23 Of The Most Beautiful Terry Pratchett Quotes To Remember Him By
yrbff:23 Of The Most Beautiful Terry Pratchett Quotes To Remember Him By
Challenge #00800-B069: Back Off, We're Celebrating!
“Light blue touch paper! Run like Hell!”
It looked like a cylinder with a cone at one end and a stick at the other. The purpose of the string at the stick end was just as mysterious as the cone. It was painted in toxic stripes, therefore it was dangerous.
“What is this?” said T’reka.
“Humans use it to celebrate,” said Susan. “They’re rockets designed to explode. For art.”
Nobody on Amity could side-eye like a Numidid. T’
Read more »ikaricrossinglines:tiniestdormouse:RIP Sir Terry PratchettAnnouncement here:It is with immeasurable sadness that we announce that author Sir...
Read more »RIP Sir Terry Pratchett
Announcement here:
It is with immeasurable sadness that we announce that author Sir Terry Pratchett has died at the age of 66.
Larry Finlay, MD at Transworld Publishers:
“I was deeply saddened to learn that Sir Terry Pratchett has died. The world has lost one of its brightest, sharpest minds.
In over 70 books, Terry enriched the planet like few before him. As all who read him know, Discworld was his vehicle to satirize this
Farewell, Sir Pterry
The creator of Discworld is gone.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-31858156
Please don’t draw him going to heaven - he was an atheist.
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As I’m sure most people know by now, bees are disappearing at alarming rates. Simply put, our entire species could not survive without them. This is due to a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD).
Many vegans opt to use agave nectar instead of
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DO IT
FUCKING DO
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“Your eyes say everything in these pictures. Rabbit on the left is playing a part and hiding behind a mask. Rabbit on the right is comfortable in her own skin at last and
the confidence shines through. I’m welling up with happiness for you
Isabella! I saw your pain for so long and it’s wonderful to see you
finally finding joy!” - Erin Burke (Upgrade from Steam Powered Giraffe)
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Most "impossible" goals can be met simply by breaking them down into bite size chunks, writing them down, believing them, and then going...
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Challenge #00799-B068: What, When You Own The World?
The domino effect, as applied to takeovers, and what happens when the last one falls.
This was it. The pinnacle of success. Fortune Incorporated had made its last takeover. With this signing, with this handshake, with this cluster of flashes dazzling his eye… Fortune Inc owned every business in the world… and since he owned Fortune Inc, he owned the world.
For the entire press conference, the glamorous soiree, it was all he could do to maintain a restrained and
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Read more »Remember her name, remember her face. Value Melonie’s life and imagine her pain.
I will never forget you, Melonie. Find your peace.
“Another transgender woman of color has taken her own life. Melonie Rose was a beautiful 19-year-old trans woman from Laurel, Maryland. From the start, Melonie had a hard life, having been shuffled from foster home to foster home. She dealt with emotional problems, as a result. No doubt, the
Challenge #00798-B067: A Solid What?
That most interesting of currencies, The Favour.
“It is not worth my Time, patience and anguish to even go near that piece of retro insanity you call a personal vehicle.”
Shayde thought she was upping the ante when she said, “I’ll owe ye a solid…”
He glared at her. “A solid what?”
“A solid favour. It’s a thing. Like ye need me tae do som'att ye don’t want
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An investigation into
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Given the sudden interest for the color of dresses and vision, here some of the fascinating findings we did recently.
The color nuances we see depend on the number and distribution of cones (=color receptors) in our eye. You can check this rainbow: how many color nuances do you count?
You see less than 20 color nuances: you are a dichromats, like
Can I ask y'all a favour?
A friend of mine is feeling unremembered and a little bit unloved on his birthday [which actually commences in five and a half hours from this very second]
So could everyone please pop over to this page and his inbox and deluge the fuck out of him with Happy B-day type messages?
You’re a peach. Thanks much.
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