Lynn (The Gem Girl)

[Rick DeLuca @RDeLucaWX]

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE: Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

I actually dislike bad manners. Why do grown adults find it hard to say please, thank you, & excuse me? You literally get taught all these as a child.

[Elisabeth Grace Foley @elisabethgfoley]

If spring has you in the mood to read something lively, fun, and original—and hilarious—try A SIDEKICK'S TALE.

Don't just take my word for it: readers have called it "wonderfully farcical," "a hoot and a half," and "pure comedic genius." https://t.co/PvB3XzAOtb

[Alice Mills @millsalice144]

Fake diamonds should be illegal. They are just carbon copies.

[Freyy @Freyy_is]

dear apple, the iPod needs to come back. not for nostalgia. for the parents who want their kids to love music and audiobooks without a browser, social media, and the whole internet attached to it

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

He broke his back, his knees, and his fingers making one of TV's most iconic shows — then walked away from a second hit series to be a dad.
In 1985, Richard Dean Anderson became the star of a television show unlike anything else on the air.
MacGyver didn't carry a gun. He didn't throw punches to solve problems. He used a paperclip, a rubber band, and whatever else he could find. The character became a cultural icon — and the show was built entirely around one man.
Anderson was in nearly every scene for seven seasons. And he insisted on doing as many of his own stunts as the production would allow.
The cost was staggering.
Years later, in a candid interview, Anderson laid it all out: back surgery after an exploded disc that left him filming in what he described as a "fairly crippled" state for a year and a half. Two foot surgeries. Two knee surgeries. Four broken fingers. A dislocated shoulder. Two concussions. A broken nose.
"It broke everything," he said of the show. "Broke me entirely."
By the time MacGyver ended in 1992 after 139 episodes, Anderson's body had paid a price most viewers never saw. The chronic pain in his back, his knees, and his feet would follow him for the rest of his life. Decades later, he was still getting procedures on the same vertebrae that were damaged during that first season fall.
But he wasn't done.
In 1997, Anderson returned to television as Colonel Jack O'Neill in Stargate SG-1, a science fiction series that became another massive hit. The show would run for ten seasons. Anderson starred in eight of them.
He was commuting every weekend from the Vancouver set to Los Angeles to see his daughter Wylie, who had been born in 1998. She was, in his words, "my reason for living."
Then in 2005, with the show still running strong and the franchise expanding into spin-offs, Anderson did something almost unheard of in Hollywood.
He stepped away.
Not because of a contract dispute. Not because ratings had dropped. Not because he'd been replaced.
He left because his daughter was seven years old and he didn't want to miss any more of her childhood.
"Being a father makes me want to get out of here faster," he said. "Get off the clock."
He made a handful of appearances after that — a few guest spots on Stargate spin-offs, a brief cameo in 2013. Then he was gone. He called himself "semi-retired" and poured his energy into raising Wylie, supporting environmental causes through the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and showing up at the occasional fan convention where thousands of people still lined up to thank him.
The entertainment industry doesn't know what to do with someone who walks away voluntarily. Momentum, visibility, and long-term earnings are supposed to keep lead actors in their chairs. Studios plan around them. Agents build around them. Careers are measured in years on screen.
Anderson measured his in something else.
He spent seven years breaking his body to keep one show running. He spent eight more years commuting across state lines every weekend to see his little girl. And then, at the peak of a second franchise, he chose to go home and stay there.
No scandal. No public conflict. No dramatic farewell.
Just a man who had given everything he had to two of television's most beloved shows — and decided there was something he didn't want to miss more.
Richard Dean Anderson is seventy-five years old now. He lives quietly. His daughter is grown. And somewhere in a modest home far from any studio lot, the man who once improvised his way out of every impossible situation on screen made the most straightforward decision of his life.
He chose to be there.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Robin Williams as the Genie in Aladdin (1992) changed voice acting forever. To convince him, animator Eric Goldberg created a test animation of the Genie performing Williams’ own stand-up routines. Williams saw it and agreed immediately.

