where cats have wings and pigeons don’t Spoiler alert: no plot developments posted, but you may not want to know anything anyway. Mirrormask, yet another collaboration by Neil Gaiman and David McKean, was everything I expected it to be. And since I can’t write a review to save my life (argh, when will i ever […]
Tagged by the curious hamster for a meme on where bloggers write their “pearls of wisdom”. Ha! I’m much more likely to cook sago pearls than write wisdom. And since I’m avoiding writing work-stuff again, and waiting for the cable guy (who is now three-quarters of an hour late), here is a photo of my […]
From theguardian: Are mixed sex cricket teams outrageous?
Ha! Finally, confirmation of my long-held prejudice that stockbrokers are a bunch of nutters.
In today’s theguardian*, Stuart Jeffries talks of understanding our neighbours and, in particular, their religions. Although I’m an out-and-out aetheist, I understand his point about not just “tolerating” our neighbours’ differences, but “understanding” them instead. I was fortunate enough to attend a secular school as a child, which did not enforce its religion on me, […]
From BBC news: Bali bomb attacks claim 25 lives. From LA times: Death toll climbs to 25 in Bali blasts. Update: Now suspected to be suicide attacks. I find it so difficult to understand why tourist areas are targeted in SE Asia. It makes it less about ideology, and more about economic damage or publicity.
Doing anything this weekend? I wish I wasn’t… Even on regular days, I’m not exactly a sociable animal; more like a hermit crab. But this weekend, the need for solitude is greater. For I have just purchased TP’s Thud and NG’s Anansi Boys. And I rented Donnie Darko – the director’s cut last night, and […]
Gordon Brown is a two-faced git (via nosemonkey). And this is what he said only a few days earlier. So, home-ownership only for the deserving, eh?
Wildfires Rage Across Southern California More on my LA blog.
From BBC news: Labour keeps Cook’s Commons seat. A swing of 10% to the SNP is not to be sniffed at, but I guess NuLab will be taking the win as a mandate to carry on regardless. Shame that… And although the SNP issue of bringing back essential services to St John’s Hospital in Livi […]
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