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Mercuric Cyanide
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Miscellany
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A rather well informed write-up on the uses of Mercuric Cyanide, it's uses for syphilis and side effects. Of interest because if you read the full unedited version of Casanova's Memoirs you'll realize how indispensable it was for him. And Boswell and a host of other classical older writers...
108 Ct Pink Diamond
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Found
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It could be a bit brighter pink, but I'm sure it'll see it's value at auction.
Link: https://www.earth.com/news/giant-pink-diamond-from-lesotho-is-among-the-largest-ever-found/
Sew Torn
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Which was a curious recommendation from a neighbour (Kramer) - about a Mobile Seamstress who happens across a drug-deal-gone-bad and sees a chance to escape her life.
The absurdity kind of makes it, and the fact that I'd seen a couple of clips on Facebook Reels, and it's ridiculously high reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but - well, curious, but ...
Ariadne again, in a different world.
What struck me most was that I couldn't reconcile the accents, actors, props & scenery. That, from the reviews I read, was the intent. It succeeded.
Anyways, one more permutation of the human experience imagined, lived, and now thankfully gone.
Bugonia - Yorgos Lanthimos
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Fine, but a rather predictable remake of the 2003 Korean film "Save the Green Planet".
I rather preferred Yorgos before he got picked up by Hollywood, his satire since then has rather lost it's edge.
The original film - which I watched immediately afterwards - while far more brutal and torturous to watch - kept more of the value.
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