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Really think this is not a “Girl” problem. More like...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:33:03 -0400

Really think this is not a “Girl” problem. More like a “I like to read books and talk about them with other people” problem.

I had this sent in by a fan of the Ouroboros Cycle series who also asked when the next book in the series is coming out. The answer from my publisher is that the start of next year is when you can pick up Book Two.

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:00:18 -0400

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tumblingwhovian:

stormcloak:

Clifford the big red dog by *sandara

-Weeps-

OH MY GOD

Can we have a Clifford live action movie? Not a kids movie either.

Like, Emily Elizabeth’s parents are working for a government agency developing a super soldier serum. None of their testing is working and they start testing the serum on larger mammals in hopes of seeing better results. They inject a variety of animals, including a dog. Nothing. They are desperate and on the verge of having their project shut down when they notice one of the test dogs is pregnant. It gives birth and they bring one of the puppies home for their daughter.

To their shock, the puppy they brought home starts to grow at an incredible rate, its fur mutating into a brilliant red as it does so. They are ecstatic because their research has finally seen a result, albeit one they weren’t expecting. There is only one problem.

Clifford has become attached to Emily and refuses to leave her side. Emily, too, has fallen in love with her new pet. They decide to let their project be canceled rather than try to separate the two. Unfortunately, the government discovers their secret and begins a campaign to retrieve Clifford at any costs. During the initial conflict, Emily Elizabeth’s parents are killed trying to help her and Clifford escape. Emily and her dog flee into the wild. This sets the opening of the movie.

Over the course of the movie, Emily and Clifford are on the run and we see Emily grow into a young woman, everything about her honed into a survivalist expert. She and Clifford roam the backwoods, constantly in fear of being captured. On one of her rare trips into town one day, Emily witnesses a bank robbery in progress involving multiple hostages. She calls Clifford and the two of them save the lives of the hostages but wreck the bank in the process. The local news capture footage of Clifford and it isn’t long before the military arrives in town.

Emily wants to just run away again, but she sees that the military is destroying the town, driving people out of their homes and destroying property in their search. She decides that enough is enough and rides Clifford back into town and fights the military. Amidst the fighting a huge truck arrives. A general (who was her parent’s superior officer) gets out and smirks. He tells Emily Elizabeth that Clifford’s mother wasn’t the only animal that gave birth to a litter of babies after receiving an injection. The back of the truck unfolds to reveal a massive tabby cat. The cat strains against its bindings and tears free, immediately leaping onto a nearby group of soldiers and devouring them. Emily is horrified and orders Clifford to attack.

What follows is the dramatic battle between Clifford and the mutant cat. Clifford has strength, but the cat is too fast and agile. It looks like Clifford is down for the count, when the townsfolk, recognizing that Clifford is on their side, come to his aid. They distract the cat long enough for him to finish the beast off for good.

The military retreats, the general swearing vengeance on the two of them, and Emily and Clifford ride off into the night once more. But the legend of the big red dog has already started. And Emily Elizabeth knows that the day will come when she and Clifford will need to ride into battle against the forces of evil once more.

The credits roll.

Post credits, the screen fades to black for a moment. The sound of waves crashing on shore fills the air. The screen flashes brilliant white. The light of the lighthouse moves on, revealing a rocky shore on a rainy day. The camera pans down to find Clifford and Emily gazing out to sea. A massive object hangs in the air off the coast, obscured in the clouds. A smaller object rapidly approaches them. It resolves itself into an advanced helicopter that silently lands just down the shore from them. Clifford lets out a low growl but Emily quiets him with a hand on his leg. A lone figure emerges from the aircraft, huddling his arms around himself to fight off the cold.

He approaches the two. His hair is short and somewhat curly. He wears glasses and a grey flannel shirt and seems unlikely to pose a threat to the two.

“Emily Elizabeth,” he says over the sound of the crashing surf, “I worked with your parents. It’s taken us a while to find you, after the Birdwell Island incident.”

“And who exactly is ‘us’,” she responds, eyes narrowing suspiciously.

Ignoring her question, the man continues. “Me and Clifford have a lot in common, actually.” He smiles a little awkwardly, then presses on. “I was hoping you might be interested in meeting my boss. He’s fairly excited to talk with you.”

