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• “If we gift them with a past, we create a cushion or a pillow for their emotions, and consequently, we can control them better.” #
• read SVK in the dark by Maglite (and viewer). giving in to subsequent urge to watch Smiley's People. #
• season4 opener of The 4400: kid uses his messianic power to make his classmates listen to TV On The Radio. AS YOU WOULD. They're awesome! #
• ~3yo Shane Botwin on Freaks'n'Geeks freaking us tv geeks out. #
• what he says –> RT @GrinderBot: grinding.be: TED Talk: Maajid Nawaz on "A global culture to fight extremism" http://bit.ly/rn3fpl #

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• http://twitgoo.com/2l95a9 #
• limping along with loaner LCD from @zaboots. now to the Park for the Little Spring. #
• Not going back to the cafe on Albert Park until it's time to drink coffee and watch the world burn. #greatviewshameabouttheotherpeople #
• Submarine – perfect film to see a Sunday afternoon turn into evening. But I shan't be buying a pea coat. #

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• Just when I was about to stop reading for the night, "Riot at Xavier's" #newxmen #
• "It's like breathing the electric air of the future." #newxmen #fuckyeahgrantmorrison #
• "The war for the future will be fought in the past" #the4400 || "destroy the past, create the future" #paxromana #
• Time for a game of: Top 10 Things My Nan Said About My Hipster Beard. #
• No. 10 – You look like a bushranger! #

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• As Homework Assignments *see Hanna* is a pretty easy one. #adaptordie #
• Intermission. There will be burgers. #
• So, this Rise of the Planet of the Apes remake *does* look quite Uplift'ing. #
• Captain America is a strange beast. Snake Plissken refs and a possible AtomPunk take on the Matrix. Loved his outfits and cognitive agility. #
• oh hai Fantomex! #

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• It's almost like Morrison's New X-Men run and the 4400 were made to be consumed in parallel. #
• So what we're seeing today is basically Norwegian Soft Power. #welcometo20 ! #
• "we weren't trying to kill anyone. we were preserving the status quo.. doing a good thing" #the4400 #thereisnogreatergood #
• "What does it even mean, 'Save the future'? … Kill us all? Start over with a smaller, more evolved population?!?" #4400orNewXMen #
• Before the boys arrive for a double bill of Tropa de Elite, we squeeze in Sheldrake at Google http://youtu.be/JnA8GUtXpXY #rainysundayarvo #

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• "Stay here by the phone" #recentlyexpiredphrases #
• Latest news says at least 80 dead in Norway. #
• (((#aikidoinfrastructure))) #
• "your favorite writer is Alan Moore" #the4400 #justincaseyournotpayingattention #

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• You are the version of you that hasn't died yet. Keep at it! #
• Mormon Mafias in Mexico are mesmerising. #

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• Cc @mpesce @moonandserpent @catvincent etc RT @leashless: Boskops IQ 150 hominids? Annoying we can't meet any of these – http://t.co/Q4ehwTj #
• Who let the toddlers loose in teh War Room again?! #
• Teenage Conan and Hanna battle invaders from the Sixth Dimension. #
• I have to return some DVDs #
• The wifey has moved on to Big Love (s4). Pinkman is in it. I think I just had a teeny weeny stroke. #
• Medicating with 90mins of Valhalla Rising. #
• Of course. Patrick McGoohan in Scanners. And now we come full circle. #

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• UK Parliamentary hearings > Final Space Shuttle flight #historyliveontv #midSingularity #mmmmaxheadroom #
• If I ate popcorn, I'd be making popcorn right now. (Instead, I'm eating dark chocolate with chili in it.) #
• Not that I HAVE 50K EMPLOYEES Defense again… #
• PARAGON! #takeadrink #
• I swear James got a punch in then #
• Nup #
• "…I guess they weren't looking for shaving foam." #
• "your wife has a very good left hook" #
• RT @quinnnorton: "We need quaint friendly doctor" .. much like the need for mod friendly doctors. #
• because he's a Lizard Person RT @GreatDismal: Body language experts noting younger Murdoch's tongue tell (It flicks out when he's irritated) #
• Anyone got the name of James Murdoch's Melbourne manicurist? immabout to scratch my eyes out! #mustnotwatchingnailbitingcontent #

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• http://youtu.be/_zeza1xeWKM #
• RT @doctor_raye: Everything's going to be OK http://make-everything-ok.com/ #
• Medicinal kebab is medicinal. #
• they had me at "Live from: Space" #
• "Now look, some of my best friends are Warning Labels. BUT…" #
• Also: "I don't like to use the phrase Nanny State. It's more like a Matron State… #
• Damn you @thegrumpyowl, now I'm dancing around the house declaring random objects to be a Superstar! #
• Source Code – much better on second viewing. Now trying to think of other fiction where protag has (& overcomes) 2nd Degree Cognitive Shock. #