• Lawyer: "Was that the same nose you broke as a child?"
• Witness: "I only have one, you know."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?"
• Witness: "By death."
• Lawyer: "And by whose death was it terminated?"
•  -----
• Accused, Defending His Own Case: "Did you get a good look at my face when I took your purse?"
•  The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in jail.
•  -----
• Lawyer: "What is your date of birth?"
• Witness: "July 15th."
• Lawyer: "What year?"
• Witness: "Every year."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?"
• Witness: "Gucci sweats and Reeboks."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Can you describe what the person who attacked you looked like?"
• Witness: "No. He was wearing a mask."
• Lawyer: "What was he wearing under the mask?"
• Witness: "Er...his face."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "This myasthenia gravis -- does it affect your memory at all?"
• Witness: "Yes."
• Lawyer: "And in what ways does it affect your memory?"
• Witness: "I forget."
• Lawyer: "You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "How old is your son, the one living with you?"
• Witness: "Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which."
• Lawyer: "How long has he lived with you?"
• Witness: "Forty-five years."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?"
• Witness: "He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?'"
• Lawyer: "And why did that upset you?"
• Witness: "My name is Susan."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"
• Witness: "No."
• Lawyer: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
• Witness: "No."
• Lawyer: "Did you check for breathing?"
• Witness: "No."
• Lawyer: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"
• Witness: "No."
• Lawyer: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
• Witness: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
• Lawyer: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
• Witness: "Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "What happened then?"
• Witness: "He told me, he says, 'I have to kill you because you can identify me.'"
• Lawyer: "Did he kill you?"
• Witness: "No."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Now sir, I'm sure you are an intelligent and honest man--"
• Witness: "Thank you. If I weren't under oath, I'd return the compliment."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "You were there until the time you left, is that true?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "So you were gone until you returned?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "The youngest son, the 20 year old, how old is he?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Were you alone or by yourself?"
•  -----
• Witness: "He was about medium height and had a beard."
• Lawyer: "Was this a male or a female?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture."
• Witness: "That's me."
• Lawyer: "Were you present when that picture was taken?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Do you know how far pregnant you are now?"
• Witness: "I'll be three months on November 8."
• Lawyer: "Apparently, then, the date of conception was August 8?"
• Witness: "Yes."
• Lawyer: "What were you doing at that time?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "She had three children, right?"
• Witness: "Yes."
• Lawyer: "How many were boys?"
• Witness: "None."
• Lawyer: "Were there girls?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "You say that the stairs went down to the basement?"
• Witness: "Yes."
• Lawyer: "And these stairs, did they go up also?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "What is your brother-in-law's name?"
• Witness: "Borofkin."
• Lawyer: "What's his first name?"
• Witness: "I can't remember."
• Lawyer: "He's been your brother-in-law for years, and you can't remember his first name?"
• Witness: "No. I tell you, I'm too excited." (rising and pointing to his brother-in-law) "Nathan, for heaven's sake, tell them your first name!"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Did you ever stay all night with this man in New York?"
• Witness: "I refuse to answer that question.
• Lawyer: "Did you ever stay all night with this man in Chicago?"
• Witness: "I refuse to answer that question.
• Lawyer: "Did you ever stay all night with this man in Miami?"
• Witness: "No."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?"
• Witness: "All my autopsies have been performed on dead people."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Were you acquainted with the deceased?"
• Witness: "Yes sir."
• Lawyer: "Before or after he died?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and were able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go, gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to the station?"
• Other Lawyer: "Objection. That question should be taken out and shot."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "And what did he do then?"
• Witness: "He came home, and next morning he was dead."
• Lawyer: "So when he woke up the next morning he was dead?"
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Could you see him from where you were standing?"
• Witness: "I could see his head."
• Lawyer: "And where was his head?"
• Witness: "Just above his shoulders."
•  -----
• Lawyer: "Any suggestions as to what prevented this from being a murder trial instead of an attempted murder trial?"
• Witness: "The victim lived."

elrics:

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Masterpost

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 35 / 36 / 37 / 38 / 39 / 40 / 41 / 42 / 43 / 44 / 45 / 46 / 47 / 48 / 49 / 50 / 51 / 52 / 53 / 54 / 55 / 56 / 57 / 58 / 59 / 60 / 61 / 62 / 63 / 64

Each episode comes with dual audio, which means you can watch it in both English or Japanese. All of them were re-encoded and originally uploaded by SkyLord. Each episode is around 98 MB, but they’re still good quality. If a link doesn’t work for you, please let me know. Enjoy!

