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Creator of "A Booklovers Guide to Independent Bookstores". Nordic/Scandi Noir, polar history & exploration fan. Museums. Libraries. Animal rescues. #bookblogger ang'>uin.com'>angryalgonquin.com

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For the uninitiated, Cyberdog is an underground rave clothing/accessories store that has existed in its own remarkably unchanged aesthetic of extremely “cyber 1999” for 30 years. It has expanded since my last visit, they now have a kids section AND a cyber dildo basement! Don’t ever change, Cyberdog

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Ha, yes I have been covered in cat snot following a suprisingly powerful sneeze, but never had one hit my nose! Meet Mocha:

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Except for the ones in the "cold pantry" waiting to be made into boudin blanc.

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I'm IN but I will also require Garak's Admonishments on Espionage.

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EDITOR: this passage here, where you describe in detail an inconsequential copse of trees JRR TOLKIEN: yes EDITOR: do you see any issue with the amount of detail you put in JRR TOLKIEN: ah, yes, I shall write their history as well

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dammit I love a great Tolkien joke now do one about the infernal imp from hell Tom Bombadil

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Just one "name a song you hate"? FFS, just the 70's provided SO MUCH FODDER: Billy Don't Be a Hero/The Night Chicago Died (Paper Lace FTW) Seasons in the Sun My Ding a Ling The Streak Having My Baby Annie's Song Afternoon Delight Muskrat Love You Light Up My Life Feelings Horse With No Name

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Ice cream, gelato and custard are acceptable freezer contents. NATCH.

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Throw out everything except the liquor and ice cubes.

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GIN AND VODKA BELONG IN THE FREEZER AT ALL TIMES

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Love, Reign O'er Me-The Who Who'll Stop the Rain Raindrops Keep Falling on My head

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I WISH that was mine; I saw it in a friend's garden. I will plant next spring; right now it's a thousand degrees and 150% humidity and anything I plant will die out of spite.

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I will die on the hill of it standing for "port out, starboard home" even though there is no historical basis for it

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THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR IDIOMS: Austria vs France   🇦🇹 An Austrian name for a tummy paunch is Backhendl-Friedhof. It means “cemetery for fried chickens”   vs   🇫🇷 An old French term for a tubby tummy is les trois plis de la sagesse, or “three folds of wisdom”*   * I always knew I was wise

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GOOD, they are evil and their new TOS are positively Orwellian.

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Blair I love your writing, and I am always keenly interested in the subjects you choose. Thanks so much!

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The ONLY redeeming feature of The Candy Man is my fondness for Sammy Davis Jr. But you did remind me of "MacArthur Park" as recorded by actor Richard Harris. As a singer, he's a great actor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD-z...

Someone left SOMETHING out in the rain and I think it's "tune".

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www.trilithstudios.com/about is one of the top filmling locations in the US. 34 sound stages. Stage 17 is 40,000 square feet. 187,000 sq. ft. of space designed for construction, carpentry, plastering, special effects, wardrobe, props, fiber glassing and spraying!

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I've had QUITE a few 6's lately; I blame it on the heat.

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A few former Turner colleagues work at Trilith Studios, about an hour south of Atlanta. We got a tour from our friend on Friday. Pics are not allowed, with two exceptions. In one of the (many) soundstages used for #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Vol 3, there is a whiteboard signed by crew members. Wonderful!

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is it tho Wordle 1,094 2/6 🟩🟩🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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June 17 2007 Emma Townshend, Pete's first child, pens an article for The Independent about life with her father including being taken to Woodstock when she was 4 1/2 months old. #TheWho www.thewhothismonth.com

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I don't drink wine; do you have any Icelandic vodka, such as Katla? Best I ever had and they don't sell it in the US.

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See I have more hate for "Seasons in the Sun"; it actually nauseates me.

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Saturday was Magna Carta Day, so I missed my chance to remind you that there's some eel history lurking behind the Great Charter. Let's do it now! Famously, the 1215 Magna Carta banned fish weirs on the Thames, the Medway, & all other major rivers in England. 1/2 🗃️🧪

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Turns out our new lil pond buddy is an eastern box turtle!

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This is so weird; the rescue we get our cats from make you promise to keep them inside 🤨 We have no problem doing that; I lost a beloved outdoor cat in my early twenties and never got over it.

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Mazel tov! Will you be buying a yacht or a 20,000 sq. ft. McMansion?

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The cake, the cake stand, the table the cake is on, and the entire bakery.

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PLENTY of room at the Hotel California, Ward mwahahahahahhaaaaaa

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