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nerdgul:

70slsbn:

70slsbn:

the greatest skill a woman can learn for herself is self reliance

to clarify … so many strong women in my life rely on men. that dependence is dangerous. ladies here are some good ref resources I’ve found helpful on my journey towards self reliance

automobile

plumbing

electrical

home

this list is in no way comprehensive feel free to add on

a lot of ‘man things’ are a lot easier than you think they are. especially considering the fact that most of these things when buying the parts come with directions on the packaging that men usually don’t even look at (and often end up doing it wrong because they were taught by fathers who also did not look at the packaging). 

like i recently had to change my car battery and freaked out cause i thought id electrocute myself but turns out new batteries come with directions and its the easiest shit in the world so long as you can lift the damn thing. 

so yeah, ladies dont ever feel like a man is a necessity for life, you can do this shit on your own its easier than you think!  

hi so this sounds really stupid but what’s the difference between socialism and communism? i always get confused! like sometimes i do clearly know what it is and other times im just like ??? thank you

kropotkhristian:

Okay, l’m going to get all the way into this. Hopefully this clears things up for you!

So, socialism is an economic system in which the workers own the means of production. This can take many forms, which is why there are so many different kinds of socialism. You could have democratic socialism, in which workers democratically control their own workplace. You could have market socialism, in which worker-owned cooperatives compete with each other in a market. You could have state socialism, in which the state owns the means of production “on behalf” of the workers (this is what the USSR and Maoist China were).

Communism is a “classless, stateless, moneyless society.” Communism has never existed in the modern era on a country-wide scale, although there are arguments to be made that it has cropped up on a smaller scale every now and again, and that it is maintained among some small communities around the world. This is why people say that the USSR “wasn’t communism.” That’s not a dodge, it’s just being honest. The USSR was some form of state socialism. That’s all it ever claimed to be internally as well.

Now, most socialists are communists in the sense that most people who advocate for socialism also eventually want communism. I would actually argue that almost everybody is a communist, since what communism actually is sounds a lot like what most people describe an ideal society as, or what they describe “heaven” looking like.

Both socialism and communism are sometimes confused with Social Democracy, which is basically just a large welfare state. Almost all socialists also support and fight for social democratic reforms (like public education, public healthcare, etc.), but none of these things are by themselves socialism. Unless the workers own the means of production, it isn’t socialism yet.

Of course, there is a divide between socialists who want the state to be involved in that process of worker ownership, and socialists who do not. This is typically the “anarchist vs. Marxist” divide that has existed since the First International.

But just remember:

socialism = workers own the means of production.

Communism = stateless, moneyless, classless society.

Social Democracy = welfare programs should be bigger, but who owns the means of production does not change.

A list of Tolkien’s books you can read online for free.

camellia93:

The Silmarillion
http://www.ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__the_silmarillion__en.htm

The Hobbit
https://www.lake.k12.fl.us/cms/lib/FL01000799/Centricity/Domain/4432/The%20Hobbit%20byJ%20%20RR%20Tolkien%20EBOOK.pdf

The Lord of the Rings
1) http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__the_lord_of_the_rings_1__en.htm
2) http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__the_lord_of_the_rings_2__en.htm
3) http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__the_lord_of_the_rings_3__en.htm

The Children of Hurin
https://ia801006.us.archive.org/3/items/J.R.R.TolkienTheChildrenOfHurin/J.R.R.Tolkien%20-%20The%20Children%20of%20Hurin.pdf

Beren and Lúthien
(best available version) https://www.dropbox.com/s/3sdi8p1p8b3ctvi/JRR%20%26%20Christopher%20Tolkien%20-%20Beren%20and%20Luthien%20%28v5.0%29.epub?dl=0
and (web version) https://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~melmoth/p1.html

Unfinished Tales
http://ae-lib.org.ua/texts-c/tolkien__unfinished_tales__en.htm

History of Middle-earth
1-2. The Book of Lost Tales 1 and 2 http://tolkienjrrlosttales.blogspot.co.uk/
3. The Lays of Beleriand http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138990/Tolkien_03_The_Lays_of_Beleriand.pdf
4. The Shaping of Middle-earth https://vk.com/doc20746184_255404401?hash=ff4eee42a196ecb339&dl=7c37abba760696ff17
5. The Lost Road and Other Writings http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138991/Tolkien_05_The_Lost_Road_and_Other_Writings.pdf
6. The Return of the Shadow (The History of The Lord of the Rings I)  http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138993/Tolkien_06_The_Return_of_the_Shadow.pdf
7. The Treason of Isengard (The History of The Lord of the Rings II) http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138995/Tolkien_07_The_Treason_of_Isengard.pdf
8. The War of the Ring (The History of The Lord of the Rings III) http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138997/Tolkien_08_The_War_of_the_Ring.pdf
9. Sauron Defeated (The History of The Lord of the Rings IV) http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138987/Tolkien_09_Sauron_Defeated.pdf
10. Morgoth’s Ring https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ao3sDPKlSLY5gxZPojP6tng2xNgC
11. The War of the Jewels http://www.e-reading.club/bookreader.php/138996/Tolkien_11_The_War_of_the_Jewels.pdf
12. The Peoples of Middle-earth http://vk.com/doc20746184_255404477?hash=ea2f3c0d696aa70b58&dl=285dc85f4f3a91b2ea

