December 2011
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The Challenge (1938) →
In 1865, the unconquered Matterhorn beckons; former rivals, Italian Carrel and Englishman Whymper, hope to climb it together, but national rivalry intervenes. Rival parties dangerously race for the summit in realistic, well-photographed climbing scenes; but when the mountain is climbed, the danger is far from over…
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Watch“The Einstein Theory of Relativity” is a silent animated film made in 1923 that tried to explain Einstein’s work to the general public.
It was produced by Fleischer Studios, best known for their delightful Betty Boop cartoons.
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“There is no English equivalent for the term, just as there is no Anglo-Saxon...”
– Cornelia Otis Skinner Elegant Wits and Grand Horizontals, 1962
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Lessons Learned in 2011
merlin:
meghanagain:
fightwithknives:
Just like you didn’t see 27 Dresses when it came out, begin avoiding 95% of writing that uses personal pronouns, which means almost everything online. It doesn’t matter if it’s written by someone you’ve met in real life, or in a publication you’ve read any liked before. If it’s someone who claims “my ‘I’ gives me transparency,” they are playing football...
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spacecataz asked: this is not so much a holiday oriented song as it is as it is an exclamation of dismay at the sight of a beautiful woman
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