Archive for the 'being chippy' Category
I would make no great claims for my ears. I’m no audiophile and I’m sure that teenage headphone abuse has had its effect on my hearing. So what I’m about to say is entirely subjective.
Here’s how I set things up. I imported the 2009 stereo remaster of Rubber Soul into iTunes as an AIFF file [...]
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So I bought three of the Beatles stereo remasters and , frankly, I wish I hadn’t. I feel like the most stupid gullible consumer in the world. Of course they don’t sound any better or different. Of course it was a load of overblown marketing hype and all those glowing reviews (note: most of the [...]
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Why the name change?
Infected with nostalgia, because I was reminded of something I did a long time ago, I have renamed the blog, The AA Book of the Dead. Older readers may remember the Automobile Association publication The AA Book of the Road. You see what we did there?
Actually, I can claim no credit, for the idea was [...]
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Tags: blogging, twitter, zines
Smug
I hate to seem bitter, but one thing that’s been bugging me over the past few snowy/icy days has been the smug little faces of the 4WD owners as they thunder along through the snow and ice, as if immune to the laws of physics. You could see it in their eyes: they thought they’d [...]
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3 days of the condor
If it’s Thursday it must be a snow day, the third this week. I’m not keen on snow (not keen on much of anything), but since becoming a teacher I’ve learned to take it as a blessing. An extra day off work in the dark half of the year is not to be sniffed at, [...]
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Tags: snow days
Via BoingBoing, comes this great assessment of the state of the world by Bruce Sterling in Seed magazine. As you know, I love a good apocalypse, and I’ve been watching this one coming for a while.
Sterling focuses on seven reasons we should all be panicking: the climate; intellectual property; currency speculation; the insurance market; the [...]
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Tags: apocalypse, panic
Jesus Christ
I was disappointed to see that the atheist bus campaign’s slogan included the word “probably”. Apparently this was at the behest of the advertising agency that produced the posters, who were worried they’d fall foul of advertising rules. What? I thought the whole point of the campaign was that you couldn’t possibly fall foul of [...]
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The story about Linda Lusardi dialling 999 because she was stuck in traffic on her way to a panto makes me laugh on so many levels. Of course, it’s the usual fare we’ve come to expect at this time of year from the emergency services, as they seek to instruct us on the wrongness of [...]
Filed under: Commuting, Entertainment, Luvvies, Time-Wasters, being chippy, motoring, narcissism, weasels | 4 Comments
Review of the Year
January: Blank
February: Blank
March: Blank
April: …Nope
May: Holiday in the Vendée, which was quite nice
June: Blank
July: Wet
August: Wet. Bought a new (well, low-miler) car
September: Started diet
October: Fairly blank
November: Cold
December: Are we there yet?
Blogging seems to be a substitute for having a memory. Which is a concern, should something ever happen to WordPress, which is fairly likely, given [...]
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Tags: 2008, review of the year
Result!
A miscellaneous post, with three separate topics.
I’m enjoying Life, on ITV3, starring Damian Lewis as Charlie Crews, a cop released from jail after a miscarriage of justice. In spite of his huge compensation payout, he chooses to return to his job. He has survived his ordeal by adopting the precepts of Zen/Confucianism, and he infuriates [...]
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Tags: fuel prices, winter, woodburner
