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Clary is a lifelong music, movie & TV geek, and her fandom for Kylie Minogue, Manic Street Preachers, the Peanuts, ‘Back to the Future’ (greatest trilogy ever made), and ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ is dangerously close to being pop-culture sacred cow.
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- 13
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #74 (opens the original)
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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #73 (opens the original)
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The World According to Daisy #10 (opens the original)
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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #72 (opens the original)
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Clary’s Cultural Cwtch #71 (opens the original)
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Last week I was driving back from work, sun blaring through the window, when a duck flew past the van.My first thought was, “Awwww.”Thoughts of an Optimistic Pessimist is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<div class
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