Reality Continues To Ruin My Life

we few, we band of brothers

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:12:29 +0930

we few, we band of brothers

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glowingbunny: History Meme. 1 War → The Falklands War / La...

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:05:21 +0930

History Meme. 1 War → The Falklands War / La Guerra de Las Malvinas

1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The conflict resulted from the long-standing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which lie in the South Atlantic, east of Argentina.

The Falklands War began on Friday 2 April 1982, when Argentine forces invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force, and retake the islands by amphibious assault. The resulting conflict lasted 74 days and ended with the Argentine surrender on 14 June 1982, which returned the islands to British control. During the conflict, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel and 3 Falkland Islanders died. [more +]

Gene Tierney, circa 1940s.

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:00:39 +0930

Gene Tierney, circa 1940s.

And then I met a man called The Doctor. A man who could change...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:58:32 +0930

And then I met a man called The Doctor. A man who could change his face.

renaissancemadonna: History meme: 3 women - THEODORA

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:55:38 +0930

renaissancemadonna:

History meme: 3 women - THEODORA

“Get inside and lock your doors. Close your windows. There’s...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:07:43 +0930

“Get inside and lock your doors. Close your windows. There’s something in the fog.”

#091 - The Fog
USA | 1980

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You know, it doesn’t matter how loyal a servant you are, no one...

Sat, 25 May 2013 16:00:21 +0930

You know, it doesn’t matter how loyal a servant you are, no one enjoys the company of a humourless mute.

lucreza: history meme | seven pairings ∙ marie and pierre...

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:37:39 +0930

lucreza:

history meme | seven pairings ∙ marie and pierre curie

In 1891, 24-year-old Marie Sklodowska moved from Warsaw to Paris, where she found work in the laboratory of Pierre Curie, a scientist engaged in research on heat and magnetism. They fell in love. They took their honeymoon on bicycles. They expanded the periodic table, discovering two new elements with startling properties, radium and polonium. They recognized radioactivity as an atomic property, heralding the dawn of a new scientific era. They won the Nobel Prize. Newspapers mythologized the couple’s romance, beginning articles on the Curies with “Once upon a time … ” Then, in 1906, Pierre was killed in a freak accident. Marie continued their work alone. She won a second Nobel Prize in 1911, and fell in love again, this time with the married physicist Paul Langevin. Scandal ensued. Duels were fought. [x]

miliette: Gary Cooper / Claudette Colbert (His Woman)

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:36:06 +0930

miliette:

Gary Cooper / Claudette Colbert (His Woman)

Why are you here? This is not a good place for a kid to be.

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:34:22 +0930

Why are you here? This is not a good place for a kid to be.

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musicloveaffairs: Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:24:45 +0930

musicloveaffairs:

Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor

Favorite Films...

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:10:19 +0930

Favorite Films | Vertigo (1958)

I made a mistake. I fell in love. That wasn’t part of the plan. I’m still in love with you. And I want you so to love me. If I had the nerve, I’d stay and lie, hoping that I could make you love me again as I am, for myself, and so forget the other and forget the past. But I don’t know whether I have the nerve to try.

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apriki: history meme - ten moments - The Christmas Truce The...

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:33:09 +0930

apriki:

history meme - ten moments - The Christmas Truce

The Christmas Truce was a series of widespread, unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas 1914, during World War I. Through the week leading up to Christmas, parties of German and British soldiers began to exchange seasonal greetings and songs between their trenches; on occasion, the tension was reduced to the point that individuals would walk across to talk to their opposite numbers bearing gifts.

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, many soldiers from both sides independently ventured into no man’s land, where they mingled, exchanging food and souvenirs. As well as joint burial ceremonies, several meetings ended in carol-singing. Troops from both sides were also friendly enough to play games of football with one another. The truce is seen as a symbolic moment of peace and humanity amidst one of the most violent events of modern history.

As the war continued through the unprecedentedly bloody battles of the Somme and Verdun, and the beginning of widespread poison gas use, soldiers on both sides increasingly viewed the other side as less than human, and no more Christmas truces were sought.

Greta Garbo, 1925

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:49 +0930

Greta Garbo, 1925

What do you love about music?To begin with, everything.

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:06:27 +0930

What do you love about music?
To begin with, everything.