Saturday, June 15, 2013

alvi is two

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Friday, June 14, 2013

what a star ! ... rory stewart, a tory who really does know, biffs the foreign office, who can only pretend to ... fast forward to his speech at about one hour and thirty minutes

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/house-of-commons-22891120
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

walkabout

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http://www.agentprovocateur.com/beach/view-all/info/mazzy-swimsuit~tutti-frutti
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

my favourite things ... ten versions in no particular order

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John Coltrane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWG2dsXV5HI Pomplamoose http://www.youtube...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

remember, lads ... as long as you wash the cheese grater thoroughly after the pedicure, she'll never know ...

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Sunday, June 9, 2013

peddunts' korner ... two accademias sepparayted by a kommon langwidge

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... my blood boiled ! wouldn't yours ? http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4676

shopping hell ... of course, you ageing rock stars already knew that chappell's of bond street is half a mile away in wardour street

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... i arrived at the same time as some rich folk who indulged their daughters, aged six and eight i'd guess, by setting t...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

clash of the alienated titans ... from conversations at the workface ( part 99 )

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sez burly and heavily-stubbled fork-lift driver ...      "If you think i'm unloading this now, you can kiss my...

recorded in the year i was born ... and probably the first song that "moved" me, five or six years later

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjvHg9cBriw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blow_the_Wind_Southerly
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

i pass this sign most days in ashdown forest but it is besides a fast stretch of road and i never felt i could spare five minutes until today

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Sunday, June 2, 2013

today's applied geography tutorial ... tread softly ... or you tread on my dreams

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/01/map-us-mexico-migrant-deaths-border http://en.wikipedi...
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other people's heartaches, even italians 'ave 'em ... "pickaxe, beat softer ... "

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCXN-fwl-5s http://www.italyworldclub.com/italian-songs/regional/liguria/piccun-dagghe-ci...

sunday morning multi-tasking ... writing a letter to Linda whilst perusing Ruari McLean's Thames & Hudson Manual Of Typography ( ... as you do ... )

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...NB. not every lexicographer has a clean certificate of mental health ... my online dictionary suggests the existence of...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

easy to listen to but very hard to sing ... one of my mum's favourite songs

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... often aspired to, but never quite equalled ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Y7TpNi3x0...