“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”
An early Halloween present (?) I DO NOT do Trick or Treat aka Demanding with Menaces! I much prefer the concept of November 5th and blowing the bastards up with gunpowder. Ooooops. Typing out loud again. Tut!!!! D’y’all know about Tulpas? I’ve known about them for many years and have always had mixed feelings about […]
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We ALL know the story – Eve ate an apple and everything went Down Hill from there! But…BUT. Something in the weirdo part of my brain finds this Olde Historie Storie below quite compelling.
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I first came across this proverb about Sejanus whilst researching the 17th century. The name was applied to both the Duke of Buckingham and Cardinal Mazarin to denote Extremely Powerful Men who obtained their fame and fortune through dubious means. There seems to be some confusion over the name though. Does it refer to the […]
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Some people have NO IDEA what they are dealing with. #13 in Tarot is DEATH. Oft depicted as FACELESS. See image above. Also : The EVIL Hidden Hand that is in SO many historic pictures is – OK, WAS – originally called The Hand of God. Offering us stupid hoomans an opportunity. 4 of Cups […]
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Wasn’t there so can’t verify…but I love the way Will uses words. Verbs become nouns. Nouns become verbs. Letters are j-j-jiggled around. Pure Genius The 422 Words That Shakespeare Invented Words. Words. Words…said Hamlet :o)
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Not saying a fecking word about this one. ZIP!
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If you don’t know the Loooong Running Joke, you don’t know. Hamster/Hammond hates the band Genesis. Or so he says :o) By the Whatever (BTW) Clarkson stands at 6 ft 5 inches. An inch shorter than my eldest. Some totally weird factoid that often helps me gauge the height of his guests. Mike Rutherford is […]
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Snettisham Hoard Hey. If you live in Norfolk, my advice is….GO & BUY a METAL DETECTOR NOW! Some amazing “hoards” of treasure have been #found in Norfolk. Snettisham (SNET – ish -um ?) is no exception. Sooooooo – this comes from circa 75BC and was only found in the 1940’s? Those Iron Age Treasure Hiders […]
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My eldest loves watching this guy and recommended him to me. The phrase : “So FAR OFF GRID as to be even OFF-ERER the GRID” might’ve been spoken! He’s such a WEIRDO, that boy! Wonder where he gets it from?
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This is for HGS and his TODAY troll. P.S. Guess who has been deleted AGAIN from Y-tube comments? yadayada – Same Old Same Old. ALWAYS FE channs (?!) P.S. Jonathan Creek solves a Murder Mystery via ye olde ladder lean and Trigonometry too :o) Not bad for a TOTAL mathstard like me…wot wot wot ? […]
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ELECTRA Can someone, somewhere, get a grip of Myth & Legend and Pre-Raphaelite ART and TRULY SEE what it TELLS? FFS! #BLACKWIDOWVibe?
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I’ve been told to Hold Me Together. Ahem. Anyone got 1,946,098 rolls of Harry Black? ARRSEpedia is fast becoming a fave place to go :o) We’ve always called it Harry Black but non-military types have no idea what that means. The leaking pipe under my sink! Taping cardboard to a broken window! Fast car tyre […]
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