B.K.

ROUGH!!!

“There were some marks in it that might have been dimples, if the material had been softer and the instrument finer, but which, as it was, were only dints. The chisel had made three or four of these attempts at embellishment over his nose, but had given them up without an effort to smooth them off”🍰

“I found him to be a dry man, rather short in stature, with a square wooden face, whose expression seemed to have been imperfectly chipped out with a dull-edged chisel.”
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The part where he goes on about the sharpness of the chisel used to carve his face is brutal

My dog is the cutest dog of all the dogs.

a boy wearing a striped hat and scarf says " i triple dog dare you " ALT: a boy wearing a striped hat and scarf says " i triple dog dare you "

I Triple Dog Dare you to listen to Breathe by The Prodigy and remain completely motionless through the whole song. No head bobbing. No foot tapping. No table drumming.

If you can do this...seek medical help immediately. You are broken.

My aunt had a saying:
No Brain…No Headaches

I firmly believe that if house cats were 10x bigger we’d be food.

I never understood the appeal. He stole music from black artists, married a child and was a gigantic racist. The question shouldn’t be “why don’t kids like him” it should be “why did anyone ever like him?”

So for those that have a version like that it will be like military time. (In the afternoon subtract 12 from the military time)

Subtract the last chapter from your part 1 from my chapter list to get your part 2 chapter number. :-)

Yeah I figured out that some editions restart the chapters for each part. :-( 🍰

Lego version of a distant cousin?
@in-otter-news.bsky.social

Videos of discussion groups about G.E. At a UC Santa Cruz Dickensian symposium
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Good lord!!! It’s pdf reprint of the serialized Great Expectations along with really cool notes
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Oh no. What happened?

I had a partial set years ago but lost them in a move. This is very exciting.

BEAVERS!!!!

So excited!!!
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Someone had a full, 21 volume set of the Oxford Illustrated Dickens up for $300. I made an offer of what I meant to be 250 but accidentally typed 150 and they accepted! I checked if they were sure and they said they were fine with $150!!

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I eat a crisp beef burrito about once a year because that’s how long it takes for me to forget how bad I feel after I eat one. But they are SOOOOO GOOOD! LOL

Cinnamon Pine Cone
#photography

Shooting RAW is such a game changer if you do any post. So great

Best way to shorten this cycle is to invite someone you respect over to your house

I think he’s my favorite author and I’ve only read, 3 of his books. This year I’m reading the rest .

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlaying our hard hearts.”

Im a few days ahead but there’s no spoiler in this and it’s just so Dickensianly perfect.

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Even on a world filled with moronic ideas, opening a McDonald’s 500 feet from the Capitol Hill Dick’s stands out as a fucking Whopper ( pun intended.)

Good morning from the frogs.
530am mini soundscape from Whatcom County

I forgot to mention it on the 5th but...NOW you all know why we use the 🍰 for this book! :-)

Keira Knightley is NOT Too Pretty | #shorts YouTube video by Film Leak Shorts

I cant think about any P&P movie without thinking about this...
www.youtube.com/shorts/JLSzV...

My wife owns a Zumba studio so...I hear that song in my nightmares.