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“Three Turks manned the tills. Their leader, Gedik, was also monocular.”

To compensate for the titanic post of tedium most delirious wot I wrought yesterday, I bring you today Thirty Thousand Streets.
Oddly poignant and eminently readable short stories based on one young man’s experiences of moving to London. Only two instalments at this time, but as Shaw Taylor would have advised, keep ‘em peeled for more.
(Via [...]

Rogue Trouper

So, I’ve been replaced in Claytown Troupe, and the first I knew about it was by looking at the MySpace page today.
True, it’s been on the back burner for a year and a half now, but I still counted myself as a member of the band until today. The band went on hiatus around Christmas [...]

Smoke in the (rain)water

Ah, you smokers. You make me laugh. Huddled round a Clipper lighter for warmth with a copy of the Mirror over your head, all bunched up outside the office corner with your victim mentality and your shield of carcinogens.
Here’s the truth: if you want to give up, you can, and will. It’s that simple. [...]

Oooh, you know, she was in that thing… with the other guy…

I have an extremely good memory for names and faces. So good in fact that when I was at a conference recently, I saw a guy who I recognised and managed to work out that he was from my home town, and that his surname was Jones. He went to the same school as me [...]

Excuse me…

…but exactly what is wrong with sending your child to a better school if you have the money to do so?
Please? Apparently it’s the most awful thing in the world, according to the media today. I fail to see the problem.
Caitlin, I’m with you.
–c.

BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER

What the FUCK is Russell Brand’s hair all about?
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Fucksakes. I mean, I know about stones and glass houses, but fuck me. That’s just… it’s… it’s fucked, is what it is.
–c.

Get Well, Hamster

Thoughts and hopes go out to Richard Hammond of Top Gear. A great TV presenter and seemingly genuine nice bloke with a love of dangerous machines. Get your short arse well and back behind the wheel, Richard. That’ll show them.
On that subject, could there be a little less hand-wringing and blamestorming, please? Richard and his [...]

The Programmer’s Bill of Rights

Genius. I’m more a coder than a programmer (though I’m doing more programming in my new job than I was at my last - yes, JavaScript counts as programming) but this applies to all developers.
The chairs is the most common downfall. People seem unable (or unwilling) to grasp the two basic principles: i) if I [...]