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As a kid, I was really upset that Bill Watterson wouldn't license Calvin & Hobbes so I could have plushies or so there would be a Saturday morning cartoon. Now, I realize his resistance is the reason we don't have a Calvin & Hobbes DreamWorks movie starring Chris Pratt.

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Ron appreciation post! (Hammersmith Apollo, London, 19-06-2025)

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Yo @8vb-girl, where's that picture of them in Westwood? I need to know if that's the same sweater.

Purple

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Okay, so maybe good news and bad news for @pineapplefulfillseveryneed (and anyone else who has this tagged as 'mount fuji shirt')- now that I've gotten a good look at the shirt, it's not simply Mount Fuji but the closing logo of Shochiku Co., Ltd, a Japanese film studio.

Given the use of the particular era of closing logo —1951, according the the above link— I'm gonna guess that that's Ron's way of being a Yasujirō Ozu fanboy.

2nd show tonight at @eventimapollo! Same venue where The Beatles played in 1964 and 1965! (And Sparks in 1974.)

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I legit wanted to make a poll about whether Russell had one or not with "Yes, but a fan gave it to him" as an option. (I mean, the man loves KPop and tchotchkes...)

i can't stop laughing at this i love this man so much

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So Tom Lehrer was Jewish, and you will see a lot of Jews, and people who know about Judaism saying, may his memory be a blessing, or z''l, which is short for the same phrase in Hebrew. and, in fact, I said may his memory be a blessing on another post. but there is another saying that is often said by Jews to mark a death, which I feel is much more appropriate. That phrase is Baruch dayan ha'emet, meaning "Blessed is the true judge." Baruch dayan ha'emet is often abbreviated as BDE.

I can't think of anyone who would more appreciate the double meaning in BDE than Tom Lehrer, or anyone who embodied the other meaning of BDE more.

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First you procrastinate on the task because it is not a big enough deal to get done urgently. Then you procrastinate on the task because it has become such a big deal that doing it is overwhelming. You would think that this implies a middle point where it is just big enough of a deal to get done easily, however the inherent perversity of the universe's causal geometry prevents this

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As someone who has worked in a venue: it can cut down a lot on ticket fraud. I've had more than one gig where there's been chaos because people --scammers AND shifty promoters-- have sold false tickets to concerts. One time we had to turn people away because so many fake tickets got sold that we were at capacity, and we had to close the front doors. The angry scam-ees ended up breaking a glass-front door to get in. The only reason we didn't pull the plug is because there would have certainly been a riot.

We have to bring back physical concert tickets I'm so serious

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Going on Pinterest to find something to make for dinner. Distracted by picture of blorbo-in-law. I click for a better look and this happened.

DKFHGDFHGDFJKGHD

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The guy who's always dancing and bouncing and dancing

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Oh!

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Honestly, what was in the goddamn water in England in the 1940s? Were the MI6 quietly dosing them with Super Soldier Serum?

76 was/is a comparative miracle for Ozzy. Lemmy was smoking baseball bat-sized cigars until the day he died. Paul McCartney and Ringo are still going like they're locked in a tontine for publishing rights. Ray Davies got shot in the leg at 60 chasing a purse snatcher in New Orleans. Keith Richards is somehow still alive.

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BEHOLD. Things have begun appearing on Getty Images.

Bilbao, Spain - July 12.

Apologies for the poorer quality of the last photo and I’m all for giving photographers credit for their work but the watermark placement did genuinely ruin the composition of that one :’)

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Thank you, Edinburgh!!!

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Generally agreeing with the maximum of 15 characters, though: 1) I could make some longer phrases since I'm using 'mini pony beads' -about 3mm x 5mm- as filler because it's what was in the house. (Thanks for cancelling the 2020 family reunion, Covid!) I read somewhere that it's good to cut 20cm lengths of cord and then trim them after you tie them off, so that's what I've been doing.

2) I'm also making them somewhat in relation to the measurements of MY wrist, which is 17cm around. I'm also five-foot-ten and come from a long line of dirt-farming Celtic peasants so YMMV. Only time will tell if they fit the general populace.

3) I'm purposefully trying to mix it up, but I'm also playing favorites A LOT. "Woofer? Two bracelets for you. Balls? You're lucky I made any. And none for Ingmar Bergman. Bye!" Meanwhile I had plenty of letters for two "My Baby's Taking Me Home" bracelets and an Electronic Dance Beat. 😅 I regret that I did not make a 'One Freak Bitch' but LB was possibly already over-represented.

4) For a dig at Morrissey I will MAKE room. Gatdamn transphobic Brexiteering shitbag...

hey party people. anyone going to the Cleveland sparks show in September? I'm thinking about making more sparkslets later on and I'm probably gonna make whatever the hell strikes me but also if y'all have any suggestions for songs or phrases lmk!! 💕I will be wearing my Spars one but she's MY baby, can always make more if any friends out there like it too ☺️