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It's not the principles that kill you in the end, it's the books. - Michael Swanwick, The Iron Dragon's Daughter

What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence. - Wittgenstein

Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Bohr

A labyrinthian man never looks for the truth, but only for his Ariadne. - Nietzsche

What else do you do with dark and sinister forces but play with them? - Deadlock, Khronicles of Khaos

There are three things that are real: God, human folly, and laughter. Since the first two pass our comprehension, we must do what we can with the third. - Valmiki, the Ramayana

If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language and you're dumb and blind. - Salman Rushdie

Even the oldest stories are new to somebody. - Neil Gaiman, The Kindly Ones

Perhaps Kafka laughed when he told stories... because one isn't always equal to oneself. - Primo Levi

When you set out for Ithaca, ask that your way be long. - Constantine Cavafy

"You can't do that", she said. "You can't have 'fairy tales' without 'fair'! And stuff you find out by determining what words are inside other words is never wrong. Now drink more tea." - Hitherby Dragons
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mirrorshard
I've decided that I want a website of my own, in addition to the collection of Web 2.0 crap I've collected. (A more verbose explanation of reasons will be forthcoming later.) Nominet were quite helpful in explaining how things worked, but now I need to ask for a recommendation for domain name registry & web hosting. Disrecommendations would also be much appreciated, if anyone feels the need.

I want cheap & fairly reliable - I don't need massive amounts of storage or secure server access.

Thanks in advance!

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mirrorshard
I discovered last week that the heels on my good jackboots were coming off, so I picked a cobbler in Leytonstone and asked them to fix them up. Picking them up the next day, I took them home and left them in the corner as usual - then when I put them on to go for a walk the next day, I stood on a nail. Sticking right up through the sole.
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So, I need recommendations for a new cobbler, who'll be willing to fix the botch job the first one did, and who knows how to treat boots right. Preferably one easily reached from Leytonstone, though I'm quite willing to travel if there's a good museum or gallery or cafe-with-company. Successful recommendations will be recompensed in the usual, ie. liquid, manner, and with many thanks.

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