role model = found

Bratwurst, Bockbier, Beckenbauer, Benz.

currently re-reading for the first time in +20 years, still the goat

Nice! A Ballard mention out in the wild. His stories could really creep into my mind.

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Sounds somewhat familiar! I wanted to become a bus driver, and became a mathematician.

While I find this analysis interesting on the one hand, I am also a little skeptical on the other. A reduction in the number of adjectives could also suggest that Terry’s language was becoming sharper and more focused. I mean, at this point Terry still wrote Night watch, Going postal etc. As for me, things started to get kind of strange around Unseen Academicals. But then it had been already official that Terry was ill. So maybe I was already biased.

I read it as putting them into place mid-sentence (otherwise, I’d say the same)

DU. MACHST. DEN. KAKAO!!

Indeed, thank you!

According to an article of Forbes from 2012, (then) that is more than 8 times the value of Smaug’s treasure. Or his evilness.

I know this magazine BUT Dian Fossey was the one researching gorillas (she’s up there since 1985)

Somewhat funny that they do not mention this year’s episode

which made this rule pretty obvious!

Only the good die young.

My first thought was, that could be an Doctor Who ep. But yeah, Hitchhiker’s suits better!

That’s Johnny Cash on the right side.