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It’s macabre – my collection of vintage death imagery.

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The SS Warrimoo, a passenger steamship traveling from Vancouver to Australia, was silently knifing its way across the mid-Pacific waters. The navigator had just finished calculating a star fix and handed the results to Captain John DS. Phillips.

The Warrimoo's coordinates were LAT 0º 31' N, LONG 179 30' W. The date was December 31, 1899. "Know what this means?" First Mate Payton announced, "We're only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the International Date Line."

Captain Phillips was prankish enough to seize the opportunity to do the nautical feat of a lifetime. He summoned his navigators to the bridge to double-check the ship's position. He altered his course slightly to focus directly on his target. He then altered the engine's speed.

The calm weather and clear night worked to his advantage. At midnight, the SS Warrimoo rested on the Equator, exactly where it had crossed the International Date Line. The ramifications of this odd arrangement were numerous.

The ship's bow was in the Southern Hemisphere, in the middle of summer. The stern was in the Northern Hemisphere, in the midst of winter. The date on the aft portion of the ship was December 31, 1899. The date on the forward half of the ship was January 1, 1900. The ship experienced multiple days, months, years, seasons, and centuries simultaneously.

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Everyone who plays around with Tarot cards long enough winds up with a “bad” card that they love. I just barely persuaded my husband not to get the Ten of Swords tattooed on his body; traditionally, it shows a corpse with ten swords stuck in their body and means “utter ruin,” but he thought that if it took ten swords to kill you, then you must have put up a pretty good fight.

honestly this is the most badass ten of swords interpretation i've ever heard.  i'm stealing this

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Moby-Dick Incorrect Quotes from the Perchance Incorrect Quote Generator (Part 3/?)

Ahab: Starbuck, my old friend! Starbuck: I think you tried to kill me at some point. Ahab: That was obviously just my way of getting to know you.

Starbuck: My only talent is being stress. Stubb: Don't you mean stressed? Starbuck: No.

Fleece: Here you go, Stubb, a nice hot cup of coffee! Stubb: It's cold. Fleece: A nice cup of coffee. Stubb: It's horrible! Fleece: Cup of coffee. Stubb: I'm not sure if this even IS coffee. Fleece: C U P.

Ishmael: The moon looks beautiful, doesn’t it? Tashtego, looking at Ishmael: Yeah… but do you know what’s more beautiful? Ishmael and Tashtego in unison: sighs Queequeg

Queequeg: You know what’s funny about Ishmael? They’re my best friend, and anyone who’d hurt them is someone I’d murder, probably.

Starbuck: Bitches be like “he’s my right hand man” JUST SAY HE’S YOUR BEST FRIEND. SAY IT. Stubb: Starbuck have you considered that maybe right hand man sounds cooler and has more homoerotic subtext? Starbuck: Starbuck has reconsidered. You’re right. Flask: Finally, an example of productive discourse and growth.

Pip: You saved me! Why? Stubb: People would think I murdered you if I didn't.

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he would tho

Just woke up after dreaming Ishmael shot me for painting a too ugly whale. Ish WTF?!

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The View down the Long Border early in the Morning - Francis Hamel

British , b. 1963 -

Oil on linen , 46 x 36 cm.

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The Shore - Barry McGlashan , 2023.

British, b. 1974 -

Oil on paper over panel , 12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in.

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gay writer dream setup tbh

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My collection of vintage mythology imagery isn’t fictional.

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100 pages in: Man that’s bullshit, this is hilarious and scathing and sweet and it’s going really quickly and the chapter about fog was brialliant. Skill issue.

300 pages in: Oh my god i have to slog through SEVEN HUNDRED MORE PAGES OF THIS???

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My favorite owls that I’ve encountered are roosting here.

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happy birthday to every hobbit

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*opens a Rothko painting like a door and leaves through it*

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temple at the end of the road

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You should only write in present tense with extreme caution.

not because it's bad or anything but because if you do it even once you're going to be editing the bits where you shifted tenses out of your writing for the rest of your life

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Hello Odysseus, I have a very sime question, answer it and you can go home to your wife.

In your opinion who is prettiest?

Aphrodite, Athena, or Hera?