/ᐠ｡‸｡ᐟ\ former bakery employee here: if you ever are sad or scared at 3am just remember that we’re up preparing donuts, and the donuts are warm for you

get them what they really want for valentine’s day: a gleaming sword, several incomprehensible omens, and a 3D blu-ray of Megamind (2010)

Emily Dickinson to George H. Gould, February 1850:

frankly outrageous that it’s valentine’s day and I haven’t heard a single “you have bewitched me, body and soul”

🧵The east coast is choking on wildfire smoke. Here are a few things I hope east coasters (especially journalists) will ponder in connection with the misery they are experiencing:

Everytime I hear or read the words Paddington 2 the scene from Unbearable Weight begins to live rent free in my head

hearing lots of rumors that mr. grinch is a “mean one” yet haven’t heard mr. grinch call anyone a “bad banana with a greasy black peel”

A rather spiffing letter from E. B. White (the author of 𝐂h𝐚r𝐥o𝐭t𝐞'𝐬 𝐖e𝐛) to a Mr. Nadeau, urging him — and us all — to keep the faith.