James Dempster
@cocktaillion.bsky.social
Heraldist, delver into obscure, arcane & occult. Photos, bad art, worse poems. Even stranger than I think I am. Lefty. All views own/odd. He/him. 🩷💛🩵
I'm not turning the Duvel Triple and the Westons I have in the fridge into any sort of snakebite 🤣
November 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I'm not turning the Duvel Triple and the Westons I have in the fridge into any sort of snakebite 🤣
That's a liquid headache of gargantuan proportions.
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
That's a liquid headache of gargantuan proportions.
Seek medical advice if you experience any desire to nestle in the toe of a Christmas stocking.
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Seek medical advice if you experience any desire to nestle in the toe of a Christmas stocking.
Aww. I was hoping it was giant ground sloths.
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Aww. I was hoping it was giant ground sloths.
As it's square and Time Team are involved, it's surely the Roman temple that the people of the ness worshipped at after the ring went out of use.
November 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As it's square and Time Team are involved, it's surely the Roman temple that the people of the ness worshipped at after the ring went out of use.
Such a passive aggressive headline though. Though, at least the archaeologists aren't perplexed 🤣
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Such a passive aggressive headline though. Though, at least the archaeologists aren't perplexed 🤣
In the words of Sir Henry Rawlinson "I don't know what I want, but I want it NOW!"
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
In the words of Sir Henry Rawlinson "I don't know what I want, but I want it NOW!"
Tantony Pig does sound like a minor Dickens character.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tantony Pig does sound like a minor Dickens character.
Performative cruelty. The world is being run by people who somehow haven't understood that they are pandering to the sort of cranks who only ever made it into the letters page of the local paper on a slow week.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Performative cruelty. The world is being run by people who somehow haven't understood that they are pandering to the sort of cranks who only ever made it into the letters page of the local paper on a slow week.
Shall I compare thee to fresh roadkill?
Thou art more maggoty and more desperate:
Rough winds do shake the worm within my brain,
The ivermectin hath all too short a date;
Thou art more maggoty and more desperate:
Rough winds do shake the worm within my brain,
The ivermectin hath all too short a date;
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Shall I compare thee to fresh roadkill?
Thou art more maggoty and more desperate:
Rough winds do shake the worm within my brain,
The ivermectin hath all too short a date;
Thou art more maggoty and more desperate:
Rough winds do shake the worm within my brain,
The ivermectin hath all too short a date;
The only explanation I was ever given was by my American history lecturer. He put this comment on an essay. "This sentence is grammatically perfect. It is also twenty-six lines long. Do not do it again."
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The only explanation I was ever given was by my American history lecturer. He put this comment on an essay. "This sentence is grammatically perfect. It is also twenty-six lines long. Do not do it again."
The joy of drinking beer in England. Multi-bottle booze deals are banned up here in Scotland. 😢
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The joy of drinking beer in England. Multi-bottle booze deals are banned up here in Scotland. 😢
Daily Mail & General Trust, its the main Rothermere company in the UK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Daily Mail & General Trust, its the main Rothermere company in the UK.
I found your wee black book a couple of weeks ago when re-ordering bookcases in order to squeeze in yet more books. I don't know what the cover is, but it has taken on an unwholesome quality that is entirely fitting 🙃
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I found your wee black book a couple of weeks ago when re-ordering bookcases in order to squeeze in yet more books. I don't know what the cover is, but it has taken on an unwholesome quality that is entirely fitting 🙃
Who needs video when you've got Oglaf 🤣
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Who needs video when you've got Oglaf 🤣
The home office tried to throw the American movie actress Tallulah Bankhead out of Britain as a danger to public morality after MI5 called her "an extremely immoral woman" who had indulged in "indecent and unnatural practices" with Eton schoolboys.
www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/...
www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/...
MI5 spied on Tallulah's romp with Eton boys
The home office tried to throw the American movie actress Tallulah Bankhead out of Britain as a danger to public morality after MI5 called her "an extremely immoral woman" who had indulged in "indecen...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The home office tried to throw the American movie actress Tallulah Bankhead out of Britain as a danger to public morality after MI5 called her "an extremely immoral woman" who had indulged in "indecent and unnatural practices" with Eton schoolboys.
www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/...
www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/mar/...
Birds are out in the cold. I'd rather be a bear. Oh!...
Why aren't I allowed to hibernate till spring then?
Why aren't I allowed to hibernate till spring then?
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Birds are out in the cold. I'd rather be a bear. Oh!...
Why aren't I allowed to hibernate till spring then?
Why aren't I allowed to hibernate till spring then?
There's a rather good block in Aberdeen of this style with very 1930s ornamentatation over two of the vehicular entrances.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
There's a rather good block in Aberdeen of this style with very 1930s ornamentatation over two of the vehicular entrances.
Another thought is Rupert Smith/James Lear.
November 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Another thought is Rupert Smith/James Lear.