“You still haven’t answered my question. Who are you and who do you work for?”

The man smiles. “My name is Banner. And I’m hear to talk to you about the Avengers Initiative.”

This started out sounding like Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

And then Avengers.

Jeanclaude Moschetti - Voodou in Benin

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:00:22 -0400

Jeanclaude Moschetti - Voodou in Benin

fantastic

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:00:16 -0400

fantastic

Vintage irrigating syringes.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:08:03 -0400

Vintage irrigating syringes.

Hello from Vine I am now on Vine and have no clue what I am...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:22:35 -0400

Hello from Vine

I am now on Vine and have no clue what I am doing. But if you are on there as well feel free to add me.

Hand-made Guinea Pig Scale-Mail and Helmet (Armor) This auction...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:46:00 -0400

Hand-made Guinea Pig Scale-Mail and Helmet (Armor)

This auction is a charity auction for hand-made guinea pig scale-mail. (You’ve read that correctly)

This is AMAZING!

Holliday Grainger in Great Expectations (2012)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:38:09 -0400

Holliday Grainger in Great Expectations (2012)

Cover of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” on the koto and shakuhachi by...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:36:38 -0400

Cover of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” on the koto and shakuhachi by Team Kozan

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:29 -0400

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Vendeuse de souvenirs - Ennedi Ouest, Chad.© Jacques Taberlet

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:00:16 -0400

Vendeuse de souvenirs - Ennedi Ouest, Chad.
© Jacques Taberlet

© Feng Hai | 冯海 (b.1971), New garden fantasies.

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:00:12 -0400

Description: During the Victorian period cures for diseases were...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:19:33 -0400

Description: During the Victorian period cures for diseases were often more dangerous than the illness itself.

Laudanum is a notable example of the Victorian cure. Pharmacies could prescribe the dangerous drug over the counter unchecked. It would be taken for many ailments including headaches and menstrual cramps. Some women would even use the drug to obtain a pale complexion, as frailty among women was considered attractive.
However, Laudanum was addictive due to its opium content. Notable addicts were Lord Bryon, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (who wrote the poem Kubla Khan while in a Laudanum induced state), Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats and Edgar Allen Poe. The drug is also mentioned in numerous Victorian books; such as Frankenstein, Dracula and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Neuralgia was a fairly unknown disease till John Locke in 1677 was asked to help the Countess of Northumberland. Previously numerous doctors had tried to describe the condition but failed to fully understand the illness. Locke was able to decrease the pain the Countess was feeling by treating her with laxative therapy.
Later during the 1700s other doctors built on Locke’s ideas and started to prescribe surgery to help the patient. By 1820 Charles Bell had completed the research by separating the disease from others and actually caused the condition to be named trigeminal neuralgia. The medicine pictured would have been prepared by Dale’s Chemist, Stoke-on-Trent from Adams’s recipe to ‘cure’ Neuralgia.

https://vine.co/v/hBnEHti7bKt I am now on vine and have no clue...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:09:14 -0400

https://vine.co/v/hBnEHti7bKt

I am now on vine and have no clue what I am doing. But if you are on there as well feel free to add me.

‘Russian Dolls’ karlie kloss, wearing Alexander McQueen...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:52:05 -0400

‘Russian Dolls’ karlie kloss, wearing Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2010, photographed by Tim Walker for Vogue UK October 2010

fyodorpavlov: Illustration for Chapter 4 of G.D. Falksen’s...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:51:05 -0400

fyodorpavlov:

Illustration for Chapter 4 of G.D. Falksen’s first book in The Ouroboros Cycle, A Monster’s Coming of Age Story. This is another favorite. Riding dress, amirite?

If you’d like to see them all, as well as the illustrations of my husband, Lawrence Gullo, do pick up your own copy!

Teal and Red Highbacked corset by ~Cuddlyparrot

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:44:55 -0400

Teal and Red Highbacked corset by ~Cuddlyparrot

Evening Boots 1880s France

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:00:20 -0400

Evening Boots

1880s

France

Photo

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:00:10 -0400

Meteora, Greece (by Mary Kay)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:00:09 -0400

Meteora, Greece (by Mary Kay)