February 2012
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When you accidentally put "Communist Daughter" by...
I have never walked so quickly as when I realised, and I still got to the dock just after “semen stains the mountain tops”.
Let’s play good versus bad, shall we? The Good: I’m now finally home after a month travelling with my family in the US.
The Bad: We came back to discover that a week into our trip, our electricity went out in a storm and both the fridge and freezer are full of maggots. MAGGOTS.
The Good: We can claim up to $400 of loss of food from our contents insurance.
The Bad: My parents...
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Colbert: Your book Cell has a gay protagonist. Was that your attempt to show people how terrifying gay people are?
Stephen King: No the main character meets up with a guy who is, uh... a gay guy but it doesn't play a big part in the plot.
Colbert: Is he a murderer?
Stephen King: No, he is not a murderer, he's a nice guy
Colbert: Is he gay-marrying people? Is that what's terrifying?
Stephen King: No, he's actually helping people along their way.
Colbert: And then when he helps them, they have to feel better about gay people and that terrifies them.
Stephen King: They do have to feel better about gay people, but he's also, I think, a fine American who just happens to be...
Colbert: Terrifyingly gay.
Stephen King: A gay American...
Colbert: Terrorist.
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Hanklerfish hunting at the airport in Washington! No fishes or yeti’s, but I did find a purple J Scribble. It took a lot of self restraint to not buy that one… So I bought five other books instead.
ETA: This has been a very John Green holiday. Apart from seeing TFiOS everywhere, including three airports, a chemists and a supermarket, today we drove past a yellow “Waffle...
