O time! thou must untangle this, not I; It is too hard a knot for me to untie! - Viola, Twelfth Night, 2.2

I just realised that I can go to my grave having done ONE GOOD THING, knowing that somewhere out there there are about thirty people I taught Wuthering Heights to many years ago who will now, no matter what their present walk in life, be able to say why Fennell’s film is stupid.

I suffer from monachopsis, énouement, vellichor, jouska,exulansis, nodus tollens, onism, liberosis, altschmerz, and anemoia.

“What cannot be known hollows the mind. Fill it not with guesswork.” - Galadriel, The Rings of Power S01 E07

You can’t expect better behaviour from those who are devoid of shame.

Did Palantir have to desecrate Tolkien with its name choice? Ugh.

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

I just saw a novel set in the 1990s described as “historical fiction”. Ouch.

Gen A.I. barons want us talkinge alone on our phones to a demon thei created, and not goinge places and being wyth each othir yn art and joy and communitye. Thei want cinemas to shut downe and broadwaye to go darke. Thei want wryteres to stop writinge. Thei want to build hell and have us pay for it.

Share a tv show that raised you.

“And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.” - Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto III, stanza 32.

Simple pleasures of a misplaced Canadian.

Happy Chinese New Year!

“Family Day” in New Brunswick. What asshat thought that one up?

Wordle 1,703 2/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Canadians are known for being polite, but NOT when curling is involved 🤣

I just saw a Jeep in front of me that was plastered with bumper stickers: “F*ck Carney”, “F*ck Trudeau”, and “I’m a Veteran, not a sucker or a loser”. Surely he just needed one proclaiming, “I’m an A**h*le”?

Via @very_cross_stitching on IG

Turned 64 today. Well, John Lennon, I guess that answers that question.

My university gave me a Tim Horton’s gift card because it’s my birthday this month. I was quite touched. I won’t use it on Tim’s vile coffee, but maybe on one of their baked goods.

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I was today years old when I discovered Fofana is a real surname. IYKYK. 🤣

🚨Olympics Update🚨

I take full responsibility for the constant rain in the UK. My absence is a factor. I am popularly known there as The Weather Fairy.

Started reading Irvine Welsh’s Skagboys and I have to confess I’m struggling with it. Not sure how I’m going to make it through all six books of the Trainspotting series if they’re all like this…

I can’t shake the feeling that the focus on is naive, that he is a shadow puppet (evil as he is) manipulated by an even more evil invisible Project 2025 cabal. Rid yourselves of T***p & you’re left with more of the same. He’s too stupid for me to see him as more than an ego-driven figurehead.

Sad to hear of the passing of Lyn Goldman of Regina — a lovely woman, and a legend in Regina.