I did some work about this kind of stuff for my masters and read a bunch of out there books about evangelical Christian eschatology and my main thoughts were 1. Wow you’re trying to box tick God into the apocalypse and 2. Oh so this too is ultimately antisemitic

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Chances are that I’ll put a teaspoon of butter into the sauce when no one is looking

No David, 60 place grid penalties are actually extremely enjoyable to me

I am reading a book about murder in ancient Rome and it has used both “large adult son” and “chinny reckon” and I am FASCINATED by how these phrases (and others) have been translated not just for North American readers but also into other languages

I took part in the RSPB’s #BigGardenBirdWatch, and my top spot was the Blue Tit but I saw fewer Tits than the national average bit.ly/3tgxjGS

I love how you can press the little superscript numbers in an ebook and it takes you right to the footnote and you press it again and it takes you back to where you were reading

In honour of Tolkien’s birthday, Kobo has recommended me 4 books… that I already have.

The most delightful thing for me lately, as someone who likes to learn about everything, is that the friends and mutuals I’ve been blessed with over the last 20+ years all know STUFF about THINGS to a high level so I get to enjoy newsletters, blogs, academic papers, books, podcasts etc about it all

It’s been mainly a “watch what’s on regular telly kind of time” #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

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After literally decades of seeing me wear the spooky pyjamas and drink out of mugs emblazoned with all the characters, my Mum has gotten curious enough about The Nightmare Before Christmas to actually watch it.