Caroline McLoughlin
@caroline-with-an-i.bsky.social
Migrating from The Other Place. Interests: writing, history, film, TV, theatre, comedy, languages, books, podcasts, politics, feminism, animals, etc... Neurodivergent/ADHD: "A jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one."
Happy Birthday 🥳!
This is my dog Teddy the Shichonpoo (Shih Tzu/Bichon/Mini Poodle) in Oct. 2020 at almost 3 months old. He was letting me know desire for freedom from clothes & harnesses were too complex for a cuddly lap dog, like he appeared at 2 months old! He’s more compliant at 4 - with treats
This is my dog Teddy the Shichonpoo (Shih Tzu/Bichon/Mini Poodle) in Oct. 2020 at almost 3 months old. He was letting me know desire for freedom from clothes & harnesses were too complex for a cuddly lap dog, like he appeared at 2 months old! He’s more compliant at 4 - with treats
May 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy Birthday 🥳!
This is my dog Teddy the Shichonpoo (Shih Tzu/Bichon/Mini Poodle) in Oct. 2020 at almost 3 months old. He was letting me know desire for freedom from clothes & harnesses were too complex for a cuddly lap dog, like he appeared at 2 months old! He’s more compliant at 4 - with treats
This is my dog Teddy the Shichonpoo (Shih Tzu/Bichon/Mini Poodle) in Oct. 2020 at almost 3 months old. He was letting me know desire for freedom from clothes & harnesses were too complex for a cuddly lap dog, like he appeared at 2 months old! He’s more compliant at 4 - with treats
I’d’ve been happy with ANY of these actors winning #Oscars. Anyone saying Brody played “the same” role in The Pianist wasn’t paying attention. Whatever my criticisms of The Brutalist (literally “Oscar Gold”) the characters have different personalities, stories, languages, real person v original…
March 3, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I’d’ve been happy with ANY of these actors winning #Oscars. Anyone saying Brody played “the same” role in The Pianist wasn’t paying attention. Whatever my criticisms of The Brutalist (literally “Oscar Gold”) the characters have different personalities, stories, languages, real person v original…
Much prefer an #Oscars In Memoriam with a choir (especially Mozart’s Requiem) over a celebrity soloist. Popular song lyrics & cutting to a living face distracts from the true focus.
(I know he’s more famous for British TV, but I wish Timothy West were included: Ever After, Nicholas & Alexandra
(I know he’s more famous for British TV, but I wish Timothy West were included: Ever After, Nicholas & Alexandra
March 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Much prefer an #Oscars In Memoriam with a choir (especially Mozart’s Requiem) over a celebrity soloist. Popular song lyrics & cutting to a living face distracts from the true focus.
(I know he’s more famous for British TV, but I wish Timothy West were included: Ever After, Nicholas & Alexandra
(I know he’s more famous for British TV, but I wish Timothy West were included: Ever After, Nicholas & Alexandra
With the shit Mayor Eric Adams pulled it’s easy for outrageous revelations from the first COVID waves (that didn’t touch us personally) to fade. My otherwise liberal parents misremembered the Cuomo bros downfall as “cancel culture” ‘til I eagerly summarized the controversies & sexual harassment wiki
March 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
With the shit Mayor Eric Adams pulled it’s easy for outrageous revelations from the first COVID waves (that didn’t touch us personally) to fade. My otherwise liberal parents misremembered the Cuomo bros downfall as “cancel culture” ‘til I eagerly summarized the controversies & sexual harassment wiki
We all have preferences & turn-offs that might transcend the usual red flags, even objectionable politics. But I WILL judge someone who doesn’t full-body clench when they see or hear Musk & his ilk, it means they have NO judgemen 🤷🏻♀️ He’s the equivalent of this IT Crowd joke, he’s just a RICH bastard!
February 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
We all have preferences & turn-offs that might transcend the usual red flags, even objectionable politics. But I WILL judge someone who doesn’t full-body clench when they see or hear Musk & his ilk, it means they have NO judgemen 🤷🏻♀️ He’s the equivalent of this IT Crowd joke, he’s just a RICH bastard!
