Olivia Hofer
@oghofer
I tell stories, drink tea, read ancient literature, and celebrate the Oxford comma. 'A beastly American.' — C.S. Lewis, probably. Married to a 🇨🇦.
When she had got to the third page and come to the end, she said, "That is the loveliest story I’ve ever read or ever shall read in my whole life. Oh, I wish I could have gone on reading it for ten years. ..." "Shall I ever be able to read that story again; the one I couldn’t…
Christianity is so good that there’s just no way a finite person could think it up. God creates man out of love and in His image. God doesn’t remove the possibility of sin and death but gives man free will with a warning. Man sins and dies. God demonstrates His infinite love…
Name an actor with incredible range. I'll go first:
Name an actor with incredible range. I'll go first:
One trolley meme to rule them all
The opposite extreme of the "save the squirrel" moment is the "trolley problem"—just as ridiculous but in its own contrived way. (HT to @PapistWhimsy for this treatment)
If the only way for a child to "read" a page is to guess the word by looking at a picture, they're not actually reading.
If the only way for a child to "read" a page is to guess the word by looking at a picture, they're not actually reading.
Oh no.
I refuse to learn the color coding for heart emojis. Your heart means what I want it to and vise versa
How do pessimists and anti-natalists cope with the fact that the world is beautiful and life is amazing?
"'Ha ha' and 'he he' signify laughter in Latin and in English, because they are cried out when laughing." Wonderful evidence here in Ælfric's Grammar that 'ha ha' has been the sound and spelling of laughter in English since at least the 11th century and the Old English period.
Seriously how do you do it, this is so painful, am I just extra sticky
I'm a Bermuda shorts fan but I broke out a pair of short sleep shorts for around the house. Every time I shift in my seat I nearly peel the skin clean from my hamstrings. How do you some of you do this all summer??
we don't have castles :( but we do have this :)
just remembered that americans don’t have random old castles in the countryside that they can go and visit
Monet has a PAINTING with GEESE and I just now find out about it?
Claude Monet, Geese in the creek, 1874
The protagonist dreams she's standing in front of the mirror listening to a weather report as she practices her history presentation
What’s the worst way to start a novel? - A) With a dream - B) With a weather report - C) With the protagonist looking in a mirror - D) With a history lesson
I'm a Bermuda shorts fan but I broke out a pair of short sleep shorts for around the house. Every time I shift in my seat I nearly peel the skin clean from my hamstrings. How do you some of you do this all summer??