Happy Lunar New Year!

Belated Happy Lunar New Year, everyone! I don’t believe in horoscopes, geomancy, and fortune tellers, as you all know. But I hope that in whatever we do, we shall persevere steadily and assuredly…unlike that silly rabbit in the Chinese zodiac mythology. It’s interesting to see the similarity between this legend and Aesop’s fable of the […]

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Where Are You Nrllee aka Ms Royally Blunt?

Hi @nrllee, I’ve been living under a rock these past couple of weeks. Will you please fill me in on the Harry and Rachel/Meghan continuing saga post-Megxit? Thanks. I heard that he released a book called “Spare” and in it, he mentioned using his late mother’s cream — Elizabeth Arden — on his frostbitten wiener? […]

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Memories of the Alhambra: Ep 3 Rewatch on Sat, Jan 21

The thread is open. Start Time: Saturday, 13.30 UTC 5.30am PST 8.30am EST 9.30am Caracas 1.30pm London 2.30pm Paris 3.30pm Athens 9.30pm Singapore, Perth @Growing Beautifully, @WEnchanteur, @Feifei, @Old American Lady, @salteddust, @Cleopatra, and @Kelley are doing the rewatch. Here’s the tentative schedule from @GB. MOTA Rewatch Tentative Schedule Episode 3 – Jan 21 (Chinese […]

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Memories of the Alhambra: Ep 2 Rewatch on Sat, Jan 14

The thread is open. Start Time: 13.30 UTC which is Saturday, 5.30am PST 8.30am EST 9.30am Caracas 1.30pm London 2.30pm Paris 3.30pm Athens 9.30pm Singapore, Perth @Growing Beautifully, @WEnchanteur, @Feifei, @Old American Lady, @salteddust, @Cleopatra, and @Kelley are doing the rewatch. If you’re a lurker interested in joining the rewatch, please de-lurk before Saturday so […]

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Bitch Talk: The Georgette Heyer Book Club

Capital! I’ve started on my first Georgette Heyer romance, and I couldn’t help laughing at some Regency’s expressions like “Capital!” that translates into “Awesome!” for me, and “Lit!” or “Gucci!” for kids. It was @Kate who mentioned Ms Heyer in this month’s What Are We Watching? She said that her whole family grew up on […]

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