To commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, a defining moment in European history, we have introduced this special blend. Throughout the long Napoleonic Wars, and in all theatres of war, Fortnum & Mason supplied officers of Wellington’s army with the comforts of home, including strong China tea.
The blend is made largely from Gunpowder green tea that has a clear dark green liquor and a robust green grassy character. It is then sweetened and rounded using equal portions of golden Yunnan leaf and the caramel-sweet nuttiness of Keemun. The slight smokiness and metallic appearance of the gunpowder are reminiscent of the battlefield at dawn.
Taste & strength Smooth with a sweet, nutty character
But actually, children’s library programming, including story time and guided reading programs are absolutely something Captain America could have grown up with. They’ve been around since the 1890s at least, and pioneering librarians (the majority of them women) embodied the best of the Progressive spirit of the times. Steve, in particular, would have felt the influence of Clara W. Hunt, who worked in the Brooklyn Free Public Library after 1903 (the Brooklyn library system is separate from that of New York) and specifically wrote about reading strategies aimed at boys. In New York, Anne Carroll Moore was a beacon of children’s programming. I think the guy who brought a trunk of books to boot camp probably did his fair share of summer reading.
Again, I’m not against the sign, because the whole point is, yes, Cap totally thinks you should Collect Your Passport to Reading Today. Especially in adverse economies, libraries are community sources of resilience as well as practical dispensaries of information, quiet places with the right temperature, restrooms, and, in the 21st century, that elusive free wifi. Libraries (and their superhero librarians) get far less support than they deserve for all they do.
All good to know :) I’m a history nut but I shoulda just googled that shit before I put the sign up. but if you don’t tell my tetchy YA contingency that’d be swell. I also have a sign saying if they did not read Deadpool would steal their smart phones. Fear works ;)
Haha, I’m all for wrangling via humor, fear, and superheroes :) In any case, historical quibbles aside, we can all agree: summer reading IS way better than polio, and you have to watch out for that Deadpool.
But actually, children’s library programming, including story time and guided reading programs are absolutely something Captain America could have grown up with. They’ve been around since the 1890s at least, and pioneering librarians (the majority of them women) embodied the best of the Progressive spirit of the times. Steve, in particular, would have felt the influence of Clara W. Hunt, who worked in the Brooklyn Free Public Library after 1903 (the Brooklyn library system is separate from that of New York) and specifically wrote about reading strategies aimed at boys. In New York, Anne Carroll Moore was a beacon of children’s programming. I think the guy who brought a trunk of books to boot camp probably did his fair share of summer reading.
Again, I’m not against the sign, because the whole point is, yes, Cap totally thinks you should Collect Your Passport to Reading Today. Especially in adverse economies, libraries are community sources of resilience as well as practical dispensaries of information, quiet places with the right temperature, restrooms, and, in the 21st century, that elusive free wifi. Libraries (and their superhero librarians) get far less support than they deserve for all they do.
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THE DEAL: On May 30th I’m going to pick someone at random from the folks who have reblogged this post. If it’s you: I’ll buy you a subscription to Bitch magazine (or if you are super-awesome and have already subscribed, I’ll buy a subscription for a friend of your choosing).
“Well…a kind of revolution. That wasn’t really the word for what it was. There was the People’s Republic of Treacle Mine Road (Truth! Freedom! Justice! Reasonably priced love! And a hard-boiled egg!) that would live for all of a few hours, a strange candle that burned too briefly and died like a firework.”
Night Watch, Terry Pratchett (via coldtea)
So last night this blog passed 2,000 followers! Thanks so
much to everyone who’s followed this little project, and I hope you’re all
enjoying seeing it pop up on your dashboards.
I picked up this super cool little poster when I saw The Winter Soldier last spring, but
unfortunately I have nowhere in my house to put it. That said, instead of
recycling it, I’d love to find it a good home, and this seems like a good
follower milestone to celebrate.
So (as much as I hate telling people to reblog posts) reblog
this post between now and Thursday, May 14, to put your name in the hopper. You must also be a follower of Historical Agent Carter. I’ll randomly choose and announce a
winner on Friday, May 15, and have it shipped out by the end of the month.
You must be 18 or over to participate, must live in North
America (incl. Hawai’i), and must have a mailing address for me to send it to if you’re chosen.
Per Tumblr’s rules on giveaways, this giveaway is not
affiliated with Tumblr, and participants will be giving information to me, not
Tumblr.
thepioden said: Okay but imagine Sam Vimes taking BBC Sherlock and his ‘clues’ APART. It would be magnificent.
Yeah come to think of it BBC Sherlock would actually be a FANTASTIC watch book villain… Connected with…
“Samuel Vimes dreamed about Clues. He had a jaundiced view of Clues. He instinctively distrusted them. They got in the way. And he distrusted the kind of person who’d take one look at another man and say in a lordly voice to his companion, ‘Ah, my dear sir, I can tell you nothing except that he is a left-handed stonemason who has spent some years in the navy and has recently fallen on hard times,’ and then unroll a lot of supercilious commentary about calluses and stance and the state of a man’s boots, when exactly the same comments could apply to a man who was wearing his old clothes because he’d been doing a spot of home bricklaying for a new barbecue pit, and had been tattooed once when he was drunk and seventeen and in fact got seasick on a wet pavement. What arrogance! What an insult to the rich and chaotic variety of the human experience!”
Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
But if someone writes a fic with actual interactions, I’d love to read it.
Guys, JSTOR has a tumblr and reads Captain Marvel.
I knew you were the hippest digital journal archive, JSTOR.
Omg is that JSTOR like what I use to research?? FOR REAL? JSTOR is awesome.
That self-same research database! (And we are pretty awesome, if I do say so myself… Unless that’s weird and self-aggrandizing, in which case, I take back. We’re alright.)
I can’t decide which I like to imagine more: all of the employees of JSTOR reading the same comic book and maybe discussing it like a book club, or the database itself becoming sentient and reading comics when it’s not busy finding articles for college kids.
I am 1000% on team Sentient Database Reads Comics And Then Searches Itself for Academic Theory About Said Comics And Then Maybe Writes Its Own And Peer-Reviews Itself.
