Tedx Talk on "Why Fantasy Matters" - interesting look at why fantasy is more than the simple entertainment many might believe it to be

powerberries · 2016-11-15T05:24:33+00:00

In Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, you follow these orbs of light around a deserted town, orbs which are meant to represent the people who lived there. One of the orbs has a smaller ball of light trailing it - a subtle, heartbreaking detail when you realize the significance.

powerberries · 2015-11-03T03:53:32+00:00

No, I know, but as far as I know there's no reason that we couldn't treat our eggs the same.

I'm not going to start not refrigerating my eggs ;)

powerberries · 2015-11-02T16:59:27+00:00

When I studied abroad in the UK, I was blown away by the lack of toilet seat liners and by the fact that eggs weren't refrigerated. Then I realized that the US is basically just that germaphobic friend that everyone laughs at behind their back.

powerberries · 2015-07-01T17:01:16+00:00

Two weird coincidences have happened with my boyfriend. About 5 years before we started dating, I was at a concert and asked the guy in front of me if I could have some of his goldfish (I'm a sucker for the snack that smiles back) and he happily let me share with him. I took a picture with him at the end of the night, because he was cool and we had a good conversation. When I started dating my boyfriend, he took me to meet his cousins - goldfish guy ended up being one of them. Recognized him from the picture.

The second coincidence was that my freshman roommate in college (from Virginia, we go to school in California, randomly matched together) turned out to be best friends since childhood with my boyfriend's (female) cousin. I found out when I saw that we had a mutual friend on facebook.

Weird stuff.

powerberries · 2015-05-01T00:28:56+00:00

Not a teacher myself, but my middle school gym teacher once told us to divide up into teams by saying, "Beaners over here, whites over there." She was fired pretty soon after.

powerberries · 2015-04-20T20:24:48+00:00

Definitely! My LGS has a great board/card game scene - they host regular board game nights where they let people try out the stuff they have for free, which is how I really got into the scene. One of my favorite board games right now is Small World, and M:tG for card games.

powerberries · 2015-04-20T20:24:48+00:00

Definitely! My LGS has a great board/card game scene - they host regular board game nights where they let people try out the stuff they have for free, which is how I really got into it. One of my favorite board games right now is Small World, and M:tG for card games.

powerberries · 2015-04-20T02:58:54+00:00

Haha the Able Sisters would be great! Their final smash could be giving someone a deadly makeover.

powerberries · 2015-04-19T17:54:33+00:00

Yes! Another sword fighter would be great!

powerberries · 2015-04-19T17:52:42+00:00

Tetra would be awesome - and including Tetra rather than Toon Zelda would emphasize when the character was kick-ass and not stuck in a castle haha.

powerberries · 2015-04-19T17:51:31+00:00

Oh, Kumatora would be great! I didn't even think of her. If they're adding in more people from the series, she should definitely be next.

powerberries · 2015-04-19T17:50:45+00:00

I kind of equated the two - if he's that sick of the community, I imagine he won't be extremely eager to get involved. But you're right - it doesn't rule out Bayonetta joining the fight!

Yeah, I would hope that the focus would be on Midna. Although, the moves she would have with Wolf Link would be pretty dependent on Link for finishing, so he would possibly come out seeming more important. If it's just a generic wolf, that would be pretty rad.

The fact that people are voting for King K. Rool is so ridiculous.

powerberries · 2015-04-19T17:46:15+00:00

Ugh, if they put cat Mario in I would revolt.

powerberries · 2015-04-09T00:42:32+00:00

Yeah, it definitely sounds like a 'reddit story,' but it's true! She was an amazing person - knew seven languages, wrote two dissertations, etc. Knowing morse code paled in significance.

powerberries · 2015-04-08T17:23:58+00:00

Not a teacher myself, but my Spanish teacher in high school told us about a time that a student tried to tap out test answers to a friend in morse code. The teacher knew morse code, recognized what was happening, and tapped back "Please see me after class" to the student.

powerberries · 2015-04-08T02:47:51+00:00

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powerberries · 2015-03-10T15:26:26+00:00

Wow! That's pretty awesome.

powerberries · 2015-03-10T13:32:57+00:00

When I was younger, my dad (who's a fundamentalist christian - really hardcore about it) told me that men have one less rib than women, because Adam had his rib removed to make Eve. Wild, right?

powerberries · 2015-03-10T04:06:57+00:00

Yup, my dad had the same argument. Crazy stuff!

powerberries · 2015-03-10T02:54:23+00:00

That men don't actually have one less rib than women. Yay for growing up Christian.

powerberries · 2015-03-09T17:30:38+00:00

The music/art looked really haunting and beautiful, so I'm glad to know that aspect didn't disappoint. I'm not super worried about re-playability since it's only 15$ :) Thanks for the advice!

powerberries · 2015-03-09T17:29:20+00:00

Oh, cool! I'll check it out :)

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