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Monthly Archives: September 2003
Dream Science – Thomas Palmer
Obscure-ish, out of print novel of the supernatural (publishers designation not mine).. got it on the flimsiest of recommendations.. a contributor to this list liked a lot of my favourites and raved about palmer so figured it might be my … Continue reading
rail haiku
how to while away the hours in the sidings.. autumn leaves fall and we apologise for delays to your trains. a light dust of snow barely covers the ground but it scares the iron horse. i have some more i’ll … Continue reading
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the reverse barnum effects (active & passive)
You are a considerate person who occasionally feels under-valued. You sometimes lack self-confidence and will stick up for yourself if challenged. You are quite perceptive about other people but sometimes say the wrong thing. Sucker! You weren’t even born yesterday. … Continue reading
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dear diary
i am coming to realise that there is little point in keeping a diary if you never actually do anything. conversely, in an ideal world one would be busy doing things that one would have no time to write about … Continue reading
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you\’re taking the piss
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/vacancies/adverts/GF0035.html eew!
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follow the money
a few more primates needlessly killed for pointless research that generates even more confusion.. the furore over the muffed up ‘monkeys on e’ trials is good news http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60328,00.html or it would be if it drew attention to how bias gets … Continue reading
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prometheus, your round!
zeus was crazy, mad-crazy not zany-crazy.. he bound prometheus to a rock.. where every day his liver was pecked out by birds, i don’t recall what kind they were. blue tits most likely, vicious little bastards, though if there were … Continue reading
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are men evil?
as in so many things, we can learn a lot from our good friends the chimps.. a few years ago there was an excellent book called Demonic Males by Richard Wrangham & Dale Peterson (amzn) it looked at the social … Continue reading
looked at my watch it was 6\’n the mornin\’
i guess it’s not their fault.. some peoples brains are wired up wrong like ice t and other all decent folk i’m an owl not a lark. my noodle takes a good ten hours to warm up.. i’m useless before … Continue reading
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