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I can't answer the prostration question, both because prostration is conceptually alien to me as a western Christian, and because I can only recall that particular event vaguely. I'd guess that it was a show of Christian compassion and magnanimity.

I prefer portraits, but only of women; there's nothing coarse or vulgar about this, it's just that, in a world where femininity seems to have disappeared, perhaps my only means of experiencing it is the vicarious one of looking at pictures of women from times when they still were feminine.

Smerdyakov was both a hilarious and a tragic character. I love how in at least one translation later than the Garnett one, his language is rendered into that of the uneducated English dialect of East London and northern England (the use of third person verbal conjugations in the first, double negatives as negatives, etc.) this makes his amusingly haughty cultural and intellectual pretensions seem all the more ridiculous - and therefore funny.

Do you wear a mask to bed?

It's something I've tried, particularly because my wife goes to sleep after I do, but better, more subdued lighting made the difference.

Are you able to sleep on airplanes?

I have a Book of Common Prayer around here somewhere, because I have always been drawn to liturgy, and it was a consolation for me in a time of great spiritual turmoil.

Same question.

Idk. Paint?

How much time on average do you spend on the internet daily?

Probably two hours.

How do you take your tea?

Usually just with lemon.

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Black, or sometimes Russian style (with cherry preserves).

Have you ever had Puer/Pu-erh?

I have filament bulbs but I very rarely use them at all. When the sun sets I just use small faerie lights and candles unless there's some compelling reason I need a lightbulb.

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Filament.


What is your favourite colour?

I love vintage wallpaper. I'm shopping for some for my bedroom.
If not wallpaper, then distressed 19th century style paint.

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We have wallboards or tiles here covering open stonework. The last house had open stonework.
I prefer painted stonework in a creamy white colour.



Do you like the rain?

I haven't really thought about it.

And, I like rain, but not getting cold.

Do you feel awkward w a cell in public by yourself, texting or writing?