats its (mostly queer) staff really well and pays them a decent wage, so yeah, it’s a little pricy, but definitely worth it! Sure beats going to Starbucks.
Flake is such a beautiful kitty. ❤️
Behold my beautiful baby boy! Can’t believe he’s going to be 5 soon.
My sister got my 12yo niece a phone, and gave me her number. I think the time has come for me to indoctrinate her into the ways of @tamorapierce . I’m gonna rec her the Circle of Magic quartet and see how she gets on with those first, then maybe Protector of the Small.
How old is the oldest film you've watched AND enjoyed?
1990s or later
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See ResultsFeel free to leave the film title and year in the tags! :)
This post has gotten a bit of traction, so if anyone's interested I've been making a letterboxd list of movies from the tags!
So ... there's a new Indiana Jones movie. I guess I'm kind of obligated to watch that, right? I saw the last one at the cinema, with a dozen drunk archaeologists.
I have now seen the thing, and the it was not bad. Much more like what I want from an Indiana Jones movie than #4 was. I can even say I liked it more than Temple of Doom. 8/10 would watch again.
Is the story in any way accurate regarding the known history of the Antikythera Mechanism?
No, not even a little bit. Although the mechanism was retrieved from a Roman shipwreck in 1901, and dates to the 2nd or 1st century BCE, it basically looked like nothing more than a lump of corroded metal and wood fragments. It lay in overlooked obscurity for half a century, in storage at the National Museum of Archaeology in Athens. Its complexity and possible purpose were not investigated until the 1950s-1970s, with the help of advances in X-ray technology. An accurate reconstruction of the device was not attempted until the 2000s. Any connection with the Ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes is purely speculative.
The largest surviving fragment of the mechanism.
The 2007 proposed reconstruction.
Is the movie a rollicking and delightful adventure story, in the spirit of the original trilogy, full of callbacks, fan service, and Nazi-punching, bringing the iconic series to a satisfying conclusion?
HELL YES! Do yourself a favor and go see it!
Saw some bisexual hydrangeas today.
We had a little friend hit our window today. I dribbled some water into its beak and made sure it was safe until it felt ready to fly away.
I haven’t been on tumblr as much lately because I listen to a lot of podcasts, and for some reason, when I scroll through my dash, if I hesitate over a post for even a second, it cuts off the audio on my phone. No other social media platform does this. It is really annoying.