
I think I have a thing for movies about mental institutions and crazy people. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is one that everyone needs to watch at some point. Jack Nicholson does such a spectacular job, he brings so much into the character and the scenes. I’d have t double check, but I’m pretty…
Well, Fitz, I looked all through that bible, it was in very fine print and stumbling on that great book Ecclesiastics, read it aloud to all who would listen. Soon I was alone and began cursing the bloody bible because there were no titles in it—although I found the source of practically every good title you ever heard of. But the boys, principally Kipling, had been there before me and swiped all the good ones so I called the book Men Without Women hoping it would have a large sale among the fairies and old Vassar Girls.Ernest Hemingway
Obit of the Day: Newsweek: The 13 Most Useless College Majors (As Determined By Science) (via newsweek)
HITW: Amen. I think that people should study what they want to study and specialize in what they are good at. The world needs experts in all subjects. If we forgo art and philosophy, if we ignore history and literature, if we only choose to study what we think will lead to lucrative professions, then we stifle so much of our education as a society. We lose our culture, we lose our ability to think critically and debate, and we lose our respect for much of the finer subjects in this world.
(via historyintheworks)
This reminds me of a John Adams quote that I once read.
I must study Politicks and War so that my sons may have liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Mathematicks and Philosophy, Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their Children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry and Porcelaine.” John Adams to Abigail Adams
(Source: thedailybeast.com, via historyintheworks)
This girl is super cool. Asking Jeremy Lin to formal? I think we can make that happen. Even if you don’t go to William & Mary, spread this video around the web! It’d be so legit if he came!
Reblogging myself for more awareness!
And you go from this:
To this:
And wonder what the fuck is wrong with you.
(Source: bex-chan)
if future beth were to give me a message now, i would want it to be along these lines.
-EAH