Monthly Archives: December 2003

Words of the year

Posted on Wednesday December 31, 2003 by admin

Some highlights from the BBC’s E-cyclopedia’s glossary of 2003. Governator – term for the new governor of California. Kippers – kids in parents’ pockets exhausting retirement savings. Mark 7 and 8 Mammal Marine Systems – dolphins, as used by Allied … Continue reading →

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Politically Correct Christmas

Posted on Wednesday December 24, 2003 by admin

(Posted to alumni mailing list, author unknown) Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable … Continue reading →

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Rubber chickens

Posted on Tuesday December 23, 2003 by admin

Inspired by Fred. After this post asking for titles, Fred challenged me to come up with something involving rubber chickens and toilet plungers. This was the result. (Note: what follows is a big fat lie, I made it all up. … Continue reading →

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Recipe: English scones

Posted on Monday December 22, 2003 by admin

Speaking of baking scones, this is my English scone recipe. It does work, I’m baking it on Wednesday for Christmas dinner at a friend’s house. 1 pound of flour (if using whole meal flour, add 1/2 teaspoon of cream of … Continue reading →

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Free Association

Posted on Monday December 22, 2003 by admin

Unconscious Mutterings game of free association. Exchange:: currency, UK pounds to US dollars, £1 equals about $1.65. Parental Advisory:: Guns N Roses as the voicemail “on hold” music. Blowout:: tyre, Firestone, Ford Exploder. Spider:: brown recluse spider, rumours of houses … Continue reading →

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Free Association

Posted on Tuesday December 16, 2003 by admin

Unconscious Mutterings game of free association. Warning:: bottle of sleeping pills, label says “Warning, may cause drowsiness.” Aspirations:: to go, New Zealand. To do, try to draw, finish Hubby’s sweater. Starvation:: Ethiopia. Lid:: baseball cap. Sketch:: Art class, compulsory fifteen … Continue reading →

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Pepys Project

Posted on Friday December 12, 2003 by admin

I’ve mentioned the Pepys Project before, it’s a blog listing by country and city, maintained by Mike of aka cooties. Pepys is a jolly good list. So if you’re not signed up on Pepys, go get listed. And if you … Continue reading →

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TV shutdown

Posted on Friday December 12, 2003 by admin

Go Italy! Italians urged to switch off TVs. This is a great idea. Could you go without TV for a weekend? Television networks in Italy are facing a nationwide weekend walkout – not by staff, but by unhappy viewers. Instead … Continue reading →

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Canadian research

Posted on Thursday December 11, 2003 by admin

Wonderful paper in the Canadian Medical Association Journal: Head injuries in nursery rhymes: evidence of a dangerous subtext in children’s literature. In the case of Humpty Dumpty, we question whether “all the king’s horses and all the king’s men” were … Continue reading →

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Titles needed

Posted on Wednesday December 10, 2003 by admin

Several blogs I’ve read have recently asked people to send them a list of questions to answer. I like the idea, and please leave questions in the comments of this post, but I have another idea. It’s been a while … Continue reading →

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