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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Sounds of the year
Hey ho let’s go. Here, in no order of preference or alphabetical…ness… are the songs that most moved, inspired or cheered me during the last tumultuous twelvemonth. Complete with commentary, so I apologise for the length of this post. Just … Continue reading
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A Small Burst Of Music
I’ve just done a wee behind-the-hood upgrade on X&HT. Music and video will become more prevalent on posts as I can now do them directly from the laptop. All this means that Rob’s Sounds of the Year will be a … Continue reading
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No Solace
Christmas party season is upon us, and mine was last Thursday. Not doing Friday, thanks, the potential for alcoholic disaster is waaay too high. The company I work for has been heavily involved in the Bond film this year, … Continue reading
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Moral Values I’d Like to Revive
from Susie Bright’s Journal, and I agree wholeheartedly with every one of these. (Via Boing Boing, where she’s guest blogging, kicking ass and taking no prisoners. Erotically.)
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On getting older, and no wiser
Funny old weekend really, as birthday weekends often are. I took a couple of days off around the day itself, just to sort out the looming monolith of giftage and panic that is the buildup to Xmas. And blow me … Continue reading
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Geekery
I love this t-shirt. I especially love the fact that one of the names (for a very good reason) has been crossed off.
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Saggy, and a bit loose at the seams.
I was saddened. but not really that surprised, to hear that Oliver Postgate has died. Along with his partner, Peter Fermin, he was the creator of some of the finest children’s programmes ever created. Bagpuss, The Clangers, Noggin The Nog … Continue reading
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On Beer
To Mare Street in Hackney on Thursday, for the 25th Pigs Ear Beer Festival. I finally succumbed to the inevitable earlier in the year and invested in a CAMRA membership, and this was the first fest I’d been to since … Continue reading
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Christmas is coming…
…you’d better watch out. (the guys that do the Christmas deccoes for Carnaby Street cross the line from outsize adorable to Godzillaesque scary. And I should note that the photo does not do justice to the way the darn things … Continue reading
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