Tag Archives: memes and surveys

Inie or outie?

Posted on April 17, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “Introvert or Extrovert: Which are You?” I don’t know that I’d identify with either, since my expressiveness can vary widely depending on whom I’m with. My best friend from school, for instance, … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Characters I’d Go on Vacation With

Posted on April 16, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is characters we’d go on vacation with. But first, some teases! And now, in a never-before-attempted bit of meta-metaphysical wizardry, the real Neil Patrick Harris will reappear to bedazzle you with a magic trick. And by “you,” we … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Screenshots that Leave Ya Wonderin’

Posted on April 9, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is a freebie, so I’m going to go completely off topic with game screenshots that….well, leave a player asking questions. These are all my personal screenshots, from 2004 to now. (…I’m a data hoarder…) But first, a tease! … Continue reading →

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Aged Veterans of the virtual TBR

Posted on April 3, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s prompt from Long and Short Reviews is “Books that have been on our TBR the Longest”. I dealt with my physical TBR last year, so I’m going to take a look at my Kindle library, sort by “Oldest”, and … Continue reading →

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Tudor teasing

Posted on April 2, 2024 by smellincoffee

To us, many of the flowers in an Elizabethan garden would look more like wild flowers than our carefully hybridised varieties, since modern varieties have been bred to maximise flower size and length of season, often at the expense of … Continue reading →

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March’s last Tuesday tease

Posted on March 26, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s TTT is TV shows or movies that would have made amazing books. But first, the teasin’. It is pretty generally recognised in the circles in which he moves that Bertram Wooster is not a man who lightly throws in … Continue reading →

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Springing into Teases

Posted on March 19, 2024 by smellincoffee

Happy Spring! Today’s TTT is books on our TBR. But first, teases! But firster, Vivaldi! They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was … Continue reading →

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A trio of teases

Posted on March 12, 2024 by smellincoffee

“When you set foot on an island without rats, the skies are full of seabirds. It’s noisy because of the cacophony that those birds are making. And it smells of guano and ammonia, particularly if it has recently rained. It’s … Continue reading →

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Wednesday blogging prompt: Nonfiction

Posted on March 6, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s blogging prompt from Long and Short Reviews is ‘what nonfiction have you read lately’. After an early-year start dominated by fiction, nonfiction is at last beginning to regain its usual dominance of my reading pile. It began with some … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday

Posted on February 27, 2024 by smellincoffee

Today’s treble-T is covers with things found in nature, so off to the science shelves I go. Et voila! Time for Tuesday teases! I have changed the names of many characters in this book, because most of those people own … Continue reading →

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