Stephen Temperley

Thinking of revising 'No Exit' for a woman trapped in a room with two tech bros talking non-stop about Greenland.

Can't spell pompous without pomp. (I don't know what it means, either. I've been up since five.)

Trying to come to terms with Phaedrus and I don't have enough bookmarks!

Casual Viewing | Will Tavlin A decade before Airbnb persuaded homeowners to transform their homes into hotels, Netflix convinced its users to turn theirs into mini Netflix warehouses. Customers who held onto their DVDs for longer...

I didn't see that option. I'm not really allowed to watch serials - rules are strict around here - but I might give it a shot. Answers the question everybody in the biz keeps asking: how does Netflix stay in business if nobody's watching? www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess...

I just got a couple of what looked like Russian sex bots.

On Netflix I can't get past the terrible American dubbing. They did the same to Godzilla Minus One.

Four years? Why four? What makes anyone think it won’t be eight? At a minimum.

You like to think that paper can’t get any worse and then it does. Roughly once a week.

Currently learning modern Greek via Pimsleur and the male and female voices seemed to be locked in an ugly, passive-aggressive war of nerves about how much wine or beer they’re going to drink at whose place, who’s going to pay for it, and with what.

Time to up my subscription amount.

She's very good. Marcotte, not Johnson.

At least now maybe people will stop reviving Gypsy. Oh wait...

Like twitter. Because that went so well.

Isn't he kind of old to be doing this? I mean it's been years he's been doing this same thing. He must be really old. Why won't he step aside so someone can do this who isn't so old?

Bitter Almonds A tale of the uncanny for Hallowe'en

Because there isn't enough horror facing us I thought I adapt and record a 'tale of the uncanny'. A seaside village, 1903, Knights Templar, ruins, and a whistle.

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Not everyone. I’m still here.

For the same reason that people subscribe to the New Yorker. To signal to themselves and others that they are That Kind Of Person. In the case of the NYT it means serious and informed, culturally hip and down with the latest place to eat Roman-style pizza.

Is there video?

What? WHAT??? V ?

Don’t forget boring. It is going to be indescribably boring.

So what exactly did he buy? Apart from the clown shoes?