In the year 3000, will the British-island language be more similar to that of 2000 than that of 2000 was to that of 1000? I rather think so. There will be plenty of neologisms over the next millennium, but unlike the 2000/1000 split, there will be primary sources that you can look at then from AD 2000 that speak aloud. I think this will make it ( Read more... )

Just chilling at home, having a nice quiet evening: a bit of online faffing, a glass of wine. All very pleasant. S is out in town meeting up with his ex Perla, and just called me as she went to the bar to get him a pint ( Read more... )

Bloke on YouTube does a sex problem page advice show. Updates three times a week. I find it rather fun. Here's the latest:

The latest one

The recent one where a chubby girl who doesn't know how attractive she is writes in is pretty cool.

Thomas Cochrane was the 10th Earl of Dundonald, who joined the British Navy as a teenager at the end of the 18th Century ( Read more... )

Pretty confident I've passed, but certainly no better than a pass grade 3, given how much of the paper I had to skip. Brief explanation: the OU does pass grades 1-4 for its modules, with 1 being a distinction (usually 85%-plus, subject to grade adjustment of course), 2 being a merit (70%-84%), 3 a pass (55%-69%) and 4 a basic pass (40%-54%). If you ( Read more... )

...gibber gibber spectroscopicnotationatomicorbitalsverticalpolarization
raisingandloweringoperatorstimeindependentschrodingerequation gibber gibber gibber.

Goddamn but I'll be glad when my exam is over. My brain feels like I'm trying to stuff a series of intellectual melons inside it through my ears.

It's always nice to get a shoutout from late night radio. Thank goodness for ravenevermore and swiftangel. I was delighted to hear some Franz, and also to be able to tell them that Franz always start their gigs with a frontdrop of Gavrilo Princip, famously the Black Hand assassin of Archduke Ferdinand.

You should all listen in. iRock109 is great fun. :o)

It's well known that the current Pope sent out a letter to all Catholic bishops worldwide in 2001 demanding papal silence on reported cases of child abuse as part of the aim that all cases could be handled by the Vatican, and only by the Vatican - sorting out the problem 'in-house', as it were ( Read more... )

I notice they didn't have to cut down any trees in Bellahouston Park to accommodate the masses this time round.

Just sayin'.

There was a screen with music videos playing silently behind the dancefloor tonight, and I was startled to see an obscure one of my liking playing - envoy, this was the one that was playing as you said cheerio to me on the sofa, in case you were wondering what the hell I was on about.

Eric Burdon: Tabacco [sic] RoadSometimes a game is played in muso ( Read more... )