SEBASTIAN STAN As Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier In 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', (2014). Dir.

Hello, class. Today I would like to tell you why “Yasha” is not a good thing for you to call Bucky in fic while he is the Winter Soldier.

It’s not “James” in Russian. It’s not. “Yasha” is the diminutive of “Yakov,” which is obviously Jacob. And yes, I know they have the same Aramaic? (I think) root, but like, here’s the deal – neither I (immigrated from the former Soviet Union as a child) nor my parents (lived in the Soviet Union for a good chunk of their lives) have ever met anyone named Yasha who wasn’t Jewish.

Don’t come at me with some exception you found on the internet – it’s a name that carries strong signifiers of Eastern European Jewishness. And we all know how the Soviets felt about Eastern European Jews (in case you don’t know – hint: really fuckin’ not great). It’s really unlikely that they would give a name with those signifiers to their super-weapon, especially in order to give him a name that’s etymologically close to his given name. 

Now, what should you call him instead?

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I completely and totally want to get to fly on that plane.

New Zealand airline reveals image of Hobbit dragon In this photo taken on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, released by Air New Zealand, an image of the dragon Smaug from Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, is shown on the side of an Air New Zealand plane in Auckland, New Zealand. The image was unveiled to celebrate the premiere of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," which screens Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Air New Zealand) -- In this photo taken on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, released by Air New Zealand, an image of the dragon Smaug from Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, is shown on the side of an Air New Zealand plane in Auckland, New Zealand. The image was unveiled to celebrate the premiere of "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," which screens Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Air New Zealand)

Still going strong!

Game of Thrones: The Musical with Peter Dinklage and Coldplay

Sean Connery Day 2013 Contest

by seanconneryday • August 21, 2013

Thank you for celebrating the birthday of Sir Thomas Sean Connery on August 25th and your interest in Sean Connery Day. This is the 4th year for Sean Connery Day. Thanks to the support of fans like yourself, SCD continues to grow in popularity every year. For the first time, there will be a contest giveaway where one lucky fan will win a Sean Connery themed prize pack.

How to Enter: Sean Connery Day has partnered with the social TV platformGetGlue. On August 25th, fans who check-in to any Sean Connery film will earn the exclusive 2013 Sean Connery Day badge – which you can order for free as a sticker to show off your Sean Connery Day fandom! One lucky winner will be randomly selected to receive the prize pack.

Prize Pack: The prize pack will consist of three different items.

Sean Connery 12 inch James Bond “Dr. No” figure by Sideshow Collectibles. This 1:6 scale figure was limited to only 8,000 figures and is sold out/no longer available. It is new in the original box.

Sean Connery 3 3/4 inch Dr. Henry Jones figure by Hasbro from the film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”. This figure was released in 2008 and has been retired from production. It is new in the original packaging.

“All About Bond” photography book by Terry O’Neill. This hardcover book features over 100 photos spanning decades of Bond films. It was released in November 2012.

Not only can you participate by checking in and chatting on GetGlue to your favorite Connery films, you can also celebrate with fans from around the world in other ways. You could make videos to share on Instagram, Vine, and YouTube of your SCD movie watching parties or film your best Sean Connery impressions. After all, Sean Connery Day wouldn’t be complete without talking like him too!

You can also join conversations on social networks with other fans on GetGlue, Twitter, and Facebook using the hashtag #SeanConneryDay. Keep up with quotes and fun movie trivia by following Sean Connery Day on Facebook, Twitter, GetGlue, and Pinterest.

Special thank you to the folks at GetGlue for partnering on this promotion and Amanda Roberts Design for creating the badge design.

The prize pack has an approximate value of $300 USD and was personally donated by Sean Connery Day founder Chad Elkins. GetGlue will facilitate the selection of the prize pack winner from their database of users who unlock the badge.

If there was a 'love love love!' or 'cute cute cute!' heart buttons on Tumblr as well as the 'like' one this little kitty pic would have that button all over it. SOO CUTE!!!!

Ohohoh have I shown you any photo of baby Ginger yet? no I haven’t