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» B3ta Villain of the Year 2010
David Cameron
I know there's not a lot of love for Cleggy-chops at the moment, but let's not forget whose party actually proposed the grossly misdirected round of cuts in the first place. He's getting all of the most disgusting cuts to welfare, the rape of student finances, and the fudging of figures with the NHS out of the way early while the Lib Dems are too scared to complain and lose their (limited) grip on power.
The real schism in the Coalition will come over something far more trivial, like a 5p rise in garlic prices, or an 'unsustainable' level of Observer readership. Or something.
(Fri 24th Dec 2010, 15:51, More)
David Cameron
I know there's not a lot of love for Cleggy-chops at the moment, but let's not forget whose party actually proposed the grossly misdirected round of cuts in the first place. He's getting all of the most disgusting cuts to welfare, the rape of student finances, and the fudging of figures with the NHS out of the way early while the Lib Dems are too scared to complain and lose their (limited) grip on power.
The real schism in the Coalition will come over something far more trivial, like a 5p rise in garlic prices, or an 'unsustainable' level of Observer readership. Or something.
(Fri 24th Dec 2010, 15:51, More)
» World's Sickest Joke
What...
...did the blind, deaf, quadruplegic Downs' syndrome girl get for Christmas?
Cancer.
(Tue 6th Dec 2005, 22:56, More)
What...
...did the blind, deaf, quadruplegic Downs' syndrome girl get for Christmas?
Cancer.
(Tue 6th Dec 2005, 22:56, More)
» The Soundtrack of your Life
Nothing complicated
I'm not much older now, nor were they songs most of my friends listen to, but anything from the 'Forever Changes' album by Love, particularly 'Old Man', makes me feel like I'm 18 and about to start uni again.
Makes me want to sit on my block's balcony and stare out over Durham for hours, preferably with a generously proportioned Gin and Tonic (four gin to three tonic, no ice nor lemon, preferably out of a mug).
(Thu 28th Jan 2010, 15:38, More)
Nothing complicated
I'm not much older now, nor were they songs most of my friends listen to, but anything from the 'Forever Changes' album by Love, particularly 'Old Man', makes me feel like I'm 18 and about to start uni again.
Makes me want to sit on my block's balcony and stare out over Durham for hours, preferably with a generously proportioned Gin and Tonic (four gin to three tonic, no ice nor lemon, preferably out of a mug).
(Thu 28th Jan 2010, 15:38, More)
» Procrastination
Jobs are like buses
After months of post-degree job application sloth, I finally manage to rouse myself enough to get a piss-paid job at a large chain of supermarkets.
Then, a job which I actually WANT at a university manages to resurface after months of hovering in the limbo 'twixt in-tray and bin. It's one of those rare beauties that involves a subject you're interested but won't melt your mind or force you to do research in the middle of the North Sea.
However, the first training day of the former and the interview for the latter manage to conspire against me and fall on EXACTLY the same minute. I have to choose between pissing off my current employer for the *prospect* of some job satisfaction, or miss out and actually (finally) earn some money. I NEED to call one of them and postpone/rearrange or I'll end up pissing them both off.
So what do I do? I 'mull it over' by playing Dice Wars, Red Alert and Reversi for hours, consider buying extortionate imported Anime robots, and make various blends of tea.
Length? Depends if I've remembered my rolling pin.
(Thu 20th Nov 2008, 10:53, More)
Jobs are like buses
After months of post-degree job application sloth, I finally manage to rouse myself enough to get a piss-paid job at a large chain of supermarkets.
Then, a job which I actually WANT at a university manages to resurface after months of hovering in the limbo 'twixt in-tray and bin. It's one of those rare beauties that involves a subject you're interested but won't melt your mind or force you to do research in the middle of the North Sea.
However, the first training day of the former and the interview for the latter manage to conspire against me and fall on EXACTLY the same minute. I have to choose between pissing off my current employer for the *prospect* of some job satisfaction, or miss out and actually (finally) earn some money. I NEED to call one of them and postpone/rearrange or I'll end up pissing them both off.
So what do I do? I 'mull it over' by playing Dice Wars, Red Alert and Reversi for hours, consider buying extortionate imported Anime robots, and make various blends of tea.
Length? Depends if I've remembered my rolling pin.
(Thu 20th Nov 2008, 10:53, More)
» Never Meet Your Heroes
Not much of a story, really...
but I met Bill Oddie on some stairs at a gig his daughter was doing. Commented on the busy-ness of the place we were in or something.
Seemed nice enough, but seemed rather put-upon as he was carrying a rather heavy-looking amp, which only served to accentuate his tinyness. Come to think of it, I was at his eye-level when I was three stairs below him...
(Tue 30th May 2006, 0:50, More)
Not much of a story, really...
but I met Bill Oddie on some stairs at a gig his daughter was doing. Commented on the busy-ness of the place we were in or something.
Seemed nice enough, but seemed rather put-upon as he was carrying a rather heavy-looking amp, which only served to accentuate his tinyness. Come to think of it, I was at his eye-level when I was three stairs below him...
(Tue 30th May 2006, 0:50, More)