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Martin Zeller-Jacques
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Chef and Lapsed Media Academic
US Expat in Scotland
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A decisive Hi-yah seems in order here.
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif.
A short clip from The Wonder Boys (dir. Curtis Hansen,2000). Robert Downey Jr turns to face the camera as Tobey McGuire lifts his head from under the covers to say hello.
June 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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It's hot out! Share some movie or tv characters at the beach.
A still from Barton Fink (Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen, 1991). In the foreground, Barton sits in a dark wool suit, a cardboard parcel beside him, facing the ocean. In the foreground a blonde woman sits just in front of a breaking wave and raises her hand to her eyes.
June 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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My brain went straight to: Who do you see when you are sick?
May 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Celebrating my wife's return home from holiday with some salmon tacos with charred sweetcorn and avocado salsa, sweetheart cabbage slaw, quick pickled onions and salsa macha.
A trio of the tacos described above made with corn tortillas, presented on a white plate upon a garden table.
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?

Not even a little worried.
The cast of the live action One Piece - Luffy stands in the centre, flanked by Zoro and Sanji on his left and Nami and Usopp on his right.
January 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 13/20

#BookSky
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#Books
#BookChallenge
The cover of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. A black and white photograph of an African American man peeking up out of the ground through a man-hole.
November 27, 2024 at 9:22 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 12/20

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The cover of The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Maroon with ivory lettering. A picture of Holmes smoking a pipe and reading by the loght of an oil lamp.
November 27, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Can I interest you in Christmas and a Goose via 'The Blue Carbuncle'? One of my favourite Holmes stories, and the Jeremy Brett version is excellent.
Close up of Sherlock Holmes (played by Jeremy Brett) examining a blue diamond.
November 26, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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I heard that was how Theo got picked up after the Nakatomi Plaza job.
Close up of Theo, the hacker from Die Hard, addressing his coconspirators.
November 23, 2024 at 2:21 PM
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If you see this, post a Wonder Woman.
A full-page image of Wonder Woman in full costume in a domestic kitchen. Typed text bubbles in Lois Lane's voice describe the forceful impact she has despite Lois's reflexive cynicism. Taken from early in Wonder Woman 171 'A Day in the Life', in which Lois Lane shadows Wonder Woman for a day as research for a profile.
November 22, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11/20

#BookSky
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The cover of The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey Eugenides. Green and pink motif with the title in block letters around five stylized daisies. One petal is missing from a single daisy. It lies near the bottom of the image, its colour inverted from the others.
November 22, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 10/20

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The cover of Elfshadow, Book 1 of Songs & Swords by Elaine Cunningham. The Forgotten Realms logo at the top of the image, above a massive full moon. Standing before it and looking out at the reader are a blond man in finely decorated tabard and silk shirt, one hand resting loosely on the hilt of his rapier, and a slightly shorter, dark haired woman with pointws ears and a sword held ready in a two-handed grip.
November 21, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 9/20

#BookSky
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The cover of Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood. Several marblea with multicolored Cat's Eye designs are scattered amid the lettwrs of the title.
November 19, 2024 at 8:02 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 8/20

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The cover of Gom on Windy Mountain by Grace Chetwin. With a snow-capped mountain in the background, a young man holding a frog recoils before a startled horse.
November 19, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 7/20

#BookSky
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The cover of Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn. Beneath the Star Wars logo, a white-bearded man in loose robes sprays beams of light from his outstretched hands. Beneath him, Luke Leia and Han frame the image. They are flanked on the left by a blue-skinned man in a white uniform and on the right by Chewbacca. Stormtroopers and starfights emerge from flames in the center of the tableau.
November 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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Quote a favourite film using gifs only.
#filmsky
Bill Murray in a yellow shirt and dark jacket with collar askew and two lit cigarettes in his mouth. Behing him, Jason Schwartzman, with slicked down hair, thick glasses and a 70s style earthtone padded jacket, looks on impassively. Murray says 'Mmm... I'm a little bit lonely these days.'
November 16, 2024 at 7:03 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 6/20

#BookSky
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The Cover of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott. A pale green background with brighter green text. The illustration is a simple print framed with trailing vines and blooming flowers. In the centre of the frame are four girls, with two of them helping to dress the third, while the fourth looks on appraisingly.
November 15, 2024 at 6:46 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 5/20

#BookSky
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#Books
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The Cover of Matilda, by Roald Dahl. Illistration by Quentin Blake. A picture of a thoughtful young girl, sitting on a crate cradling an enormous tome in her lap and surrounded by other books.
November 14, 2024 at 6:37 AM
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Introduce yourself with
One book 📚
One movie 🎥
One album 💿
One TV show 📺
#booksky #filmsky #musicsky #tvsky #scriptsky
The cover of the World According to Garp by John Irving The Poster for The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, directed by John Ford The Album cover for Dirty Computer by Janelle Monet The Cast Photo for The Gilmore Girls
November 13, 2024 at 6:56 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 4/20

#BookSky
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#Books
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The cover if What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson Davies. An image of a stylized jester in a blue jerkin, white and red hose, green sleeves and red cap and gloves. He holds an elongated bone over one shoulder. On its end is tied a string linked to what looks like an inflated leather bladder. In his other hand, he holds a paint brush and palette knife. He dances atop a row of multicolored tiles agains a bavkground with the colour and texture of crumpled parchment.
November 13, 2024 at 6:22 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 3/20

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The cover of Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut. A painting of a paint-spattered padlock against a navy-blue background.
November 12, 2024 at 4:31 AM
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Come and Get It - Kiley Reid
Origin: Loved her last one
Beverage: Glass of water on the night stand
Venue: Early morning bedroom as the sun starts to rise outside
The cover of Come and Get It by Kiley Reid, set against the slats of a wooden bedframe - William Morris wallpaper just visible in between. A pale, pistachio green book cover with gold metallic lettering for the title and a picture of coins falling into (or rising, bubble-like, out of) a piggy bank.
November 12, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day

#BookSky
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The Cover of Taran Wanderer - book 4 of the Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander. A boy holding a sword kneels and sh8elds his eyes against a wizened man holding a light and blocking his path to the stairs.
November 11, 2024 at 7:21 AM
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We lost our beautiful boy today. Good night, Momo. X
Picture of a grey cat with jade eyes, sitting comfortably on a crocheted throw.
November 10, 2024 at 6:56 PM