“Check out this awesome dance move I invented.”
“Oh god, evolution, please stop doing that.”
“What? It’s called ‘pronking.’ All the springbok are into it.”
“I can’t take you anywhere.”
Pronk for joy.
(Source: BBC)
Regency ladies in a Pirates of the Caribbean show down
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Hey North Carolina! I’m coming home for the weekend
Hey North Carolina! I’m coming home for the weekend. Come hear me read in Raleigh?
I grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina so it makes me very happy to be going there to read at Quail Ridge Books. Friday the 10th, I’ll be reading at 7:30.
Quail Ridge Books
3522 Wade Avenue
Raleigh,NC 27607I’m coming with the full Regency costume and the…