Fullmetal Alchemist masterpost!

breakthisspell:

MANGA

To download

To read online

First off, there’s the manga. It was written by Hiromu Arakawa and ran from 2001-2010, with 108 chapters and 27 volumes. You can read it online, or you can download it in the form of folders with images for the pages. But of course, if you can, I suggest going out and buying (or renting) the volumes, which were translated by Viz Media and can probably be found at your local book or comic store in the manga section or even your library, for two reasons: 1) to support the series, and 2) because it’s much more satisfying in my opinion to have the book in your hand while you read. But it’s expensive and inconvenient in a lot of cases, so reading it online is okay, too! It’s the same story either way! (I’m not sure of the validity or safety of the download links, sorry about that.) 

ANIME (FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD)

English sub, to download

English dub, to download

English sub/dub, watch online

Hulu (sub, only 4 episodes dubbed)

Fullmetal Alchemist was adapted by BONES into two animes—the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist, which is wildly different from the manga because the manga was still running at the time it was made, and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, which is faithful to the manga. Let’s just focus on Brotherhood, though. Brotherhood is extremely well-made and all-around fantastic, though the manga includes a lot more of Arakawa’s humor. It’s been dubbed by Funimation Entertainment, who do a pretty good job with the dub, although the dialogue is better in the sub, in my opinion. You can download or stream them online, though you need a video player such as the KM Player (if you have a PC) or the VLC player to play the downloaded episodes on. The downloads are pretty reliable, although the dubbed episodes’ download takes a long time to download.

Enjoy!

unconsumption:

I always enjoy projects/tips that involve turning scrap material into something pleasing. In this case: Wee Mouse Tin House:

The PDF pattern is now available in the shop. (It’s also now available here for download.) This makes a great little portable friend to have in your purse or backpack. It’s made with scraps you probably have laying (lying?) around.

I’ve taken all the guesswork out of the sizing for you and also included lots of my tricks and tips to make construction very easy. So don’t be afraid of tiny! You can do it. Lots of diagrams to explain each step, as usual. Y’all know how I love me some diagrams.

(via mmmcrafts: Wee Mouse Tin House pattern available!)

Via Craft.

unconsumption:

Final post (for today!) on reusing books:

The retailer Anthropologie (previously here), known for its wildly creative window displays, put dozens of altered books to use in this store display.

If you’d like to try your hand at making folded-page objects*, check out patterns — hearts! skulls! Christmas trees! — featured on the Rhymes With Magic blog here.

Also, this Sutherland Library video provides simple folding instructions.

(Photos: Top, via Apartment Therapy; center, Rhymes With Magic blog; bottom, Apartment Therapy. Book-folding links spotted previously on Candoodles blog.)

*Note: Unconsumption caveat on using books as raw material.

bryankonietzko:

I “performed” this “dance” for video reference of this kid in episode 302 of Avatar, “The Headband.” I rarely shy away from making a complete ass of myself in the name of fun, so I thought I’d share this with you guys. This was taped back in 2006, but I think my back still hurts.

ladytalisa:

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martinusmiraculorum:

Favorite ASOIAF Characters (in no particular order) | Stannis Baratheon

It was justice. A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.

#y’all we need to talk about stannis’ idea of justice #and how it is not a dedication to any sort of higher external ideal#it is about how stannis can’t stand for liars and decievers #it is about how he needs everyone to be up front with him #he is up front with them and they should return it #you do x you get y reaction #that is how it will always be #there is no z #there is no third option #x gets y #no tricks #no plans #no plots #stannis wants people to be honest #to not dally around the truth #stannis isn’t about ideals #he has laid down the rules that everyone else has ignored #and he is the only one following them #and he is ignored for it he is forgotten and laughed at #stannis tries to fit westeros into a logical paradigm with which he can cope #you hold storm’s end you get storm’s end #fingers for smuggling and a knighthood for onions #solid iron truths #and finally these rules have UNQUESTIONABLY gotten him something #the iron throne is MINE #by rights #and no one can question that

etoystk:

Delta Sky Magazine, June 2011, cover 
photographer: Dominique Issermann
Marion Cotillard