This quote closely resonates with my ADHD mental state!
"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a nonlinear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a a big ball of wibbley-wobbley, timey-wimey ...stuff." - The Tenth Doctor_
Sophia Loren is known as one of the most iconic actresses of Old Hollywood, but her life wasn't always so glamorous. She was born in a charity ward for unwed mothers in Rome, Italy on September 20, 1934, and she was raised in poverty just outside of Naples. Loren almost died from malnutrition as an infant, and she was so thin as a child that her classmates called her a "toothpick." But as she entered her teenage years, Loren began to develop the looks that soon had the media calling her the "Italian Marilyn Monroe."
In 1950, when she was just 15, Loren entered the Miss Italia pageant and caught the eye of 37-year-old Carlo Ponti, a successful film producer who took her under his wing — and eventually married her. By 1953, she had landed her first starring role in the movie "Aida," and in 1955, she was the most-photographed guest at the Cannes Film Festival. From there, her fame skyrocketed, and she even became the first person to win an Academy Award for a performance in a foreign-language film.
"You don't have to feel hopeful about the future, it's enough to just be curious about what is coming."
@JustPlaneCuddle When I get really down I sometimes have that thought. Even when I'm tired of being here I want to stick around and see how it all turns out. Life is hard but interesting.
@achetocuddle you definitely gotta stick around to see what I’m gonna post next!
Remember this is 💜
@lonelytauros pulling fat meme, laughing out loud, good one @MissAdventurous thanks for all the stories and facts. Sophie is beautiful in that picture. Good story.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” ― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
During the 19th century, and especially in its later years, snacking in cemeteries happened across the United States.
Since many municipalities still lacked proper recreational areas, many people had full-blown picnics in their local cemeteries. The tombstone-laden fields were the closest things, then, to modern-day public parks.
Eating in graveyards had, and still has, historical precedent. People picnic among the dead across the world, from Guatemala to parts of Greece, and similar traditions involving meals with ancestors are common throughout Asia.
What would you bring as a snack to a cemetery?
Origin of the word VETERINARY
The word "veterinarian" originates from Latin. In ancient Rome, horses used in the army (loading beasts) that were very old would gather in a place where they could enjoy and rest. These animals were called "veterinus".
The people who cared for these animals were called VETERINARII (veterinarius), which was a derivative of the word VETUS / VETERIS, "old", because of this the profession of animal care was called that.
259 years after the creation of the first school of veterinary medicine the first two veterinary schools, Lyon, on August 4, 1761, and the École Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort (Paris), were created by French Claude Bourgelat, lawyer and lover of horses, who did not accept inefficiency in the empirical treatment of his breed horses, and used his influence to convince King Louis XV to create the School of Veterinary of Lyon, which began operating in 1762, with its students recruited among horsemen, specialists in the care of the helmets of the horses, horsemanship being one of the subjects studied.
The second country was Austria in 1768, followed by Italy in 1769, Denmark in 1773, Sweden in 1775, Germany in 1778, Hungary in 1781, England in 1791 and Spain in 1792. At the end of the 18th century, there were 19 schools of veterinary medicine across Europe.
The first recognized veterinarians graduated from major veterinary schools founded between 1762 and 1821, such as the Royal Veterinary College in 1791 in London, and Lyon School became a symbol of modernity.
Source: Dr. Oscar Brogna.
@MissAdventurous The last 2 were really interesting. Hugs.
Awh thanks darling 💕💕💕 @stormydaycuddle Miss your face ☺️☺️
What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one. Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information.
Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism. Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance. Orwell feared we would become a captive culture.
Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture, preoccupied with some equivalent of the feelies, the orgy porgy, and the centrifugal bumblepuppy.
As Huxley remarked in Brave New World Revisited, the civil libertarians and rationalists who are ever on the alert to oppose tyranny "failed to take into account man's almost infinite appetite for distractions." "In 1984", Huxley added, "people are controlled by inflicting pain. In Brave New World, they are controlled by inflicting pleasure."
In short, Orwell feared that what we hate will ruin us. Huxley feared that what we love will ruin us. ~Neil Postman
Book: Amusing Ourselves to Death
Each of us is born with something special, a gift that’s only given just to us, a talent or a quirk or a way of seeing life, a knack of finding light amidst the dust. It’s your special little gift that’s going to take you, to the places you’ve dreamed of in your head, it will open doors and bring in souls who marvel at your skills, it will harvest joy and chase away the dread.
But there’s something that you must be quite aware of, when it comes to knowing just what is your gift, people search for theirs in vain their whole life through, a thankless chase like that can cause a rift.
Your gift you see, is not always a grand one, it’s not the being fast, or saving lives, it’s not always the singing voice, the dancing feet or more, it can sometimes be a simple quirk of life.
Your gift can be a constant splash of colour, a way of showing light through cloudy days, your gift could be the way you make others feel at peace, or bring some calm to someone’s messy day.
Your gift could be the ears that always listen, when someone is in need of being seen, your gift could be the way you view the world as something small,and believe that we are all just one big team.
Your gift could be the passions that you share, with others who are not that way inclined, spreading art and spreading music all across your world, is something that can change a lot of minds.
So take a minute now to look within you, and see what little gift you’ve stored away, let it out and show it love and bring it to the front, your gift will stay with you now, all the way. ~ 'Your Gift' by Donna Ashworth
~ Art by Flora Aube