Blind taste test. || Lateral motion surplus. || Suboptimal scenario. || More magic cardboard. Previously. (h/t, Stephanie) || Adhesion detected. || The H-Man, 1958. Is there nothing atomic radiation can’t do? | Seeing, doing finger-math. (h/t, Tacky Raccoons) || Note to self. || The strange, grim tale of Britain’s “Hannibal the Cannibal.” (h/t, Neatorama) || Another day at the office. || Roadside ladies. || At last, cheating sneakers. || A critique of Nolan’s The Odyssey. Includes the words “boringly modern.” || Does yours do this? And should you be tempted. || Some punching required. || The progressive retail experience, parts 748, 749 and 750. || “First of all, those are not my pronouns.” || Complications multiply. || Sweaty pleasures. || On Mancini. || Not Marmite. || Things foreseen, and unforeseen.

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Modern problems. || They’re behind you. || Do you want to buy a belt? || King of the combover. || Life in a one-loo village, 1970. || An archive of tangible media, from magnets and grooves to coatings and pins. (h/t, Things) || An archive of punch cards. || An archive of vintage cycling publications. || Not in fact harmless, it turns out. || Just call him Daddy. || I’m sure more drag-themed programming will fix that in no time. || Nuts. || Got milk? || Gentlemen callers. || Incoming. || Help incoming. || Answers on a postcard, please. || A three-way interspecies negotiation. || The progressive retail experience, parts 745, 746 and 747. || The thrill of physics. || At last, drag-queen rugby. || A situation is reported. || Diversity has occurred. || At those elegant snuff parties, your nostrils will be revitalised.

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You want one and you know it. || Why dogs don’t rule the Earth. || Frog washing scenes. || For ladies so inclined. || Not toilets, it turned out. || Mortal remains. || Mighty tash deployed. || Have you dried yours? || Some diversity occurred. || His rights, you hear. (Rights not specified.) || Scenes from Hemlock Drive. || Hopkins and Foster rewatch Silence of the Lambs. || Blowing bubbles from below, as you do. || His is bigger, and by some margin. || Obstruction detected, removed. || Secret revealed. || Incoming. || On Kubrick’s many takes, a belated and not implausible explanation. || Odd couple. Place your bets. || Pole dancing. || Pole dancing 2. || The progressive retail experience, parts 743 and 744. || Roadside assistance. || Not nailed down. || I’m guessing the relationship was not a success.

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Plenty boom. || At last, weeble chess. || The autonomous bins of tomorrow. || Snug but not impossible. || Meaty treat. || Choices were made. || Random malice, a possible series. || Sweet dreams. || On the Throne: 100 Years of the Toilet, 1984. || Engine trouble detected. || Someone stole his truck. || On curing cancer. || Suboptimal scenario. || You want one and you know it. || Good to know. || Leggy. || Discourse was attempted. || Jupiter. || The progressive retail experience, parts 741 and 742. || Pretty big, I guess. || It could go either way, so place your bets. || Mid-boom miniatures. || Intrigue. || Unstaffed all-night ramen store. || How to delay a flight. || Footwear was chosen. || Yes, but what if we added fire? || Man starts fire with penis. || Frock and penis. || And finally, use was made of furniture.

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This vehicle is reversing. || Downside detected. || Big spider. || Squid roll. || Satie on a bondoneon. (h/t, Elephants Gerald) || There was, alas, some screaming. || Compatible skillsets. || Crossing of note. || “We did not come here to coexist.” || “And I’m still laughing,” says she. || The thrill of wrapping. || The progressive retail experience, parts 736, 737, 738, 739 and 740. || The pram of the future, 1971. || ‘Twas an uncanny transformation. || A museum of antique tubas – and other niche museums. || Bow ties. || Turbulence of note. || Beware the brown acid. || Suboptimal solution. || Balloon turkey, balloon wombat. || Blockage fondled. || Peak twat fashion. || So how was the funeral? || I question the footwear. || Firearms. || Feeling his chunkiness. || I feel we ought to have a word for this.

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For newcomers wishing to know more about what’s been going on here for nineteen chuffing years, in over 3,600 posts and hundreds of thousands of comments, the Reheated series is a pretty good place to start – in particular, the end-of-year-summaries, which convey the fullest flavour of what it is we do. A sort of blog concentrate. If you like what you find there… well, there’s lots more of that.

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