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It was twenty years ago today...
That day again, 20 years on. Not much drama left in it, thankfully: just happy that my Mum and my sister and I are still here and still getting on. I'm so very proud of the two of them (and of myself, too, though perhaps I say it as shouldn't ( Read more... ) -
That day again. Again.
Almost two decades now; it all feels oddly distant compared with current worries. -
IHNJ, IJLS "NKOTBSB" OMFGWTFBBQ
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I'm sure that this is a sign of the End Times. Or something. :-) -
That day again.
It was 17 years ago today, now, and increasingly feels like something that happened to someone else. That's probably a good thing, and I'm certainly glad that the pain has diminished; I just wish my other memories hadn't diminished in the same proportion. He doesn't seem as vivid to me now, and I regret it, but... maybe there's no way to win this -
Weird how that whole "international law" thing creeps up on you...
Today's Times"George W. Bush faces the prospect of a retirement confined to the United States after the cancellation of a trip to Switzerland amid fear of being prosecuted for torture ( Read more... ) -
WotD
Neologism of the day:
*shrugh* - a combined sigh of resignation and moan of annoyance. -
...oddly not tempting.
Gang of Four's upcoming album Content will apparently be released in a limited edition which includes, among other things, vials of the band members' blood.
Not entirely certain about the appeal of this, uh, feature. I am looking forward to the album, but... -
"Created sick, and then ordered to be well."
Transcript of the Christopher Hitchens/Tony Blair debate on religion:
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/11/christopher-hitchens-tony-blair
...Religion forces nice people to do unkind things, and also makes ( Read more... ) -
Katyn, 70 years later
The Russian Duma has officially condemned Joseph Stalin for ordering the Katyn massacre of 1940. Not that there had been any real doubt about the truth for the last two decades or so, but it's good to see the lie dispelled in official print.