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“ Her hand moved faster. I wondered, when she eventually got home, how she might evaluate the evening, or describe it to a trusted girlfriend. “Yeah, we got together on Thursday night. Yeah, it was beautiful. I tossed him off in front of four strangers, in Bonaparte’s Bar. He’s definitely going to leave her, you know.
ishouldbeworking
“ Pet food conspiracy theorists used to witter on about Whiskas containing heroin. It’s always seemed terrifically unlikely to me. I’ve no idea how much a scoop of heroin costs – is that the correct terminology? - but I’d guess that a tin of Whiskas is far cheaper, so how come you never see eight out of ten junkies slumped face down in a saucer of Tuna in Jelly?
A Free Man In Preston
“ So might Twitter be a pathetic cry of comfort for those who truly feel the need for something even vaguely approaching human intimacy and understanding? An intimacy and understanding most people believe that they can’t demand any more because everyone else is busy, successful, stressed, or simply fabulously self-centered?
Is Twitter making you feel less lonely? | Technically Incorrect - CNET News
“ the teller of fictions is likely to be a liar
Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?: nine authors give their views | Books | The Guardian
“ Along the way, there are the pitfalls of self-disgust, boredom, disorientation and a lingering sense of inadequacy, occasionally alternating with episodes of hysterical self-congratulation as you fleetingly believe you’ve nailed that particular sentence and are surely destined to join the ranks of the immortals, only to be confronted the next morning with an appalling farrago of clichés that no sane human could read without vomiting
Writing for a living: a joy or a chore?: nine authors give their views | Books | The Guardian
SIZE COMPARISON Infographic (Image: BBC) (via BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Monster warning to protect oceans
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“ Valentine’s Day. A day for romance. And a good day for a massacre, too
‘Do You Write Under Your Own Name?’
“ f I use a computer to look at pictures of penises that can be seen by anyone who passes behind me, and that’s okay, then why is it against the rules to expose my own penis to be seen by passers-by? What if the images displayed on the computer were taken of my penis? Is it against the rules only if they can prove it’s my penis and not a stranger’s? So I can expose my own penis to others as long as it’s a digital image displayed on a screen in the library and one can’t prove that it’s mine? What if I print out the image? What if I print the image on a tee-shirt and wear it into the library? What if I take the page with the image and place it in front of my crotch? Is it okay only if my pants are zipped? What if my penis is outside of my pants but concealed behind the printed image? Are these things okay in the library?
the.effing.librarian
