I had an utter brainlapse today - my current set of Sony earphones are falling to bits and I need a new set. I went to Currys and walked out with a set of Sennheiser’s. A few minutes down Union street my brain finally snaps to and goes ‘wait - why do you have earphones?’ [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Words
There’s a raging debate over on the Rav about the use, appropriateness, and connotations of profanity. The post that sent me over the edge and back to my own blog (where I rant more freely than I do in a forum setting) had this gem:
“I have a hard time taking someone serious when they [...]
I missed that memo
A knitblogger I read casually commented, “It’s unfashionable nowadays to admit to preferring the urban lifestyle, but there it is.” This came as a surprise to me, an unashamed city-dweller. I live in a suburb right now, and although I appreciate the perks I do prefer a more urban environment. Always worried about appearing fashionable, [...]
Persecution’s Back In Fashion
This whole ‘Anonymous takes on the Scientologists’ thing is giving me the creeps. Who sits on the invisible pigeon-holing committee that says this is grand and the intarwub chimes in that Anon is just in it for the ‘lulz’ and the ‘hates’ so that makes it alright?
From Kindlin’
I’ve had a proto-post sitting in the archive of this place for so long that the rest of the coven have read it and I can’t think of a way to finish it without coming across badly. I’m vain that way, what can I say. So I’m scrapping it along with most of the rest. [...]