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Monthly Archives: June 2004
More filth for Rupert
I can’t scan in all of _BSC,_ not least because the last few pages are missing from -my- the FWB’s tatty paperback of the _Faber Book of Parodies._ But the first few pages are below _this_ fold. Continue reading
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Bond strikes camp
Cyril Conolly’s wonderful parody, _Bond Strikes Camp_ is too long to scan all the way in. But there is a fragment — four pages — below the fold. Bond, dolled up in full drag, has just been picked up by … Continue reading Continue reading
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English summer
Or, why I find myself taking cloudscapes: Continue reading
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outlines in OOo
One of the things that people miss most in Openoffice is an outline mode. In fact, there is a pretty good substitute, hidden behind a witless interface. By assigning heading level to text styles, you can then organise and manipulate … Continue reading Continue reading
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Death to veggies (2)
A “naturally decaffeinated”:http://www.news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/06/24/wcoff24.xml species of coffee plant has been discovered in Ethiopia. This disproves conclusively the argument from design. Continue reading
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Death to veggies (1)
When is this less than reassuring? * %(loony) No Harmful chemicals.% * %(loony)Has not been tested on animals.% When you find these essertions on a bottle of “organic anti-nit goo.”:http://www.delacet.com/ I know perfectly well that it’s not going to work; … Continue reading Continue reading
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the power of censorship
For the first few weeks there were never any ads on these pages except for hosting services. Suddenly there has been a rash of religious ads. This shows Google is checking the site. Unfortunately, two of them were from scientologists. … Continue reading Continue reading
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I’m never going to write anything
I don’t know whether it is depression or a sinus infection. I don’t know if it is both. but for the last fortnight I have been almost incredibly stupid, as if I were thinking through treacle, and looking at the … Continue reading Continue reading
I’m never going to write these
I keep a scrap list in Ecco of things I really ought to blog about, or stick into a “wormseye,”:http://guardian.co.uk/wormseyeview or something. It has got out of control. So here are some things which provoked thought, without the thoughts I … Continue reading Continue reading
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Exterminate the brutes
I’m writing up a big piece for G2 about creationists and their attempts, helped by the government, to get a foothold in the British educational system. What makes it possible is the appalling state of many comprehensive schools: the one … Continue reading Continue reading
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