August 2011
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A Compendium of Potion Ingredients and Their Brewing Times
- The Pottermore potioneer’s reference
Which potion to brew when you’re short of galleons? Which to brew when you’re short of time? Find out here!
I’ve worked out exactly how much each potion costs & how long it takes to brew, and put it all in a handy chart for your convenience. Enjoy:)
[spoiler alert]
I just figured out what the 'Attempted Murder' meme is about
“Saints may always tell the truth, but for mortals living means lying. We lie to protect our privacy (“No, I don’t live around here”); to avoid hurt feelings (“Friday is my study night”); to make others feel better (“Gee you’ve gotten skinny”); to avoid recriminations (“I only lost $10 at poker”); to prevent grief (“The doc says you’re getting better”); to maintain domestic tranquility (“She’s just a friend”); to avoid social stigma (“I just haven’t met the right woman”); for career advancement (“I’m sooo lucky to have a smart boss like you”); to avoid being lonely (“I love opera”); to eliminate a rival (“He has a boyfriend”); to achieve an objective (“But I love you so much”); to defeat an objective (“I’m allergic to latex”); to make an exit (“It’s not you, it’s me”); to delay the inevitable (“The check is in the mail”); to communicate displeasure (“There’s nothing wrong”); to get someone off your back (“I’ll call you about lunch”); to escape a nudnik (“My mother’s on the other line”); to namedrop (“We go way back”); to set up a surprise party (“I need help moving the piano”); to buy time (“I’m on my way”); to keep up appearances (“We’re not talking divorce”); to avoid taking out the trash (“My back hurts”); to duck an obligation (“I’ve got a headache”); to maintain a public image (“I go to church every Sunday”); to make a point (“Ich bin ein Berliner”); to save face (“I had too much to drink”); to humor (“Correct as usual, King Friday”); to avoid embarrassment (“That wasn’t me”); to curry favor (“I’ve read all your books”); to get a clerkship (“You’re the greatest living jurist”); to save a dollar (“I gave at the office”); or to maintain innocence (“There are eight tiny reindeer on the rooftop”).”
—Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit; Can the Government Suppress Lies? - The Atlantic
If PHP Were British →
addedbytes.com
I especially enjoy the new version of try… catch blocks:
would_you_mind {
// Code here
} actually_i_do_mind (Exception £e) {
// Politely move on
cheerio('Message');
}Vastly more polite and upbeat indeed.
“If a thing can be said in ten words, I may be relied upon to take a hundred to say it. I ought to apologize for that. I ought to go back and ruthlessly prune, pare and extirpate excess growth, but I will not. I like words — strike that, I love words — and while I am fond of the condensed and economical use of them in poetry, in song lyrics, in Twitter, in good journalism and smart advertising, I love the luxuriant profusion and mad scatter of them too. After all, as you will already have noticed, I am the kind of person who writes things like ‘I shall append a superscribed obelus, thus’. If my manner of writing is a self-indulgence that has you grinding your teeth then I am sorry, but I am too old a dog to be taught to bark new tunes.”
—Stephen Fry, The Fry Chronicles (via fujiidom)
Reblog if you've spent any amount of time thinking the ITV period drama was called Downtown Abbey instead of Downton Abbey.
A lot of people
are making their demands for when jimmy fallon comes back to snl. i have only one. and it is a magnificent 4-member news squad that pretty much resolves my childhood. we need jimmy. we need seth. we need tina. we need amy. all at once, telling me news. i hope for a lot, but need only this one thing. please, god, allah, buddha, lorne, tom cruise, whoever can grant me this one wish.
I LOVE POTATOES
frankenteen | acheleheya | bottleofeverything:
French Fries
Potato Chips
Hash Brown
Tater tots
Mashed Potatoes
Potato Salad
Fried Potatoes
BAKED POTATOES!
heaven is a post on my dash
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