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Lloyd
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Welshman in NL. Lover of the -ologies and crosswords (British cryptics, American-style straight).

https://lettersremain.com is my main writing outlet, primarily as an elaborate 'link blog'.
Cof a llithr, llythyrau a geidw : memory slips, letters remain.
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that is the good stuff for sure

however, for your consideration:
An excerpt from The Witches Are Coming by Lindy West: "My husband plays the trumpet, which is a sort of loud pretzel originally invented to blow down the walls of fuck ing Jericho and, later, to let Civil War soldiers know it was time to kill each other in a river while you chilled eating pigeon in your officer's tent twenty miles away, yet some how, in modern times, it has become socially acceptable to toot the bad cone inside your house before 10:00 a.m. because it's "your job" and your wife should "get up." What a world! If one was feeling uncharitable, one might describe the trumpet as a machine where you put in com- pressed air and divorce comes out, but despite this despite operating a piece of biblical demolition equipment inside the home every bright, cold morning of his wife's one and only life-the trumpet is not the most annoying thing about my husband."
March 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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A Thai version of “Jack of all trades, master of none” is รู้เหมือนเป็ด, which means “know like duck.” It comes from the belief that ducks can walk and swim and fly, but do none of them well (I will not stand for this duck slander, Thailand!)
January 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Sounds very interesting. The first I've heard of Empireland and Stolen History, too. Getting those for my to-read bookshelf, for sure.
I recall reading Niall Ferguson's 'Empire' maybe 20 years ago as a teenager, so it'll be nice to read a more modern take on the topic.
December 24, 2024 at 12:00 AM