I am fortunate to receive many invitations to visit book groups, schools, book fairs and the like. When I turn down the majority of invites I get (or simply fail to see the invitation in my disaster of an inbox, on twitter, facebook, etc) I sometimes get the response, “You seem ungrateful,” or,…
January 11, 2015
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I don’t need a reason to reblog this photo of a cat with a treadmill in the background.
Sirius Black: So now that we know Remus Lupin is actually Werewolf McWerewolf we gotta do something totally awesome to help him out once a month while he's ReMSing
James Potter: I completely agree.
Sirius Black: We should be animals
James Potter: I wanna be a dragon
Sirius Black: I wanna be an Acromantula
James: I wanna be a boggart and take the form of my enemies greatest fear
Sirius: I wanna be a freaking hippogriff and fly around majestic as fuck
*research*
James: This looks really hard
Sirius: Yeah this is gonna take forever
James: Or, hear me out, you could probably be a dog. Sirius Black. Black Dog. Get it?
Sirius: Yeah, you can be a deer or something
James: Why a deer?
Sirius: Why NOT a deer?
James: Fuck yeah.
*Marauder high-five*
Peter: What about me guys
James: I dunno
Sirius: Be something that will somehow overwhelmingly represent the person you become in ten years due to some divine form of foreshadowing
My mom gave this to me for Hannukah this year! It’s what we used to call her “Mary Poppins Bag.” It’s basically her old SM kit before she or I knew what an SM kit was. It can hold EVERYTHING. What you see is only the drawers on the inside - there are also a dozen or so pockets on the outside. I just finished organizing and labeling it. I love it so much ^_^ 😍
Is there a brand name for this bag?
The bag itself is labeled ArtBin. But it came with five of the containers you see holding my sharpies. The “chest of drawers” part is from Stack-On. I hope that helps!!
I’ll tell you what’s wrong with this picture: assumption.
This picture has gone viral as thousands of people deliver searing indictments of both smartphones and teens.
I’ve met a couple of teens. I’ve had a couple smartphones. Could these teens be playing Angry Birds or texting stupid jokes to each other? Yeah, they could.
But they could also be googling provenance for that painting or taking a second to text a friend about how amazing the museum is or completing an assignment given off-screen by someone standing just beside the photographer. They could be taking notes about the palette choice so that later they turn into a generation of artists that take your breath away.
What’s wrong with this picture? Nothing, until proven otherwise. Welcome to 2014.
My friends, the time is here. I have signed the books, and they now sit in boxes, waiting for YOU. And I CREATED some items as well that you get as GIFTS for pre-ordering. I can now SHARE with you some images of the things you will GET when you pre-order. These are DESIGN IMAGES. We will soon have…
December 17, 2014
What happens when kids don’t have access to examples is that we afflict them in a way.
Nobody’s story is more worthy than anyone else’s.
Meg Medina at SCBWI LA (August 2014, We Need Diverse Books panel)
Kent Osborne and Mad Rupert’sBanana Guard Academy series from kaboom! wraps up its six-issue arc with the release of today’s No. 6, available at your nearby quality comic book store or BOOM!’s online shop.
In this sixth and final issue, the terrible evil threatening Candy Kingdom will finally be released into Ooo, knocking the Banana Guards out of commission! It’s up to our favorite group of rag-tag cadets to save the day and hopefully get the opportunity to graduate.
Cover B by Christina Chang.
I wish my keyboard only had sixteen keys on it too.
Just like the past two years (2012, 2013) I have made a giant poster sized image containing all of the thumbnails from every video submitted as part of the Project for Awesome.
I am so proud of the Nerdfighter community for raising over 1.1 million dollars this year, and I can’t wait to see which charities will be receiving this money!
Amazing job everyone, looks like nobody forgot to be awesome.
The full sized version of the image can be found here. Be warned, it is almost 70MB.
These are so fantastic. I have mine from last year. (=
**“**In 2014, mainstream publishers published 47 LGBT YA books. This is a 59% increase from 2013, when only 29 LGBT YA books were published by mainstream publishers.” [Read the entire post.]
A lot of my problems come when I don’t remember to be as thoughtful, or I don’t remember how to fulfill a healthy routine that enables me to feel okay. I’d like to think this photo-set speaks to that somehow.
“Eccleston was a tiger and Tennant was, well, Tigger. Smith is an uncoordinated housecat who pretends that he meant to do that after falling off a piece of furniture.” — Steven Moffat
I think we all know who that makes Capaldi.
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life.
*touches earpiece, getting confirmation* Yes. I’ll go with it.
