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“It’s getting uncommonly easy to kill people in large numbers, and the first thing a principle does – if it really is a principle – is to kill somebody.”
-Lord Peter Wimsey and the Warden in Gaudy Night, by Dorothy L. Sayers. Lord Peter: “…But now that you have the age of national self-realization, the age of colonial expansion, the age of the barbarian invasions and the age of decline and fall, all jammed cheek by jowl in time and space, all armed alike…
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[review] Bright: A Populist Negotiation
![[review] Bright: A Populist Negotiation](https://dappledthingscom.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/stwrs-bright.png?w=700)
The Force didn’t seem to be with Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Walking out of the theater on the opening weekend (December 13), I noticed that quite a few people were unhappy with what had happened to their favourite film. As the days unfolded, more and more criticism gained traction online. Even the more positive…
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[YT] The Black Stallion Opening Credits (Carmine Coppola)
A haunting opening melody from the amazing 1979 Coppola film, The Black Stallion.
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[YT] “Bruce Lee Remix – Be Water My Friend” (Melodysheep)
Melodysheep’s Bruce Lee Remix – Be Water My Friend has entranced me for some reason. I’ve been listening to it and other songs by Melodysheep since last night. I wonder why…
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[book review] Goodnight, Mister Tom
![[book review] Goodnight, Mister Tom](https://dappledthingscom.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/th-46.jpg?w=267)
Goodnight, Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian is a less well-known children’s classic, which had enthralled me as a teen. Perhaps enthrall isn’t quite the word. It gripped me. Emotions aren’t something I comprehend on a regular basis, but Goodnight, Mister Tom has the power to stir even this Spockian reader.
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Maturity
A discussion on maturity with one of my reviewers. The initial question on maturity was: Q: On Byleistr, is he older than Loki? If so, he acts less mature, and I’m wondering if the way Jotuns normally mature is different from Asgard? or was it because Loki had to deal with so much that he…
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Old Fanfic Corpses
What is worse than an old fanfic you had let go and, as a result, haven’t updated in a while? Dunno. I suppose an old fanfic which is badly written which you had let go and you wanna update it but it’s, like, um, how can I update this piece of crap? Somehow people still…
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Recently…
I feel sorry for all the Naruto/Blood+/other fandoms who followed me for those mentioned fandoms and now have to deal with my recent interest obsession with Loki from the MCU-verse. Yes. Ahem. So sad. (Not repentant at all.) To be frank, I’m so glad to join the Avenger fandom because it’s a lively place and…
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Well now…
So, I found this blog – again – somehow. This is yet another example of how my life epically fails – I can’t even keep track of my blogs. I really just need to be more strict with myself and consolidate. CONSOLIDATED! That’s the keyword nowadays… (le sigh) Therefore, in the name of professionalism (hahaha)…
![[posting][fanfiction] Distortions In Time: Book 2, Chapter 6](https://dappledthingscom.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/11028296-256-k48355.jpg?w=256)
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