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Low Life

had another go at getting into High Society by Ben Elton but after grinding through another 30 pages or so, this time i'm not going to bother going any further.. seems to be a completely pointless book. it was like trying to eat a whole pack of rice

Bushbot? Make the lie higher.

This is the first article I've seen about the presidential race that includes references from Acta Psychologica or the Psychological Bulletin.. as some guy tries to persuade us that the NLP cues prove that Bush was wired in the debates and was listening to prompts. Bellaciao - Bushís

The Imp of the Perverse

He's the little voice which pleads with you throw yourself off a tall building or take 'passenger action' on the undergrind. In the Baroque Cycle, Neal Stephenson infects Half-cocked Jack Shaftoe with it, though unlike most of us, he acts on his Impish whims. So far

stupid machine stole my money

these days it seems like even churches & public toilets have cash points. i don't mind paying a small fee sometimes to find a machine where you wouldn't otherwise have one but the fucking machine in the Windmill has blatently ripped me off twice.. it tells

insincere and dishonest

Compare this article on Guardian online today 'He's just sleeping, I kept telling myself'Guardian - 14 Sept 04 with the one immediately below it.. 'Blair refuses to apologise for Iraq war'Guardian - 14 Sept 04

THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE

One of those mind-virus things that make you feel sick: THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE: Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a free trip around the sun every year. How long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on. Birthdays

journeyman

no-one is interested in my tale of transport woe and I know it isn't interesting and only so woeful. but it will help me calm my breathing. 0730 - Alarm goes off at Ailsa's. It is warm and pleasant in this bed. 0739 - Walk to

Intelligence?

It is not often I deign to comment on politics or newspapers but something the White House said stung me, although I almost immediately realised they weren't the only ones who were daft or disingenuous in this case. Plus it follows on tenuously from my last post. Moore

Was university the best time of my life? No and yes!

The first I went to university in cambridge and it was a whole heap of uselessness.. I was mediocre at my subject & compounded this by attending no lectures, I was predominantly anti-social & socially awkward, I didn't make any lasting friends, I took no drugs, drank in

More than my job's worth

Tomorrow for the first time in a half a year I have to pull on a suit & rejoin the drones toiling at the nine-to-five in a faceless corporation, so I thought I'd let off a bit of steam baiting some bureaucrats. To the Assistant Registrar, Birkbeck College

Glastonbury

piccies: http://look.onemonkey.org/glast04 it was good but not great.. this was partly due to the energy sapping qualities of mud, the absense of any bands I absolutely had to see & being unable to rendezvous effectively with my nearests & dearests. but it had it's

oi, oi, nutter alert!

isn't it amazing how fast we can spot an utter nutter on our streets or on public transport? within seconds of some looncake taking a seat opposite you, it is obvious that mentally their journey stops one stop short of where it ought. just in the merest glance

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if only tiny babies would do what you told them we new parents would get a lot more sleep.. was up all night nursing my nipper. the early part of the night went quite smoothly, the wee thing made stirling progress and in the process i became disturbingly nerdy.. i

Working Memory, Intelligence, Tax Returns & Tunes

My home work is finished I was right on the word-limit, so my discussion was cut short, but given how few marks it is worth i ought not to care, nonetheless my joy and relief at finishing were tempered by the knowledge that it wasn't as good as

counting the words until you are near

sort of true to my word, i've started this year's coursework a bit earlier. i don't have to hand it til 6pm Thurs 29 Jan and theres a 3000 word limit.. so in some senses I am over half way there. in other senses