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Category Archives: existentialism
But everybody likes Charlie Chaplin Dave…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity is the snake-headed one from Hermopolis Magna, the goddess Hauhet. Her associations are: primeval, formlessness, and flood force. (Hauhet) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think I’ve always been a bit of an ‘outsider’ – ever … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, cafe, celebrities, existentialism, Grumpiness, information, music, people, religion, thinking, weather
Tagged Always take the weather, art, arts, celebrities, Charlie Chaplin, existential angst, film, history, madness, music, observations, outsider, painting, poetry, popular, religion, words, writing
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Then suddenly you tread on his corn…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s existential angst is centred around the plangent sound of the word ‘plangent’. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good god! What a nasty looking bunch!… This is the cover of a British 1960s pulp supernatural thriller, another tattered Badger Book … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, books, cool, creation, existentialism, history, humour, information, painting, reading, style, surrealism, words, writing
Tagged 1960s pulp paperback, arts, Badger Books, dictionary word, discovery, history, madness, painting, photography, R L Fanthorpe MBIS, serendipity, style, supernatural, Supernatural special, surrealism, words, writing
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Some song lyrics misheard over the cafe hubbub…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s heraldic term is ‘rampant’ – of a beast, rearing up to fight. When I was having my coat of arms done I wanted a ‘hamster rampant’, but the College of Heralds would have none of … Continue reading
Posted in art, brain, cool, creation, dreaming, existentialism, heraldry, humour, information, misheard, music, poetry, serendipity, sex, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, cafe song lyrics, california, coat of arms, college of heralds, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, heraldry, history, madness, misheard, misheard song lyrics, music, poetry, rampant, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, taking the piss, words
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So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s doubled up simile is – as thin as two rails… (I notice that there is some online dispute raging on whether ‘rail’ in this simile refers to a fence rail or the bird.) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Free … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, brain, drama, existentialism, finance, food, humour, information, mind, money, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, thinking, words
Tagged advertising, arts, credit control, dark circles, discovery, doubled up simile, existential angst, fashion, madness, melted cheese, perfect flavour, poetry, rail, serendipity, smoked salmon, style, surrealism, sweaty odours?, thin as a rail, TV, words
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Hm… there’s a word in my head…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s hot water tap that refused to turn off was the one in my bathroom – damn! Now, where the hell is that stopcock?… >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tiepolo… I was walking into town a couple of days ago … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, brain, creation, Dulltown, existentialism, humour, information, religion, surrealism, thinking, words
Tagged architecture, art, arts, dictionary word, discovery, existential angst, history, Kylie Minogue, misericords, painting, religion, serendipity, style, surrealism, Tiepolo, VW Polo, word in head, words
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One or two short, but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s quotation is from A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole: Santa grabbed the picture on the mantelpiece, a photograph of an ancient and hostile-looking woman in a black dress and black stockings standing in … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, conversation, cool, creation, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, misheard, music, observations, overheard, reading, serendipity, surrealism, Uncategorized, words, writing
Tagged A Confederacy of Dunces, advice to young artists, art, arts, bass line, bummer, conversation, dark chocolate, dimwit, I should be so lucky, John Kennedy Toole, Kylie Minogue, lovely skin, madness, misheard, music, nitwit, observations, overheard, rhythm track, running nose, serendipity, spam, surrealism, tutu, words, writing
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Some snatches of overheard and misheard cafe conversation…
But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s elephant in the room is the one hogging all the party nibbles with her trunk and showing everyone her new phone. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Yes, it does feel like a Sunday…’ ‘My nails phenol – all along … Continue reading
Posted in brain, cafe, conversation, cool, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, expletives, Hull.UK., humour, information, misheard, overheard, people, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged abomination, air bicycle, arts, conversation, dictionary word, discovery, double York, elephant in the room, expletives, Fanny fool, gobby, madness, misheard, observations, overheard, phenol, poetry, psellifore, religion, serendipity, sex, style, surrealism, tone-whizzer, words
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