The Golden Cockroach
This story combines name-dropping, a certain degree of disgustingness and a uniquely Philippine quality. Some years ago, probably in about 1992 or 1993, we had gone to visit my father-in-law, … Continue reading
Descartes in a bar…
I can’t remember now where I came across these, but they’re good. Descartes is sitting at a bar, and the bartender asks him if he’ll have another drink. “Yes, I … Continue reading
We shall never surrender
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we … Continue reading
The Sun Also Rises: a precis
From an amusing collection of one star reviews on Amazon.com of ‘Great Novels’ comes this pretty spot-on review of The Sun Also Rises: “Here’s the first half of the book: … Continue reading
Mahlerschade, or smallish quantities of fairly mild inner torment
This is by a long way the funniest thing I’ve seen for a while. From Infocult, via a tweet from GreatDismal William Gibson: Mahler rehearsal notes. *IMPORTANT* Share Yesterday at … Continue reading
Star Wars
I just bought the original (proper) Star Wars trilogy for the kids (ahem) and watching the first one reminded me of that excellent spoof for Tunes that appeared back in … Continue reading
Boris on snow
The BBC reports: The committee asked Mr Johnson what action he had taken before he was made aware of transport problems on 1 February. The mayor replied: “I observed that … Continue reading
Putin embarrassed to be Bush-like
Sarkozy meets Putin to discuss the crisis in Georgia back in August. Sarkozy tells Putin that the world will not accept any overthrow of Georgia’s Government. Putin is apparently massively … Continue reading
