Category Archives: Drivel
Two types of domestic toil
Here’s a longer version of something I just wrote on alt.music.mike-keneally… Today, it being a bank holiday, traditionally a time when men are ordered by their wives to “do some things around the house”, I found myself being guided helplessly … Continue reading
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Saddam I am again
Playing around with Google People, I decided to give it an existential question to ponder. “Who is Adrian Clark?” I asked. Its answer, “Adrian Clark” was delivered with three-star confidence, but I couldn’t help noticing its estimation that, should this … Continue reading
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Blame Canada!
Pointed out on #ukmg by pádraig, this Wired article article tells of a Canadian man who found his Ebay purchase was cancelled by the American seller. The reason given was that the seller, a company called CompAtlanta has the following … Continue reading
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It’s springing out there
There are lots of opportunities to discuss dark and negative subjects right now. I think it behoves us (ie we who are not directly involved in fighting a war) at least to keep abreast of the broad issues and arguments … Continue reading
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Mah-Jongg, Mercury Rev and midnight snacks
This evening, Nicola and I made the 45-second trek (!) to our local, the Robin Hood, where we met our friends Lindsey and Howard. A couple of months ago, we gave Lindsey a Mah-Jongg set for her birthday, and this … Continue reading
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Another me in a different world
Funny what you find when you go through your webstats. One of the referrers to my site was from the personal site of a guy named Ami Mukerjee. He’s a law student from New Jersey. His site looks uncannily like … Continue reading
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Unusual productivity for the new year
I don’t know whether it’s the new year feeling, the unseasonably (for London) snowfall or just some freak alignment between Mercury, Jupiter and my anus (obChildishJoke for astronomers there) but I seem to be starting 2003 in a froth of … Continue reading
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Just call me Shorn
Well, after a good while of having long(ish) hair (albeit tied tightly back for the past few years) I’ve had it shorn. I much prefer it like this, a couple of centimetres long all over, and no longer annoying me … Continue reading
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Happy birthday…
Nothing to say, just wish me a happy birthday, okay?
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Start here
Better late than never, eh? I took the old site down in July, intending to have the new one up within a couple of weeks. However, with my scientific experiments in bone idleness and its effects upon society, I sort … Continue reading
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