“While boys often expressed nostalgia and affection toward Action Man… renouncing Barbie appeared to be a rite of passage for many girls”[…]

(sadly the site this came from is in german so i cannot properly credit the artist, who may or may not be called kati) (kati likes BUFFY tho so WE LIKE HER)[…]

even if you have probs in the past w.it bein gloopy and more liquid than firm – requirin more time in the oven to sort – DO NOT poke the top of yr gingerbread as it emerges after 50s mins
not only is it PIPING HOT it is also PIPING STICK[…]

QUEEN OF BEAN AND SEDGE:[…]

I’d never thought much about this before — but endings of adult lit aren’t as difft from endings of kids’ books as you’d perhaps expect. But perhaps this is unsurprising: one of the basic social facts about adult lit is […]

p13, casino royale (1953)
“… Bond undressed and took a cold shower. Then he lit his 70th cigarette of the day… ”

IF died in 1965 — guess what of :( :([…]

Comment on (and identify) the following:
1: “The gun, [____] had finally convinced himself, was after all a dream.”
2: “Night is falling. On the first floor of the Hôtel Printania two windows have just lighted up. The yard of the[…]

identify (and comment on) the following final sentences(es):
i. “He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said.”
ii. ” … now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth[…]

look i heart “ghost squad” and i don’t care who knows it —
i. the set-up is nonsense on a mission-impossible scale (no there is not a secret unit which parachutes in a sexy young girl genius* into ANYCOPSHOP ANYWHERE to stymi[…]

“and the lion shall lie down with the lamb, and the lamb shall kick the lion’s butt“[…]