Oops. Yesterday I had the rare luxury of a day to myself, with wife and child visiting family in Lincoln. So instead of doing all the things at home I'd lined up to catch up on, I went on an 11-hour perambulatory drinking binge with sillage and Craig, rounded off with the pub quiz. Ouch.

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Gosh. Years ago I did some subbing on The Lawyer. They ran an interview with Jack Straw, where da man was very grumpy: when he ordered a lackey to bring tea, he only ordered one cup. My headline was ‘One tea, no sugar’. (I think the pic of him might even have shown the tea - I have a copy somewhere.) Cos he was ‘no sugar’, right? I had to argue for ( Read more... )

Gosh. Years ago I did some subbing on The Lawyer. They ran an interview with Jack Straw, where da man was very grumpy: when he ordered a lackey to bring tea, he only ordered one cup. My headline was 'One tea, no sugar'. (I think the pic of him might even have shown the tea - I have a copy somewhere.) Cos he was 'no sugar', right? I had to argue for ( Read more... )

There’s a reasonably interesting article here about how Twitter could bring Google to its knees (well, in some ways), but the best thing from it is this:


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There's a reasonably interesting article here about how Twitter could bring Google to its knees (well, in some ways), but the best thing from it is this:


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Every December, my work tends to tail off into the black hole of Santa's arse. Every January, I somehow assume this hiatus will continue, and I'm taken by surprise that it's consistently one of my busiest months. But boy, February this year is gonna be 'fun ( Read more... )

Oxford chums will be glad to hear that The Epstein, Stornaway, Travelling Band and probably Little Fish will all be performing for Oxfringe!

• 09:13 The animals filed in dually: ll~ll ll~ll LV LV lll\ lll\ l\l\ l\l\ ll ll l\ l\ #
• 09:17 LalalalalanternlalalalaladarlinglalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalatenderlylalalovedmelaalwayslalaLililalaLamplightlalaLiliMarlenlalaLili... #L #
• 09:36 #L ( Read more... )

• 14:32 Alas Geeknight attendance unlikely tonight #
• 15:17 Hillbilly Lil Lyle (Dullsville AL) lolls idyllically;ill Al Bell rollerballs pellmell to Llyn Hall Llanelli,lilts villanelles.Love/Hell? #L #
• 15:20 @ stephenfry - as #L doesn't work, just in case: qurl.com/lllll (50 Ls tell a story) #

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