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I know my circle is very multilingual so some of you may be interested in this!
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So, the last two years I've really enjoyed stuffing stockings over at
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So, you may remember me mentioning that I rather enjoy not only colouring but dot-to-dot. The ones made for adults have hundreds of dots to connect and it is so amazingly meditative and a sure fire way to calm my brain down before I sleep.

Normally, that is.

However, this one magazine I bought revealed pictures that were... somewhat unsettling. ( Read more... )

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Pumpking carving achieved!


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I am tickled by the new Sheba cat food advert:

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I just don't understand why the woman is getting dressed again. That is a man after my own heart right there, I'd tap that. The cat is welcome to watch. I'm used to that. :D ( Read more... )

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Three quotes on hope this Sunday, because I've been reading and thinking about it lately:"Hope alone is to be called 'realistic', because it alone takes seriously the possibilities with which reality is fraught. It does not take things as they happen to stand or lie, but as progressing, moving things with possibilities of change ... Thus hopes ( Read more... )

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Some adorable animals to brighten your week.

Have you heard of Biddy the Hedgehog? Biddy travelled the world during its short life and it is all documented here on a dedicated Instagram. Have a few tasters though.


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First, a couple of fandom links

• Why fandom is for all ages, excellent commentary.  - WORD
• Cross Whedonverse universal Slayer Theory - This was awesome. Head canon ACCEPTED.
• Neil Gaiman to Adapt Good Omens as a Miniseries With Terry Pratchett’s Posthumous Blessing - I AM BOTH EXCITED AND SCARED. Can it be nearly as awesome as my imagination??
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...to brighten up your Sunday.

Mmmm, coffee. This one is going on my office door I think.


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Greetings from Manchester. Work conference was very meh overall, though there were some interesting papers and mine went well, but... I've been to other conferences that have been much better and this one I just left feeling tired, rather than inspired and energised as you're supposed to. Well, I did manage to catch up my old PhD supervisors and ( Read more... )