Here’s a pretty funny (but mostly accurate!) panel of comics about how much we’ve cared about Star Wars, starting from the 1970s all the way to the 2010s.
I still can’t believe it’s been thirty-five years since Episode IV first came out; can you?
What do you guys think? Pretty accurate? I can't remember the last time I drank drank in LA (as in go out to a bar/lounge, not just have a beer or two with dinner...
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Books and infographics. How could I resist?
Designed by Italian artist Giorgia Lupi, this timeline of future events as predicted by famous novels was originally published in the Sunday supplement of Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. She generously created an English version for the site Brain Pickings, and I can’t help but be mesmerized!
The resulting visualization is predictably HUGE, so for those who don’t want to click on it to view it large format, I have decided to add a couple of screenshots to this post:
Yesterday, I went to go visit a good friend who had just given birth to an adorable baby girl. As I held the newborn in my arms and chatted away with the proud (but tired) mom and dad, I couldn't help but think about all the other women in my life who had given birth, or is about to give birth, within this 2-3 month period. I also remembered how this time last year, as I was awaiting the birth of Aerin, I knew no less than five other women who were due within a month of me. Needless to say, curiosity got the best of me, and as soon as I arrived home and I immediately fired up my laptop to look...
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There's only a week and a half left until The Dark Knight Rises hits the theaters! Is anyone else as excited as I am??!!! Because if rumors are to be believed, this final installment of the Christopher Nolan trilogy will be the best yet — and nobody can deny that The Dark Knight will be pretty difficult to beat. (I recently read that Warner Bros. had originally planned on The Riddler, not Bane, as the primary villain in The Dark Knight Rises. And that they had wanted Leonardo DiCaprio for the role...
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