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For those who are fans of the Lovecraft Investigations, there's a new project pre-listed on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...
Coming soon: Lovecraft Investigations: Crowley
A Lovecraft Investigations audio series delving into the (true) life and works of Aleister Crowley
www.kickstarter.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
For those who are fans of the Lovecraft Investigations, there's a new project pre-listed on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...
Feeling klute today, might delete later
March 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Feeling klute today, might delete later
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"Is this the work of a plot-driven novel? Wrong question, entirely the wrong question. We are also wrong to ask whether poetry needs a plot."
"The great appeal of Gormenghast has nothing to do with what happens in it. It’s all about those great intangibles that you cannot quite put your finger on."
Author @premeemohamed.com examines the endurability of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast series:
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Author @premeemohamed.com examines the endurability of Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast series:
reactormag.com/the-great-in...
The Great Intangibles of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Series - Reactor
The other day I made a note in my book review spreadsheet to the effect that if I had read that book aged (say) ten, I would have been doomed with a very particular doom—I would have made it my entire...
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February 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Is this the work of a plot-driven novel? Wrong question, entirely the wrong question. We are also wrong to ask whether poetry needs a plot."
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
youtu.be
February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
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RED ROOMS is fantastic, you should watch it, and I'm not just saying that because I'm Canadian.
There are lots of Canadian movies I do not recommend. I'm thinking of one right now. But I'm not gonna say what it is, because I don't recommend it.
There are lots of Canadian movies I do not recommend. I'm thinking of one right now. But I'm not gonna say what it is, because I don't recommend it.
The year’s biggest horror-movie conversation starter is now streaming
The serial-killer thriller Red Rooms isn’t a discussion piece, it’s an argument piece. Here’s why we’re enjoying the debates.
www.polygon.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
RED ROOMS is fantastic, you should watch it, and I'm not just saying that because I'm Canadian.
There are lots of Canadian movies I do not recommend. I'm thinking of one right now. But I'm not gonna say what it is, because I don't recommend it.
There are lots of Canadian movies I do not recommend. I'm thinking of one right now. But I'm not gonna say what it is, because I don't recommend it.
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he's like when a battlebot's weapon falls off and it spends the rest of the match just kinda having a nice little drive around the arena
October 19, 2024 at 12:55 AM
he's like when a battlebot's weapon falls off and it spends the rest of the match just kinda having a nice little drive around the arena
Absolutely thrilled to finally have a DVD copy of a film I've only ever had a crappy VHS dub of, and which I think is the most tragically slept-on bad-date movie of all time.
March 14, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Absolutely thrilled to finally have a DVD copy of a film I've only ever had a crappy VHS dub of, and which I think is the most tragically slept-on bad-date movie of all time.
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It's Girl Scout Cookie season. Time to bring back my favorite thing from the internet ever.
February 23, 2024 at 2:24 PM
It's Girl Scout Cookie season. Time to bring back my favorite thing from the internet ever.
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Really sinister how all the dogs’ toys look dead bodies! ☠️
February 20, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Really sinister how all the dogs’ toys look dead bodies! ☠️
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I'm all in.
‘Wynonna Earp’ Returns With Tubi Special
The Canadian drama last aired domestically on Syfy in 2021.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 8, 2024 at 8:19 PM
I'm all in.
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Ohhhhhh, this is so interesting!
February 8, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Ohhhhhh, this is so interesting!
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RIP to the Spirit of Rock and Roll and the best actor to ever play Toad from Super Mario Bros. 🥲 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Mojo Nixon, Unabashed Outlaw Cult Hero, Dead at 66
Mojo Nixon, the unabashed cult favorite who recorded novelty hits like 'Elvis Is Everywhere' and 'Don Henley Must Die,' has died at the age of 66.
www.rollingstone.com
February 8, 2024 at 1:27 AM
RIP to the Spirit of Rock and Roll and the best actor to ever play Toad from Super Mario Bros. 🥲 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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When I get someone to watch Zardoz, one of the most inventive and impactful science fiction movies of all time
February 4, 2024 at 6:11 PM
When I get someone to watch Zardoz, one of the most inventive and impactful science fiction movies of all time
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POSSIBLE NEW IDIOMS:
Bacon not worth the biscuit
Removing credenzas while the petticoats blaze
Taffy on the particulars
Hand holding in the vomitorium
Sequins in jars & the headmistress hysterical
Government shoes
These your jewels, Cynthia?
Now THAT’S a Macedonian exit
Bacon not worth the biscuit
Removing credenzas while the petticoats blaze
Taffy on the particulars
Hand holding in the vomitorium
Sequins in jars & the headmistress hysterical
Government shoes
These your jewels, Cynthia?
Now THAT’S a Macedonian exit
February 3, 2024 at 11:31 PM
POSSIBLE NEW IDIOMS:
Bacon not worth the biscuit
Removing credenzas while the petticoats blaze
Taffy on the particulars
Hand holding in the vomitorium
Sequins in jars & the headmistress hysterical
Government shoes
These your jewels, Cynthia?
Now THAT’S a Macedonian exit
Bacon not worth the biscuit
Removing credenzas while the petticoats blaze
Taffy on the particulars
Hand holding in the vomitorium
Sequins in jars & the headmistress hysterical
Government shoes
These your jewels, Cynthia?
Now THAT’S a Macedonian exit
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Men only want one thing and it’s to be bodily lifted, by the nostrils, by a sentient plume of aroma and carried in a reverie to a pie on a windowsill
February 3, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Men only want one thing and it’s to be bodily lifted, by the nostrils, by a sentient plume of aroma and carried in a reverie to a pie on a windowsill
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Valentine’s Day Card idea
January 30, 2024 at 12:03 AM
Valentine’s Day Card idea
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I’ve heard academia described as “a pie eating contest where the prize is more pie”
January 29, 2024 at 1:38 PM
I’ve heard academia described as “a pie eating contest where the prize is more pie”
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elder god in the streets, eldritch horror in the sheets
January 23, 2024 at 12:52 AM
elder god in the streets, eldritch horror in the sheets
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shot: "we show that, across U.S. tenure-track academia as a whole, women are more likely to leave their faculty jobs and less likely to be promoted than men at every career age and stage." 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 16, 2024 at 7:11 PM
shot: "we show that, across U.S. tenure-track academia as a whole, women are more likely to leave their faculty jobs and less likely to be promoted than men at every career age and stage." 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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A hungry crow looks for some small morsel or the other in the snow 🪶
January 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
A hungry crow looks for some small morsel or the other in the snow 🪶
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At about the 50-minute mark I was thinking: Well, this is no more excessive than it needs to be, and for once the director's extreme bad taste fits the material.
And then I resumed watching and, well, the hell with that.
Somewhat shockingly, Oliver Reed is a relative exemplar of dignity.
And then I resumed watching and, well, the hell with that.
Somewhat shockingly, Oliver Reed is a relative exemplar of dignity.
January 9, 2024 at 8:21 PM
At about the 50-minute mark I was thinking: Well, this is no more excessive than it needs to be, and for once the director's extreme bad taste fits the material.
And then I resumed watching and, well, the hell with that.
Somewhat shockingly, Oliver Reed is a relative exemplar of dignity.
And then I resumed watching and, well, the hell with that.
Somewhat shockingly, Oliver Reed is a relative exemplar of dignity.