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Today I went looking for photographs; both the burnt out car and the stolen car have been taken from me by the relevant authorities. The streets are sad and lonely.

Happy birthday to Andy. Tomorrow I am meeting a friend called Chaz; i'm not quite sure why I decided on this course of action but it might be nice, I like Chaz.

Shopping with my mother, we came to blows over the price of a carton of fair trade orange and were found not long after debating the socio-economic importance of localism in the fruit and veg section. Later at home she left me little option but to raise the volume of Stephen Patrick Morrissey's booming voice and inform her that she'd asked for it! ( Read more... )

A stocky aging man sits dressed in a blue suit slumped in the corner of a room. His head is placed uncomfortably against the cold brick wall. I scan his features for some signs of life playing across his eyes and mouth but find none. An empty mask had slipped revealing his theatrically swollen features. His is a face of a thousand different ( Read more... )

Did George Bush just list Nicaragua among America's most successful campaigns of democracy? Is he on crack? I seriously don't understand who in their right minds would vote for this man; beyond petty tribalism, what is the appeal?

I implore anyone living in America who plans on voting in the next American election to not vote for George Bush.

There are those who perhaps see the grand narrative of life and their role within it in differernt ways then I do - they do what they do, their role within life isn't to question why they do it or the circumstances in which they do it - they simply do it. I unfortunately, seem to question everything. I'm slightly nervous about the prospect of ( Read more... )

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it's interesting how something like a flowery frock can be very political and even threatening depending on who is wearing it.

The U.K Ministry of Defence yesterday awarded a £50 million uniform contract to a firm planning to subcontract the work to China. The British Army combat uniforms will be made in China in a new attempt by the Ministry of Defence to cut costs. Local politican Lindsay Hoyle has criticsed the move pointing out that "with China's reputation for human ( Read more... )