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Why must my vacation end. Why must I go to work tomorrow

Now I want books about morning

Knit cake from the history of the dessert exhibition

Beware of the dog??! 👀 🐾 Endearing Roman mosaic of a little black guard dog curled up asleep 💤 in the entrance passage of his family home in Pompeii. House of Lucius Caecilius Iucundus. 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Looked at the sea for several hours today

I know it sounds like the ultimate editor-nerd-Stephi thing to have a favorite typo, but...

Today I've got my hair done and went to a musical and did some laundry which clearly means that I shouldn't have to do any of the stuff on my to-do list (e.g. clean and pack)

AOL warned us of the dangers of logging on. It would play for us the screams of the damned. But we didn’t listen. We didn’t listen.

watched howl’s moving castle tonight and it reminded me of my most popular post on twitter

The problem with studying Cicero at school for 3 years is that I still have opinions about him, so many years later.

This piece is a celebration of the fine art of procrastination! #art #embroidery #popculture #handmade

Surely someday I'll stop waking up at 4 am for no reason and not being able to go back to sleep

Saint Sebastian striptease where he starts out totally covered in arrows and pulls them out one by one

#hourly #wah https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/wahs/photo_1032@04-03-2019_05-33-03.jpg

Probably dating back to the 16th century, only the arch of Oxygrains Bridge which carried the old pack horse track remains. Cloth was transported between Lancashire and Yorkshire. Single arched bridge, arch comprising 12 stones on each side of keystone. No parapet wall

i can only assume this is a film about a 20-year journey to find a lost cat

#hourly #wah https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/wahs/photo_306@10-04-2020_09-54-01.jpg

Lol this sign "Do not bring food into the library Food residue will attract mice Mice will acquire knowledge in the library Get into university Then replace you" 😂

The Busy World of Doctor Who

I had a pretty great half-day at work and then the most horrible half-day at work ever, so apparently I contain multitudes.

A friend just shared with me the existence of Buffy stories tagged “Alternate Universe — Modern AU” and I need to lie down now

I'm actually pretty good at my job

Jane Eyre Jane Watir Jane Erthe Jane Fyre Long ago, the four Janes lived togethir yn harmonye... Until the Fyre Janes attackid.

We're celebrating, as ever, the start of Super Bowl 2025 with this Superb Owl. 🦉

It would be so much easier to read this Ukrainian book if a) I was interested in the plot whatsoever and b) I didn't get the urge to look up all the words I understand from context, but am not sure about the exact meaning of

“Please come out from the color of the night” #weilan #zhenhun #guardian #镇魂

I guess it's time for the almost annual Persuasion AU reread

Something that feels illegal, but isn't: not working overtime for two days

#hourly #wah https://api.tinyfox.dev/hourly/wahs/photo_1185@27-04-2019_06-51-21.jpg

I aspire to the level of Victorian self-care where my extended wake-up routine just kinda fades riiight into my extended bedtime routine with just enough time for a complete existential meltdown and a turn about the room to ease my agonies in between

Fairy transportation - #MDZS #JinLing

me: *highlighting* word: and i’ll get that period too me: no thanks, i don’t want it word: it’s right there, i’ll get it me: please stop word: fine but only if you highlight backwards

I've literally just found out: 1. What vlookup is called in German 2. What the s in sverweis stands for