A Maggie Smith/Downton Abbey appreciation post

A sneak peak at season 2 of Sherlock!

Recently I've had the biggest urge to create a chalkboard wall in my room. I dunno if I'll ever get around to do it, or if I would be allowed to do so at all, but sure it would be awesome.

-What was your last good deed? “Recently, a friend of mine in Chicago was feeling down, so I flew him to London – where I was staying at the time – and he was my red-carpet date for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows premiere. So I guess that’s a selfish good deed!” -Darren

I dunno if to laugh or cry...

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Violet: Good heavens! What am I sitting on?
Matthew: A swivel chair.
Violet: Ooh. Another modern brainwave?
Matthew: Invented by Thomas Jefferson.
Violet: Why does every day involve a fight with an American?
Matthew: I’ll fetch a different one.
Violet: No, no, no. I’m a good sailor

-Downton Abbey

Daniel Radcliffe talking about Darren Criss who will take his place in 'how to succeed in business without really trying' this january.

Can't tell you how excited I am for tomorrows episode. I've got a theory that they have a picture of the silence on the inside of the eyepatch so that they won't forget about them... hmmm. We'll see.

This is my new thing on the list of thing I want to do in life. I'd love to be able to make sand sculptures like these. If you know how-to, teach me.

Some days it's okay for things not to be rationally true. Some days it seems to me like the purpose of life is to convert energy into beauty.

http://www.wearechange.org/?p=7134

go watch it

 

The Bathtub Test

During a visit to the mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director how do
you determine whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.


"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub, then we offer a
teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty
the bathtub."


"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the
bucket because it’s bigger than the spoon or the teacup."


"No." said the Director, "A normal person would pull the plug. Do you want
a bed near the window?"