Do these women still believe Elon is the Smartest, ergo his genetic material will give them Baby Geniuses & he swears he’ll raise THESE kids, despite evidence to the contrary?
He loves creating Torment Nexuses because he has no media literacy or empathy, and simultaneously he’s doing a “GATTACA”.
He loves creating Torment Nexuses because he has no media literacy or empathy, and simultaneously he’s doing a “GATTACA”.
February 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Do these women still believe Elon is the Smartest, ergo his genetic material will give them Baby Geniuses & he swears he’ll raise THESE kids, despite evidence to the contrary?
He loves creating Torment Nexuses because he has no media literacy or empathy, and simultaneously he’s doing a “GATTACA”.
He loves creating Torment Nexuses because he has no media literacy or empathy, and simultaneously he’s doing a “GATTACA”.
And he’s just left…
because part of his right lung was removed at age 21 due to pleurisy!
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
because part of his right lung was removed at age 21 due to pleurisy!
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
February 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
And he’s just left…
because part of his right lung was removed at age 21 due to pleurisy!
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
because part of his right lung was removed at age 21 due to pleurisy!
www.ncronline.org/vatican/vati...
Marge: “That cell for a whole family is awfully small… “
Hutz: “I’d say it’s awfully — cozy!”
Marge: “That’s dilapidated…“
Hutz: “Rustic!”
Marge: “That internment camp is on fire!”
Hutz: “Motivated seller!”
Hutz: “I’d say it’s awfully — cozy!”
Marge: “That’s dilapidated…“
Hutz: “Rustic!”
Marge: “That internment camp is on fire!”
Hutz: “Motivated seller!”
January 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Marge: “That cell for a whole family is awfully small… “
Hutz: “I’d say it’s awfully — cozy!”
Marge: “That’s dilapidated…“
Hutz: “Rustic!”
Marge: “That internment camp is on fire!”
Hutz: “Motivated seller!”
Hutz: “I’d say it’s awfully — cozy!”
Marge: “That’s dilapidated…“
Hutz: “Rustic!”
Marge: “That internment camp is on fire!”
Hutz: “Motivated seller!”
Yes! Forster’s a fave author, I read the book, yet still can’t understand why Margaret marries & forgives Wilcox. She’s a “plain” spinster of 30 but well-off & cultured. She COULD find someone who doesn’t cheat on 1st wife, warm & kind, wouldn’t destroy the Basts with his bad advice & Fail Son 😢
January 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Yes! Forster’s a fave author, I read the book, yet still can’t understand why Margaret marries & forgives Wilcox. She’s a “plain” spinster of 30 but well-off & cultured. She COULD find someone who doesn’t cheat on 1st wife, warm & kind, wouldn’t destroy the Basts with his bad advice & Fail Son 😢
I would be LESS confused if Bezos’ favourite re-read were “Howards End”, he’d think Henry Wilcox was the hero!
Quotes from the movie (paraphrasing the novel) sum up his ethos:
“Don't take a sentimental attitude toward the poor.”
“The poor are the poor. One is sorry for them, but there it is.”
Quotes from the movie (paraphrasing the novel) sum up his ethos:
“Don't take a sentimental attitude toward the poor.”
“The poor are the poor. One is sorry for them, but there it is.”
January 17, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I would be LESS confused if Bezos’ favourite re-read were “Howards End”, he’d think Henry Wilcox was the hero!
Quotes from the movie (paraphrasing the novel) sum up his ethos:
“Don't take a sentimental attitude toward the poor.”
“The poor are the poor. One is sorry for them, but there it is.”
Quotes from the movie (paraphrasing the novel) sum up his ethos:
“Don't take a sentimental attitude toward the poor.”
“The poor are the poor. One is sorry for them, but there it is.”
