Puzzlewood is an ancient woodland site, near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. The site, covering 14 acres, shows evidence of open cast iron ore mining dating from the Roman period, and possibly earlier.
In 1848 some workmen, after moving a block of stone in the woods, found a small cavity in the rocks. In this cavity, hidden away, were three earthenware jars containing over 3,000 Roman coins. No-one knows why the coins were hidden away in the cliff face nor by whom.
J. R. R. Tolkien, a frequent visitor to the Forest of Dean, may have visited Puzzlewood, and many believe Puzzlewood was the inspiration for the fabled forests of Middle-earth, such as the Old Forest, Mirkwood, Fangorn or Lothlórien contained within The Lord of the Rings. J.K Rowling is also said to have visited Puzzlewood, and it may have been this that influenced her idea of The Forbidden Forest in the Harry Potter books.
I have never seen The Avengers. (It is on my to-do list) But through the magic of Tumblr, I’ve learned some very strange things about it:
1) There are two god-brothers, somehow their father dies, and one of them goes batshit insane (or was already like that maybe?) decides to take over the world, wears horns on head, that sort of thing.
2) Horned guy is winning the popularity race. Turns out people really like the idea of being ruled.
3) Captain America doesn’t have moves called “Manifest Destiny!” or “Imperialism!” which is a great shame, as I think it would be very fitting.
4) There are a lot of butts. Plenty of screencaps of butts. Not entirely certain if this is the main focus of the movie, but it seems to be of great importance to the fan base.
Shoes
The other day I saw a man approach a person, and inquire about the other’s shoes. And then he proceeds to offer a price, the other guy takes his shoes off and hands it to him, and they walk their separate ways.
I’m not entirely certain what happened, except that it was amusing and mildly funny.
"I’m not small! I just live in a big world!"
A likely discussion point in the Congressional Birth Control Hearing on Feb. 16th, comprised of eight men. Number of women invited to participate in this panel: zero.
Snow White
The Evil Queen could’ve easily solved her Snow White problem without violence. She should’ve encouraged Snow White to spray tan and eat lots of carrots. Problem solved.
QED.
Pigeons
Somebody needs to make a film about war-torn carrier pigeon lovers, separated and forced to carry messages back and forth until one pigeon is intercepted by some evil hawk. Celine Dion can do the vocals.
Shakespeare has nothing on the romantic tragedy that is the life of a carrier pigeon.
Dinosaurs
I don’t get why kids like dinosaurs so much. Dinosaurs are absolutely terrifying and definitely not child-friendly.
How can you be scared of the washing machine but think dinosaurs are amazing? XD
Glamorous
I was looking at the cover models in the magazine aisle of CVS. They all looked so perfect and toned and oddly shiny, and I started to feel pretty shitty about myself.
But then it occurred to me.
All those cover models, all of them, have a whole bunch of poop inside of them. Yes, look at that picture and think about it. At that precise moment that picture was taken, they were carrying fecal matter inside their super glamorous, shiny bodies. JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.
There’s nothing glamorous about that. Nope. Nothing glamorous about poop.
