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Australia has a rich history, and indigenous Australians fascinate me no end.
Time immemorial: example of postpositive adjective.
Liturgical litanies of the laity. Addendum to previous
OZ has got monotremes.
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Biding My Time – Pink Floyd: “…When we was workin' from nine to five…”
I mostly use diegesis while writing.
Obiter dicta, By The Way – RHCP.
I didn’t eat Tim Tams at Sanawar, but we did call biscuits ‘bikkies’.
To Surveil With Love is the only episode of the Simpsons, where the title "The Simpsons" is not shown [wiki].
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Bovril ties together (pun intended) Douglas Adams and Frasier (specifically Daphne & Niles).
Jeremy Irons is from the Isle of Wight, which I reached from Antarctic exploration < Rock of Gibraltar < Pillars of Hercules < Atlantis < Bill & Peter’s Bogus Journey [Family Guy]. Aside: BEAR GRYLLS ON HAUNTED ISLAND :D
And I’ve reached the Cheese Shop sketch of Monty Python from Antarctic exploration. Excellante!
Dr. Gonzo’s real-life inspiration, Oscar Zeta Acosta, disappeared in Mazatlan.
Time never goes backwards; that’s a relief for ennui.
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John McEnroe called in on Frasier’s fifth season (as Patrick, but I don’t know the episode).
The 16-ton weight made its Monty Python debut in Self Defense Against Fresh Fruit :D
The [FATAL ERROR] Google Translate is a nice touch of whimsy, always associated with Google.
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Caught the last tie break of the Djoker-Cecchinato French Open game while channel surfing last night, astounding play from both.
RHCP’s Dani California and Snow (Hey Oh) were used for the 2nd live action Death Note movie! I can’t see how they relate to the occult manga/movie, though.
So Hideo Nakata of Ring fame got tempted enough to do a Death Note spinoff too
I read about people like Roopak Saluja (Sooperfly) and am convinced to continue life positively – especially since his age is, purely coincidentally, 42. Chanced upon this from Every Second Counts (Zondag met Lubach).
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1 o’clock, and I’ve powered through 10 How To technical questions, which has somewhat depleted brain functions.
Half past five, and I’ve added ‘Editing privacy policies to be in accordance with GDPR’ to my repertoire. That word brings back excellent memories of DCE.
I want to be alive and healthy when Halley’s Comet appears again in 2061.
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I hope the practical upshot of me writing the Project Report and Letter Of Intent for the prospective Gabon dealios gets me a return trip to Africa, for starters :D What’s the harm in wishing, and wishing well?11
A (farcical) crisis about crasis: Microsoft Word rejects the word with its concomitant red squiggles. Not that I need to use it in A Life Afloat, but reading about Greek texts and Oxyrhynchus Papyri led on to phonetics and hence, into crasis.
Nadal’s dominant left hand was cramping up yesterday in the final at Roland Garros; mine is following suit on the keyboard today. Did a few pull-ups today, but more needs to be done to stay clear of CTS and all those sedentary job ailments. Just need to ride this out till I get to Oz…or even Canada, for that matter.
This Gary the Rat animation had a heavy cast! Will look it up on YouTube.
That settles it: I’ll play He-Man: Tappers of Grayskull at least once, as something new to do in the evenings.
So Long And Thanks For All The Fish (A Perfect Circle) is my current earworm.
Kafka is an Apache open-source stream-processing software platform!
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Eminem voiced himself in Peter’s Progress, complimenting Stewie! :D
Again, the Rafa-esque pain in my left ring finger. Massaging seems to help.
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Banal bank boring beat today. For a kinda worthy cause though, so…
2:45 pm and Citi is done, at least. Tomorrow for the other 2.
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I am completely aware that I lack an entrepreneurial streak – completely and utterly. Biding my time here till A Life Afloat floats into publishing houses (or becomes the auspicious start of another one of Ganesh sir’s business ventures) seems like the existentialist thing to do.
Litchi/lychee is a monotypic taxon.
