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Only connect – coinkidinks

Saturday, October 28, 2006

Like a lot of people, I find happiness in uncovering patterns, whether it’s playing Sudoku, looking for chains in solitaire, or people and their behaviour.  Of the many points of synchronicity today, the most resonant was walking towards a gaggle of Japanese girls – walking in a straggly line a few yards apart – all [...]

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Only connect

Saturday, October 28, 2006

It is one of the many ironies of my life that I earn a living connecting things – systems, people, ideas, money, resources – when I am so shockingly bad at connecting with them myself.  I can, and do, connect words and ideas, but I find it increasingly difficult to connect with people.  Perhaps it’s [...]

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Quiet

Saturday, October 28, 2006

I’ve been very quiet recently. All the words have been squeezed out of me either by, at or travelling to and from work. I hit the imagination pedal and there’s no acceleration of words to take me away from things, no flights of fancy to simmer the stew of tube-rage, no idle juxtapositions [...]

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Chunnelling

Saturday, October 28, 2006

On the train yesterday were all the ingredients for a fabulous empanada.  By which, I mean a middle-class pie.  Although thinking about it, a soufflee is more apt.  And more full of hot air.  Anyhoo.  People.
I still like to think of trains in terms of the slam door compartments of my youth – I shall [...]

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Commuter paranoia

Monday, October 16, 2006

I think I was taking things a bit far this weekend.  While out for a random shopping trip in town I was accosted (ok, gently asked) by a young lady dressed all in green and wearing whiteout on her face if I would like some of her ‘own space’ (while holding out a small cardboard [...]

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Don't look back in anger

Sunday, October 15, 2006

is such a pile of arse.  Look back.  Burn.  Do better.  Repeat until death.

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Title me pink

Sunday, October 15, 2006

My favourite observation of the day was outside Woolies, a sign for the Christmas sales – Hot Action Man Toys, which was begging to be re-punctuated Hot Action, Man Toys.
And whoever invented ‘checkout captains’ at Sainsburys… I salute you. I will put my candidature forward for ‘Bacon Sargeant’ the moment it [...]

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Rasputin's left knee cap

Friday, October 13, 2006

Ways this could go:
- adventure story in the style of the 39 Steps. Treasure in a statue of Rasputin.
- Docu weepie…. tramp with false leg – Russian migrant in NY. Leg blown off in the WWII (time period?) – keeps picture of Rasputin wrapped round the top of his leg. Blames the Monk / [...]

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Catch 911

Friday, October 13, 2006

The story Michael Moore wishes he’d written.

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Jesus on the wing

Friday, October 13, 2006

(commentator) ‘…Anyway, fair play to the little Jesus fella. The bearded wonder has done great since his transfer from Pharisee Disunited. Now if he could just learn to lift his head up before the final delivery he’d find the quality of his crosses so much easier to bear. And the sackcloth and ashes is certainly [...]

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