Archive for the 'narcissism' Category
Happy Families
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the fact that the BBC is making a huge fuss about not showing it giving the Gaza Appeal even more publicity than if they did?
But it’s not as if they ever have any perspective when the story concerns themselves. This is one step removed from the news anchor [...]
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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
Fruity, Woody, Oriental
Top country star Tim McGraw has been turning his hand to other things of late. A children’s book, for one, but also a range of fragrances, called McGraw. Hmmm… sceptical as I am about Mr McGraw’s ability to blend alcohol and essential oils, I’m not sure what such a thing might smell like? Essence of [...]
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Tags: fragrance, perfume
I was once a minor poet
I was going to blog about the gas leak and two different plumbing incidents we had in one day, but it ended up seeming quite boring really.
My dad moved house this week, to somewhere nearby, and we were helping him unpack and chuck stuff away. I came across some of my super-embarrassing poetry, published and [...]
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Tags: beach, dunes, holidays, poetry, sand, seaside
Closing down for the summer
My niece was complaining yesterday that she’s working hard at her summer job (at the same place her dad works), and after a hard morning walked into the main office to find the place almost silent, with everyone hunched over their desks. She thought for a moment they were all actually being productive, but then [...]
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Tags: blogging, blogs, hiatus, intermission
What’s the point of newspapers?
As a media studies teacher, one of the most vexing parts of my job is having to pay any attention to what newspapers are saying. My big problem with them begins and ends with the fact that they come out every day, and that column inches have to be filled, sometimes with decent writing, but [...]
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Tags: newspapers
Liar, Liar…
“All my exes owe back taxes”
The fire service were called earlier to deal with a fire in the vicinity of Heather Mills’ pants. The full text of the judge’s decision is available to read (PDF). Here are some highlights.
Paragraph 15: The husband’s evidence was, in my judgment, balanced. He expressed himself moderately though at [...]
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If that’s a gagging order…?
QFD: Quelle Fashion Disaster
Poor old Heather Mills emerged from court today wearing a cobbled-together outfit: some kind of suit made from remnants of other clothing. She’s reduced to sewing together pieces of her old clothes because she’s been left penniless by her divorce settlement. She gets to keep the family caravan in Wales and Evil [...]
Filed under: Arrested Development, Baby Boomers, Beatles, Character, Commuting, Conspiracy Theories, Entertainment, Luvvies, Time-Wasters, ambitions in life, being chippy, clothes, narcissism | 1 Comment
High Street North
When I was a teenager, I had a Saturday job at Bejam’s, the frozen food supermarket which was to become Iceland. I’ve never felt the need to shop in a supermarket dedicated to frozen foods, when all the other supermarkets have freezer sections. It has never made sense to me. Bejam’s always seemed like the [...]
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I just can’t be bothered…
I didn’t bother to watch Mistresses on BBC1 last night, because it looked like yet another low-rent attempt to “do” something like Desperate Housewives, which is not much to aim at in itself. One up from an afternoon soap. Mistresses had that Sarah Parish in it, and she’s been in waaaaay too many of these [...]
Filed under: Entertainment, Middle Age, Technology, Television, ambitions, anxiety, being chippy, narcissism, omens and portents | 1 Comment
