November 2010
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The Royal Exchange, a wonderful place, night or day. But even better when your seeing a play. And tonight I am, a Greek tragedy by Euripides; ‘The Bacchae’. I will review it on the way home.
Oh what a good play! And my a plot twister!
I shall remove myself from detailing too much of the plot incase you havent seen it in the last 2415 years, but I digress.
The Chorus were very...
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My dear me.
News reporter: So how would you deal with the current crisis that has just developed in Korea?
Sarah Palin: Well, I think we have to stick to our North Korean allies.
News reporter: South Korea?
Sarah Palin: Er? Yeah.
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Singing in The Rain
Just watched it. A good film!
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"Is design more important than function?"
No, and stop asking.
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My home WILL be like this.
Makes me feel warm, cosy and vintage.
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Twix Bars
Anyone noticed that the Twix in the advert is crunchy? Since when does a Twix crunch?
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“Floccinaucinihilipilification
The act or habit of describing or regarding...”
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“Petrichor: the smell of rain on dry ground.”
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“Nudiustertian: pertaining to the day before yesterday.”
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Once upon a time, there was a dude named...
fuckyeahancienthistory:
Alcibiades was a Greek who, by getting drunk at a party, managed to be the downfall of the whole Athenian Empire.
Uh, oops?
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Idiocy.
At summer’s end, Katie and I went to Target to pick out her backpack, lunchbox and water bottle for the new school year. After great deliberation, she chose a Star Wars water bottle to match her Star Wars backpack. Katie loves Star Wars, and she was very excited about her new items. For the first few months of school, she proudly filled her water bottle herself and helped me pack her...
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The Ancient world
Its actually pretty good. The music is a bit dramatic, and so is the voice over, but its a good way to get a brief understanding of the ancient world. It was very odd listening to him describing ‘The Iliad’, kept thinking: “oh that sounds like The Iliad!”. Fool. And, I still know the first paragraph of by heart!
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Unless some effective world super-government for the purpose of preventing war can be set up … the prospects for peace and human progress are dark ….If …. it is found possible to build a world organization of irresistible force and inviolable authority for the purpose of securing peace, there are no limits to the blessings which all men enjoy and share.
W.Churchill
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“Witzelsucht: a feeble attempt at humour.”
Watchtheoriginaljoefisher:
A Tribute To 24th Street In San Francisco
Made me smile.
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Apparently,
I applied to do Classical Civilisation at Leeds, who knew?
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Dont get on the wrong side of Bristol Uni.
The questionnaire will be destroyed if your application is unsuccessful.
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“Epeolatry: worship of words.”
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“Brontide: the low rumbling of distant thunder.”
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Mountain Dew
After they started selling it in the new college (btw, its just Sprite with more sugar) I can hardly see this suddenly happening in the cafeteria…I think its a viral…
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Elements of a victorian sensation novel
ragbag:
bigamous marriages
misdirected letters
romantic triangles
heroines placed in physical danger
drugs, potions, and/or poisons
characters adopt disguises
strained coincidences
aristocratic villains
