80 Question Meme

Well, that was silly... and apparently I say "suppose" way too much.

( 80 Questions )

sail your sea, meet your storm

The harbor of my mind is an open bay, the only access to the island of my Self (which is a young and volcanic island, yes, but fertile and promising). This island has been through some wars, it is true, but is now committed to peace, under a new leader (me) who has instituted new policies to protect the place. And now – let the word go out across the seven seas – there are much, much stricter laws on the books about who may enter this harbor.

You may not come here anymore with your hard and abusive thoughts, with your plague ships of thoughts, with your slave ships of thoughts, with your warships of thoughts – all these will be turned away. Likewise any thoughts that are filled with angry or starving exiles, with malcontent and pamphleteers, mutineers and violent assassins, desperate prostitutes, pimps and seditious stowaways – you may not come here anymore either. Cannibalistic thoughts, for obvious reasons, will no longer be received. Even missionaries will be carefully screened, for sincerity. This is a peaceful harbor, the entryway to a fine and proud island that is only now beginning to cultivate tranquility. If you can abide by these new laws, my dear thoughts, then you are welcome in my mind – otherwise I shall turn you back toward the sea from whence you came.

That is my mission, and it will never end.

Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

Computer Pictures Meme

From be_themoon:

1. Stop what you're doing. Print Screen.
2. Print screen your current desktop.
3. If you have Photoshop open, print screen.
4. If you have a music player open, print screen.
5. Pick a folder, open it, print screen.

( Mine below )

Not exactly the "History" Boys, but... [Diogenes Boys' Historical Links]

I've been working on an "episode guide" to plan out the plot arcs for the first season of The Diogenes Boys (three cheers for isurrendered!) I'm trying to make it at least mildly historically accurate (or in the realm thereof) so thought I'd make a page for all these links. Enjoy, I know I will!


Wikipedia:

Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Pinkerton Detective Agency

Molly Maguires

Jesse James

Convicts in Australia


Other:

The Molly Maguires and the detectives Sensationalist and only mildly historical? Probably. BUT it was written by Allan Pinkerton, and the whole idea amuses the heck out of me.

Women's Rights in the 1800s America

A Gay History of the World - the 1800s (my inner Jon/Sam shipper required this)

Philadelphia in the 1800s