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Sending many hugs 🫂 🤗 your way

TL *Humaning the Best She Can* wrote: "Sending many hugs 🫂 🤗 your way"

Hugs received! Thank you, sweet girl. 🤗

The like is for surviving, not the disasters. Watch out for orcs and trolls.

Fred wrote: "The like is for surviving, not the disasters. Watch out for orcs and trolls."

And renegade Elves! I always forget about them. 🤣 🫣

As you say, sensei. 🫡

Marquise wrote: "TL *Humaning the Best She Can* wrote: "Sending many hugs 🫂 🤗 your way"

Hugs received! Thank you, sweet girl. 🤗"

You're welcome hun ☺️

The King Charles Spaniel king? But you have the NHS and all that, though I've heard from other people from the UK that it's not all that verschnizzle anymore.

Otherwise, I hope you're doing well. That said, a priest? Not a secular wedding? Interesting.

Well, well, well!... One thing is for sure, whatever the hardships you endure, you never depart from your wonderful sense of humour, which is as inspiring as the reviews you treat us to. I wish you all the best.

Best of luck on the topics where luck is relevant :) I would be unreasonably interested to know more about the life of Supermarquise! :D

Socraticgadfly wrote: "The King Charles Spaniel king? But you have the NHS and all that, though I've heard from other people from the UK that it's not all that verschnizzle anymore."

Your lack of ASOIAF/GOT culture is worrying! 🤣

It's a fandom reference. Sandor "The Hound" Clegane when he abandons the usurping Lannisters mid-battle: "Fuck the Kingsguard, fuck the city, fuck the king." It's been taken as a pfft you in the general direction of the government by fans, some have used it in protests too (like in the Netherlands).

Socraticgadfly wrote: "Otherwise, I hope you're doing well. That said, a priest? Not a secular wedding? Interesting."

Por què no los dos? 🤣

I'll be fine, thank you, Soccy.

ERIC wrote: "Well, well, well!... One thing is for sure, whatever the hardships you endure, you never depart from your wonderful sense of humour..."

All sins are forgivable, except being dull, yeah? And also, too much watching Monty Python has its consequences for life, you end up whistling merrily on the cross. 🤣

Thank you, Eric!

P.E. wrote: "I would be unreasonably interested to know more about the life of Supermarquise! :D"

As the Cub often says, "I only want a boring life." 🫣 But naaah! I've been chosen by the powers-that-be above for a court jester existence. 🤣

:P

Marquise wrote: "Socraticgadfly wrote: "The King Charles Spaniel king? But you have the NHS and all that, though I've heard from other people from the UK that it's not all that verschnizzle anymore."

Your lack of ..."

Got it.

You're still free to call that guy the King Charles Spaniel, though!

And, on the other, does Dos include Dos Equis? Will the dos officiate at the same event? Or is it two events to rake in a double bridal registry?

"Which side are you on, the priest's side or the justice of the peace's side?" to riff on an old saying.

Otherwise, I know what GOT is, but had to Google the other. If it's not classical literature with a psychological or philosophical bent? Too bad Camus didn't live a few years more — he could have done a GOT twist with De Gaulle vs the assassins.

Or our old friend Fyodor! Except he would have spoiled it with a happy ending.

Oooof. Are you okay??

We endure, amor. We have plenty of memories to make, yet <3

Oh M! I just saw this! Sending you all the hugs. Wait did you get married?! Congratulations! And sorry to hear about that the turn of the wild ride of events. Sending all my best wishes your way!🫂💐

Automemory Cub wrote: "We endure, amor. We have plenty of memories to make, yet <3"

I only want a boring life, Mr Cub, sir. 🥹

Morphing Erebus wrote: "Oooof. Are you okay??"

I will be, Morphy. 🥰 Need some patching up yet, but otherwise I'm fine and on the mend at home. 🤗

P.E. wrote: "

:P"

Yeah! Das lil' me all righty. 🥰 😂 🫣

Socraticgadfly wrote: "Or our old friend Fyodor! Except he would have spoiled it with a happy ending..."

Our friend Fedya Dostoevsky did write GOT! The Lannisters are basically gilded Karamazovs, there's even a stinking corpse funeral wake scene for them as for the Ks. 🤣

(There was plenty of informal comparative literature discussion in the old forum threads, we had some very educated fans who noticed the parallels with classics and philosophical/historical books. Miss those days a lot.)

Esta wrote: "Oh M! I just saw this! Sending you all the hugs. Wait did you get married?! Congratulations! And sorry to hear about that the turn of the wild ride of events. Sending all my best wishes your way!🫂💐"

I haven't got married yet, it's in the planning. This upset means we gotta re-plan the plan. 😭

Thank you for the well wishes, darling Esta! 🥰 🤗 Drop me a line or two whenever you wish, I think you have my email?

I'm thinking of writing a novel now in which the priest dies mid-vows.

Hope your luck changes for the better.

Left Coast Justin wrote: "I'm thinking of writing a novel now in which the priest dies mid-vows."

You sure you aren't accruing points for your own curse, Justino mio? 🤣

Thank you. 🤗

Left Coast Justin wrote: "I'm thinking of writing a novel now in which the priest dies mid-vows.

Hope your luck changes for the better."

"Becket Kicks the Bucket"?

"Death Comes for the Marrying Sam Priest"? (That might be kind of "Lam-y"?)

I'll show myself out the door.

That's a lot of pics lost! Hope you make lots of new ones to replace those you lost, Marquise. And don't forget to make a backup.

Thibault wrote: "And don't forget to make a backup."

We do have some of them elsewhere, but not all of them as they were thousands.

The twist of the knife is, I was actually organising them by year and folder to move them to a back-up external drive before moving on to my new laptop when the crash happened. 🥹 Stupid old laptop just DIED on me mid-task! 😭

that’s a lot of drama for anyone at one time. i hope you get a nice long reprieve while you’re recovering, in several ways.

Carol wrote: "that’s a lot of drama for anyone at one time. i hope you get a nice long reprieve while you’re recovering, in several ways."

Hahaha, yeah! And it's not even the most dramatic time in my life, just A Normal Week in Marquiseland occurrence. 🤣

Thank you, Carol! 🤗

Ack! Not a good time! Rest up and heal up, Marquise. And sorry to hear about the passing of the priest.

Vanessa wrote: "Ack! Not a good time! Rest up and heal up, Marquise. And sorry to hear about the passing of the priest."

Thank you, sweet Vanessa! 🤗

These things and more have delayed my return to blogging/reviewing, but I'm already on it right now.

Good grief! The girls really are at max capac, as they say. So sorry about the priest's death, and about all the encumbrances!

Olivia wrote: "Good grief! The girls really are at max capac, as they say."

Hahaha, I'm kinda indestructible at this point. 🤣 Thank you, Liv love. 🤗

"Read a lot now that you're homebound," they said. "It'll make recovery time fly by," they said.

Lies! Damned lies! And (book) statistics!

I've started 12 books this week. 😭 TWELVE. 😭 And none of them is grabbing me. 😭 I can't continue with any. 😭

Either I'm the worst patient or I need to switch over to cinephilia and watch all the great shows and films I haven't.