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There was a time when spammers were creative, artistic, poetic even. Remember this classic?
A blithe spirit near another parking lot starts reminiscing about lost glory, but a demon for a globule lazily cooks cheese grits for a paycheck toward a minivan
Or what about this one?
Let there be light (even of the hazy variety), and the […]

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Reader, I remember The Adventures of Guonacoman, a book about a TV series about a half man, half guanaco by Ben Pobjie like it was only yesterday, which it was. I’m not very good at remembering names, especially the names of actors, celebrities, close friends, parents, so for the entire book I was thinking that […]

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Super Lemon: OH! Powerful Candy
You’re not kidding. These are stronger than warheads and when you pop one in your mouth you will have the same expression as the girl on the cover of this packet
Green Tea Soft Candy
I don’t know why this is called candy. It’s foul tasting chewy stuff that only an evil […]

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When my optometrist suggested I get glasses with multifocal lenses I had some vague idea that maybe they would give me the vision of a fly and I’d suddenly have 3000 lenses per eye and a flicker fusion rate of 300 a second and my sight would be so keen I’d be able to catch […]

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Is she a child or an Ood?
Happy 14th Birthday my little chickpea!
xxx

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I expect you’re probably thinking you’d no way in a million years watch Barbie’s The Island Princess. I too was like you once but here I am reviewing it so it just goes to show that the only thing in this world we can be sure of is that Barbie is a blonde with […]

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Sing a Song for Us Tonight is a segment where people choose a song that is special to them and explain why. Today’s guest is Perseus Q. He’s chosen Sonic Youth and their song The Diamond Sea. Here’s his story
If The Stooges and The Velvet Underground are the grand-daddies of grunge (and punk, […]

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Gloves are important when you’re reading in bed and your poor little hands are exposed to the elements. Gone are the days when you struggled to turn a page with your mittened paws. The top half of these elegant mittens flips back to reveal fingerless gloves, making these both beautiful and practical. Isn’t nature […]

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Perth is getting its own Tiffany’s store (Perth already has a Tiffanys of another kind*) and there has been some conjecture about which of Perth’s movers and shakers will be invited to the launch tomorrow. However I don’t want to bring you wild guesses. I have the actual list right here
The Real List
1. Tom Jones: […]

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How to Make Those Fabric Button Hairbands
You will need the following:
buttons for covering and the plastic tool which can be got in various quantities and sizes here
(the one shown here is a 1 and a half inch button i.e 3.81 cms diam)
small wire cutters/pliers
craft wire
fabric
snag-free hair elastic
plain tissues
material scissors

Take the cutter/pliers and remove the […]

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