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Yearly Archives: 2003
How long, oh Lord
When the Earl pulled out his bloody great tool at tea To do the pageboy wrong, His chaplain cried in incredulity “How long, oh lord, how long!” And so, I suppose, we are meant to cry when we see the … Continue reading Continue reading
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apologies for total silence
But I have been ill, and then stupid. Unbelievably stupid. The little project to turn my archives into another MT blog has so far taken two whole days without getting any results except a slew of error messages I defy … Continue reading Continue reading
American Rights
I have just, rather to my delight, agreed a deal with Columbia University Press, who will publish the worm book in the States in the autumn of this year. Continue reading
Posted in Worms
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so much for the nonsense
about OOo being mainly a Unix tool, or even, in any important sense, a volunteer effort (in other words, one that is not dependent on Sun spending $5m a year or so on 100 full-time professional developers): one of the … Continue reading Continue reading
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Words to live by
From an interview with the heroic Aki Kaurismaki in the Guardian: I am a lousy film-maker, this I admit. But I refuse to make shit. Bad films I can make. Shit, no”. Continue reading
Posted in Blather
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too late:
The others all got here years ago. I suffer from paranoid schizophrenia and depression and find the net a gold mine of information. It is great to keep in touch with fellow sufferers through Yahoo Groups. I also do my … Continue reading Continue reading
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Glamour profession
(OK, another gratuitous Steely Dan reference); but Gawker says all that basketball stuff is so passé in New York. Continue reading
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fame at last
Danny O’Brien links to me! perhaps I should start a reward programme. Continue reading
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Spot the Author
The rose opens her petals And embraces the violet The lily too has awakened. They bare their heads to the zephyrs. Yes, it’s dreadful; and it’s translated, too. If I gave the original language away, it would be too easy. … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Literature
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