Author of the Rivers of London Serieshttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtuttfmsdc2rYesterday’s Word Count = 1,037 JOE 90 (1968) Beloved of talking foxes everywhere… Composer Barry (wasn’t he a busy boy in the 1960s) Gray https://youtu.be/VDjmSYDq7es?si=Y2sykOU33DrtecMa25 Aug 2026 03:10 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuttfmsdc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtsh3cmuyc22Yesterday’s Word Count = 911 CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERIONS (1967) THE END TITLE SONG They crash him, and his body may burn. They smash him, but they know he’ll return, To live again. Composer Barry Gray, Performed by the Spectrums. https://youtu.be/Az9O2Ry2QqA?si=U-BxaMI-Nmw23mRB24 Aug 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsh3cmuyc22https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtq4zclyj22eYesterday’s Word Count = 964 SKID ROW (Downtown) – ALAN MENKEN Somebody tell Lady Luck that I’m stuck here… This song makes me explicably angry – every single time. https://youtu.be/1xPq6W1EoIc?si=k4GdMtHpdByKOv0R23 Aug 2026 06:11 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtq4zclyj22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtnkjdweh225Okay one of my characters just became a bit more sinister than I was expecting... #writing #bloodycharacters22 Aug 2026 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnkjdweh225https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtmlfhnp3225It is a truth universally acknowledged that a writer with an idea is in want of a notebook- so the real question is - how many?21 Aug 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmlfhnp3225https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtlywbfyqs2fGetting some use at last from my reading stand.21 Aug 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlywbfyqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtkrg7zlvk2kYesterday’s Word Count = 711 THUNDERBIRDS (1965) …are GO! Composed by Barry Gray. https://youtu.be/huPB3T0v_uQ?si=E6ZSHBNAxb9PY9Je21 Aug 2026 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkrg7zlvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mticbaqil226Yesterday’s Word Count = 1063 THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (2000) “Maybe I’m new to this whole rescuing thing but this to me might be considered, kind of, a step backwards.” Emperor Kusco (played by David Spader) (*also – “Well he ain't getting any deader. Back to work.”20 Aug 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mticbaqil226https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtftvx5p7k2hYesterday’s Word Count = 783 ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) “I ask for nothing.” “And you shall receive it – in ABUNDANCE!” Magenta and Dr. Frank-N-Furter (played by Patricia Quinn and Tim Curry) (*sing it with me now – “Science Fiction double feature…” https://youtu.be/arvF2rdUg3Q?si=S0sGtmqYMXDKMrOT19 Aug 2026 04:02 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtftvx5p7k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtdfhokb322zYesterday’s Word Count = 518 Some of these might be repeats – sorry. STINGRAY (1964) “Anything can happen in the next half hour!” Composer Barry Gray https://youtu.be/45NtEXv7DZs?si=lnt8kzQgGz6pnUma18 Aug 2026 04:38 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdfhokb322zhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtashsjyek2eSuper obscure tried Google and other sources to no avail research question - 1923 London - clipboard not a used term, suggestion that it might be board clip instead - anyone know?17 Aug 2026 03:53 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtashsjyek2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mtaorncd4c2jYesterday’s Word Count = 1,040 PING PONG (1986) “My first assignment – to execute a will that I can’t even read.” ELAINE CHOI (played by Lucy Sheen) (*also starred David Yip who was the lead in THE CHINESE DETECTIVE one of my favourite 80s procedurals).17 Aug 2026 02:47 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtaorncd4c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mt6kciab3k23Just discovered Green's Dictionary of Slang - 'oh brave new world that has such websites in it'.16 Aug 2026 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6kciab3k23https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mt6ihum7ic2yToday's Ben finds out a factoid while researching stuff... The University of London awarded full degrees to women from 1878 - 60 years before Cambridge 42 years before Oxford. 15 years before Edinburgh. 😀16 Aug 2026 05:48 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6ihum7ic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mt3xnm4las2pI had to go to the British Library to actually read a book for the first time in ages. Autobiography of Lilian Wyles not available to buy (affordably) thank god for the BL.15 Aug 2026 05:42 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt3xnm4las2phttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mszbq3brmk2aYesterday’s Word Count = 556 GOLDFINGER (1964) “No Mr Bond I expect you to die!” Auric Goldfinger (played by Gert Fröbe but redubbed by Michael Collins) – it’s the way he says it with such glee. https://youtu.be/Mx9z99YJ_7s?si=uSA9ZkpQc_gQm1Lg14 Aug 2026 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszbq3brmk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mswojnmqas2fYesterday’s Word Count = 851 Time for a classic… THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) “You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.” Inigo Montoya (played by Mandy Patinkin) Ah the gift that keeps on giving… https://youtu.be/dTRKCXC0JFg?si=-ia-jyaEJKFkVWit13 Aug 2026 03:15 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswojnmqas2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3msu5bspy3c2nYesterday’s Word Count = 825 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (1986) “I'm a reasonable guy. But I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.” Jack Burton (played by Kurt Russell) (* also: “How did you get up there?” “It wasn’t easy.” Which I have shamelessly paid homage to.)12 Aug 2026 03:01 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msu5bspy3c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mspl7nhrgk2vYesterday’s Word Count = 863 THE RUNNING MAN (1987) “Killian. I’ll be back.” “Only in a rerun.” Killian and Richards (played by Richard Dawson and Arnold Schwarzenegger)10 Aug 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspl7nhrgk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3msmrhtboec2bYesterday’s Word Count = 1,518 THE PRODUCERS (2005) “...that’s not my life. Somebody else’s life is flashing before my eyes. What the hell is that about! I’m not a hillbilly I grew up in the Bronx. Leo’s taken everything. Even my past.” Max (played by Nathan Lane) https://youtu.be/4yYX3Ra9vbI?si=7qf6Oa69IOIY0R6V09 Aug 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmrhtboec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mskbx6grkc2bYesterday’s Word Count = 966 BLADERUNNER (1982) “I’m not in the business… (long pause) I am the business.” Rachel (played by Sean Young) (* also “Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes!”) https://youtu.be/3IWYx1E7aBQ?si=LMljp6S7RKdTTV4H08 Aug 2026 04:58 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mskbx6grkc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3msddoxgdck2nI apear to have temporarily acquired a dog 🐶05 Aug 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msddoxgdck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3mscnk2pit226Yesterday’s Word Count = 1,215 THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) "The Force is with you, young Skywalker... but you are not a Jedi yet." Darth Vader (voiced by James Earl Jones). Me: “The plot is with you young Abigail… but you are not protagonist yet.” https://youtu.be/igx0nazlpfE?si=Iyu-s_QLY7Kp9Rt_05 Aug 2026 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscnk2pit226https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3msa2wgfht223Yesterday’s Word Count = 503 HERCULES (1997) “I'm a big tough girl. I tie my own sandals and everything.” – Megera (played by Susan Egan) (* also “It’s been a slice.”) (* also also - another great soundtrack)04 Aug 2026 03:26 +0000at://did:plc:2a66rtc4ptphwflab3aip7nf/app.bsky.feed.post/3msa2wgfht223https://bsky.app/profile/benaaronovitch.bsky.social/post/3ms5opdc4rc2aYesterday’s Word Count = UNDER FIRE (1983) "I like you people, but you are sentimental shits! You fall in love with the poets; the poets fall in love with the Marxists; the Marxists fall in love with themselves. 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