In more positive news, it was pretty cool how over the AJW women got themselves at the 1995 Survivor Series #aside
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Date: November 2017
In more positive news, it was pretty cool how over the AJW women got themselves at the 1995 Survivor Series #aside
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There hasn’t been a worse iOS ‘update’ than 11. Every increment thus far (seems like a new one every few days) is an utter shambles #aside
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October’s viewing was a mixed bag: a handful of cinema trips, one of them a press show (for Brawl in Cell Block 99, as previously linked); a few dips into Netflix and other streaming services; genres all over the place; and one classic rewatch that stands the test of time. More…
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If you have Netflix and you haven’t seen Wheelman yet, you should probably get on that #aside
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Mickey Dolenz and I walked past each other on Liffey St hours before a Monkees gig I didn’t attend https://t.co/BjhQypRPED #aside
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Currently listening to this https://t.co/2fsHYmI8I4 #aside
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An incredible collection, courtesy of the Musicophilia blog and streamable on Mixcloud. The proprietor also more recently posted a set of modern (2007-present) post-punk mixes. Perfect winter listening, both. #link
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An eight-year-old blog post on the impossibility of reasoning with those who hold their positions in bad faith: the racists and anti-choicers and the like who whinge about being on the wrong side of history in the making. But it’s even more relevant today, as upsetting as that is to accept. #link
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The birds seemed really stoked that I restocked the feeders. I was barely in the door before a great tit swooped in for a sunflower heart #aside
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I really like this Escape-ism record. Never cared much for Svenonius outside of NOU but this is exciting https://t.co/oyOffTasGG #aside
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Raw egg in hot rice is pretty good; the Japanese are on to something #aside
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Might actually show up for this year’s Thumped Xmas Party https://t.co/wyEf02x8Cy #aside
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Do take the time to read these various but connected musings on the value of ‘nothingness’, of removal from the noise and bustle of life — and the demands of Work with a capital W — for deeper reflection, within and without, to exist. It's cut with an endearing wit, as per her observation on birdwatching: “Actually, I’ve always found it weird that it’s called birdwatching, because half if not more of birdwatching is actually birdlistening. I personally think they should just rename it birdnoticing.” #link
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That’s my tax paid and filed for the year, so. I even got a tiny rebate. First time that ever happened #aside
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Goldfinches are really beautiful birds, aren’t they? #aside
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It takes a lot to offend me, to really get under my skin, but Ronan Mullen does it every time https://t.co/TB79ugfnRy #aside
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Screw this 280-character nonsense! I hope Tweetbot and YoruFukurou never change (or at least keep 140 as an option) #aside
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Day immediately brightened by a postcard from David in Zagreb #aside
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Turns out, if I did today the same double major* I did for my undergrad, I’d get a BSc instead of a BA #aside
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This one covers all the bases. #link
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Cheap trolling at the expense of women’s real issues does not behove a head of state, Leo #aside
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It’s been a while. Enlarged Heart Radio returns with episode 20, a riff-heavy selection for these cold winter nights. More…
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Using Audacity for the first time in months and it feels so much better now #aside
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I’m about to watch the new Child’s Play movie. Brace yourselves… #aside
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I should be writing about October, but since the first of November has passed, I must note that it’s 16 years since I started this blog. It really doesn’t feel that long; a decade at most. I suppose it’s true what they say about time seeming to go by faster as one grows older.
Anyway, I don’t really have much to say about this anniversary other than I’m glad I picked things up again this year, even in the piecemeal fashion that I have. It’s good to carve out a space for oneself in the increasingly walled garden of the web. More…
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It’s only to an extent, but I can identify with this; I don’t care so much about how others perceive me, but I know I would feel better, holistically, if I can get my head right. And for me, managing what I eat really is all in the head. #link
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It’s revealing to see the data behind this stuff, but also saddening to know that craft and wit take second place to audience-bating cliché. We are — as a whole — predicable, simple-minded folk, aren’t we? #link
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Whoops, slept out the first half hour of Power Struggle #njpst #njpwworld #aside
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Hey a new Dead Rider album came out over a month ago and none of you told me, for shame! https://t.co/M02lzrbx3N #aside
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Seriously, what have the Irish got against pre-made sweet shortcrust pastry? Can’t find it anywhere! #aside
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Today is Stout Day and I have no stout. Pout day, more like #aside
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They’re gonna get the belt off him already, huh https://t.co/hNEkEbxyHJ #aside
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Here’s a good essay from over the summer about an underrated actor, and person, that should get a re-up in this ‘post-Weinstein world’. It highlights how much the system is set against women who try to buck it (and how much it goes out of its way to conform to men who do the same, or worse). #link
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Great recommendations for avant, experimental and heavy jazz here. #link
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I’ve got a free month of Shudder. What should I watch? #aside
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