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  @DarkestKale@mastodon.social yeah, I think I like it just as it is.

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  Excellent reviews of this hotel in the guest book, apart from Fwapp de la Bonko, who seemed to have an unfortunate experience.

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  "Let me show you... what I am used to. NICK!" People think of Toht as an unredeemable villain, but I think that the fact he is on first name terms with his ‘henchmen’ at least suggests an open and inclusive workplace. Although unfortunately I must admit this is right before a series of dreadful work-related injuries.

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  Welcome home!

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  True faith is difficult, perhaps the most difficult of all human virtues, especially when temptation not to believe is written before your eyes. With patience and faith, however, I promise that you will one day believe It Is Not Butter.

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  Roger and I discuss Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ in our latest #RibbonofMemes podcast. Is it a masterpiece? Why did Stephen King hate it so much? And what -is- a snow cat anyway? #film #podcast #horror https://ribbonofmemes.org.uk/archive/2026/The_Shining__1980_.html

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  We watched the rocket launch and I am feeling happy and excited, and determinedly not being cynical or miserable about this, finally something positive dominating the news! I know it costs a lot, but so did a certain person spaffing off his missiles into schools, and I know which one I find more inspiring.

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  Five authors I’ve read at least five books by: Douglas Adams Margaret Atwood Margaret Weis Alan Moore James Herbert How about you?

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  Five directors I've watched at least five films by: Alfred Hitchcock Kathryn Bigelow Taika Waititi Adam Curtis John Huston

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  It’s not ideal that I get mixed up between Alan Ginsberg and Alan Greenspan.

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  I have just discovered that William Golding was Cornish. Suddenly his opinion of humanity makes a lot more sense.

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  Things in the world are tough, I know, but it hasn’t always been this way. There was a time, not so very long ago, when Kit Kats came in a little jacket of tinfoil which you could smooth down and imprint the logo onto. I know it’s hard to imagine now, but those times will come again.

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  Douglas Adams talked about the ‘shoe event horizon’, where a society becomes so depressed and degenerate that it is economically impossible to build anything but shoe shops. These are the shops on our road. A tattoo parlour is surrounded by a barber (closed down), a barber (opening), a hair salon, a hair salon and a hair salon. Opposite this picture is a hair salons. The next block of shops has three hair salons, and there are two hair salons on the next street.