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Calling people by descriptive names.
I have a munty eye. It is infected and feculent. People on the tube think I’m Freddie Kruger. That’s probably why a woman in my carriage was crying today. “Oh my god, my nightmare has become real!” she sobbed. Speaking of people on the tube, there is “Slightly Disabled Loud Talking Woman” who talks loudly…
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George Bush and the bogan
Am I just trippin or what? The massive US build-up in the gulf indicates that they are gearing up for something bigger than the feeble Iraqi armed forces. There’s the scenario that we are hearing all about on the news, that the regime will collapse in the face of the pressure. Or maybe they are…
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Clunk clunk clunk goes Outlook
Clunk clunk clunk goes Outlook. Is it a just a matter of what you know is what you like? The mail template in Notes 4.5/4.6 wasn’t ideal. The funny thing is that up until now, when I thought of Notes mail I always thought of the 4.5/4.6 era template. In my opinion Notes 4.5/4.6 was…
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The Briefcase Blues?
Nope – no briefcase blues but I have come out of ‘retirement’ and started work again. This is not a Domino role, instead I am using the feculent tools of the devil – ASP, Frontpage, and, *shudder*, Outlook. =) It will be interesting to compare how the technologies work.
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Where does this guy get off?
I thought that I was reading an extract from ‘Mein Kampf’ before I realised that it was only a young Conservative . Phew. This guy really needs to get laid…. “I believe that reality, morality and even to an extent aesthetics, are objective; independent even of God’s feelings. I value true talent, disliking most modern…
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RIP the Banana
They say that the banana may become extinct . I’ve been shocked by the sarcastic nature of some of the reports I have read on the news. Maybe it’s something about the name. Banana. It’s kind of funny. I’m trying to imagine a world without the banana. If the banana were to become extinct(something that…
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Plastic Bags and Empires
The BBC World Service strikes again. This time a report on plastic bags. I’m serious, it was really interesting. In Bangladesh, plastic bags have been banned. They were responsible for all kinds of environmental problems. I think it’s a great idea. Our perception of the plastic bag has to change so that we either ban…
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Brrr….
“We can cover ourselves in Deep Heat and get up against a radiator. Keep ourselves alive until twelve.” So said Withnail during a cold London winter. I’m close to doing the same thing. The flaw in this scheme is that the boiler is on the blink and so the radiators aren’t all that warm. The…
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St Peter’s Plaza
After living in London for a year and a half, I have decided what my favourite newspaper is. The Guardian gets my seal of approval, and beats off competition from The Independent and The Times , both of which, IMHO, are also very good. I really like the international news in The Financial Times .…