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Couplets and Couplings: Day Three
Day three of National Poetry Writing Month, and what better way to celebrate my arrival in York ( Read more... ) -
How much is that doggerel in the window...
April 2nd, day 2 of NanoPoMo, the National Poetry Writing Month.
Alas, nobody of any note or notoriety was born on this day, so today's Limerick is rather dull.
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Trilobite and error
The floortiles at this Métro station - Mairie de Montrouge - have Trilobites etched into them.
Can anyone tell be why? Excepting the obvious reason, that Trilobites are rather cool...
This is a copy of my post here, on Dreamwidth, which has
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A new word for a new year
You know about the Overton Window - the range of acceptable arguments and ideas we consider 'mainstream' politics?
It's all about a tendency to shift - not always to the 'right' - bringing ideas that were once considered 'extremist' or unthinkable, or even offensive, into the daily discourse of politics and plausible policy.
( Have a cynical new word: a 'Nileogism', if you will... ) -
A joyous fairy tale for life, not just for Christmas
Okay: strong coffee, and I begin the assault on the North Face of the Christmas Kitchen Interim Cleanup ( Read more... ) -
Think Piece for the Season of Goodwill and Peace
I read a post by Richard Murphy, on the importance of thinking in his work, and the pleasure of a few days off, or even a few minutes walking the dog; and it occurred to me that this is something that we have in common ( Read more... ) -
The Night of the Unholy Grayling
Guess who's in the running for Chancellor of the Exchequer? Chris Grayling - the hatchetman for Legal Aid, book bans for prisoners, dodgy commercial relationships with the Saudis at the Ministry of Justice. A disaster in a badly-knotted tie ( Read more... ) -
Steam and elastic bonds
All the news about share prices, especially prominent UK banks ( Read more... ) -
Nothing ventured, nothing gamed
I hear stories from independent game developers that startups have closed down - the Venture Capital agreement had a Brexit clause and the VC's have pulled the plug.
Anyone got any corroboration? I'd heard about Brexit 'break' clauses in real estate purchases, but I was completely unaware of their existence in Venture Capital agreements...
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Articles and Particles and Parties
Reassuring words from David Allen Green about Article 50 and the real 'ejector handle' of a British Exit:
Why the Article 50 notification is important
The short version is: we haven't done it yet, and we probably won't next week.
( We probably will, eventually, but events are overtaking us... )