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The most euphemistic Facebook status update ever

Posted in blog, digression on Jul 29th, 2008


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Downing Street drags cute bird into spin machine

Posted in digression, politics on Jul 10th, 2008

Kestrel rescue at Downing Street!

Cute, but not quite what I was expecting. Where’s the rescue then?

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Shields down

Posted in digression on Jul 7th, 2008

Holy fucking crap.
I expect these words to be uttered by a legion of shell-shocked My Bloody Valentine fans today, as they nip out at lunch, pick up Kevin Shields‘ new album The Death of Patience, and lay back for a bit of easy listening.
I’ve just listened to the five minutes of No Good Deed Goes [...]

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Why I still bank with the Co-op

Posted in digression on Jun 26th, 2008

I’m usually only moved to post about companies when they’ve annoyed me. I know I’m not alone in that.
But today I’d like to tip my hat to the Co-operative Bank, which exceeded my expectations during what could have been a tiresome phone call.
See, I was phoning to downgrade my current account, on which [...]

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Banana bashers

Posted in digression on Jun 10th, 2008

I’d always thought of bananas as a delicious fruit. Little did I realise that I was in fact eating evidence of a supernatural creator.

(via Boing Boing)

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BBC does Spinal Tap

Posted in digression on May 31st, 2008

Noticed this the other day - somebody in BBC Online has a sense of humour:

Incidentally, I was trying to get a screen grab of Brown doing his trademark goldfish gulp, but now I look it’s more like somebody’s licking his love pump.

I’ll never know how they did that with a straight face.

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Newswang

Posted in digression on May 29th, 2008

Noun: A news item so perfect that subsequent editors can find no fault and no room for improvement therein.
Usage: That’s newswang!

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Giant flying prick

Posted in digression on May 20th, 2008

Sorry, there will be a serious post coming soon, but somebody has just forwarded me this video of the most surreal interruption ever. I feel childishly compelled to share.

Via Gizmodo

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Piecemail

Posted in digression on May 16th, 2008

Adv: fragmentary or unsystematic approach to sending email.
Usage: Why, for the love of God, can’t you just collate everything into one message instead of sending it piecemail?

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Shameless Luke Ritchie plug

Posted in digression on May 15th, 2008

Seeing as we’re posting music videos, this is my friend Luke Ritchie. He’s playing at the Joogleberry on Friday night (16th May). Free entry, doors at 6pm.

He’s a bit good. I think you should all come to see him with me.

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