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Democracy and fascism
In the wake of the appalling news that I now have a fascist thug representing me in the European Parliament, I had an interesting conversation with ms_lilith and teadaemon about democracy and human rights and stuff ( Read more... ) -
Holidays
Just got back from a very pleasant week off. I spent two days in London catching up with old friends. Met up with Griff and Joff, who I hadn't seen for ages, and we went to a poetry reading where someone read out a poem that included a proposal of marriage. Then went to see Liz and Richard, and meet their new baby Ellie. They've moved to Kingston, ( Read more... ) -
Manchester Sunrise
For those who are interested in this stuff, there's a new report on the Manchester Zedders blog - we took part in a mad walk across Manchester last weekend. -
Fame!
Sitting at home recovering from doing half of Manchester Sunrise (proper blog about that later in the week), and found out to my delight that the Manchester Zedders have made it into the pages of the New Statesman. Looks like we'll get a mention in a book too. -
Using ONLY SONG TITLES from ONE artist, answer these questions
Pick ONE band/artist.
Billy Bragg
1. Are you a male or female?
Honey I'm a big boy now
2. Describe yourself.
The milkman of human kindness
3. How do you feel about yourself?
Waiting for the great leap forwards
4. Describe your ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
Tender comrade
5. Describe your current boy/girl situation.
M for me6. Describe your ( Read more... ) -
100 books we're supposed to have read
The rules: Copy the list. Look at the list and put an 'x' after those you have read. Tag other Book Nerds and Publish.
The Times says most people have only read six of these 'important' books. I made it to 51, which is maybe disappointing for someone with a degree in literature. It's given me a list of books to mooch next, though ( Read more... ) -
Prince Harry
Apparently the Army is sending Prince Harry on equality training.
Does anybody else have the feeling it's a little futile to expect somebody born into a HEREDITARY RULING CLASS to behave as if everyone is born equal? -
Seen in the street...
Small girl enthusiastically licking a bus stop. I felt I should tell her parents but I wasn't sure what to say... -
A to Zedding
It seems this Zedding thing has become more than just a passing fad, so we've set up a separate blog for it. It's here:
The Manchester Zedders
I'll post links here when we post there, or you could add its RSS feed to your friends page. There's a new entry there for a zedding we did last weekend. -
Zedding: The page 39 challenge
We haven't been zedding for a while because of the inclement weather (except for an afternoon when we walked down some back streets and discovered what appeared to be a mysterious cult, but that's a story for another time). But yesterday we decided to brave the weather anyway, as there were bits of sunshine in between the squalls of snow.
( Rather rambling Zedding story )