Attn muggles, originally uploaded by framboise. The latest tome took nearly 6 hours (and interruptions) to read, nearly a whole extra hour more than the last1. And while I give out no spoilers2, my succinct review is that if you loved the previous six, you’ll not be disappointed with this one. And if you hate […]
Ooer missus. Trawling through unpublished witterings of mine, what do I find but this? ===== I’m not entirely surprised to read that: …in North America, where a 2006 survey revealed that atheists rank lower than “Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups… There seems to be a great deal of deity invocation […]
[crawling out from under the rock] So, Tony Blair has been getting his knickers in a twist, has he? A choice quote: Opinion and fact should be clearly divisible. The truth is a large part of the media today not merely elides the two but does so now as a matter of course. In other […]
Rejection after rejection. Have the Lib Dems lost their way? Or are they forging a new identity for themselves? One that doesn’t tar them with the same brush of failure as their last two ineffectual coalitions?
Come the revolution, we shall abolish digestive systems. I’ve missed the blether.
What should LFC do next? We must spend big, says Benitez. Behh! Wrong answer. You should be spending wisely on young talent, who you can later flog off to the highest bidder.
Win what? Well, nothing more than a few months of hard work, hopefully followed by a nice wee paper… We’re in the mood for science on akatsuki talks rot. Perhaps this has come about since I’ve acknowledged that I will always be a mediocre blogger, but I could become a better science communicator if I […]
Amongst the acres of hagiography written about our departing Prime Minister a number of glaring inconsistencies leap out… [snip] Blair leaves at a time not of his choosing – an even more detested in Britain than his mentor Margaret Thatcher—officially the most hated prime minister in recent history. –Gus of 1820.org.uk d’accord.
…on some new religion that he found they didn’t know his faith was earthly bound —Mika, Billy Brown|Life in Cartoon is it wrong to really like such a frivolous album? the mood and melodies may seem frivolous, but the lyrics belie the deep wounds the writer must have borne at some time. i love the […]
It’s all in the hands of a bitter, bitter man. —Mika, Life in Cartoon Pretty much sums up the state of affairs.
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