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A Half-Formed Thought About Walcott
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— 10 May 2006 Tom Comment

A really common trope in sci-fi and comics is where a huge alium/evil computer is befuddled by a random element the heroes have introduced, i.e. the Sentinels are fighting the X-Men, and Wolverine et al. have been nobbled by amazingly planned counter[…]

A half-formed thought about POP VIDEOS
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— 10 May 2006 Tom Comment

Some discussion on LiveJournal about the best pop videos and Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” stuck out as ever like a sore thumb. I don’t particularly like the video or the song, though I’ve no probs w/Mr Cash in general, but how c[…]

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