WGS84

Genuflect: Kneeling on a pew in worship.

Cicadian rhythm: Your body's natural 24 hour clock. Your wake-sleep cycle.

Proletariat: The workers of society/the working class.

Solipsism: Believing that only your mind or your views exist or are valid

"It's equal rights. I have the right to see fine in every colour" - (Mary Jackson, Hidden Figures).

"If you don't like how a sausage is made, eat it with your eyes closed" (John Shaft II).

"I'm an equal opportunities ass whooper" (John Shaft II).

"Apologising does not always mean you’re wrong and the other person is right. It just means you value your relationship more than your ego" 

- (Mike Matthews)

• "And so he told me his secret formula for happiness. Part one of the two-part plan was that I should just get on with ordinary life, living it day by day, like anyone else.

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• But then came part two of Dad's plan. He told me to live every day again almost exactly the same. The first time with all the tensions and worries that stop us noticing how sweet the world can be, but the second time noticing

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• And in the end I think I've learned the final lesson from my travels in time; and I've even gone one step further than my father did. The truth is I now don't travel back at all, not even for the day. I just try to live every day as if I've deliberately come back to this one day, to enjoy it, as if it was the full final day of my extraordinary, ordinary life."

- (Tim Lake, About Time)

Corinthians 13:7 

Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Why go out for hamburger when you have steak at home? (Paul Newman)

The world is perfect. Appreciate the details. (Dean, The Dead Don't Die)

Contentment is the greatest wealth above all.

A monks true duty is to become a beacon of hope for others especially those who have made mistakes and have nowhere to turn.

The only thing that does not change in this world is change itself.

- (Monk Anek, Episode 'Buddha Data' from Tomorrow + I)

It wasn't a judgement. It was a comment of sincere praise.

(Yo-han, The Fiery Priest, S1:E5)

If the celestial bodies are the great universe, the world humans live in is the small universe. Each human is a star and I'm studying the stars everyday, one by one, while scanning barcodes.

(Yo-han, The Fiery Priest, S1:E7)

The bigger the star, the sooner it burns out. You're going to burn strong and long, just like a small star.

(Yo-han, The Fiery Priest, S1:E8)

A tiger that protects the King.

(Song-sak, The Fiery Priest, S1:E13)

With age, people should gain dignity, not visceral fat.

(Kim Hae-il/Father Michael, S1:E14)

You should think carefully, since you only have one canvas (when Prosecutor Park wondered if she should get a tattoo).

(Kim Hae-il/Father Michael, S1:E14)

I was just feeling the gravity.

(Yo-han, The Fiery Priest, S1:E20)

Kindness should never be against the rules.

(Father Brown, S12:E7)

My nerves are turned on. 

I hear them like musical instruments. 

Where there was silence the drums, the strings are incurably playing. 

You did this.
Pure genius at work. 

Darling, the composer has stepped into fire.

(Anne Sexton)

Watch out for love
(unless it is true,
and every part of you says yes including the toes)

(Anne Sexton)

Have nothing in your room that you do not believe to be beautiful or know to be useful.

(William Morris)

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WGS85

Are you sure you aren’t applying 21st century standards to a patriarchal value system that was normal then but no longer informs the ethos of our society?

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Gender egalitarian society.

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A new type of thinking is essential if mankind

is to survive and move to higher levels - (Einstein).

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Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love.Violence ends up defeating itself.

It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers - (Dr Martin Luther King Jr).

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A society that values women without diminishing men.

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Raise daughters to take their place as equals and feel confident, beautiful, capable, and courageous. Raise sons to love and admire their female equals -  (Maleka from Merumaya)

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It takes a strong back

and a soft front

to face the world.

— (Roshi Joan Halifax).

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I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation - (Wednesday Addams)

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There's a blessed equity in the English social system that ensures the public school man against starvation

- (Captain Grimes from Decline and Fall written by Eleanor Waugh).

The above quote and the 'tempering discretion with deceit' notion reminds the Domestic Goblin of certain buffoons in the Tory party... 

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Their democratic flavour doesn't suit my palate (Lestat, Interview with the Vampire)

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White Ravens

Series 1

Episode 5

Time stamp: 40:28

Helen Webb threatens Cole Atwood:

"If you can't get us Trent, then we don't need you. And if we don't need you, then I'm gonna get Sam here to march you to Hampstead Heath and shoot you in the back of the head."

Cole Atwood looks at Sam Young and asks him:

"Is that true?"

Sam Young sighs, and says:

"It would probably be Richmond Park..."

Series 1

Episode 6

Time stamp: 45:23

Helen Webb: You don't seem like a mob boss' son.

Trent Clark: My mother's not a mob boss. She's a criminally adjacent person of influence."

Gary Poppins

Sandy the Male Nanny

~ Has a degree in Early Childhood Education.

~ Worked for his last family for three years.

