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Fingers crossed for Keith
Fingers crossed for Keith Alexander, wishing him a speedy recovery.
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The Flaming Lips grin
If I seem unusually serene today, it’s because I’m wearing the customary post-Flaming-Lips-gig grin.
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New music – ‘Knitting with Spoons’
Oh, I forgot to mention… I made new music. Like most of my output in the past year (I promise to exercise some self-motivation soon) it’s the result of a task in the Recording Collective. The idea was that each … Continue reading
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The phony war against spam
As is my weekly habit, I browsed the Online section of the Guardian yesterday… The increasing regularity of spam-related articles suggests that the feature writers, if not the government, are starting to realise what a huuuuuge problem it has become. … Continue reading
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Filler
Sorry… no excuses for the lack of content over the past seven days. Except that I can’t actually think of anything worth writing. The news seems to be either gruesomely unsurprising, stultifyingly boring or just “who cares?” So, by way … Continue reading
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I hate Hotmail
I hate Hotmail. I despise it. Normally, with something so insignificant (at least in relation to my everyday life) I’d just avoid it. But I have to use Hotmail. Hotmail, and webmail in general, is how email should not work. … Continue reading
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Where’s Corporal Whitcomb?
Colonel Cathcart sat down at his desk with a determined air and cleared a large neat space in his blotter. When he had finished, he tapped his finger inside it. “Starting tomorrow,” he said, “I want you and Corporal Whitcomb … Continue reading
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“His name is Rio,” etc
They sail today for Istanbul While one of them must stay at home He failed to do things by the book But does the punishment match the crime? Well, that’s my contribution to National Poetry Day, anyway. The whole Rio … Continue reading
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Go private, young man!
Why am I getting this strange sense of déjà vu? Could it be that the new policies on health revealed at the Tory party conference are making me feel like we’re right back in the dark days again? It’s like … Continue reading
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Band list meme
From Rick via Mike… “Your meme, should you choose to accept it, is to rank the following bands in order, from couldn’t live without to couldn’t care less. To add value to this process, you must also add one band … Continue reading
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