You will have noticed ... shall we say 'light' posting here lately, as a gang of armed deadlines took me out back in the alley, roughed me up and threw me in the dumpster. This process expected to be repeated for the next week or so, after which I shall have a lovely holiday and recuperate my shattered nerves. In the meantime:
The loonies at the BBC have devised a series on the afterlives of Enid Blyton characters: George speaks! (And I cannot recommend Radio 7 too highly - they have the Goon Show too!)
Michael Phelps has only been dumped by Kellogg's, and you can join the Kellogg's boycott in return. Smarmy gits.
And just for the heck of it, those links you know you want but are ashamed to bookmark:
for all your US political needs
and to calm your shattered nerves after.
Expect a triumphant return at the end of February, with fresh new snark, tall tales of this 'California' they speak of, and long-awaited deep thoughts on Michael Ignatieff. In the mean time, talk amongst yourselves...
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I thought you'd like to know, Dr. B., that today, February 12, is not just Darwin Day, but also the 20th anniversary of Thomas Bernhard's death. And Heute, Vienna's subway freebie, devotes a full and respectful page to him (though the Austrian boulevard press were not huge fans of his during his lifetime). Oh, all right, it's opposite a page devoted to an Agent Provocateur runway show, and the same issue devotes exactly 10 times the coverage to Michelle's Vogue cover as to Tzipi's electoral win (oh wait - so does the Globe), but hey, it's a tabloid and not ashamed to admit it.
I keep poking this thing with a stick. It seems to be dead.
Anyway, I had a chance to peruse the subject of this ex-blog last week. It's gotten very colorful! I was amused by the story on the collapse of the financial services industry in the City (London). It managed to get into the second or third paragraph the following fact: one of the buildings occupied by one of the firms that served as an anecdote in the article was designed by a Canadian.
Which is good to know if you're interested in the state of the financial services industry.
*pokes blog with stick one more time*
You're right, Mike. It seems to be dead. Alas.
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