Summer Lovin’
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I’m glad I found this place. Have bunged you a few quid.
May your butter forever be spreadable – neither too hard nor too soft – and free of unsightly toast crumbs.
…and free of unsightly toast crumbs
Unsightly Toast Crumbs, it’a great band name and they’re good eatin’!
Literally, little pieces of recycled toast, what could be better? Other than fresh toast obviously.
It’s great band name and they’re good eatin’!
I do hope someone’s compiling all these band name ideas so that when we get it together and actually form the band, we’ll at least have a great name.
Pinged. 🙂
May midges respect your air-space.
*Cha-CHING!*
– I’m sorry – was that racist? – as a white male, everything else I do is…
Much appreciated. May you never be rudely awakened by the sound of a neighbour dumping a suspiciously large number of wine bottles into the recycling bin.
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Not sure why Firefox is posting duplicate comments.
May the neighbours never catch you standing by the recycling bin, looking sweaty and exasperated, and struggling to flatten impossibly defiant cardboard packaging.
struggling to flatten impossibly defiant cardboard packaging.
I know the shame of defiant cardboard. 🙂
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I know the shame of defiant cardboard. 🙂
You’d think that disposing of the packaging for an ironing board and fridge deodoriser would be a simple matter, and not require elaborate planning, muttered epithets and feats of Herculean strength. But no. The Amazon packaging department is evidently experimenting with some kind of uncollapsible cardboard.
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Bless you, madam. May you frequently be assumed to be younger than you are, and by quite some margin.
I wish. 🙂
Tip jar hit.
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Thanks, and thanks. May dust never gather on the extractor above the hob.
If you link to SDA I’m happy to throw a few dollars your way.
May the colours never fade from your favourite fashion item.
May the colours never fade from your favourite fashion item.
– Unless it’s jeans, of course…
Unless it’s jeans, of course…
I’m sure I wouldn’t know. I’m unfamiliar with the joys of denim.
By the way, I’ve only two episodes left before finishing season four of Bosch. Another season should appear next year, but until then I’m going to want something else to binge on. If anyone has any suggestions…
I’ve no idea what our plastic see-through money is worth on your side of the pond, but here’s a few bills. Perhaps you can make suncatchers out of them or something.
If anyone has any suggestions
I’ve mentioned Justified, Banshee and The Americans before, but they may be a bit too rooted in Southern Gothic to be relatable. I expect your other half would quite enjoy Chuck, given the large number of well-written geek references d’une certain age.
As a bit of a lark I dug up a set of The Rockford Files and was pleasantly surprised. The collars take some getting used to, though.
A friend highly recommends Black Sails, although I’ve not yet partaken myself.
As a bit of a lark I dug up a set of The Rockford Files and was pleasantly surprised.
Heh. I didn’t see that coming. I may poke at an episode or two of The Expanse.
Here’s a few bills. Perhaps you can make suncatchers out of them or something.
Appreciated. May your shoelaces never expire and prove difficult to replace while the shoes themselves could be mistaken for new.
If anyone has any suggestions…
The Man in the High Castle; the aforementioned Goliath; Comrade Detective is good cheesy fun; The Grand Tour if you’ve not already seen it, Clarkson, May, and the Hamster at their finest; Fortitude (Season 1 better than 2); Jean Claude Van Johnson is a good send up of Jean Claude van Damme sending himself up. If you haven’t bailed on Netflix, Lillyhammer.
The Man in the High Castle
The Other Half had suggested we take a squint at that.
The Grand Tour
Already set to record. But I’m thinking more of ongoing dramas. Things that lend themselves to binge-watching.
The Man in the High Castle
In the same genre, the 1994 film adaptation of the book Fatherland is excellent.
Heh. I didn’t see that coming.
Hard-boiled detective noir in the classic Marlowe oeuvre is pretty rare these days; you have to go back a bit to find good examples. Rockford is a little more tongue-in-cheek at times, but it holds up pretty well (especially if you get the Blu-Rays. It’s ironic that 1970s TV looks better than 1980’s TV when remastered, because 1970s TV was shot on film rather than videotape)
Try Rake<\i>.
Not the US version. The original Australian version.
I watch very little TV but it is a class above.
I quite like The Expanse, but it is very difficult to keep up.
<\i> This is starting to get on my nerves.
<\i> This is starting to get on my nerves.
Nicely saved, though.
[ Straightens giant sign. Adds spotlight. ]
Great blog, David
*ping*
Ka-ching!
–Bad News
PS.
Re: The Man In The High Castle
I liked it, but after two episodes, it bears little resemblance to the Phillip Dick novel. Still, the series builds on Dick’s main premise and takes it in some interesting directions. It’s worth your time, if you like that sort of thing.
Fun Fact: My eldest was at an academic conference in Europe recently, where one of the speakers described Man… as “problematic,” because . . . Nazis!!!!!!!!
As my daughter noted, the speaker had obviously never read the novel nor seen the series nor grasped the whole sci-fi trope of alternate universes. We now live in a society where people compete to see who can yell “problematic” or “white people’s [fill-in-the-blank] first, as if there’s some sort of prize at the end.
as if there’s some sort of prize at the end
But there is. Attention, possibly fame, emotional validation by hundreds of Internet strangers.
I hate to go all Dr. Phil here but these people wouldn’t do this if it didn’t get them something.
Thanks, David. Your tip jar has been hit.
But there is. Attention, possibly fame, emotional validation by hundreds of Internet strangers.
Chicks. You left out chicks. Ooh, how they light up when a guy says a woke thing. Especially a feministy woke thing.
…or “white people’s [fill-in-the-blank] first…
Australia loses the plot, but will white patients have to explain their privilege to black nurses ?
Right, appreciating some good didgeridoo tunes ranks right up there with mundane trivia like actually knowing drug dosages.
Ping. A small tuppance until the ship comes in. What, you weren’t sleeping were you?
The nurses must simply abide by the new code which state clearly that “cultural safety is as important to quality care as clinical safety”.
Reading that article, I was reminded of the time several years back when I spent five days in an ICU. My night shift nurse was a young lady from Zimbabwe. We managed to have some very lovely conversations and she seemed quite pleased that a)I had some knowledge of Zimbabwean geography and history and b) I was interested in her life. I suppose it might have been an act, but she and I have corresponded periodically since, so I doubt it. There was none of this “cultural safety cum emotional labor” crap prevalent among the racialists here.
R. Sherman, can you pass on to us some of what you learned about Zimbabwe?
What, you weren’t sleeping were you?
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May the padding of your ironing board never deteriorate, resulting in an unattractive grid pattern being imprinted on your second-favourite shirt.
Thanks for being a gracious host.
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Thanks for being a gracious host.
May you never wake to find that your open windows have been soiled, to a quite spectacular extent, by crows perched on the guttering.
May you never wake to find that your open windows have been soiled, to a quite spectacular extent, by crows perched on the guttering.
Heh. Sounds like the voice of experience there. Let me try one…
May no one notice the burrs and foxtails stuck to your shoes and dress pants upon returning to work after burying a body where it will never be found anyway.
Actually that is just a one-time offer… What?
Sounds like the voice of experience there.
Alas, yes. For a second I thought something had exploded.
May no one notice the burrs and foxtails stuck to your shoes and dress pants upon returning to work after burying a body where it will never be found anyway.
I see I may have to deputise.
May no one notice the burrs and foxtails stuck to your shoes
Wait a minute, let me see that shoe. Well, that’s a very nice shoe. It’s practically new. That’s terrific! I’m looking for a pair of shoes just like this.