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Get thee behind me, Santa
I’m back, and very glad to be back. I am also full of a nasty head cold, so posting is likely to be a bit underwhelming for a few days more. Illustration from Robert Anton Wilson’s exposition of the ancient … more…
Greenwich Tunnel, from the hip
Greenwich tunnel, November 1999 Too busy to scrape anything very interesting off the walls of the internets today, and off out later, so here’s something from one of the dustier corners of the hard drive. I took this picture whilst … more…
sparks, hassocks
Sparks, Hassocks, Nov 17 2007 (This is the best of about a dozen shots of the inferno before which I found myself last evening, on the occasion of my one and only female cousin’s fortieth birthday party, which was good … more…
Homeless bear, Sydenham
Homeless Bear, Sydenham, 2007
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense
Clive Thompson on How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense It’s like proprioception, your body’s ability to know where your limbs are. That subliminal sense of orientation is crucial for coordination: It keeps you from accidentally bumping into objects, and … more…
weird prefiguration
Last night I picked up the guitar and worked out the chords to Pachelbel’s Canon in D. I’d reckoned it would be easy to learn, and it was. This morning I noodled with it some more. This evening, a curious … more…
To Wit: this is getting scary now
As you might have gathered, I’m still more than a bit slumped. Too slumped to have noticed for myself that my mate Niall Griffiths (in fine form recently when we walked and drank and what not) is featured in the … more…
Theatre of war
I was stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act, on my way through Euston station. Sniffer dog and flamboyantly over-equipped uniformed hat, who at least was reasonably polite about it. As he said, he didn’t actually suspect me of anything. … more…
back
Returned to London, reluctantly and late, last night. There’s stuff to be posted, but it’s likely to take a day or two to whip it into shape…
days away
I’m off to Wales for a few days. Posting will be sparse or worse until after the weekend sometime. Don’t know quite when; keeping fingers crossed that I’ll get snowed in when I get there…