5 Questions Answered by the Guide to Police Duties by A.J. McIntosh, Chief Constable of Dunbartonshire, Scotland, Original Edition June 1936.

Q. Can a dog be used on a public highway for the purpose of drawing or helping to draw any carriage, etc.?
A. No; that is an offence under section 8 of the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, and the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1854.

Q. What must be painted or affixed over the door or gate of a knacker’s premises?
A. The name of the knacker together with the word ’Knacker.’

Q. Is it an offence for an animal to be slaughtered in sight of another animal awaiting slaughter?
A. Yes.

Q. Can a person import or keep a Musk Rat?
A. Not unless under license. Musk Rat Importation and Keeping Regulations, 1932. All licenses have now been revoked.

Q. To what do the Diseases of Animals Acts apply?
A. Diseases known as Cattle Plague, Pleuro Pneumonia, Foot and Mouth Disease, Sheep Scab, Swine Fever, Glanders, Rabies, Anthrax and Parasitic Mange.

Q. What must the finder of a stray dog do forthwith?
A. Either return it to the owner or take it to the nearest police station.
Q. What Act deals with this matter?
A. The Dogs Act, 1928.




Me, at the NYPL! By the remarkable Jason Polan as part of the Every Person In New York project.

Me, at the NYPL! By the remarkable Jason Polan as part of the Every Person In New York project.


Umm, umm, umm, I’m barely sure how to write this post. Today is a huge day for me.
My new studio is officially open for business. Sleepover. Sleepover! It has kept me up at night for months now. I’m incredibly proud to have Tag Savage as my partner in this venture. Check out the site for more, but very quickly: we do websites for magazines, writers, content folks.
A main focus will be our blog, which we’re starting off with a bang. Tag discusses his shoes and I announce a new Tumblr theme. My entire heart is in this thing. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.

Umm, umm, umm, I’m barely sure how to write this post. Today is a huge day for me.

My new studio is officially open for business. Sleepover. Sleepover! It has kept me up at night for months now. I’m incredibly proud to have Tag Savage as my partner in this venture. Check out the site for more, but very quickly: we do websites for magazines, writers, content folks.

A main focus will be our blog, which we’re starting off with a bang. Tag discusses his shoes and I announce a new Tumblr theme. My entire heart is in this thing. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.


WTF?

dontaskmeijustworkhere:

My bike just got stolen out of my fucking carport.  I inherited it from my grandma who is now deceased, so it’s kinda important to me. I spent all fucking summer fixing it. If anyone sees a 3 speed rust colored Raleigh from the 60’s with a wicker basket and a Brooks jr. seat, please DM me ASAP.

To the shit birds who stole it, I hope you rot in hell you pissant fucks.

Thanks.

They also stole my bike, but it’s hardly as special. Look for hers, then we can talk about my crummy bike that I barely used.


10 replacement plot devices for the modern age

  1. Amnesia → Hard drive crash
  2. The self made man → The self-assembled robot
  3. Red herring → Wireless red herring
  4. Foreshadowing → 2^4shadowing
  5. Double agent → Double User-Agent
  6. Deus ex machina → iddqd
  7. Unreliable narrator → Reliable narrator [citation needed]
  8. The long con → The long cron
  9. It was all a dream → It was all a webisode
  10. The butler did it → The computer did it


Punch-Drunk Love” is, as Anderson concedes, the first film he has made that is entirely his. “This one came from my stomach,” he says, laying a hand on his abdomen. “It’s referenceless. When you start out, you latch onto other movies, other styles, to help you get across what you’re trying to say. But this one is mine somehow — all mine.

Films of the decade: “Punch-Drunk Love” (via Rian Johnson)

I agree with the author that Punch-Drunk Love is one of the best movies ever, and the referenceless quality is part of what makes it so stunning. I encourage everyone to see it or see it again. But, I don’t really understand what she means by criticizing There Will Be Blood for being “just a film.” I think I need to rewatch TWBB and solidify my thoughts before I start ranting at length about Kubrickian qualities for the millionth time. No matter what, both films rank high on my not-yet-formalized decade list.


10 varieties of moulding with wonderful names

Ovolo
Cartouche
Bandelet
Astragal
Egg-and-dart
Bolection
Mouchette
Cavetto
Lesbian cymatium
Gadroon

10 varieties of moulding with wonderful names

  1. Ovolo
  2. Cartouche
  3. Bandelet
  4. Astragal
  5. Egg-and-dart
  6. Bolection
  7. Mouchette
  8. Cavetto
  9. Lesbian cymatium
  10. Gadroon

10 legitimate occupations found in Wikipedia’s “Occupation Stubs” category that sound sexual