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NERDFIGHTER CENSUS FACT

edwardspoonhands:

The average Nerdfighter spends five times less time watching TV than the average American.

I wasn’t sure how to answer this question. I still count it as watching tv if it’s hulu, since it’s regular broadcast/cable media, just through the internet instead. Youtube though, doesn’t count as tv since it’s internet only. 

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No one will be alive by the last book. In fact, they all die in the fifth. The sixth book will be just a thousand-page description of snow blowing across the graves.
George R.R. Martin
[when asked if he was going to let any Game of Thrones/Song of Ice and Fire characters live] (via let-them-eat-static)

Well then. So much for #spoilers.

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Crumbs from the Communion Table: Questions from Christians #1: "Doesn't the Bible say it's a sin to be gay?"

gcnjustin:

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This is by far the most common question I get about faith and sexuality. It’s a huge, complicated question, but people always want a short, simple answer.

You want short? Okay, here goes.

Question:

Doesn’t the Bible say it’s a sin to be gay?

Short Answer:

No.

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Justin is starting an important Q&A series here. 

Filed under christianity homoseuxality gay christian

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theparisreview:

“In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.” ―Thomas Mann

Discovering how true this is…

theparisreview:

“In books we never find anything but ourselves. Strangely enough, that always gives us great pleasure, and we say the author is a genius.” ―Thomas Mann

Discovering how true this is…

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kunstwissenschaftlerin:

Above: a medieval manuscript mended with embroidery. Photos via the Uppsala University Library. Here is some information about the manuscript from their page:

The pages of the book are made of parchment and they show typical damage in the form of holes and tears that happened while the parchment was being made. Some time after the book was copied, the holes and tears have been mended artistically with silk of various colours, mainly in blanket stitch as used in embroidery. 

The old mending is in good shape except for those parts which were sewn with black silk. The thread is so fragile that it disintegrates on touch.  

Read more here.

Fixing pages with embroidery? What? That’s a thing?

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