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In an effort to share a little black and queer history during this turbulent Pride month, here’s a comic about one of my favorite musicians, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

https://www.everythingisgoingtobeokcomic.com/sister-rosetta-tharpe/

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In my freshman year of high school, we had a new history teacher. His name was Mr. Taylor, and he was ridiculously hot. He was just out of college–this was his first teaching job–and he was one of those people that you look at and think “shouldn’t you be modelling somewhere?” On top of being gorgeous, he  was also kind, funny, a great teacher, and a huge Lord of the Rings nerd, and the student body worshiped him. 

This was a small, private school, and there were only two sections of freshman World History, and he taught both of them. He constantly complained that one section was ahead of the other. As the year progressed, the gap between the two sections widened–as midterms approached, one section was in the medieval period and the other was still lagging at the end of the Roman empire.

Both sections were meant to sit the same exam, so he couldn’t just move up the midterm and have one class sit it first. He needed to get both classes into the same time period. 

So for the week before midterms, he hurried the slower class into the middle ages, and went in to depth with the other. He discussed battles in detail, drew regional maps on the white board, and even diagrammed the lineage of the king of Noldor. The class, of course, took diligent notes and asked questions. Everyone wanted to impress him and did their best to learn the material.

During the last class before the midterm, he reviewed the material he’d taught for most of the term, but didn’t touch on any of the things he’d been teaching for the last week. 

Finally, one student asked if any of the stuff he’d been teaching for the last week was going to be on the exam. 

“No,” he said, “The contents of the Silmarillion will not be on the exam.”

There was a moment of silence while everyone sat there, confused. Someone eventually went “…what??”

Mr. Taylor grinned. “Yeah, I needed to keep you guys busy while the other class caught up, so for the last week I’ve just been teaching Lord of the Rings history. I can’t believe none of you noticed. You need to pay more attention to geography.”

The class was, unsurprisingly, outraged. Mr. Taylor just laughed.

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This reminds me of a hilarious Hey Duggie episode, where tadpoles were having an identity crisis about turning into frogs!

It’s tadpoles’ season

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This is the lucky clover cat. reblog this in 30 seconds & he will bring u good luck and fortune.

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So, Erik or Myster Y has a son with Christine in Love Never Dies. Imagine his first dad joke...

In the middle of a music lesson...

Gustave: Father, can I go to the pub with the lads later?

Erik: You’re A Minor...

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I recently watched an amazing Phantom of the Opera production in Greece.

And it inspired me to find the corniest Phantom related joke. It’ll make you cringe, but I find it funny!

Hear this... What did Erik said to Christine after Masquerade?

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‘You’re in Major treble...’

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Happiness Will Come To You.

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Dolly Wells has the most adorable dimples!

A little peek at Claes on his morning coffee while getting ready for the shoot, and abit bts clip of Dracula ep.3 💞

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I’ve never identified with something more than this

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Dracula Mistake?

‘Don’t frown, I can hear it from here,’ Sister Agatha says to the Captain of the ship.

It’s the same line River Song used for the Doctor when they were having dinner together at The Husbands of River Song...

Anyone else got that?

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Poor baby, he just wanted the shiny toy! 🥰

The Mandalorian · 1x03 “The Sin”

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Money Cats masterpost, to have your LIFE!! filled with money.

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Happy #NationalBookLoversDay

Happy #NationalBookLoversDay to all our literary fans out there! Here at the Archives, We’re very shelf-aware of our love of all written records! To celebrate this wonderful day, here’s a look at some of our favorite literary holdings!

As all lovers of fiction know, a good book can transport you to other lands. And speaking of literary travels, here’s #ErnestHemingway’s 1923 passport photo.

Nothing warms our hearts more than seeing young people having fun in libraries! Here’s a 1940’s photo of children checking out books from the Benjamin Franklin Library.

Sometimes all you need is a great book and a little space. No one knows this quite like Astronaut Janice Voss! Here she is enjoying “A Man on the Moon” while exercising on an ergometer on the middeck of Endeavour, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 105.

It wouldn’t be a proper #NationBookLoversDay celebration without highlighting some of our favorite American authors. Here’s a photo of #JamesBaldwin and #MarlonBrando at the Civil Rights March on Washington.

To all the Edgar Allan Poe fans, this one’s for you! Here’s a look at Poe’s enlistment documents.

Poe joined the Army at the age of 18 in Boston. This enlistment paper shows that he used a false name, Edgar Perry, and a false age, adding four years to his real age. The paper also described him as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, with brown hair, gray eyes, and a fair complexion.