- @steevbishop @acheverton Look, when we have a car, & the quickest route to our house from Ocean Village doesn’t take us thru St Marys… in reply to steevbishop #
- @acheverton @steevbishop … then we’ll start frequenting better cinemas! in reply to acheverton #
- @steevbishop @acheverton I mean as a matter of course! in reply to steevbishop #
- In our defense, the film was awesome enough that we didn’t notice it after a while… #
- @acheverton Huh. Yeah, here too… Wonder what that was all about. in reply to acheverton #
- Anyone in Southampton know what the fireworks were in aid of? I’m guessing a boat… #
- @thoughtmecca A lot of libraries, you just need to ask. They get precious few excited customers, some libraries… in reply to thoughtmecca #
- @Wossy It really is nice to see someone’s face when you get them something they love… So actually, it’s a SELFISH desire! Oh noes…! in reply to Wossy #
- @joshhechinger The problem you cite – about the show within the show’s relative poor quality – is a bit of a deal-breaker, isn’t it?… in reply to joshhechinger #
- @joshhechinger … still, I’d like to rewatch Studio 60 free of the spectre of cancellation that hung over it throughout… in reply to joshhechinger #
- @joshhechinger …That stuff affects my enjoyment of a show! If it’s over & done, I feel less bitter about the mistakes that are made. in reply to joshhechinger #
- @katiewest It’s sad in that it might be the last we see of that particular iteration of Star Trek EVER! in reply to katiewest #
- @katiewest (By iteration, of course I mean “Universe”… not “Series”) in reply to katiewest #
- @joshhechinger Oh, yes… that’s a damn good – it’s a two-parter, isn’t it? in reply to joshhechinger #
- @Wossy You will wish @ferretprincess a happy birthday from us, won’t you? Have missed her terribly! in reply to Wossy #
- @JSCarroll The opening credits to Dexter riff off that sequence beautifully. I’d forgotten that that was where it came from…! in reply to JSCarroll #
- Via @josiefraser “What Is Next Generation Learning?” – more relevant to primary/secondary ed than FE or HE, but cool: http://twurl.nl/qmy4sh #
- @Groonk Oh, I know… I was talking about my relative enjoyment of it – I WANTED to just enjoy the bits that were good (there were many)… in reply to Groonk #
- @Groonk …but watching it at broadcast, I just got frustrated because of the bits that were going to get it cancelled (Many, again!). in reply to Groonk #
- @jamiesmart Oh, BTW, VERY tiny review of Raoul here: http://twurl.nl/pzj1uy (I am WAY behind on my blogging, so didn’t have much time!) in reply to jamiesmart #
- @joshhechinger I think pretty much everyone is great on the show, except Sorkin. And damn if that ain’t the shame of it… in reply to joshhechinger #
- @jamiesmart It occurs to me that knowing nothing of process, I should have clarified that when I say “Hastily dashed off” I mean relatively! #
- @jamiesmart … Because those finely cross-hatched & painted pages look just incredibly work-intensive…! in reply to jamiesmart #
- @ferretprincess Sent you birthday wishes by way of J, because I wasn’t sure you’d be on – but here you are! Happy Birthday, youse! #
- (@ferretprincess Yay..! I don’t think I realised that you were also a Gemini… WE ROCK!) #
- @steevbishop Good article, but it’s not like the music industry as a whole is listening to reason…
in reply to steevbishop # - @marcellerby Glasses? I have to say that you are doing a beautiful job at mo. The subject isn’t easy emotionally/creatively… in reply to marcellerby #
- @marcellerby …I tried to write out similar experiences a few years back, & just get either angry or upset, visibly on the page. Well done! in reply to marcellerby #
- @belle_lulu Your welcome! in reply to belle_lulu #
- @dailyecho LOVING the use of Bug Powder Dust at the lead-in ad on that video… in reply to dailyecho #
- Oh, btw… as AWESOME as Star Trek was, I’d probably have forgiven it anything for the use of Sabotage by Beasties early on. FUCK YES! #
- @realnickgriffin But… but I thought voting for the BNP was going to mean we could say what we wanted. @ProudNational must be off message. in reply to realnickgriffin #
- Note: I didn’t vote for the BNP. That last tweet (whichmostofyoudidn’tsee #fixreplies) was ironic. #
- @sispurrier Should they really be printing pictures of him before the case is decided? I thought… Oh, child molestation huh? I’m an idiot. in reply to sispurrier #
- @sispurrier …for a second there I forgot where I live. in reply to sispurrier #
- @girlonetrack Well, if the press are doing the “think of the children” bit, isn’t there a prominent BNP member with a history in child porn? in reply to girlonetrack #
- (By which I mean he has a record, not he starred in child porn.) @girlonetrack #
- (By which I mean criminal record, not, you know, vinyl record…) @girlonetrack #
- @realnickgriffin Ah, but did he, ahem… “Make you look”? If so, he scores a victory, of sorts… in reply to realnickgriffin #
- Pixar’s latest short is just stupidly cute: Partly Cloudy – http://twurl.nl/sgfv27 #
- RT @idsharman: @nixsight Sabotage…hehehe… http://is.gd/YL4C #
- Bug powder dust with the mugwump jism… ♫ http://blip.fm/~811s4 #
- Listen all y’all… ♫ http://blip.fm/~8120u #
- God, why the hell does Blip.Fm need to replicate – badly – YouTube functionality? Stupid diversifying services… #
- @fabuleuxfab: “Here are the lyrics http://tinyurl.com/mwgwbh from yours truly, now sing along
@ExtremeAnnette… ♫ http://blip.fm/~8129w # - Heh… Crackhead-Sally is DEFINITELY a name I’m going to use at some point… much thankyous to @ElizaPatricia #
- OK, stories like this actually make me feel all Right Wing: http://twurl.nl/ro7bge (Yeah, THANKS @Bournemouthecho…
) # - Oh, @Bournemouthecho, I can’t stay mad at you – I know you were just doing your job – it’s the scum that done it what’s to blame! #
- Oh go on… feeling a little wonky & way out there… ♫ http://blip.fm/~81b27 #
- Oh dear… sorry to repeat myself, but this is actually pretty nifty… ♫ http://blip.fm/~81b5e #
- Gorgeous as it is, Armed Assault 2 might just be too much like being in combat for me – terrifying & confusing! http://twurl.nl/h7ua5n #
- @steevbishop That could mean almost ANYTHING! in reply to steevbishop #
- @steevbishop Yeah, I guessed that might be what you meant… I’m right there with you sir! (Saw a trailer for Hangover last night, actually) in reply to steevbishop #
- @Sulman @steevbishop I find that pretty easy to believe! in reply to Sulman #
- @acheverton I… uh… don’t know. I guess masturbating is out. Unless you have any old Freemans catalogues around? in reply to acheverton #
- RT @rhodri: Oh, man. The most glorious example of people not understanding intellectual property: http://is.gd/YXPZ #
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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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