From today’s Observer: US-style uniforms for yobs in new disorder crackdown. The new minister for anti-social behaviour is quoted as wanting a “quick connection to community punishment” to be seen by the public as justice being done. The prospect of offenders wearing distinctive uniforms while doing community service sounds familiar. It’s a form of humiliation […]
The Doctor opens the door to the Tardis to reveal… A police box! Good build up in this episode. From the moment we see the Dcotor and Rose watching the previous Doctor and Rose, we start to feel uneasy, and suspect Rose’s emotional involvement will cause nothing but trouble. And as the car loops repeatedly, […]
On last night’s episode of Have I Got News For You (HIGNFY), a reference to the closure of “Fat Pang’s” favourite bakery, also covered by Chubby Hubby‘s blog. And here’s a photo of Patten tucking into one. 蛋 撻 (egg custard tart) used to be my favourite dim sum when I was a kid. I […]
Singabloodypore discusses my mother tongue: Singlish Under Attack Again, and makes the observation that “Sometimes I think certain leaders have some sort of inferiority complex or are they ashamed of their own people?”. To quote from a quote from the post: Singapore’s prime minister launched the country’s latest behaviour modification campaign on Friday, urging teachers […]
Red sky at night Originally uploaded by framboise. Sometimes the gods have no taste at all. They allow sunrises and sunsets in ridiculous pink and blue hues that any professional artist would dismiss as the work of some enthusiastic amateur who’d never looked at a real sunset. —Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time (Doubleday p.180) Pterry […]
Switched on BBC Parliament to watch the new Parliament being sworn in, and the election of the Speaker of the House of Commons. According to parliament.uk, the Speaker does not campaign on party issues when seeking re-election at the GE, a point that Alex Salmond drew attention to when referring to Michael Martin’s overwhelming majority […]
My cookbooks Originally uploaded by framboise. I was reading a post about potato soup on delicious days, and getting pretty hungry just reading the recipe, when I came across a meme going around about cookbooks. Being new to this blogging business (previous websites have always just been online CVs), I thought I should at least […]
Beeblebrox Originally uploaded by framboise. In which Arthur finds a crystal bowl, meets a conscious Fenchurch, chats her up, is harrassed by a lady flogging raffle tickets, wins said raffle, promptly loses Fenchurch’s telephone number, and gets colossally bored. I love the theme tune. It reminds me of happy weekends, listening to the tapes in […]
Store Wars. Another Star Wars parody. This time, one with a message. Keep the Organic Rebellion alive… The choice of character names is hilarious (Obi-wan Cannoli!), and the voices are pretty much spot on. Love the stormtroopers, “more chemical than vegetable”, “reach out with your peelings”. And wait till you see their version of R2-D2. […]
Singapore threatens to sue internet dissenter . More links in the Guardian’s newsblog. Some links with background: From The Spill Over Ink: Blog Obituary: caustic.soda by AcidFlask From Singabloodypore: Singapore Blogger ‘Apologised Unreservedly’ To A*Star From From a Singapore Angle: Straits Times steps into the breech / TODAY tries again
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