the rain is gone away
as it had never been
and with it our dismay

the rain is gone away
this lucent day

beams the skull's whole grin
the rain is gone away

as it had never been


The Magicians and Mrs. Quent.


Interesting discussion stemming from a case in which the publisher put a dead woman's picture on the cover of a novel about the murder of a man: "...why women are disproportionate consumers of this stuff too. It could be distilled into variations on the theme of: 'It defines the boundaries of the ugliness in the world. I've had awful experiences, but not as bad as what these characters experience, so I'm reassured that I'm normal.' " --ordinarygoddess

"I've come to re-think it as more that women are like cats: small predators who are also prey - which is why cats are cautious, but not as timid or as frightened as rabbits. Men, meanwhile, are like dogs - even when they are tiny, they act as if they are wolves, apex predators on the top of the food chain." --Rana
(via supergee)


"For openers, when the site was unveiled, a prominent link to "Future GOP Leaders" when clicked, led to a page reading, '404 Error: This page could not be found'."

"By this point in the ad, I am entertaining the thought of destroying this large, black box that sits in my living room..." (via Silliman)