Tove Jannson wrote two picture-books-for-moominloving-tots: Vem ska trosta knyttet? (1960) and Hur gick det sen? Boken om Mymlan, Mumintrollet och lilla My (1952). When I discovered they’d been republished (as Who Will Comfort Toffle? and The B[…]

“time to give yrself into strange gods’ hands”: or how an IT GUY saved my BACON at the mere small cost only of the sacrifice of my DIGNITY hurrah ugh groo
mark s (by email): dear lovely IT Guy One , IT Guy Two says you sometimes un[…]

THERE WERE GIANTS IN THE EARTH IN THOSE DAYS…
“1940: On September 22, actor David Niven, now serving as a Captain in the newly formed Commandos, was married to Miss Primula Rollo, grand-daughter of the Marquess of Downshire, whom he had[…]

AND THE WORLD SAID…
“1921: On March 21, vivacious American-born Lady Astor faced an intruder at her Devonshire home threatening to kill her. After coaxing him into a calmer frame of mind, Lady Astor got him out of the house. She then ga[…]

THE PAST IS A V.FOREIGN COUNTRY pt whatever
“apple: generic term for all fruit other than berries but including nuts““botulism: derived via german from Latin botulus, sausage” “cake: a flat round loaf of bread” &#[…]

i. shepherd’s/cottage pieii. cheese flan/pizzaiii. scotch eggiv. boiled egg

actually i am not going to bother you w.all the ins and outs of the GREBT PIE DEBATE, as i wz not in on its inception, and besides the militia are now formed and a s[…]

HOBBIT WARS
“One of Indonesia’s leading palaeontologists, Professor Teuku Jacob of Gadjah Mada University in Jakarta, has grabbed the hobbit remains and locked them away in his safe, refusing to let other scientists study them.”
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Million-dollar supercar stolen
It even has a homing device!! I guess the ‘jackers knew how to turn it off…[…]

END-TIMES WATCH MUSIC THEME ISSUE : i. a co-worker just came in to announce he has tickets to the POP WILL EAT ITSELF reunion show ii. a second co-worker then told EVERYONE IN THE ROOM that he once SHARED A BED with CLINT of pwei iii. :O :O :O :O :O […]