For Some Reason, It Never Occurred To Me That Project Gutenberg Would Have Public Domain Old cookbooks.

Anyone else the dumbest bitch alive?

Did you guys know that when Brazil became a Republic in 1889, it was only supposed to be provisional? That it had to be decided by popular vote whether we wanted to remain a Republic or not?

Well, we did. IN 1993. 104 YEARS OF PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR.

Brazil in a nutshell, honestly.

New thing: "this ship was wreck" or just "shipwreck" to describe not only when a show ruines your OTP, but also the period of uncertainty that plagued England after both the sinking of the White Ship and the death of Henry I, known as The Anarchy.

good homeopathy: i use lavender because it smells nice and helps me sleep

bad homeopathy: i use lavender and it smells so nice that i stop getting vaccinated

Who was the Potter cat?

So we all know the Potters had a cat, right?

All we have per descriptions of this cat is that 1. It was enough of a Potter to make the list when they went into hiding and 2. Harry scared it with his new broom he got from Sirius.

There is further no mention of said cat.

On the other hand, don’t we know another, really old, beaten down, ugly, sad, sad cat?

A cat that befriended Sirius Black and seemed to KNOW Peter Pettigrew’s smell, hold a grudge against him, even?

Part-kneazle, so it has a remarkable ability for finding things that are shiny and that it has a connection to, like, say, a family member.

A cat that knows it’s way around Hogwarts, around the Whomping Willow, almost like it had been there before with another owner.

A cat that absolutely REFUSED to let Hermione leave that shop without him after seeing a certain rat, was CRAZED, almost.

We have no mention of this cat/kneazle’s age, except that it had been in the shop for a while and no one had wanted it. Magical creatures live a long time. Cats live a long time. It’s within reason that this cat could be 30, even 40 years old.

It makes too much sense.

The Potter cat is Crookshanks.

fanfiction things that shouldn’t exist: Harry befriending Bellatrix Lestrange

it makes no logical sense

oh my god i ate so much. there's five types of dessert. i am a weak person

merry christmas my dudes

Re-watching Poldark season 1 and I can’t believe Ross blamed Demelza for what Francis did to him and his company. What, so because he didn’t approve of Verity’s lover boy, he got to ruin two families, Ross’ business and possibly his marriage, but it’s Demelza’s fault for being a supportive friend? Excuse you, but no. If Francis thinks his “betrayed” feelings are more important than people’s literal lives and means of supporting themselves, then he’s an asshole and he can go die in a ditch.

Also, Ross is a jerk to Demelza, like, 87% of the time.