Despite my never having posted anything tackling this crucial question, I am top hit on Yahoo search for “how to look cool when going bald”.
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The Force Is Strong With This One
Eric The Unread has taken Backword Dave‘s Jedi morality/foreign policy post and run with it. If you are familiar with the Star Wars films you’ll have a good laugh.
Read More07Dec04 — 12
The Conservatives: Less Action. More Adobe Acrobat Files
A reliable source of cheap laughs here is the sometimes daft electronic media output of the Labour Party machine. I joke about it as only a fully paid up member can. Today, just for a change, I wandered over the the Conservative Party Website to kick the horse while it’s down. It’s so easy I […]
Read More06Dec04 — 2
It’s Time To Play The Music
Even when disagreeing with me, anti-war Backword Dave has always shown commendable respect for the moral basis of my pro-war Leftie stance. Yesterday, however, he cited the words of Yoda, a Muppet no less, in criticizing Tony Blair’s foreign policy. If Tony reads it he’ll probably have to resign.
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“Viagra” For Women
I am a hypothetical man with an even more hypothetical woman. She doesn’t enjoy having sex with me. Chance that this is because:- I never listen to anything she says: 16 percent The only thing about me that ever turned her on was my after-tax income: 13 percent I am too heavy-handed: 7 percent I am too light-fingered: 8 percent I am […]
Read More05Dec04 — 0
A Clarification
Before anyone gets the wrong idea, I called David Blunkett “Herr Blunkett” last week because I had been having lunch with a German friend who complimented the British on their relatively relaxed attitude to rules. No one has done so yet, but there’s no need to invoke Godwin’s law. I don’t admire Blunkett’s fondness for […]
Read More04Dec04 — 4
I Don’t Believe It
I have a nice handbuilt touring bike. When I bought it nearly ten years ago with a tax rebate, I paid more for it (even in absolute cash terms) than the car I now drive. Unlike my car, it has probably paid for itself, mainly by getting me around London for several years, when I […]
Read More02Dec04 — 3
I Am Lost
Science fiction nerds might remember Umpty Candy, the confection that tasted so good its sale had to be prohibited and inventor blasted into space where the secret recipe inside his head could no longer be accessed. You probably know that I cannot speak of “organic” foods or “Fairtrade” products without a pair of sneer quotes […]
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Mild Day In Hell
Do you think any of these Arab writers stand a chance of getting a regular gig at The Guardian? [Thanks to Judith.]
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Boldly
Like Herr Blunkett, I have had access to one of Her Britannic Majesty’s rail warrant thingies—in my case for going about the country on Medical Research Council business. If I’d known I could use it to send my girlfriend first class, I’d, er, have got myself a girlfriend. I would so. I could have one […]
Read More01Dec04 — 2
Six Degrees Of Time-Wasting
I suspect that, “beta” release or not, I am late to the wonderfully odd resource that is NNDB. If you have not already been there yourself I must warn you now that, if you follow the link, you may be some time. “NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people we have […]
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Self-Oppression
Gosh! Wow! According to the Beeb, women eighty years ago were writing diaries similar to Bridget’s! It’s like they were ahead of their time! Or, or…
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