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/the_letters_of_j.rrtolkien.pdf

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Tolkien’s books irrelevant to Middle-earth:
Tales from the Perilous Realm
http://1.droppdf.com/files/ww8AQ/tales-from-the-perilous-realm-roverandom-j-r-r-tolkien.pdf

The Fall of King Arthur
https://www.readanybook.com/online/565599#357338

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
http://www.readsbird.com/legend-sigurd-and-gudrun-j-r-r-tolkien

Essay on Fairy Stories
http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2004/fairystories-tolkien.pdf

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Links to learn Tolkien’s languages:

Sindarin
http://sindarinlessons.weebly.com/lessons.html

Quenya
http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/qcourse.htm

–Ardalambion
One of the most comprehensive sites about all Tolkien’s invented languages
https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/

werewolfism:

WIKIPEDIA MONSTER COMPILATION PAGES FOR PEOPLE

whutotthewhut:

nightbloomers:

Queen Apailana at Padmé’s funeral in Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Let me take just a quick moment to fawn over this glorious woman. Queen Apailana of Naboo was supported by Padme Amidala herself in her bid for the throne.

She won and began her reign at the age of twelve as one of the youngest rulers in Naboo’s history, two years younger than Amidala when she took the throne. Her greatest desire was to be an exceptional queen like Amidala and Jamillia before her.

Her reign was marked by the end of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY, the same year she turned thirteen, and the same year her long time friend and mentor, Padme, died. Even as she mourned, Apailana did not swallow the story given by the Empire and Palpatine that Padme was murdered by the Jedi (somewhat ironic as Anakin was at fault) though she maintained a facade of loyalty to protect her people.

In reality, her faith in Padme led her to defy Order 66. Stating that towards “ the end of her life, [Padme] still had faith in the Jedi… I still think of the Jedi as friends” and she secretly harbored Jedi who fled persecution and death. 

In the face of the new Empire and Emperor, and after her own ambassadors had been murdered or mutilated, Apailana chose to prepare her home world for the prospect of war. When it was found that she was indeed harboring Jedi to spare them from Order 66, Darth Vader himself ordered the 501st legion to kill her.

What resulted was a small battle, with Apailana, armed with a blaster, fleeing with several of the Jedi she had shielded. Each acting as a bodyguard to the young Queen either out of thanks for her kindness or a sense of greater duty. 

She was shot by sniper rifle, dying outside of the royal palace, her people could do nothing but watch. 

Apailana was fourteen years old. The same age Padme Amidala had been when she ascended to the throne.

The Jedi who were with her perished as well and the remaining ones on Naboo were hunted down and exterminated shortly after. Naboo was brought to heel by the Empire and placed a puppet Queen on the throne to keep the planet in check for years to come.

A child ruler who, emboldened by the women who came before her, and to honor a dear friend’s spirit after death, stood in the face of an Empire and wouldn’t back down.

May you find peace in the Force, Apailana, fierce Queen of Naboo.

Writing Research – The Middle Ages

ghostflowerdreams:

Middle Ages (or Medieval period), lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. It began with the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history: Antiquity, Medieval period, and Modern period. The Medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages. [1] [2]

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GAR Reference Sheet

bluemaskedkarma:

So, I’m actually restructuring/fixing the Army to what it. Should. Be. Or, putting it into one central location for a reference where it make sense for, you know. WRITING.

Cuz I need that. And spreadsheets make me a happy Karma.

So far I’ve just “fixed” the System Armies and I’m gathering info on the Sector Armies and making general spaces for easy info to be put in for anyone to use.

It’s in Google Docs, which means anyone who uses GDocs can save a copy to their own Drive to use for whatever they need. I’ll make a post when it’s done, but, for the moment:

Here’s the Sheet on GDocs

There is one or two things (mostly in terms of Council) that’s Ghost related, but you can ignore it. I’ll blank it out when the sheet is done.

ireallyhatecornnuts:

schim:

chinad011:

pineapplebananacurry:

cookingformorons:

greencarnations:

How to make your ramen 9001x better, courtesy of /ck/

And you can buy roast beef and roast chicken on the internet. I am set for ramen for like a year now.

