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Nobody Takes Bears Seriously

December 18, 2012 by

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I Haven’t Slept. I Can’t Be Held Responsible.

December 4, 2012 by

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This is very… special. Anybody under thirty should maybe only be allowed to watch the first thirty seconds. Anybody older… well, grit your teeth through the excessive cuteness. You can do it. Monkeys wearing pantaloons! Cats in hats! And then… well. And then.  

Acquainted With the Night

November 14, 2012 by

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 I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain – and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and […]

COULSON LIVES

October 16, 2012 by

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I’ll just leave this here… At today’s Marvel Television Presents panel at New York Comic Con, Head of TV Jeph Loeb announced that Clark Gregg would reprise his role as Agent Phil Coulson in the live-action pilot “Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.” …. [Joss] Whedon will …. co-write the pilot to “Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.” with Jed Whedon and Maurissa […]

Character Sketch in 32 Words

October 15, 2012 by

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I want a trouble-maker for a lover, Blood spiller, blood drinker, a heart of flame, Who quarrels with the sky and fights with fate, Who burns like fire on the rushing sea. — #862: From Rumi’s Kolliyaat-e Shams-e Tabrizi. Edited by Badiozzaman Forouzanfar (Tehran, Amir Kabir, 1988). Translated by Zara Houshmand  

Neil Gaiman Gives Excellent Advice

October 4, 2012 by

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Anthropomorphisation: It’s a Life Choice

October 1, 2012 by

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I am not sure why but I am instantly drawn to people who apologise to inanimate objects or treat robots like people.   A is a valid option.  

This is Why People Don’t Sleep at Night

September 26, 2012 by

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A young girl is playing in her bedroom when she hears her mother call to her from the first floor kitchen. As she descends the staircase and strides down the passageway, hands emerge from a hall closet and pull her in while she’s passing by. When the girl’s eyes finally acclimate to the darkness, she […]

Books are Good in Bed

September 19, 2012 by

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Also excellent when sick. Flat surface to line tablet up on so you can stare at them, depressed. Blunt object to beat yourself to death with. Frustration relief (if you don’t mind throwing them across the room). Distraction. Cure-all.    

September 12

September 11, 2012 by

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There’s an old theory of reporting (which I can’t readily find a reference too because I apparently suck at google today) which says that something on the other side of the world has to be something like a thousand times more awful for it to have the same impact as one person suffering in your […]