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I am not much of a
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I am not much of a breakfast person but my boyfriend urged me to take up this habit. So I relented. Happily. Breakfast this morning consisted of muesli, extra raisins, dried banana, dried apricots, dried apple rings – yes, yes, I love dried fru[…]

Q: What do 76 blowjobs look like?
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Q: What do 76 blowjobs look like?
A: A Slowdive EP cover.
Jason Salavon deals in the art of the average – taking a series of images (photos or film stills) and rendering them composite. The results point up the use and futility of the notion of[…]

Almost two years ago
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Almost two years ago, publog supremo mr barang and I managed to have a conversation that came, somehow, to the conclusion that MARMITE CHICKEN would be a marvellous thing. In our world this was: 1. Take a whole chicken 2. Slather it in marmite 3. R[…]

Consciousness and quantum physics
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Consciousness and quantum physics
There are very few more interesting and dfficult subjects than the nature of mind and consciousness. It doesn’t seem to resemble anything else in the universe. What is it? What is it made of? Is it distinct fro[…]

Do you want to be a star?
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“Do you want to be a star? Boys 12-19: THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!”
When casting for if…., they ran this ad (January 1968? The source is a bit unclear but round about then) in The Times, the Telegraph and yes, MELODY MAKER!
(Actually the[…]

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