Category: life

I thought that everyone understood the principles behind the idea that given time and typewriters, an infinite number of monkeys would produce the complete works of Shakespeare. Of course you either need an infinite number of monkeys or an infinite amount of time. But it’s obvious, I hope, that given one of those two conditions… Continue reading Infinite Monkeys

I have a page on this site where I talk about some of the worst cries against the English language that are regularly committed by the staff of London Underground. I’m thinking of updating that page more frequently as I’ve recently heard so many new grammatical monstrosities on my journeys to and from work. For… Continue reading English as She is Spoke

Yesterday’s entry was (of course) inspired by a day spent in one of the towns described. I was therefore very happy when various meetings overran and other meetings were cancelled which enabled me to get on an earlier train back to civilisation. My happiness was short-lived, however, when two stops down the line my carriage… Continue reading Train From Hell

Did I mention how much I hate most British towns. Especially the ones in the London commuter belt. Nasty, nasty places full of stupid people with closed minds. And town centres that are full of exactly the same shops as every other town, And there’s always a couple of shops with “clever” names like “Piece… Continue reading Commuter Towns

So rafael wrote a journal entry about atheism and in a reply I called religion “obvious nonsense” and wondered why intelligent people would have anything to do with it[1]. Then Simon decided that he’d write an article answering my question. It’s an interesting article. Personally I don’t find the arguments convincing – but it’s about… Continue reading Intelligent Theists

It seems that I’ve got cleverer in the last year. I scored 139 in the BBC’s national IQ test and last year I only got 137. Of course it’s still all bollocks tho’.

My current clients have announced that they are “demerging” the UK part of their business and are making plans to sell off various bits and pieces. I think that this means something along the lines of “sink or swim on your own, you unprofitable pommie bastards”. One of the bits that is for sale is… Continue reading Sink or Swim

I did the Belief-O-Matic test to work out what religion I should be (got the link from pne). Quite surprising results. Non-thesist came in only 7th (with a 70% match). It was interesting to read about other “religions” who matched my beliefs closely. Most of my close matches (obviously) don’t insist on a belief in… Continue reading Religious Beliefs

We bought a new widescreen TV. It’s a Panasonic TX28DK1 if anyone’s interested in such details. There’s one feature that I’m very impressed by. That’s its intelligent picture resizing algorithm. By looking at the amount of of black screen around the picture it calculates whether the transmission is in 16:9, 14:9 or 4:3 and adjusts… Continue reading New Toy

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve no objections at all to a four-day weekend. I just wish we could give it some label doesn’t link it with 2000 year old superstitions.