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Read during lunch break, from Th. Mann's diaries: (...) Mißlungener Versuch, mir morgens Kaffee zu bereiten. (...) [13. 8. 48]

However did men of this class survive?!


In other news, lots of work, preparing for inventory... tired.

Temperatures have dropped again.

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Might as well post it... :: shrugs :: I’m not in the mood today for any deeper & more personal reflections anyway.

[Where this came from… when I’m bored occasionally I lurk on fandom_wank, because it tends to be faintly amusing and just like those talks shows allows you the (most likely misguided) self-indulgent belief that your life is normal and sane by comparison.

No way I’m getting actively involved in this debate, but you can only read so much fangirlish whining about how JKR doesn’t properly appreciate the characters she herself created...]

( Harry Potter, racism, fascism and morality in art )

To conclude, even though I realise that art is always a highly emotional subject, I wish people would grow up and get over the notion that an artist owes them anything beyond whatever product they chose to pay for.