@psidnell I’ve put in my diary already 😀 pic.twitter.com/gPdw2fXUBd
And lo! Here I am reading a page of a book that I know nobody else has laid eyes on since it was printed, in 1920. Secondhand book shopping is cool. 5/5 pic.twitter.com/WlzZKvecrU
My late grandad Len’s silver Coronation letter-opener seems the most appropriate tool. 4/5 pic.twitter.com/z4WC0yhsgL
From the contents page, the poem Astrophel most piqued my interest. Turning to it, though, what do I find? Yup. I guess it interested me more than the original owner, or anyone since. 3/5 pic.twitter.com/iivt1s4uNn
It’s a random volume of poetry by Algernon Swinburne. I knew his name from doing crosswords, and that he was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who I’ve been curious about since reading one of @Peculiar’s Bryant and May novels. 2/5 pic.twitter.com/ClAdGNN7c7
I recently went to @Bookbarn_BBI for a browse. Okay, obviously, one does not simply *browse* in a bookshop. I picked this book up on a whim, for £1. The edges are like that because books were sometimes sold with un-cut pages, and the reader would cut them open themselves. 1/5 pic.twitter.com/UKNvTkYrGY
@UrsulaWJ Let me know if you find That One Weird Tip That Will Give You Instant Motivation.
@simongerman600 Also, if you did it, you’d have to get a 3D scan of your head first and do a proper projection, right?
@UrsulaWJ I’ve been staring vacantly at the internet, but apart from that, we appear to be twins today.
Sadly I’m not sure this will be a money-making career path for me. pic.twitter.com/A4OYGhzTUs
@delseccoj @hemeon Yup. Was reminded of that yesterday and remembered wistfully how I used to see a medium URL and be happy that the reading experience would be pleasant.
@jephjacques Did you put a pea under there?
daniel_barker Me: where does all my money GO?
My bank statement: on these things which you purchased
Me: NEVERTHELESS
@psidnell Careful, someone’ll make you a minister.
Christmas has always felt like a near-death experience for me, to be fair. twitter.com/qikipedia/stat…
@ChristinaMcMc First needs one of those roller-coaster cameras for Jacob’s Wells Road so you can all have a laugh at how far you came up out of your seat when it’s all over.
@petedrinks Just spotted this..bristolcraftbeerfestival.co.uksh
@whalemonster God yes. My bugbear is great books with really badly done Kindle versions. @PenguinUKBooks’ Kindle version of William Gibson’s Spook Country *still* has the protagonist “Hollis” rendered as “HoUis” all over the place, for example. Shocking. pic.twitter.com/Rh0zYDFgGP
whalemonster “Numerous examples of “bundled” reviews that make poor products look highly rated – rendering the star rating effectively meaningless.” buff.ly/2CYOY8CFu
@RellyAB Are you, by any chance, sitting brain-dead in front of the internet rather than doing anything that could possibly make up any lost time? #ITME
Hey, Siri, is it possible for an entire country to fall for the sunk-cost fallacy?
@griffinkate If I’d known it had the potential to go on that long or sap as much energy, I’d have re-evaluated my option of learning a new language and moving countries…
dangusset Another unrealistic body standard for girls pic.twitter.com/J5GDBzFxNu
Oh, if only it were that easy. pic.twitter.com/WCxo5R6kbb
JamColley I’ve accidentally set up push notifications for the BBC science magazine and it’s like being followed about by an inquisitive but annoying child pic.twitter.com/xVgCR5ivdo