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Smile

Posted on August 6, 2007 by blogmywiki

Who was it who said, of literary criticism I think, “we murder to dissect”? Who said that writing about music was “dancing like architecture”? Well in the Guardian Guide on Saturday, Tim Jonze wrote about the comedian Josie Long. He … Continue reading →

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Everyone likes a nice co-incidence

Posted on August 4, 2007 by blogmywiki

Reading Calvin and Hobbes in bed, I turn out the light and briefly turn on the radio to check the alarm. First word I hear is “Calvinistic”. Just now, watching Cape Wrath. Line of dialogue: “How’s Jack Donnelly?”. I turn … Continue reading →

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Vinyl solution

Posted on July 24, 2007 by blogmywiki

I dug the old turntable out of the loft months ago and never had the time to dub off any of that precious vinyl… and when I did get round to it I discovered the stylus was missing. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Time travel makes you queasy

Posted on July 22, 2007 by blogmywiki

Further to my pathetic joke “Is ITV 2+1 the same as ITV3?”… we were just watching ITV 2+1 and the announcer said “…and if you missed this programme, it’s just starting now on ITV 2+1″. You’re twisting my melon, man. … Continue reading →

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The name game

Posted on July 12, 2007 by blogmywiki

When we had our first child we just couldn’t agree on his surname. I wanted him to have mine, my wife wanted him to have her’s. So we did that awful compromise and he became a double-barreled Booth-Farmer. I don’t … Continue reading →

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