Well we live in a world where any view will result in triggering someone.
So, I decided to adopt Trigger into my life:
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I might get myself a Del Boy.
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An odd choice but each to their own. I’m more of an Uncle Albert man myself.
“Confused as a newt” being a subtle classic.
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Odd people tend to make odd choices.
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Except if two odds agree on the same decision.
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True. But the odder you are, the likelihood of that happening will be quite small.
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Indeed, I am still waiting for further funding for my research regarding the antigravitational potential of coiled copper drives verses one relying on a cat with buttered toast strapped to its back.
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Isn’t he the writer of Guns, Germs and Steel and The World Until Yesterday?
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Yep, that’s the guy. In Why Sex is Fun, he goes through genetics in a light-hearted and engaging way. I always recommend it as a good introduction to genetics and Darwin (along with his errors - though the epigenetics debate is still ongoing).
Also, It makes an exceptional coffee-table book.
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I will add it to the list. Apart from the physical books in my possession, I have at least 2000 e-books and I can only read one at the time.
Another reason I don’t play video games. I didn’t even get to do the series of Nerdles that is a part of my daily routine.
It’s 00:12 and the day, not the Universe, has just reset.
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Oh I have more in physical books. Mrs. Squirrel always rolls her eyes when I return with more.
She now partially accepts that some information cannot be found via digital means and that I prefer the feel of Morocco or vellum binding.
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I can relate to that. I love holding a book. The problem is space. Digital also has the advantage that I can crawl into bed, turn off the light and get my reader with backlight out.
Heavy books are a lot easier to handle in digital form.
Before my iPod crashed I would listen to an audiobook. The luxury.
C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters read by John Cleese was a real joy to listen to.
I must have listened to that at least 4 times.
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I have not listened to that reading of Screwtape and I do enjoy when perceived evil is treated as the protagonist: Ian McDiarmid’s reading of Paradise Lost is just glorious.
Oddly, I used to sell around 10 first editions of Screwtape a year back in the day: Being a bibliophile Methodist preacher back then, I tended to be asked to look at collections and that, along with 19thc editions of The Book of Enoch, passed through my hands a lot.
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Here’s a recording of it. It is listed as 10 books as this audio-book uses the 1667 first edition and not the second - with the 12.
But having the Emperor as Satan removes any doubts regarding its merit.
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Thank you very much. You just made me smile.
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And now you have a full night’s worth of listening.
I must admit the trick of Miltonic English at the start always gets me: There are many lines of test before the key verb is used in “sing heavenly muse”.
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Check out an email I got at work a couple of weeks ago. Jesus, Mary & Joseph, you’d think they’d be smarter and not use names of internationally known Aussie actors when trying to con people. This had me chuckling for hours 
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Woolworths still existing would be the red flag for me.
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Talking about internationally known people, I got this one in December 2022.
Mrs. Christine Lagarde olumidebusayo48@gmail.com
Attention, You Are Expected To Call DHL +1(828) 202-9208 Once You
Receive this Email (BANK OF AMERICA) has finalize all the necessary
arrangement and your fund $10.5Million USD is inside ATM CARD this
moment your ATM CARD is in DHL OFFICE waiting for your Address were to
deliver it. INFO: Your name___ Your country__ Your address___ You’re
Age/sex__ Your occupation and your Direct phone number__ This is your
registration code (DHJKT00678G) Contact person: Jerry Johnson,
E-mail; ( jerryjohnson2214@gmail.com ) Best Regard Mrs. Christine
Lagarde.
I will put it out here. Feel free to use the added email address. I haven’t claimed any so it might still be there.
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Team Rumble.
OR, you can watch it here, BEFORE it’s removed LOL …
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