QUICK EGG IN UR RAMEN TRICK MY FRIEND TAUGHT ME IN HIGH SCHOOL

pour just enough water into your pot to cover your noodles and other ingredients, then get a small cup/fancy measuring 1 cup cup or w/e and measure out another cuppa watta. dump that shit in too.

make ur ramen. just start boiling and dump whatever you’re supposed to put in in the beginning. u know how to make ramen this isn’t ramen for snot nosed sobbing beginners ok

KEY PART: you know how it says on the back of the package to cook for about 4-5 minutes?? we’re cooking for 5 minutes. wait for your ramen to cook for the first three minutes. stare hungrily if you must. but the EXACT MOMENT 3 minutes hit here’s what you do:

  1. SCREAM. and then stir your noodles to make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom of the pot. (scream is optional) also make sure your broth is still more or less covering your noodles, if its not add a bit more. it doesn’t matter if some is still sticking up we just don’t want chewy noodles (unless you’re into that) (i’m into that)
  2. make a lil hole in your noodles. this little hole must have broth in it and nothing more. make it in the middle or the side it honestly doesn’t matter you just need a clear shot to the bottom of the pot
  3. crack your egg and toss that mother into the hole.
  4. COVER EGG WITH NOODLES AS QUICK AS YOU CAN
  5. DON’T. STIR.
  6. I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU STIR FOR THE REMAINING MINUTE AND A HALF YOU probably won’t ruin anything you’ll just have egg drop soup i guess but IF YOU DON’T STIR
  7. Congratulations, you have poached an egg in your broth! Your poached egg now tastes like your ramen broth. Revel in your victory.
  8. no seriously that egg will be mildly chewy deliciousness oh my god if you can perfect this technique you will never have your egg in your ramen another way again

this is as close as you’ll get to ramen made in a restaurant…

I’m just glad this isn’t like that one post that was all “HOW TO EAT CHEAP WITH RAMEN STEP ONE ADD A SIRLOIN STEAK AND $20 WORTH OF INGREDIENTS”.

This is how you can tell I’m poor as fuck.

Most dried ramen is deep-fried which is why it’s so unhealthy. If you boil in plain water, strain, and then add to fresh hot water/broth, it’s a lot better for you in general.

Another recipe:

Boil your noodles. Strain. Take a small frying pan and melt two tablespoons of butter (margarine works but butter is better) on low heat. Add the noodles and flavor powder and mix well. 

ANOTHER recipe:

Get a bag of frozen stir-fry veggies from wal-mart. It’s like a buck fifty. Fry those suckers up with some tonkatsu sauce or soy sauce. Boil your ramen, strain. Pile the noodles on a plate, top with your veggies and sauce. Sprinkle a tiny bit of the ramen flavoring on top. Bam, stir fry. The veggies make enough to serve three people (three packages of ramen).

Other things you can add to ramen to make it taste better:

Chopped inarizushi.

A half a can of peas.

A half a can of tunafish to the shrimp kind.

CHIVES MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.

Oddly enough, boiled potatoes to the beef kind.

Shredded cabbage.

Sliced boiled eggs. 

Matchstick carrots (you can get them from most grocery stores for like a dollar a package; alternately make your own from a cheap-ass bag of whole carrots).

If you’re gluten-free, you can make a gluten-free version of ramen by making and preparing spaghetti squash and using the bullion recipe above (substitute anything with gluten in it for something without, obviously). The “noodles” are smaller but damn is it tasty. Spaghetti squash, incidentally, grows at the least provocation so if you get a spaghetti squash (which are generally kind of expensive), save the seeds and plant them anywhere. Water them once a day. 

Spring-noodle soup, courtesy my husband’s Asian-American ex-girlfriend: Boil your ramen and strain. Heat up a can of soup broth, or simply prepare the ramen bullion. Dip the noodles into the broth forkful by forkful as you eat. You can add other stuff to the noodles, like veggies and meat, as you’re boiling it.

Saute some green onions and minced garlic in a pan in butter or margarine for a few minutes (you can substitute sesame oil for the butter or margarine  as well, if you happen to have it around. The sesame oil gives it a really good flavor). Add a dash of seasoned salt. Boil and strain your ramen noodles. Add to the saute mix, fry for a hot second, and you have awesome garlic noodles. 

Minute rice! You can add a small handful of minute rice to your ramen as it’s cooking for a more carb-heavy soup to get you through the day. If you couple this with veggies and meat it’s almost a round meal.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RAMEN, but if you make macaroni and cheese (Kraft dinner), add a can of tunafish and a half a can of peas to it to make a more filling, more rounded meal. 

Seriously, if you are broke and need to vary your diet in any way, I am the person to talk to. I grew up on this shit. A lot of is really unhealthy, but at least you won’t die of boredom.