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Personal relics
So yesterday we went to my Grandma's flat to share out her belongings. I took the scrabble set my Grandpa repeatedly beat me with, and the ugly little ebony statue that scared me as a child ( Read more... ) -
In Which Tom does a small jig of delight
You all probably know this by now already but:
I HAVE AN AGENT.
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W.R.I.T.I.N.G.
Worryingly Ridiculous, Irritating, Tenuous, Infantile, Nonsesical Gibberish ( Read more... ) -
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http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/news-and-opinion/in-extremis/Save-the-Straights-43260492.html
Go. Read. Cry with laughter. I dare you. I double dare you motherfucker. -
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To leave, or not to leave. That is the question.
I have two problems with my office.
Firstly, a panicky sensation that I'm underachieving that I'm stagnant at work and I'm going to be fired. This could be loosely termed I'm not good enough for the job.
Secondly a depressed feeling that my job is pointless, unstimulating and I'm working for a worthless ( Read more... ) -
They may take our Trek, but they'll never take our geekdom
Gakked From Hal Duncan at http://notesfromthegeekshow.blogspot.com/2009/05/star-dreck.html
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Verse attack!
Housemates.
I've spent too much time with God lately,
and we haven't been getting on.
He doesn't approve of my choice of friends,
I don't like how he treats his son.
I feel like he's always judging me,
for leaving dirty plates in the sink
He's everywhere in this house that I want to be
And I just need my own space to think.
We're ( Read more... ) -
...and when I get that feeling.
Right. So. Um.
I'm in love.
Ecstatically, scarily, lucidly in love. As in 'What the hell is that in my chest? Am I having a heart attack? No its's love' love. As in 'now I get what the rom-coms are on about' love.
It's the kind of love that you can't be cynical about. It would turn Alastair Campbell and Iago into grinning idiots. I stood no chance. I ( Read more... ) -
Economies of Scale
Direct quote from last weeks the Now Show:
"Nuclear weapons are hideously expensive and can never be used, but as Churchill said 'its the price we pay to sit at the top table.'
Which is ironic, given the arguments the government encounters when trying to convince kids not to carry knives:
'Come on UK, we're having a nuclear weapons amnesty, hand them ( Read more... )