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  • Because I was asked

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    I’m not good with lists. Too moody. Too fickle. But because I was asked, here’s a few of my favourite films, in no particular order. (Note: for this particular list, I’ve defined ‘favourite’ as ‘something I can watch again & again & again’, not as ‘best made’ or ‘most insightful/compelling/thought-provoking/personally significant’ — all criteria I…

  • Round & round

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    Many, many years ago, I did a favour for a neighbour and in return he gave me a bottle of red wine. Some time later he was chatting about this boutique vineyard he’d visited and oh, he said, did you like that wine? At this point my then-boyfriend leaned in apologetically & whispered, “Well, we…

  • Smite, smite, smite!

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    You know that Larson cartoon where God is on his computer, & he’s got his finger over the smite button? I think he has the tremors: http://community-2.webtv.net/Babajani1/MurphysLaw/index.html

  • Welcome home, Spidey

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    Thank-you, Sean Williams, thank-you, thank-you, for giving me a reason to love Spiderman again: http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0913/

  • Whazzup

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    So the mailservers are down (again), & when I whined to the systems guys that there was no external mail arriving (again), they said, “I bet you a hundred bucks the email you’re waiting on is from your friends, & not work-related at all.” I mean, dude, like that even needs saying.

  • Wow … just … wow.

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    http://www.tenbyten.org/ The top 100 words + the top 100 pictures of the hour.

  • I apologise in advance for this post

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    Opposite my building at work, & in front of a church, lives a bum. He likes to sleep late, this bum, & this morning I noticed that beneath the grubbiness & general filth of his blanket is a huge red & black image of Spiderman. I almost wanted that blanket. ‘Cept that would be crazy.…

  • Self-Doubt Inc.: Apply Within

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    “Being an artist/creative is like wearing funky clothing. Every year gets a little bit harder. After a while it just looks stupid. Eventually the stupidity reaches critical mass and the late-night tailspin begins. At a midtown Irish bar at 2am, while I’m drawing this picture, these things no longer seem to matter.” See “DOROTHY” EXPLAINED…

  • The best thing to do with good advice is pass it on — & fast, like a hot potato

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    One of my favourite places to hang out online (apart from, naturally, here) is McSweeney’s, & I strongly urge you to visit them today, where you will find a very useful & relevant piece entitled: In Regard to Surviving in a World With James Caan (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2005/1/17kirkbride.html — I would put the link neatly into the…

  • Episode 10: In which the author makes veiled reference to her discontent with Housework

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    Yesterday morning I pulled the steam mop out and had to dust it. I mean, I know it’s been a while, but really. It put me in mind (no doubt unfairly) of feminist theories on white goods, which point out that the user-unfriendliness of said goods meant any time ‘saved’ in domestic service was rather…