Poll An eighties revival too far

It's probably just me pretending to be quasi-intellectual, but I'm rather taken with the contradictory nature of buying Baudrillard's The system of objects and a new mobile on the same shopping expedition ( Read more... )

The military drives our notion of 'the future' in much the same way that pr0n drives progress in media distribution and consumption.

Things done for profit have to be boring.

(There's another piece about system administration still being stuck in the 18th century and people being bizarrely proud of that. Do I want to be a lamp-lighter? I think

For at least one less-than-fortunate reason (and because I like it) I've been having longer and stranger conversations with Mater of late.

This one included the uselessness of men[1], non-traditional gender presentation and first-wave feminism. All good fun.

[1] Thankfully I'm the wrong bloody species to be a vibe-traitor.

(As we say in Gloucester ( Read more... )

I'm given to understand from the hysterical media (hysterical media is hysterical) that this is the worst winter since 1981/2. (Gloucestershire version, anyway) This rings true because I/we got some serious sledging in that time. We'd become bored with the field behind the house, I think because it wasn't quite steep enough and the snow had come ( Read more... )

Since it's been really quite pleasant out, I went for a bit of a potter. (After having a good prune of the garden. You can do your own 'Trimming my bush' jokes, I'm sure.)

( All a bit widescreen )

I'm even less sure than usual that I know what day it is, so much of the following is probably just me making stuff up ( Read more... )

[Yesterday. On the internet.]

Hurrah: An anarchist book fair.
Boo: When I am in the US.

[Tuesday. In the surgery.]

JHR: "This is like 'Three men in a boat', isn't it? There's nothing wrong with me; it's all in my head."
GP: *Laughs her head off*

( Colour section )

XKCD hits the metallic wood-fixing device firmly upon its upper striking surface.