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I found it quite interesting when I was chatting to people over the my travels darn sarf how even the least politically minded had noticed London's problems, especially the gentrification in the midst of poverty. Just read this description of London in 1844 by Engels, quoted in David Harvey's Social Justice and the City"These Londoners have been ( Read more... ) -
socialist rant
I feel even worse today, still coughing but also nauseous. Had yet another crap night's sleep. I just feel frustrated, there's so much I want to get on with and really can't, unless I make myself more ill. So, I've spent this morning reading another article on welfare nationalism, a bit more David Harvey and now I've moved onto Polly Toynbee's Hard ( Read more... ) -
Grrrrr, arghhhh
I wasn't going to post on this cos it's actually very dull (for a change) but I'm now raging so here goes ( Read more... ) -
A days work - HA!
That Jesus bloke didn't quite have it right. It's not 'easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God', nope. He actually meant to say: "It's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a over-keen PhD student to write his research proposal." Only 2000 words in, and a ( Read more... ) -
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On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... ) -
Yay!
I just graduated from Heriot-Watt with a Distinction :o)
With a lot of other people. Oh, so many people. So, so many people.
Also realised that *touch-wood* *rub lucky rabbit's foot* *find four-leaf clover* in three year's time I'll be Peter Matthews and the Three Degrees. Do-wop. -
Mooooooooosic
Got Where the Days Go ~ July Skies this morning. It's so beautiful it hurts. It just makes me want to cry; or curl up into a ball in front of a big fire with a Thomas Hardy novel and a glass of single malt ( Read more... )
