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Somewhat unimpressed with my cheap, shitty paring knife.
We were given a half-decent knife block as a wedding present a long time ago, and over the last year or so I’ve gradually been replacing the kni…
John Birmingham
Feb 6
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Somewhat unimpressed with my cheap, shitty paring knife.
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I don't know why it delights me that the Brits built a tea kettle into their main battle tank, but I can confirm that it does.
John Birmingham
Feb 6
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I don't know why it delights me that the Brits built a tea kettle into their main battle tank, but I can confirm that it does.
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Boss Level
… would be a great name for the final Dave Hooper novel! Okay. Okay. More painkillers. Back to work now.
John Birmingham
Feb 1
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Boss Level
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January 2023
Settle down, tiger
Just got home from a morning of surgery. Had a couple of skin cancers cut out of my back, one of them right on the scapula. This next bit is whe…
John Birmingham
Jan 31
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Settle down, tiger
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"I'm comin' for you, JB. And bland, non specific plot points are comin' with me!" - Marshal ChatGPT
I’m not sleeping on the ‘threat’ from AI. But it’s not keeping me up at night either. Here’s a query I just fed ChatGPT: Using the story beats s…
John Birmingham
Jan 30
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"I'm comin' for you, JB. And bland, non specific plot points are comin' with me!" - Marshal ChatGPT
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Snip!
Off to get snipped tomorrow. No, not like that. This is just another bunch of skin cancers coming off my back. I’ve had so many of these things …
John Birmingham
Jan 30
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Snip!
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Proper Chips
Wednesday night was effectively Friday night because of the public holiday on Thursday. So, we had dinner at Green Glass because Jane had a long…
John Birmingham
Jan 26
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Proper Chips
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A dog is hiding in this photo.
But I’ll bet you can’t find him because he is NOT in the pool. No. Not at all. Because that would be wrong.
John Birmingham
Jan 26
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A dog is hiding in this photo.
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A bird strangles itself.
The Atlantic’s David Frum has been running an experiment on his Twitter account. On my computer, I am checking the latest tweets by people I fol…
John Birmingham
Jan 26
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A bird strangles itself.
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West End Strength
I have a walk around West End a couple of times a week. It's a pleasant enough stroll and gets my steps up for the day. It also clears my head b…
John Birmingham
Jan 23
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West End Strength
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I'll take my apology black, with a dash of sweet revenge.
Every now and then, I make the mistake of letting someone on this accursed internet know that I have a Nespresso and that I quite like it. Inevi…
John Birmingham
Jan 23
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I'll take my apology black, with a dash of sweet revenge.
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You're seeing it wrong.
I remember the absolute shitstorm over that very, very dark Game of Thrones episode, The Long Night. I also remember being a bit nonplussed at t…
John Birmingham
Jan 20
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You're seeing it wrong.
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