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Category Archives: existentialism
Yes, there was something in the night…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s quotation is from Vladimir Nabokov’s 1928 novel King, Queen, Knave, which I re-read a few weeks ago, marking in pencil my favourite bits of Nabby’s writing. Martha, on her husband: With her whole being she … Continue reading
Posted in brain, drama, existentialism, expletives, Grumpiness, humour, information, music, puzzle, reading, story, words, writing
Tagged 1928, breaking glass, chequerboard tiles, danger, discovery, early in the morning, existential angst, King Queen Knave, mirror, mirror plates, music, serendipity, shards, smash!, something in the night, splinters, sweeping up, vladimir nabokov, words, writing
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Some rambling on about QWERTY and the end of the world…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s carefully selected colours are: ass azure, hare heliotrope, racoon red, terrapin turquoise, ox orange, viper violet, gannet green, and that odd streak of yellow in the sunset just before a torrential downpour. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> QWERTY, QWERTY, … Continue reading
Posted in animals, brain, colours, existentialism, expletives, finance, Grumpiness, history, humour, information, observations, physics, science, seeing, swearing, thinking, weather, words
Tagged ass azure, carefully selected colours, change is bad, climate change, Doom, extinction rebellion, gannet green, hare heliotrope, ox orange, people don't like change, QWERTY, racoon red, rambling on, terrapin turquoise, typewriters, viper violet, XR
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So, what is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: speckled, amphisbaenic, glebous, sphenoid, logographic, gratulant and bulbous. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> £10 completely free! – online slot-sites! – half price for six months, magic! – come on, let’s do this! – you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, adjectives, advertising, art, brain, composition, existentialism, food, humour, information, instruction, money, poetry, serendipity, style, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, amphisbaenic, arts, bulbous., carefully selected adjectives, conditions and geographic restrictions apply, dictionary word, existential angst, experience amazing, glebous, gratulant, instruction, logographic, madness, middle of the night, poetry, serendipity, sex, speckled, sphenoid, style, surrealism, T & C apply, TV, TV advertising, words
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The other side of the fence…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s confused film star is Derard Gepardieu. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I suppose it was a case of logic versus evolutionary programmed caution. On Monday afternoon I found myself walking up the eastern side of the big concrete road … Continue reading
Posted in brain, drama, dreaming, Dulltown, existentialism, Hull.UK., humour, information, instruction, learning, observations, science, seeing, serendipity, thinking, Uncategorized, words
Tagged celebrities, Confused film stars, don't be daft!, Doom, evolution, fear of heights, flyover, Gerard Depardieu, madness, metres and feet, observations, over the edge, over the railway lines, serendipity, speeding cyclist, vertigo, words
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A few short but pithy items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s quotation is from the science book, Life On the Edge, by Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden, which I am currently reading. It is about the surprising role of quantum effects in the workings of biology: … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, art, arts, BBC Licence fee, bbc world service, conversation, Doom, existential angst, expletives, I Feel Good!, instruction, James Brown, Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe Mc Fadden, late, Life on the Edge, madness, music, name change, observations, overheard, serendipity, style, surrealism, The Power, the quantum world, TV, words, writing
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Some overheard and misheard snatches of cafe conversation…
But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: Today’s carefully selected colours are: ruby blue, topaz beige, emerald violet, violet emerald, peach white, brilliant fawn, buzzing brown, and sparkling dark grey. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘He was nodding, half wet, but still alive.’ ‘A far mouse farmhouse … Continue reading
Posted in abstract, academia, brain, cafe, composition, conversation, drama, Dulltown, existentialism, finance, Hull.UK., humour, information, misheard, observations, overheard, poetry, serendipity, surrealism, words
Tagged arts, brilliant fawn, buzzing brown, colour, conversation, dictionary word, duvon, emerald violet, far mouse farmhouse, glass church, half-wet, madness, misheard, overheard, peach white, poetry, preptiles, public massage, religious toolbox, ruby blue, serendipity, sim-quid, sparkling dark grey., style, surrealism, today's colours, topaz beige, violet emerald, words
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