- @douglasnoble Actually, disturbingly I look almost the same… just with a slightly more skittish hairline! in reply to douglasnoble #
- @georgelondon Well, you WOULD say that, you bloody foreigner…!
Beautifully put, by the way…! in reply to georgelondon # - Oh, smart… Garret Dillahunt in Criminal Minds… he’s got himself about a bit this year, hasn’t he? #
- I was just asked where I’ve been for the last few months because I didn’t know Madness had a new album out. Madness have a new album out? #
- @Sulman Um… not sure if the desired effect of that article was arousal but… that missile sounds fucking cool… in reply to Sulman #
- @Mykx APPARENTLY! I know, where have we been living? Somewhere different to the England of the middle-aged, obviously…! in reply to Mykx #
- Just overheard an excellent exchange between 2 male co-workers while on a quest for a mini-phillips screwdriver… #
- “I don’t wear pink shirts, because when I do people say I look gay.” “… That’s because of your hair.” #
- @Mykx Wow… these are the records that the world was waiting for, obviously…! in reply to Mykx #
- @belle_lulu I’m surprised anybody still has people TO FF. Surely there’s a finite number of potential candidates for each Tweeter. in reply to belle_lulu #
- Follow Friday leaves me even colder in light of Twitter’s continued unwillingness to #fixreplies. My timeline is a ghost town. #
- I should clarify that I’m not against a new Madness release…just a little perturbed that not knowing about it is somehow a badge of shame! #
- Unfortunately, now it’s actually WORK to get even a fraction of the lovely experience we used to have… @steevbishop, on #fixreplies #
- … & part of why that experience was lovely was that it happened organically/ambiently. #fixreplies #
- Jesus, I was only asking for a small screwdriver! Didn’t think it’d be that controversial. #
- Yes, monitors are getting bigger. But more people are using space-limited mobile devices, too. #
- Have Twitter fixed the random unfollows problem? Because if they haven’t, this #fixreplies issue is even more problematic… #
- I am kind of enjoying Quirk’s Evil Little Webcomic: http://is.gd/ITDT. More random/uncertain than A Softer World, but it has potential. #
- @steevbishop Actually not sure – just remember people talking about it before as an issue, wondering if it still sometimes happens… in reply to steevbishop #
- @steevbishop …For me, there were odd times when I turned out NOT to be following someone that I thought I was, but unsure what happened. in reply to steevbishop #
- @RedMummy @SorenLorensen Oh I don’t know: Course there are other problems, but B’mouth is NICE in this sort of weather, surely? in reply to RedMummy #
- @davidbaillie Well, a party is still PRETTY awesome… How’d you swing that? in reply to davidbaillie #
- @therealdevil People here are talking fixed width designs, to almost rapturous applause… I am not so sure. Granted, both my sites are… in reply to therealdevil #
- @therealdevil … but those aren’t service sites. in reply to therealdevil #
- “People here are talking fixed width designs, to almost rapturous applause… I am not so sure. Granted, both my sites are fixed width…” #
- “…But those aren’t service sites.” Repetition thanks to #fixreplies. Want @steevbishop’s insight on this, but don’t think he’d have seen. #
- @SorenLorensen Oh god, hen party hounds are terrifying! Been stuck in more than one restaurant/bar pinned by hen parties… in reply to SorenLorensen #
- http://is.gd/IU4I – Teehee. #
- Oh gosh: http://is.gd/IU9l. And I will be playing this tonight: http://is.gd/IUa0 #
- @steevbishop There was a brief suggestion earlier of shifting one of our key web services onto a fixed-width design. Works for my sites, … in reply to steevbishop #
- @steevbishop …But those aren’t corporate/educational delivery services. My instinct says that if digital ubiquity is what’s aimed for… in reply to steevbishop #
- @steevbishop …fixed width designs don’t allow as much for diversity of delivery method. in reply to steevbishop #
- @steevbishop True enough. I’m far from certain on the subject, just the lack of question of its merit in this case seemed… odd to me. in reply to steevbishop #
- Another mother fucking kool aid moment… #
- Who is going to lunch with one of his favourite people, like, right now? That’s right, babies, me! #
- Seriously, sexy cleavage girl sitting in the park… You’re going with THAT ice-lolly technique? #
- @SorenLorensen She was a favoured barmaid years back, then a v.close friend. Then for about 5 minutes a girlfriend & now she’s just awesome. in reply to SorenLorensen #
- @steevbishop True enough. I’d LIKE to be surprised once in a while, though…! in reply to steevbishop #
- @douglasnoble I like Mr Cage… He seems to catch an awful lot of flack, but he’s one of few who CAN act, but can also STAR, too. in reply to douglasnoble #
- @JSCarroll That it’s all a joke. And that makes it funny. Even when it isn’t. in reply to JSCarroll #
- @georgelondon It’s an almost perfect film, barring the backtracking that goes on in the last ten or so minutes. Well worth another watch… in reply to georgelondon #
- @georgelondon Speak for yourself, old-timer! I’m TOTALLY up for this new one. She’s no Martha, but she’s MUCH more my cup of tea than Rose. in reply to georgelondon #
- If @douglasnoble will insist on practicing blow-job technique on his lunchtime ice-lolly, he’s going to get stares. Work it homegirl! #
- @steevbishop @georgelondon Good points all, and VERY well made. Especially about the jeans… in reply to steevbishop #
- @laineyw Well, it’s all fine here… in reply to laineyw #
- @georgelondon Now there is an idea… in reply to georgelondon #
- @georgelondon Or maybe this time, he could crush on the companion but she could be not interested. Or have NO lovin’ at all! in reply to georgelondon #
- Oh hell yes! 9? – http://is.gd/J6s2 #
- Ha! RT @CollingsA: New Dr Who companion “beat off dozens of hopefuls to land one of television’s most coveted roles.” Who’d be an actor, eh? #
- Oh for fuck’s sake it’s hard work sometimes. #
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Peach for godsgirls

Illustration by Victo Ngai for the fiction “Sweet Dreams” by Peter Stamm
“She went to the bathroom, filled the tub, and got undressed. The mirror misted over with condensation, and the smell of pine needles filled the air. She turned off the water, and the apartment suddenly seemed very quiet. Then she heard footsteps, and Simon’s voice through the half-open door. He said, I’ll just go downstairs for the bottle of wine. I thought you’d gone already, said Lara, and she poked her head through the crack, and he kissed her on the lips and tried to barge the door open, but she held it shut. They kissed again. See you soon, said Lara. It was odd, she still felt a little ashamed in front of him.”

This scene is one of my earliest comic memories. It was the first point at which I saw a comic character making a mistake, which meant it was probably the first time I really processed them properly as characters and human.
Spider-man has webbed up a doorway to stop a criminal escaping, but then realises that the criminal is escaping out of the window instead, and in his hurry to catch them he forgets his own webbing.
It seems gloriously ridiculous out of context, but if memory serves it was part of a pretty intense and dramatic story featuring Alex Summers (Havok).
(This was me, by the way.)
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