~ Understands how hard it is to leave your child with another person. It's like leaving behind a piece of your heart.

~ Believes the most satisfying thing you can do with your life is take care of a child.

~ Can change a diaper.

~ Mades his own lotion for diaper rash. It's a mixture of calendula and honey cream. Plus it keeps the hands young.

~ Says it's an emotional thing when you're welcomed into a new family.

~ Plays the recorder.

~ Recites poetry.

~ Bakes amazing Madeleine's that tastes lighter than air.

~ Performs the 'Snufflebumps' puppet show starring Mr Wigglemunch and the Grumpus. Sandy says studies have shown that the movement and colours help with the baby's cerebral development. The whimsical characters are just for us.

~ Knits baby clothes.

S9:E6

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And what's the one kind of boat that can never, ever sink? 

A FRIENDship...

Emma's First Birthday Party

A collection of video messages that will be given to Emma when she is 18 - like a time capsule.

A dramatic reading of 'Love You Forever' performed by uncle Joey.

A song written and performed by aunt Phoebe.

A birthday cake made by Carino's in New Jersey with Emma's picture on a bunny cake. Yellow cake, chocolate frosting with nuts.

Wind-up toys race (Phoebe gets the bear, Joey gets the robot and Monica and Chandler gets the dog).

Aunt Monica shows Emma how to organise and line up her stuffed animals neatly.

S10:E4

Mike & Phoebe's Wedding

~ Joey to walk Phoebe down the aisle in place of Phoebe's stepdad who couldn't get a weekend furlough from prison.

~ Ross and Chandler not in original wedding party

What Monica originally planned for an elegant and fancier wedding

~ Halibut or salmon

~ Giant ice sculpture to be delivered by 4pm

~ Harpist wears white whilst performing 

~ Flowers: lorkins/orchids

~ Venue: The Hamilton Club

~ Chef/food

~ Bartender/drinks

~ Band and photographer from New Jersey

Rehearsal dinner

~ 18:00

~ No babies at wedding events

~ Only allowing 20 seconds per guest for greeting

~ Pork in pot sticker

~ 20:30: Mikes bathroom break

~ 21:00 rehearsal dinner toast and speeches

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Blizzard: worst snow storm in 20 years with all bridges and tunnels closed

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The simple wedding Mike and Phoebe ended up with

~ The ceremony takes place outside on the street next to Central Perk after snow had settled.

~ Christmas lights courtesy of Gunther.

~ Joey takes over as Minister and does the ceremony.

~ Chandler walks Phoebe down the aisle.

~ Ross helps to hold Chappy (the family dog and third groomsman).

 ~ Marjorie plays the steel drums.

S10:E12

Love Letters of Great Men

Notable entries

I wake filled with thoughts of you. [...] the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart!

[...] I shall see you in three hours. Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

Napoleon Bonaparte (December 1795).

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[...] write me a four page letter instantly made up from those delightful words which full my heart with emotion and joy. 

I hope to hold you in my arms before long, when I shall lavish upon you a million kisses, burning as the equatorial sun.

Napoleon Bonaparte (1797).

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Out of the depths of my happy heart wells a great tide of love and prayer for this priceless treasure that is confided to my life-long keeping.

You cannot see its intangible waves as they flow towards you, darling, but in these lines you will hear, as it were, the distant beating of the surf.

Mark Twain (May 1869)

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Don't write too legibly or intelligibly as I have no occupation so pleasantvas pondering for hours over your hieroglyphics, and for hours more trying to interpret your dark sayings.

A clearly written simply expressed letter is too like the lightening.

Cuff Cooper (June 1914)

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[...] You have set a crown of roses on my youth and fortified me against the disaster of our days.

Your courageous gaiety has inspired me with joy. Your tender faithfulness has been a rock of security and comfort. [...] You have intensified all colours, heightened all beauty, deepened all delight.

Cuff Cooper (August 1918)

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ever thine

ever mine

ever ours 

Ludwig van Beethoven (July 1806)

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* This anthology consisting of love letters written by great men throughout history was originally created as a prop for the film 'Sex and the City' *

Cyrano

Food demanded by Kirsten and Rick

~ Truffle mac and cheese, kale salad and a hamburger.

~ Seared cod, uni, buttered carrots, mashed potatoes, crispy onions rings.

~ Saffron-infused Kobe beef cooked medium rare.

Rick's favourite food

~ Filet from Ai Fiori's.

Rick hates

~ Geoff spelt with the letter G.

~ Sour cream.

Description of Kirsten

~ A stunningly beautiful woman with dark hair and a fierceness thats both scary and inspiring.

Kirsten's favourite food

~ Green curry, medium spicy from Thai Leaf on Broadway.

Kirsten's favourite place

~ Squam Lake in New Hampshire.

