Monthly Archives: January 2005

The power of love

Posted on January 13, 2005 by acb

The last paragraph in the Times’ obit of Danny Sugerman, Jim Morrison’s ammanuensis, and later part of Iggy Pop’s management: Danny Sugerman is survived by his wife, Fawn Hall, who was Oliver North’s secretary during the Iran-Contra scandal under Ronald … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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lecturing Bill Gates

Posted on January 11, 2005 by acb

on capitalism, is something I never realised I wanted to do until fate gave me the chance. Now, every time I sneeze, banknotes burst out of my pockets and credit cards rattle on the desk. I had expected lots of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Christmas isn’t coming

Posted on January 10, 2005 by acb

but already I know what I want Continue reading →

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miserable ingrates

Posted on January 8, 2005 by acb

The lot of you. No one seems to have read the latest Swedish story at all. Still, I have finished it; and if there are any priests reading this, they had best mark and learn from this tragic tale of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Fair and balanced

Posted on January 7, 2005 by acb

Have you noticed how getting children to “explore” something is nowadays a synonym for paedophilia, as in “the booklet is used because it is hard to find writings that are both sympathetic to the South and explore what the Bible … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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memo to self

Posted on January 6, 2005 by acb

The left-hand margin of the topmost piece of paper on the desk is not a persistent storage medium. In two days’ time you will have lost the vital phone number / password you scribbled there. Nor will you remember whose … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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