Uma Thurman was in The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, as was Robin Williams! :D
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Stardate 15.6.18: Nothing worth noting in my captain’s log
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Orson Welles was in Treasure Island! Tremendous auteur-istic scope he had, by all accounts.
Coventry City FC handed Alex Ferguson his first Man U FA Cup defeat on their way to winning the 1987 title: a fact I learnt today courtesy of looking into Monty Python’s Flying Circus, specifically the World Forum/Communist Quiz sketch. As I tweeted a little while ago, Monty Python are (almost) always on the money.
Apparently, The Chaser’s War on Everything also parodied Monty Python.
New team member joining on Monday, so that should help in passing time. Bidding adieu to my ‘corner’, as Mattafix put it in Big City Life – my ongoing earworm along with APC’s So Long And Thanks For All The Fish, RHCP’s By The Way and PJ’s Black.
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Some people are just…well I try not to be hypocritical but I can’t get over their utterly sleazy or shivers-down-the-spine way of communicating. Ugh (shudders). I’m dealing with it by concentrating on being my good self with good people.
Arose – Eminem
Mars Pt.1 – One Ring Zero
Mellotron Scratch – Porcupine Tree
Pendulum – Pearl Jam
Take A Picture – Filter
Smooth Criminal – Alien Ant Farm (MJ cover)
Lazarus – Porcupine Tree
River – Eminem (ft. Ed Sheeran)
Frankenstein Monster Song – One Ring Zero
Walk On Water – Eminem (ft. Beyoncé)
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
My
Under The Influence – D-12
Creep – Radiohead
Deeper Underground – Jamiroquai
Nowhere Fast – Eminem (ft. Kehlani)
Chop Suey – System Of A Down
A great song to end a Monday!
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Jonathan Banks was in Freejack! :D In the morning, the exclamation of “God damn you, McCandless!” was bouncing hither-thither in my brain…I only remembered Anthony Hopkins, Mick Jagger and the plot point that a racing car driver was somehow transported into the future for a personality backup restoration. Praises be to the Internet!
MJ Nelson of MST3K fame did the campy commentary for Reefer Madness (colorized) in 2004
Maybe I will do a thread of all my travel blogs this weekend.
On reading through the webpages made with my content, if I identify even very minor errors, I get them rectified ASAP.
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Summer cold
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Still cold in the summer, with a stuffed nose that brings to mind the Impractical Jokers episode in which they have to take care of babies for a demo class. I shall steer clear of the phlegm-laden details.
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3-day hiatus was good…now to decide the Lahaul trip days and lock them down.
Perhaps I should be writing Google reviews too.
Ever since I read about her own thought process behind Great Gig In The Sky, I appreciate Clare Torry’s vocals even more.
Woah (not woe) to the stereo effects on Interstellar Overdrive.
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Day to pay for Kathmandu foray – if only a part of it
Shall the Lahaul trip be preponed? Will have to talk with relevant people.
Mo Money Mo Problems>Infallible>Money>Neptune>Highway Star>Breathe>Wish You Were Here (PF, not Incubus – though that song is in my Apple Music as well)>Megalomaniac (thought of Incubus and here they are)>Papercut>Smooth Criminal (AAF)>Mars, Pt. 1>See Emily Play>Numb>The Nile Song>Interstellar Overdrive>Nothing Else Is Happening>High Hopes>Chloraseptic>Under My Wheels>On The Wall (Neil Gaiman wrote the lyrics)>Wake Up>Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. I-V)>
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Alea iacta est
Nihil aliud – but this is just ennui rearing its sleepy head again.
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Ad astra; fiat lux – could Asimov’s Multivac be the inspiration behind Adams’ Deep Thought? The question posited to both computers is essentially similar, with Asimov’s being more scientific while Adams’ is whimsical.
Tim Alexander from Primus (of South Park theme song fame) played drums for the opening song on Mer de Noms.
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No addition to log, some (not too significant) subtraction from recurring payout.
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The increasing mass of humanity makes being ‘of historical importance’ a little more distinguished, aided ably by the ease of digital dissemination of information.
Explored some Gorillaz (Damon Albarn, effectively) today. Looking forward to the Round of 16 in FIFA.
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