* Post inspired by the film Set it Up starring Lucy Liu as Kirsten and Taye Diggs as Rick *

Blades of Grass Have Scars

Blades of grass have scars

And so do flower petals

When I walk along the field path
We walked together

And sit on the field path

Overlooking the sunset

The scarred blades of grass

Will wave their hands at you

But it's the flowers that bear many scars

That are the most fragrant.

Poem written by Jeong Ho-seung

Mr Lee Lives

Lee's Kitchen

THE HERO’S JOURNEY is the story of each and every one of us.

It’s the story of the Pain and Love, Joy and Despair, Struggle and Success in all our lives.

In this series of 5, Mr Lee has created his vision of the most iconic moments in The Hero’s Journey. We follow our young Hero from his humble beginnings in the towering blocks of the Metropolis, to a meeting with the benevolent Goddess in the Cloud Kingdom, through snakes and thorns in the Underworld, between the jaws of the Dragon until he reaches the peace of self-enlightenment and self-knowledge.

The Hero's Journey Chapter 1: The Call to Adventure 

“A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step” (Lao Tzu)

A final farewell to our hero’s humble beginnings as he embarks on his mission to find enlightenment through perseverance, persistence and patience.

Leaving behind the treacherous enclaves of a dangerous metropolis, our hero looks back one last time before setting off on his quest.

The Hero's Journey Chapter 2: Meeting with the Mentor

“A boy comes to me with a spark of interest, I feed the spark and it becomes a flame. I feed the flame and it becomes a fire. I feed the fire and it becomes a roaring blaze"

(Cus D’Amato)

Having embarked on his journey, he is at the point of no return, on the brink of leaving his old life and going all-in. A door has opened in his everyday existence and a new world is ahead of him. As he is about to cross the threshold, a friend presents herself with advice and a gift.

The Hero's Journey Chapter 3: The Road of Trials

“Do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one”

(Bruce Lee)

This is Hell. With gritted teeth, our hero is battling for his life. He is cut, bruised, bleeding, but unrelenting. The odds are against him - all the elements are striving to bury him 6 feet under in an unmarked grave. But his resolve is strong; he knows the sun always shines after the storm.

The Hero's Journey Chapter 4: Reconciliation with the Father

“Luke, I am your father”

(Darth Vader)

Our hero has been caught out at one minute to midnight. Sneaking into the innermost cave, he has been captured by the very dragon he came to kill. It is only then, with his life flashing before his eyes, that he realises that this dragon has no hate for him. In fact, there is mutual understanding and respect between them. Not every dragon needs to be slain. They make their peace and go their separate ways.

The Hero's Journey Chapter 5: The Resurrection

“Knowledge is Freedom” 
(Miles Davis)

Our hero has been hurt and humbled, tried and tested to his limits. He has trudged to the top of the mountain and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. He’s travelled to the end of the world and back again. He is scarred and weather worn but unbroken. His experiences have cleansed his heart and spirit and allowed him to truly know himself. The fear of death has been replaced by the freedom to live.

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Sponge Bob Square Pants

In September 2024, the Domestic Goblin decided to test out a new eco sponge scourer from Seep in an attempt to reduce her plastic usage.

Verdict: Nice concept. Would have liked the two layers to be more sturdy and not separate so easily.

Thanks to colleague KD for recommending this brand.

Slough

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!

It isn't fit for humans now,
There isn't grass to graze a cow.
Swarm over, Death!

Come, bombs and blow to smithereens
Those air -conditioned, bright canteens,
Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans,
Tinned minds, tinned breath.

Mess up the mess they call a town-
A house for ninety-seven down
And once a week a half a crown
For twenty years.

And get that man with double chin
Who'll always cheat and always win,
Who washes his repulsive skin
In women's tears:

And smash his desk of polished oak
And smash his hands so used to stroke
And stop his boring dirty joke
And make him yell.

But spare the bald young clerks who add
The profits of the stinking cad;
It's not their fault that they are mad,
They've tasted Hell.

It's not their fault they do not know
The birdsong from the radio,
It's not their fault they often go
To Maidenhead

And talk of sport and makes of cars
In various bogus-Tudor bars
And daren't look up and see the stars
But belch instead.

In labour-saving homes, with care
Their wives frizz out peroxide hair
And dry it in synthetic air
And paint their nails.

Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough
To get it ready for the plough.
The cabbages are coming now;
The earth exhales.

Written by John Betjeman in 1937

The Legends of Greemulax written and illustrated by K.C. Schmidt

A young adult fantasy book with a positive message about how boys should treat girls. There will be dragons and monsters and the monsters live inside them and try to trick them! All on a planet called Greemulax.

A real good message for boys. There's a little monster inside you, and most of the time, you're friends, but when it gets mad or hungry or thinks it deserves something that belongs to someone else, it tries to take over your body.

Suitable for kids aged 7 and over.

