Minor observations and questions
As a 30ish male, if you walk around the place with a black eye, you will get a combination of contemptuous looks, studied avoidance, and slightly unnerving deference. I'm assuming the latter comes from...
View ArticleAmy Winehouse Memorial Stupid Quiz
In memory of everyone's favourite alcoholic Jewish female jazz singer-songwriter (bonus points for anyone who has a different favourite alcoholic Jewish female jazz singer-songwriter: please share in...
View ArticleThis, this, all of this all of the time
My bankster buddy Dan has an excellent post on Crooked Timber about how the venal British middle class are basically blaming the disaster they created, caused and voted for, on the small subset of the...
View ArticleDeeply odd UK usage
While we're still on UK-nomenclature, this article (written by an American for a British-based international magazine) has one of the oddest phrasings I've seen in a while: The An-124 will likely be a...
View ArticleA quiz it is
Trivia only a day later than promised; that's practically on time. Vaguely colonial-themed. Question 1 is for non-Sydneysiders only. Leave your answers in comments; winner gets some kind of actual or...
View ArticleMeanwhile, England gets ‘Jerusalem’
The reason why I don't mind singing the UK national anthem, is that it's asking a ridiculous and more-or-less imaginary entity to save another. Santa save the Defender of the Faith. Santa save Dr...
View ArticleOktober. Not much fest, as yet
How on earth did it get to be October? The temperature's 33C, the birds are singing, and the massive quantities of work that I have to get finished within the next fortnight are absolutely terrifying...
View ArticleChecking in, Kingston weirdness, new improved high speed
Just realised I haven't posted anything here for ages. It turns out that I'm alive and well but haven't been motivated to do any long-form rants about anything lately, which may be a positive...
View ArticleI’ll put the god Set on you
As if touched by some kind of divine inspiration, this song has settled upon me, and I feel obliged to share: I'll put the god Set on you I'll put the god Set on you I'll put the god Set on you I'll...
View ArticleOne step short of Barking
This is mostly a traditional "I aten't dead" post, of the sort that you'll recognise if you're the sort of person who still looks at blogs that have been going for over a decade. I've been busy doing...
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