November 2011
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The Special Operations Executive cont.
Thought I do an additional post about the Special Operations Executive b/c how damn awesome this WWII organization was :3
The Half-Assed Hollywood Effort:
Hopefully you didn’t see the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but did read the comics, which feature a band of legendary fictional characters such as Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man and Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde, all coming...
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Celebrity Badass #2: Christopher Lee and the...
As the guy who played Dracula, Count Dooku and Saruman, Christopher Lee is undoubtedly the horror movie god of the 20th century. At 6 feet 4, he’s fear in human form, yet he’s probably old enough to have fathered your grandfather.
And your father.
The Badass: Christopher Lee was once a member of Britain’s Special Operations Executive,...
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Celebrity Badass: Audrey Hepburn and the Dutch...
Audrey Hepburn is remembered by the world over for her beauty, elegance and damn-near mastery of the fine art of class. She was a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador before it was popular, a true humanitarian and one of the greatest actresses of all time. Also, she looked like this.
The Badass: Hepburn worked for the Dutch Resistance by transporting secret messages in...
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B(right) Things: MTV blows its street cred →
Today, teenagers are sold a culture. Those who resist are sold a counter-culture by the same people behind the culture. “Rebellion” is something you can buy off the rack. And buying in makes you no more unique than the people you’re trying to be different from.
You know what actual rebellion is…
Haha. I literally had this exact same conversation in my philosophy class today after...
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Downton Abbey Season 2 Finale
Just finished watching ep 8 of Downton Abbey S2. Oh mai god, so many emotions running through me right now - I smiled, I laughed, I swore, I cried, I shouted, came very close to picking up my laptop and wanting to hurl it across the room, and let it take the brunt of my emotions. I can’t even remember the last time a show’s got to me like this, I just can’t.
On that note: CURSE...