Featuring female knights called Rainbow Knights - a play on Rainbow Brite

The inspirational message of female empowerment.

The first step towards fixing the world is remembering the good inside you is stronger than the bad.

A magic trolley - science we haven't discovered yet.

An allegory for gender politics.

Character names include: Exthipianne Porheep (based on Xanthippe Vorhees); Turdgun the Pudding Man (based on Titus); Queen Lorianne the Wobbly (based on Kimmy's mum).

Do they ever escape Greemulax? Do the boys figure out how to control their monsters? Why does society keep feeding the monsters?

It turns out that Greemulax is just a mirage created by the Grabagorns. Each boy is born with a key inside him to tame his own monster! That's their one weakness!

* Information taken from 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt *

Kimmy Rings Tia Donna Maria

Taco Snake sings 12 days of Christmas: 

🎵On the nth day of Christmas, my Tia gave to me🎵

Twelve lifelong dining memories

Eleven soda refills

Ten items from the gift shop

Fla a a a an

Eight more margaritas

Seven choice of toppings

Six reasonably priced entrees

Five mole sauce

Four mariachis

Three chips and salsas

Two margaritas

And a nachos platter for the table

Nachos de Jesus recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Take a party-sized bag or Tia Donna Maria's Fiesta Flavoured Nachos Chip-aritas and place on a cookie tray.

Generously sprinkle Tia Donna Maria's Queso Mexicano for Jesus' furry beard.

Cut a black olive in half to make Jesus' kind and loving eyes, full of forgiveness.

Place nachos Jesus in the oven for eight- ten minutes or wait until Jesus' edges are bubbly.

Diarrhea related emergency

We apologise for your diarrhea related emergency.

If you believe your mass does not conform to any known Bristol scale classification, please whang up immediately and text a picture of it to the University of Bristol, Biology Department at country code 44 0117 394 121.

Stay hydrated muchachos!

* Information tooken from Kimmy vs The Reverend *

28 April 1876

Is it your habit, sir, to simply enter a conversation without introduction?

The meal is the result of reflection and study. Menus are prepared in advance and timed to perfection. It is said without the culinary arts, the crudeness of reality would be unbearable.

You shake and shake the ketchup bottle. None will come and then a lot'll.

Perhaps one day when you have awoken from a pleasant slumber to the scent of a warm brioche smothered in marmalade and fresh creamery butter, you'll understand that life is not soley composed of tasks, but tastes.

Do you require a chaperone? His intentions are obvious.

If we were courting, as a matter if honour, I would have informed you of my intentions in writing.

I warn you scoundrel, I was trained to ride at the Kings Academy and schooled in weaponry by the palace guards. You stand no chance. When you run, I shall ride. When you stop, the steel of this strap will be lodged in your brain.

Basement at the Louvre; unspoiled by dilettante.

Merry Andrew.

No one wants to be romanced by a buffoon.

You admired her but hesitant to make an overture since you were told she was courting another.

Overture: make your intentions known. Think of pleasing her, not vexing her.

Some feel, that to court a woman in ones employ is nothing more than a serpentine effort to transform a lady to a whore.

No, not a serpent. That's too grand a word. Simply a braggart and a cad.

Dearest Catherine,

I behaved as an imbecile last night. Animated in part by drink, in part by your beauty and in part by my own foolish pride. For that I am profoundly sorry. Please accept as a gesture of my apology, a private dinner on the rooftop tonight at eight o'clock.

Orange lily implies hatred.

Lavender implies danger.

Begonia implies uspicion.

Amaryllis or cabbage rose declares the recipient a most splendid beauty.

You've made an impression on me.

Nine-grain toast with strawberries and mascarpone.

* Quotes taken from the film: Kate & Leopold *

MakeupEnvy / Danica Jardien

Asian Wedding Makeup (2009)

Tools:

MAC 217 brush

MAC 266 for powder (soft angled brush)

Curl lashes with a teaspoon

Disposable mascara wand

Makeup 
MAC Select Moisturecover concealer
Makeup Forever HD Loose Powder
MAC Dame Blush (Dolly Mix for deeper skin tones)
Nars The Multiple in South Beach
MAC Rubenesque
MAC Hush Eye Shadow
MAC Star Violet Eye Shadow
MAC Naked Lunch Eye Shadow

MAC Sketch Eye Shadow
MAC Point Black Liquidlast (used as a durable waterproof mascara)

MAC Fascinating Eye Khol
MAC Dervish Lip Pencil
MAC Modesty Lipstick
MAC Nymphette Lipglass

Easy Smoky Eye (2009)

Tools:

MAC 219 pencil / smudger brush

Makeup:

ELF Eye Primer and Eye Liner Sealer (for normal-dry lids)

Stila Eye Kajal - black (you can use brown or purple for a softer look)

MAC Carbon Eyeshadow (to set the eye liner)