Vesuvius wasn’t a lava/magma eruption where people quickly burn/melt, but a pyroclastic flow. Hot poison gas, pumice stones, thick ash, shot high & flowed wide crushing/suffocating yet preserving organic matter, over 24 hours in phases. This permitted escapes depending on location of people & towns😢
January 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Vesuvius wasn’t a lava/magma eruption where people quickly burn/melt, but a pyroclastic flow. Hot poison gas, pumice stones, thick ash, shot high & flowed wide crushing/suffocating yet preserving organic matter, over 24 hours in phases. This permitted escapes depending on location of people & towns😢
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 25, 2024 at 5:35 AM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
In the ‘00s I was consoled that Martina McCutcheon/Renée Zellweger wore too-small clothing & Hugh Grant’s characters said they were beautiful - only assholes said they were too big.
Then Aurelia’s family is relieved when they think they’re “giving” Jamie her larger, hairier sister & he’s disgusted☹️
Then Aurelia’s family is relieved when they think they’re “giving” Jamie her larger, hairier sister & he’s disgusted☹️
December 24, 2024 at 11:51 PM
In the ‘00s I was consoled that Martina McCutcheon/Renée Zellweger wore too-small clothing & Hugh Grant’s characters said they were beautiful - only assholes said they were too big.
Then Aurelia’s family is relieved when they think they’re “giving” Jamie her larger, hairier sister & he’s disgusted☹️
Then Aurelia’s family is relieved when they think they’re “giving” Jamie her larger, hairier sister & he’s disgusted☹️
I was raised on British media but I thought Karen “cheering up” her grieving friend Daniel, “Get a grip, people hate sissies…” wasn’t “just banter”. If we knew the characters over several hours it might be funny, but I just met them & his wife DIED LAST WEEK. But he’s weirdly insensitive too, so 👩🏼❤️💋👨🏻?
December 24, 2024 at 11:37 PM
I was raised on British media but I thought Karen “cheering up” her grieving friend Daniel, “Get a grip, people hate sissies…” wasn’t “just banter”. If we knew the characters over several hours it might be funny, but I just met them & his wife DIED LAST WEEK. But he’s weirdly insensitive too, so 👩🏼❤️💋👨🏻?
Oh honey no. The Three World Model isn’t how technological/wealthy/influential a country is. It WAS the post-WWII division of alliances until the end of the Cold War:
1st World = Western Bloc, Capitalist
2nd World = Eastern Bloc, Communist
3rd World = Non-Aligned, no nukes plz
Now, zoom in on Italy.
1st World = Western Bloc, Capitalist
2nd World = Eastern Bloc, Communist
3rd World = Non-Aligned, no nukes plz
Now, zoom in on Italy.
December 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Oh honey no. The Three World Model isn’t how technological/wealthy/influential a country is. It WAS the post-WWII division of alliances until the end of the Cold War:
1st World = Western Bloc, Capitalist
2nd World = Eastern Bloc, Communist
3rd World = Non-Aligned, no nukes plz
Now, zoom in on Italy.
1st World = Western Bloc, Capitalist
2nd World = Eastern Bloc, Communist
3rd World = Non-Aligned, no nukes plz
Now, zoom in on Italy.
If I had a 💵 for every assassin without incoherent or seemingly contradictory politics, I’d have $1.
(AFAIK John Hinckley deserved the insanity defence, he would’ve shot anyone if he thought it would impress Jodie Foster).
Dennis Duffy would’ve pushed the CEO in front of a subway if it won Liz back.
(AFAIK John Hinckley deserved the insanity defence, he would’ve shot anyone if he thought it would impress Jodie Foster).
Dennis Duffy would’ve pushed the CEO in front of a subway if it won Liz back.
December 9, 2024 at 9:58 PM
If I had a 💵 for every assassin without incoherent or seemingly contradictory politics, I’d have $1.
(AFAIK John Hinckley deserved the insanity defence, he would’ve shot anyone if he thought it would impress Jodie Foster).
Dennis Duffy would’ve pushed the CEO in front of a subway if it won Liz back.
(AFAIK John Hinckley deserved the insanity defence, he would’ve shot anyone if he thought it would impress Jodie Foster).
