February 2012
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“Misfortunes one can endure - they come from outside, they are accidents. But to...”
– Lady Windermere’s Fan, Oscar Wilde (via nomadicstatic)
Feb 25th
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“I think that life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it.”
– Lord Darlington “Lady Windermere’s Fan” (via melancoliaii)
Feb 24th
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am...”
– Oscar Wilde (via societycottontail)
Feb 23rd
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“Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.”
– Oscar Wilde (via eriksontop)
Feb 22nd
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Feb 21st
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“Whereas story is processed in the mind in a straightforward manner, poetry...”
– Jasper Fforde, First Among Sequels (via bitsofivory)
Feb 20th
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Feb 19th
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ListenIt took me a moment to get the meaning of his...
Feb 6th
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January 2012
19 posts
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Jan 22nd
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“The Wikipedia blackout presents a horrifying picture of a world with no...”
– Andy Daglas (via kateoplis) Quote of the night.  (via shortformblog)
Jan 18th
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Whovians waiting for Series 7.
Jan 16th
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Jan 15th
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“To a text-based life-form, unpredictable syntax and poor grammar is a source of...”
– Jasper Fforde, One of Our Thursdays is Missing (via panjjakpanjjak)
Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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“Imagine that you are French. You are walking along a busy pavement in Paris and...”
– Understanding and modelling how pedestrians behave is a youngish field for researchers. Anticipating pedestrian flows makes crowd events smoother and safer, and accounting for the peculiar propensities of different nationalities is key to getting it right. (via theeconomist)
Jan 12th
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“I remember one joke he (Noel) wrote here - we walked past a garden and this dog...”
– Dave Brown (via loveboosh)
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Jan 9th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
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Jan 6th
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Jan 5th
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Jan 4th
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Jan 3rd
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Jan 2nd
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“Nobody tells an actor, “you’re playing a strong-minded man”. We assume that men...”
– Meryl Streep, on being told that she often plays “strong-minded women” WHO LOVES MERYL? MEMEMEMEMEMEMEMEEEE (via leahblaine)
Jan 1st
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December 2011
53 posts
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Dec 31st
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“Steal five dollars and you’re a common thief. Steal thousands and you’re either...”
– Terry Pratchett, Going Postal (via captain-sonic)
Dec 30th
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ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 8-5 →
I CAN’T UPDATE THE RSS FEED TOMORROW BUT THE FINAL REVIEWS WILL BE UP AT ABOUT THIS TIME Album of the year reviews 8-5 featuring WUB WUB, woah woah, pep pep and techno mages.
Dec 29th
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“You see I believe in freedom. Not many people do, although they will of course...”
– Lord Vetinari, Going Postal (via solest)
Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Who wants to be normal?: To love at all is to be... →
revri: To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all…
Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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ALBUMS OF THE YEAR 20-17 →
Not sure I will manage to update the RSS every day this week but there will be reviews every day so check back Mon-Fri. Happy Boxing Day!
Dec 26th
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Dec 25th
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Just how far did the stray Mythbusters cannonball...
iheartchaos: Earlier this week, while filming out at the Alameda Bomb Range, the Mythbusters accidentally sent a cannonball way off target. How far did it go? According to this map of destruction, it went clean through a house, through the living room of a sleeping family, still had enough energy to sail over a busy highway and bounce off a roof on the other side before coming to rest in the...
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
Murder She Writes for December 23rd 2011 →
The end! Poor Barry. Oh well, Barry, never mind. Plenty more fish in the sea. Happy Christmas, readers!
Dec 22nd
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“August 18 Must it ever be thus,—that the source of our happiness must also be...”
– Goethe - Sorrows Of Young Werther (Die Leiden des Jungen Werthers)
Dec 22nd
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"An Angel?...
theycallmeboot: Rubbish!  That is what every man calls his beloved, isn’t it?  Yet I am quite incapable of conveying to you how absolutely perfect she is and why she is so absolutely perfect.  Let it suffice to say that she has captivated me.”           - Werther
Dec 21st
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“How her figure haunts me! Waking or dreaming, she fills my entire soul! Here in...”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther (via forestofghosts)
Dec 20th
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Murder She Writes for December 20th 2011 →
(27/30) If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised by today’s comic, please call our freephone number. ACTIVITY OVER CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR December 23rd: Murder She Writes…
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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“They refuse to see the obvious, they refuse to see they’re in l… That they love...”
– Mark Gatiss on Sherlock and John. (via luciferbox)
Dec 17th
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artemiscrocks: that moment when one of your friends starts reading/watching something you’re obsessed with and you turn into a total freak WHERE ARE YOU AT WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE DO YOU SHIP MY OTP DO YOU HATE CHARACTER X HE/SHE/IT IS A BITCH WHAT PART ARE YOU AT NOW DO YOU LOVE MY BABY TELL ME ALL YOUR THOUGHTS
Dec 16th
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Murder She Writes for December 16th 2011 →
I think we are getting to the bottom of this now, truth bombs all over the place!
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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itssentimental: Miranda Hart, Eddie Izzard and Jamie Oliver make their debuts on 2011’s Big Fat Quiz Of The Year, joining veterans David Walliams, David Mitchell and Jonathan Ross.
Dec 14th
Murder She Writes for December 14th 2011 →
LEVEL UP!
Dec 14th