They've been dead less than 24 hours and I've already heard about two dozen jokes of varying comedy value and tastelessness, my two favourites of which are:

What's the difference between Michael Jackson and Alex Ferguson?

( Cut for the easily offended )

Wow. Ramón Estévez is definitely and firmly in my 'hero' category. I mean, I always knew he was cool, but on Jonathon Ross tonight he was just ace.

Come on then, fight me:

http://elethiomel.mybrute.com/

I dares ya.

Oh Gods.

Got in about 25 minutes ago to discover the BBC have done a 'modern update' of The Fall and Rise of Reginald PerrinWhich could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch, it's that damn bad ( Read more... )

I just had a wonderful moment of mono no awareAs I arrived to work this-morning the weather was bright and crisp, the river was at slack water and there obviously hadn't been any water traffic for some time; the Thames was absolutely mill-pond smooth. I watched the wake of a coot spread and gently distort the reflection of the Belfast until the ( Read more... )

Those members of the Court of Public Opinion who are so willing to convict on a few fragmentary moments of video footage alone may find this and this instructive reading.

Association Meme: Comment to this post and I will give you 5 subjects/things I associate you with. Then post this in your LJ and elaborate on the subjects given.

madwitch gave me: ( Jeeves & Wooster, Con X, Cunning and possibly evil plans, Hats, and Wit )

I seem to have developed a rather painful back, shoulder and neck, at the moment. I suspect as a result of the frankly dreadful bed I slept in over the weekend at Leanne & Colin's wedding (that'll teach me not to go for the cheaper hotel option, I guess ( Read more... )

Today has been a day of lapsus linguae.

My boss today described the new colleague who is joining us as: "Easy to get on to" and a colleague described our current pre-trial state as "at the mercy of judicial quim", which is quite the image to conjure with...

Like most people I'm sure, I often re-read books I particularly loved. Just lately I felt a real need to re-read William Gibson's sprawl trilogy. In doing so I rediscovered how absolutely fantastic the opening sequence of Count Zero is.

I reproduce it here in full:

( They set a slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi )