In honor of his birthday: "I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library." -Jorge Luis Borges

RT @badastronomer: Happy and worried and anticipatious: Hyperbole and a Half is coming back.  http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/pre-post-transition-post.html … [MUPPET-FLAIL OF GLEE!]

AHA! My butterfly-like thing is a skipper! http://t.co/LtoLwnZA http://t.co/gWUvPjqf

A hedgehog spokesanimal for a flu treatment featuring a smaller sticker thingy. I am amused.

"I wanted to inspire a nation, and, well... now I can check that off my bucket list." - Gabby Douglas on Letterman [<3. Her.]

@sapphoandgrits HEE. I like that the Carnivale girls appear to be wearing the London Eye on their butts. #Olympics #closingceremonies

Brian May on guitar. O_O *bows down* #Olympics #closingceremonies

Oh, this is *beyond* clever. For breastfeeding moms (with a wicked sense of humor): http://t.co/IJlLHFtS

"We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

.@dove just lost my business. I don't buy cleaning products from people whose ethics are filthy. #FBrape

Aaand it's raining. Glad in retrospect I woke too late to go to the botanical gardens today.

Belated #FridayReads: THE MAD SCIENTIST'S GUIDE TO WORK DOMINATION by John Joseph Adams, ed. (What? Stop looking at me like that.)

...I think there is great, great cleverness coming up. #Elementary

:Yeah, but you're typically quite rude. I'm trying to figure out why it doesn't bother me." -Irene Adler [HA.] #Elementary

I don't think she's talking about the case any more. #Castle

Cannot breathe for laughing:  http://youtu.be/Jrh2tsqT1Kg  #Castle

Their feast days are May 12-14 respectively. The saying is, "Before them, no summer. After them, no frost." (i.e., don't plant 'til May 15.)

@sapphoandgrits *hands you a tissue*

@victoriadahl Oh, and Anson Mount... he should cheer you up.  http://www.torontosun.com/2012/08/10/hell-on-wheels-star-anson-mount-wants-a-6-year-run …

@screwydecimal Awwww. Tell him he's awesome, though, and we're so glad you shared it!