andie, she/her, 26, united states. this blog is full of Tolkien. also other art, photos, fandoms, and big-eyes-emoji stuff, but mostly Tolkien. i tag! my girlfriend is bright ivanaskye, who is a lot, but not too much
i really wish…i can share the warmth i feel when i’m at synagogue with other people at the least i want non-jews to hear our worship and how beautiful it is i think it would change a lot
if you’ve never heard a jewish prayer please just take a little time out of your day to listen:
You’ve heard of it. Your friends have heard of it. Your grandmother might have heard of it. Your dog has definitely heard of it.
You’re probably thinking about participating.
And I want to tell you, from the bottom of my heart: you don’t have to.
Not if you’re a beginning writer. Not if you’ve never written a novel. Not if you’ve written a few. Not if you’re a journeyman writer. Not if you’re aiming for publication. Not if you’re a hobbyist, not if you’re a professional, not if you’ve been writing for one year or five or ten or twenty.
You don’t have to.
That doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing to do! Lots of people find NaNo very useful and productive.
But it is not the only way to be productive, and it is not the only useful way of thinking about writing.
So, with that said, let’s talk about ten things NaNo doesn’t prepare you for.
People don’t often look back on the early 1900’s for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation? The New York Public Library has digitized 100 “how to do it” cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.
Back in the day, cigarette cards were popular collectibles included in every pack, and displayed photos of celebrities, advertisements, and more. Gallaher cigarettes, a UK-founded tobacco company that was once the largest in the world, decided to print a series of helpful how-to’s on their cards, which ranged from mundane tasks (boiling potatoes) to unlikely scenarios (stopping a runaway horse). Most of them are insanely clever, though, like how to make a fire extinguisher at home. Who even knew you could do that?
The entire set of life hacks is now part of the NYPL’s George Arents Collection. Check out some of the cleverest ones we could find below. You never know when you’ll have to clean real lace!
Being autistic and in a conversation one on one is like playing tennis, except the non-autistic people can see the ball and you can’t.
Being autistic and in a group conversation is like playing volleyball, except the non-autistic people can see the ball and you can’t.
So that means you fall down trying to hit what you can’t see (can’t engage conversation), you miss the ball entirely (missing social cues), you smack the ball into the net (say something inappropriate) or it breaks when you spike it and hits everybody else in the face (infodumping). And that’s if you realize the ball is coming and have enough time to do something about it before it knocks you flat (missing your “turn” in a conversation).
Pound tubers (roots) of wild plants that grow in water (sedges or club- or bull-rushes) to a dry pulp
Mix together with water to make a batter or dough
Bake on hot stones around a fire.
The people living in the area at the time were hunter gatherers.
(…)
This happened before the advent of farming, when people started growing cereal crops and keeping animals. (…)
Our ancestors may have used the bread as a wrap for roasted meat.
Thus, as well as being the oldest bread, it may also have been the
oldest sandwich. “This is the earliest evidence we have for what
we could really call a cuisine, in that it’s a mixed food product,” Prof Dorian Fuller of University College London told BBC News. “They’ve got flatbreads, and they’ve got roasted gazelle and so forth, and that’s something they are then using to make a meal.“”
ephal ephalak idon hi-akallabeth 