[Tanya @tanyaelisabethh]

Modern movies are desperately trying to revive romance, but they will fail, and it will keep failing

And it is because modern love stories have confused sexual explicitness with romance.

The art of longing is long gone. But it’s such a testimony to the desires of the masses.

We used to make movies that depicted true love and romance where one single hand touch had us all feeling the desire to experience the same love.

It wasn’t a bedroom scene

A sex scene

Not even a single kiss

it was a hand touch

And that was enough to convey the entire message.

Now we sit and watch entire lite pornographic scenes, being told that this is romance, this is passion, this is a story of lovers, and yet we wonder why after seeing everything we feel absolutely nothing.

[Heather Jordan 🌸✝️🩸👀👂🎺 @HeatherJ2652]

🙋‍♀️🤭😂

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

A ‘Jurassic Park’-themed #SuperBowl ad for Xfinity has been released.

Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum all reprise their roles.

[The Golden Age @thegoldenaged]

Howl & Sophie ❤️

[LaughBreak: Dad Jokes ‘N More @MediocreJoker85]

THINGS WE DID DO:
Built This City
Shot the Sheriff

THINGS WE DIDN'T DO:
Start The Fire
Shoot the Deputy

THINGS WE WANT TO DO:
Break Free
Hold Your Hand

THINGS WE WILL DO:
Rock You
Survive
Anything for Love

THINGS WE WON’T DO:
Get Fooled Again
Back Down
Stop Believin’
That

THINGS WE WILL NEVER DO:
Give You Up
Let You Down
Run Around
Desert You
Make You Cry
Say Goodbye
Tell A Lie
Hurt You

[Marc Weinberg @MarcWeinbergWX]

Please, please be careful driving today. I was driving on a main road, not highway, earlier today. The right lane was completely snowed over with the plow bank in part of that lane. Everyone was driving in the left lane because it was only wet. Some guy in a truck overconfidently pulls out of a gas station into that right lane and tries to accelerate quickly. He lost control and fishtailed into my lane so I had to swerve to the turn lane in the middle or he would have smashed into me. My car moved into the middle lane and started to slide because of the snow and heading toward oncoming traffic. Fortunately, I was able to regain control before going into the oncoming traffic or I would not be here right now.

Please be careful. Don't put others lives in danger because you don't respect the conditions.

[Military Support @MilitaryCooI]

K9 Rex is trained to stop criminals not to comfort children. But when he noticed a little girl sitting on the curb, tears streaming down her face as officers spoke with her parents, something in him shifted. Without a command, he trotted back to the squad car and grabbed his most prized possession a well loved, slobbery chew toy. Then he walked straight up to her and gently placed it in her lap. He nudged her hand again and again until the sobs faded, replaced by small laughs and curious play.
In that moment, Rex wasn't a police K9 on duty. He was just a dog who knew someone needed kindness. Proof that behind the strength, discipline, and bravery, even the toughest k9s carry a heart big enough to heal fear especially in a child. 🐾💙

[🐕Malinois Radek 🐕🐦🇬🇧🇺🇲🇧🇪 @RadTheMaligator]

I did say there's not much we can't do! 😬
#TeamMali ❤️

[Lynn (The Gem Girl) @ClockworkGirl26]

1) Forest. Mysterious and atmospheric, this drama held me spellbound the whole way through. San-Hyeok's growth over the series, & his relationship with Yeong-Jae, were equally believable and well-done. This rapidly became my 2nd favorite role of Park Hae-Jin's after Kim Seol-Wu!

[Lynn (The Gem Girl) @ClockworkGirl26]

It's that time of year - my 2025 #top10 favorite #kdrama I watched. It's been a mixed bag this year, with some really amazing ones and some . . . not so great. Anyway, here we go!

[Lynn (The Gem Girl) @ClockworkGirl26]

2) I am not a Robot! A man allergic to human touch finds a robot with whom he can fully interact without worrying about anaphylactic shock. However, when a woman is subbed in, suddenly things become real in more ways than one! Inspiring laughter and tears, this one's a gem!