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Yet, if one drinks it in celebration of the infant Christ, would that mean that one has nogged His noggin?
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If you ever make a graphic novel of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, these panels would be an excellent addition....
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Yep: and if your approval rating goes low enough you lose the contract with Jean Paul Gaultier....
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And how would you handle replacing the office photocopier after someone sat on it during the Christmas party, with the only evidence being a murky image of their inebriated genitalia?
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Brutus is beautiful.
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Neither are libraries, & neither are librarians.
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Could it be straight men are a bunch of pricks?
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Could be worse: could have had the ignominy of winning a duel against Oscar Wilde....
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'Tis a cruel irony, it seems,
to be pressed and smoothed by iron that steams....
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Truly 'tis so!
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An uncharitable mind might opine that the drones betokeneth the sundry fans & stans of Gower, yet doth Gower have any suchlike? They may, truly, be such aloof pie tins cast aloft in a vain attempt to fend off such flies that bite the haunches of horses, no?
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Which muppet most deserves the walk of shame? Anyone saying Guy Smiley needs to grow up, tho: Guy Smiley is A-OK!
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I agree: we should be jailing the British monarc-- never mind....
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"The customer is always right," the saying has it, "in matters of taste." But, Ludwigm the coat? That mustard-coloured coat? Dost thou not know that condiment-coloured coats are so... so... verboten?
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Just goes to show bulls have better ethics than many....
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Australian novel: they died because a bit of a tree fell on them.
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What would be the ethical considerations about using cryptids instead? I mean, sasquatches might, likewise Floridian skunk apes, but mothman strikes me as one averse to the scamming of anyone....
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I hear some games have excellent cabbage physics....
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yes
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Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley is my go-to.
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He seems like the sort of chap to read the last chapter before being halfway through the book....
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Just the giant? The coffee is crucial also, as are the trees, the trees!
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I had used ILL many times over the years, & was even able to access a book from Brown University in Rhode Island. From my local library in NSW, Australia.
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I, too, love footnotes, so much easier & more elegant than faffing about through endnotes.
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It is more & most definitely like a Chaucer without a tweet!
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I am writing a romance of moderate proportions, and with somewhat smaller knights, both named Percy. Would adding, say, some name signifying birth-father, or birthplace, to either or both assist in sorting them out?
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I suspect he relies on his wrist-sundial and a stick of celery! Or he might just like celery ... a bit ....
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Yet has anyone told Hannah Montana? I'm happy to tell Hannah Montana Montana needs more More Montana than More Montana needs more Montana.... Does that clear things up?
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I dream there's a world out there, in yonder multiverse, where the US-Mexico border is lined from one end to t'other with volleyball nets, and the volleyball balls, well, all are free for all who linger thereby....
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I would also like something similar to Stigmawatch, the SANE program that calls out stigma & biased reportage about mental health, as well as good reportage about the same. Especially when politics intersects with issues of race, gender, sexuality, religion & the disability sector.
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Likewise, I commend apahackers who get their apazines out on time, & that deliver consistently sensitive & nuanced critical writing! Chef's kiss!
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What I have been using for years, so long I forget when I first used it, is Sonar, a submission tracker from Spacejock Software. It's lightweight freeware by Simon Hayes, & it works a charm, too!
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I'd picked up a Moomin colouring-in magazine a few years ago. Strongly recommend it: five golden butterflies out of five!
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Likewise, where possible, buy books from independent small presses, especially poetry & art books.
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Unless "real magic" is a Clayton's term for "sleight-of-hand" ....
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Another way is to attend free author events held by libraries, and let your friends and families know about them too.
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(3/3) Westerman, Tracy, Jilya: How One Indigenous Woman from the Remote Pilbara Transformed Psychology (St Lucia : U. of Queensland Press, 2024) ISBN 9780702268694
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(2/3) Inglis, K. S., The Stuart Case (Melbourne : Black, 2002) ISBN 1863952438
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(1/3) Brooks, David, The Sons of Clovis: Ern Malley, Adore Floupette and a Secret History of Australian Poetry (St Lucia : U. of Queensland Press, 2011) ISBN 9780702238840
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I want to give a shout out to the National Library of Australia for their work on the Trove database, as well as preserving Australia's digital heritage.
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Language is weird that way, too. And this kind of weird--music, language--is beautiful, gorgeous, even, right?
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Would that mean that 'Shlonkermensch' is an appropriate translation for 'Slenderman '? 🙂