Alex Babec

costume / theatre designer

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

This sentence showcases some of the many different ways to pronounce the letters 'ough' in the English language: ‘A rough-coated though thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough of despond, he coughed and hiccoughed."

[Megan Amram @meganamram]

here's an abridged version of the full list of food puns i turned in with my first draft of tonight's #TheGoodPlace episode

[Dana Schwartz - on hiatus @DanaSchwartzzz]

I feel like if you told a teenager that Netflix used to let you watch TV shows by sending you individual DVDs in the actual mail, they would think you were making it up as a joke

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

one foolproof way to get a kid reading is to say "this book is really scary; I think it might be too scary for you" and leave it lying on a nearby table. it will be gone within minutes.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

The word ‘they’
- was looked up 313% more this year than last.
- had a new sense added in September.
- is increasingly common in both public and personal communication.

‘They’ is our 2019 #WordOfTheYear.
https://t.co/i7QlIv15M3

[Tramp @wearetramp]

What’s this? We’re taking a show to @VAULTFestival?!

Come see Blow >> 🥊🎫 https://t.co/xYjd6j2pdE 25 Feb—1 Mar

“A Deaf girl fights prejudice in a tough 80s boxing gym. Part play. Part musical. Blow challenges how we treat d/Deaf & disabled people on stage, screen, & in life.”

[SparkNotes @SparkNotes]

If your party doesn't have seven rooms divided by color and a masked figure who symbolizes the notion that death is surely coming, don't bother inviting me

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

Not all heroes wear capes 👇🏿

[Franciska Éry @Franciska_E]

Me: turns 26
Young artist schemes: happy birthday btw you no longer qualify for any discounts or workshops or opportunities or fun if you haven't emerged by now it's likely you'll never emerge have fun on your birthday old hag

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

The future is calling and it says:

"We don’t have to use language as a tool for demonstrating intellectual superiority when we could be using it as a way of connecting with each other."

[✨Vicky 🏳️‍🌈✨ @thebadgerbabe_]

@SpiritsPodcast DID SCOOBY DOO ON ZOMBIE ISLAND FOR MYTH MOVIE NIGHTTTTT THOSE LOUISIANA WERECATS SCARED THE SHITE OUTTA ME AS A KID I FREAKING LOVED THAT MOVIEEEE 🧟‍♀️ 🐈‼️🙀

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

‘Clue’ comes from ‘clew’, the Old English word for a ball of wool. It’s a rare example of a modern meaning deriving from a story: the clew of thread that Ariadne gave to Theseus to guide him out of the labyrinth.

[Victoria/V.E. Schwab @veschwab]

Other people dream of marriage, of children.

I dream of an old stone house in the Scottish highlands where I can live, surrounded by wolfhounds.

[Sam Sykes @SamSykesSwears]

a good story introduction tells you everything you need to know without ever describing what happened

[Laurie Voss @seldo]

Scooby-Doo is a positive show with three key messages for children:
1. Monsters aren't real
2. The problem is always greedy capitalists; unmask them
3. Always bring snacks

Scooby-doo's 50th anniversary is this week!

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

The Stratford Festival Theatre in Ontario, Canada put on a production of Billy Elliot for service-dogs-in-training to practice sitting quietly through a performance. https://t.co/fC1JiAtvnJ

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

The story of Jack and the Beanstalk is believed to be over 5,000 years old. Rumpelstiltskin and Beauty and the Beast are thought to be around 4,000 years old.

[Kendra @kendrawcandraw]

Every high school art teacher who wore shapeless linen clothing and Birkenstock's and chunky gemstone and silver jewelry and oversized statement glasses and lived in a house with brightly colored walls and drank coffee out of hand thrown pottery mugs had the right fuckin idea

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

There are 62 Lego pieces for every human on earth.

[Tor.com (Now at @Reactormag) @tordotcom]

20 years after its release, The Iron Giant still has a timely message about violence, and always choosing care over fear: https://t.co/LUfkK4eXGX