Thinking about visiting Iceland.

Cartoon image of a chef cutting Shawarma with the words“unknown pleasures” underneath

brotato

I would prefer not to

Snow was general all over Stroud. It was falling upon the Tesco Express from its toilet seats and, further westwards, falling into its car park. It was falling too upon the chained trolleys. It lay drifted upon the dashboard of James Joyce's BMW . . .

Brassification

The vertiginous sensation I get when someone I used to know turns out to be genuinely dangerous

The Bonaventure will always be in the skyline of the future

Peak frog house marquee

Me too! Thanks for inviting !!

That’s some good electrode paste

For a second I thought there was a hipster group called “Man Ray Charles.”

Shame and eternal shame, nothing but shame!

When I was a kid there was a project at the local university involving Ancient Greek and computers. The prof in charge drove a huge Cadillac covered in antennas and wore a crash helmet, as did anyone who rode with him.

King’s Lead Hat by Eno. Heard it in a movie theater when it was new. Took me years to find it

Bryce 1.0 (1994)

Oh that one is so bad yeah

Well he is from Orange County

Reminds me of the dating apps that are designed to keep you single

A sign on the fence of a graveyard. It reads "No use of geiger counters on church property."

This sign raises many questions, which probably should be answered by the sign but aren't

Oh my

My town is full of suburbanites desperately cosplaying as rural masculine stereotypes. It’s hilarious.

No! That sounds great. I was also thinking of the time Newsweek discovered bisexuality

Coffee table book of dumbass magazine covers: when?

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"The phrase has been borrowed, stripped of its roots, and sent out to do labour it was never meant to do."

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Ten seconds of respite from terrible, terrible boredom

On the plus side, he had two failed assassination attempts by incompetent wackos

Childhood memories of that odd and magical place

There’s a guy begging outside the train station here. He has a little stereo setup and only plays Dire Straits. #existentialheroes