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Writer, reader, gamer, crisp eater.

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a penguin wearing sunglasses and a tie stands in front of fireworks and the words happy new year ALT: a penguin wearing sunglasses and a tie stands in front of fireworks and the words happy new year

Bought sparklers to wave in the garden to celebrate the new year. None of them light. What a brilliant start to 2026. Happy New Year!

01.01.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Merry Christmas, everyone. I hope you all have the best day, whatever that looks like for you.

25.12.2025 08:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You too!

29.09.2025 11:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is great as ever, Rick.

29.09.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Long Walk is 2025’s most brutal film – and a reminder of Stephen King’s roots Too many King adaptations have been cautious, fastidiously reverent affairs, which is why it’s so gratifying to find one that has been allowed some breathing room – and space to be a little lurid, wri...

I wasn't expecting much, but this is a terrific film. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

15.09.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had my first mince pie of the year just now. I refuse to feel guilty about that.

13.09.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is so brilliant!

19.08.2025 17:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Brilliant.

18.07.2025 22:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Features like this are weird. I used to work in the food hall at M&S, but I wouldn't use that fact to presume a position of authority on what the best sandwiches ever are.

17.07.2025 17:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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31.05.2025 22:09 πŸ‘ 2605 πŸ” 180 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 5

Finally!

Wordle 1,393 1/6 #wordle

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

12.04.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sunny is great, btw.

08.03.2025 19:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you get invested in a TV show, series one ends on a cliffhanger, then you find out it's not getting a series 2.

08.03.2025 19:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my, this week's episode of Severance though...

01.03.2025 12:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon caption: The fourth pig’s house was made of wolf skulls. They aren’t very sturdy, but they send a message. A large grey wolf is staring at a little pig’s house made of skulls.

Cartoon caption: The fourth pig’s house was made of wolf skulls. They aren’t very sturdy, but they send a message. A large grey wolf is staring at a little pig’s house made of skulls.

15.02.2025 04:01 πŸ‘ 404 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

I actually wrote stories! Two of them! And submitted them! Wonders will never cease.

I'm excitedly awaiting the rejections.

14.02.2025 17:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Goodbye Sadie. Your flame burned short, but so bright. The mice and birds round here won't miss you at all, but we will. Sleep well.

21.01.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A book named Tender is the Flesh.

A book named Tender is the Flesh.

Well, this one's gonna stay with me for ages. The most disturbing, dark, brilliant book I've read in a good while.

10.01.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great stuff, Dan.

09.01.2025 20:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wrote a story for the first time in, oh, six or seven months. I'm not saying it's good, mind you, but it's great to get back to it.

08.01.2025 17:49 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

05.01.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

05.01.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year, everyone!

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a penguin wearing a santa hat and sweater is standing next to a christmas tree and gifts . ALT: a penguin wearing a santa hat and sweater is standing next to a christmas tree and gifts .
25.12.2024 09:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It is traditional in Iceland to give the gift of a book to be opened on Christmas Eve. Books are unwrapped and then read together. It is called Jolabokaflod (Christmas book flood). πŸ“– πŸŽ„
πŸ–Ό Reading Girl, Gustav Adolph Hennig, 1828.

24.12.2024 07:48 πŸ‘ 4929 πŸ” 772 πŸ’¬ 130 πŸ“Œ 100
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Look at the difference in covers between autobiographies by men and those by women. Look how tedious and serious the men's books are, with their grey and black colour schemes. I'm not afraid to read a book with a bit of fucking orange on the cover. But presumably publishers think most men are. Sigh.

16.12.2024 21:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Makes sense.

09.12.2024 20:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Each year, the Christmas decorations go up in my local Spar and they think, 'sod it, break out the Easter chocolate'. I sigh inwardly each time, curse their ridiculousness, and then buy Mini Eggs.

09.12.2024 17:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a McDonald's radio ad for Happy Meals, which talks tells you (or your kid most likely) can choose to get a Grinch toy or book with it. It ends with the words "Choice of toy or book is between book or toy." This is a weird sentence. It baffles me. What is its purpose?

04.12.2024 12:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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can’t stop thinking about this Mary Oliver poem πŸ₯Ή

28.11.2024 04:23 πŸ‘ 8738 πŸ” 1625 πŸ’¬ 171 πŸ“Œ 133