Catherine

Pure talent.

"But it's the terror of being just one person—one chance, one set of days— that keeps me absolutely still tonight" -- Denis Johnson

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The word escalate did not exist before escalators. Its first recorded usage was in 1922. I learned this this morning and I still can't stop thinking about it.

End-stage capitalism. Is this really what we want for humanity?

A thread of excerpts from her sublime short stories:

When my Dad first went to America in the 1960s he asked for a serviette in a restaurant and was told “sorry, sir, we only have waiters here.”

#Hacks flipping the bird to every rule of screenwriting and educating the audience about AI whether they like it or not. Love to see it.

Holy Thursday Batman!

Irish Times recipe uncannily aware of my emotional fragility

💔#Iran

Does the whole skiers injecting their penises with acid to fly further thing remind anyone else of the raccoons in Princess Mononoke spreading their scrotums to fly? It does now.

Instead of blaming Met Éireann, could politicians perhaps give a single moment's thought to the headlong rush to build more data centres?

#Davos

Picture of the staff who operate my account:

Baffled that #TheSerpentQueen seems to be completely overlooked. Such an insane, fun, over-the-top extravaganza of a show, with the always compelling Samantha Morton leading an excellent cast.

A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.

#Tresspasses

#christmas #vilechristmas

I HOWLED

Ok so I know it's my own fault for hate-watching *that* show, but who in the hell would get out of the shower, put on bra and pants, then an exquisite silk negligee (WHILE STILL SOAKING WET), and then get into bed like that? I am gobsmacked, gobsmacked I tell you.

“You really need to get over yourself”. -me as a therapist

At a playground in LA a couple of years ago with my grandkids I had a great chat with a lady. I even gave her parenting advice. When we were leaving my daughter in law told me I had been chatting with Christina Ricci. I had no idea. She was very sweet.

If you wrote a character this lacking in self-awareness you’d be slammed as a really, really shit writer. And they would be right.

why did this make me laugh

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At a playground in LA a couple of years ago with my grandkids I had a great chat with a lady. I even gave her parenting advice. When we were leaving my daughter in law told me I had been chatting with Christina Ricci. I had no idea. She was very sweet.

What a lovely morning, I might take my coffee outside and listen to the birdsong- No. No you will not. For the Age of the Strimmer has come.

Inners

Pope on a Hot Tin Roof

"Very fucking funny"

“You’re just a lady of the night, are you not Donald?”

What unit of size do we use to describe objects in space? Dishwashers, obviously, duh.

Editor: Did you mention the James Webb Space Telescope in that article about the asteroid? Journalist: Yeah boss, real fucking sexy, just like you asked.

I’ve decided to go into business for myself, anyone with any sort of issues with baldness please come see me at “Hell Toupee” once we get up and running.