Buffy season six is released on DVD on Monday, but Play.com delivered my pre-ordered copy yesterday. This leaves me with a huge dilemma. I should be working on the book, but it seems that I am pathologically incapable of doing any kind of work when there are unwatched Buffy DVDs in the house.
Infinite Monkeys
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
English as She is Spoke
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
Train From Hell
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
Commuter Towns
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
Trackback
In a weblog entry at Ecademy, Hilary Curtis makes a point that was probably obvious to most people, but which had passed me by completely. She points out that trackbacks are a first step to a fully connected web where visitors to a web site can not only add links to a page, but also… Continue reading Trackback
Intelligent Theists
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
Ripping CDs
I’m really enjoying slowing working thru all of my CDs and ripping them to .ogg files. I’m finding a lot of things that I’d forgotten about. On Saturday I listened to all my old Talking Heads CDs and today it’s the turn of Pink Floyd.
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IQ
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’.
Sink or Swim
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