Dennis Duffy would’ve pushed the CEO in front of a subway if it won Liz back.
This, but as a warning at the McDonald’s before the FBI show up
December 9, 2024 at 7:54 PM
This, but as a warning at the McDonald’s before the FBI show up
Remember, canonically, Jar-Jar fucks, just like the French.
December 9, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Remember, canonically, Jar-Jar fucks, just like the French.
I can’t believe people are banning family members from Life Day celebrations and breaking up with mates because of something as unimportant as voting unlimited power & immunity for the Emperor! What happened to no politics or religion at the dinner table? Who’s “The Party of Hate” NOW, eh Rebels?
December 9, 2024 at 5:35 AM
I can’t believe people are banning family members from Life Day celebrations and breaking up with mates because of something as unimportant as voting unlimited power & immunity for the Emperor! What happened to no politics or religion at the dinner table? Who’s “The Party of Hate” NOW, eh Rebels?
The Claims Adjuster’s invisibility cloak reminds me of Michael Collins: British Intelligence had no photos or firm description of the founder of the (Old) IRA. During the War of Independence, while at the top of Dublin Castle’s bounty list, “The Big Fella” would cycle past the detectives unnoticed.
December 8, 2024 at 7:16 AM
The Claims Adjuster’s invisibility cloak reminds me of Michael Collins: British Intelligence had no photos or firm description of the founder of the (Old) IRA. During the War of Independence, while at the top of Dublin Castle’s bounty list, “The Big Fella” would cycle past the detectives unnoticed.
Erick Erickson could never be as patriotic as Colleen Donaghy, who insists on flying on Pearl Harbour Day “to show The Emperor that we’re not afraid”.
December 8, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Erick Erickson could never be as patriotic as Colleen Donaghy, who insists on flying on Pearl Harbour Day “to show The Emperor that we’re not afraid”.
Was it a good barbecue on the 5th of November? 😉
(The bonfire part never made sense to me other than a leftover practice from Samhain, as none of the Gunpowder plot conspirators were executed by burning. If they must celebrate this day, let the English hang, draw, and quarter the “Guy” effigy!)
(The bonfire part never made sense to me other than a leftover practice from Samhain, as none of the Gunpowder plot conspirators were executed by burning. If they must celebrate this day, let the English hang, draw, and quarter the “Guy” effigy!)
December 7, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Was it a good barbecue on the 5th of November? 😉
(The bonfire part never made sense to me other than a leftover practice from Samhain, as none of the Gunpowder plot conspirators were executed by burning. If they must celebrate this day, let the English hang, draw, and quarter the “Guy” effigy!)
(The bonfire part never made sense to me other than a leftover practice from Samhain, as none of the Gunpowder plot conspirators were executed by burning. If they must celebrate this day, let the English hang, draw, and quarter the “Guy” effigy!)
I’d rather live in this world where most things suck but Michael J Fox played Marty McFly, than Universe B where the tech is awesomely futuristic but WHOOPS sometimes the fabric of reality rips where you’re standing so Evil Walter Bishop traps you in Amber for an undetermined time!
December 5, 2024 at 5:52 AM
I’d rather live in this world where most things suck but Michael J Fox played Marty McFly, than Universe B where the tech is awesomely futuristic but WHOOPS sometimes the fabric of reality rips where you’re standing so Evil Walter Bishop traps you in Amber for an undetermined time!
“This Christmas…
when she tells you about her sexual fantasy of an affair, just to prove women also have lustful thoughts…
Get her…
Terry’s Chocolate Clockwork Orange.”
when she tells you about her sexual fantasy of an affair, just to prove women also have lustful thoughts…
Get her…
Terry’s Chocolate Clockwork Orange.”
December 4, 2024 at 5:45 AM
“This Christmas…
when she tells you about her sexual fantasy of an affair, just to prove women also have lustful thoughts…
Get her…
Terry’s Chocolate Clockwork Orange.”
when she tells you about her sexual fantasy of an affair, just to prove women also have lustful thoughts…
Get her…
Terry’s Chocolate Clockwork Orange.”