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| Ian_2007 |
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| 14 Jun 11 | I do love being right (2) | (14 Jun 11, 5:39 PM by just_iana) |
| I've written here before about my pet theory that Stalin was kinky. [more...] | ||
| 3 Jun 11 | The rich vein that is Dostoevsky (1) | (4 Jun 11, 11:21 AM by curious_wee_lass) |
| "Unless she had a whip in her hand, you wouldn't take anything from that miscreant" - Lieutenant Molovtsov about Nastasya Phillipovna in The Idiot. [more...] | ||
| 10 May 11 | Noggin the Nog (2) | (10 May 11, 9:58 PM by paulss) |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0117bqm/episode... [more...] | ||
| 29 Apr 11 | Ah, so it is all about status, after all (1) | (29 Apr 11, 8:57 AM by Reversed) |
| http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13221922 [more...] | ||
| 23 Apr 11 | One more nail in the "online privacy" coffin. (21) | (24 Apr 11, 9:27 PM by boojum) |
| No, not the iPhone non-story that's going around and alarming journalists who really should know better. This one concerns a genuine potential threat: [more...] | ||
| 20 Apr 11 | A hot pick for this year's Ignobel prizes (1) | (20 Apr 11, 9:41 AM by bohnanza) |
| http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/sweari... [more...] | ||
| 16 Apr 11 | The ideal holiday break for a Dom (3) | (16 Apr 11, 1:37 PM by LondonShyGirl) |
| http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/t... [more...] | ||
| 7 Apr 11 | Scrooge McDuck - still #1! | (7 Apr 11, 5:33 PM by Ian_2007) |
| http://www.forbes.com/fictional15 [more...] | ||
| 3 Apr 11 | A treat for pedants. (2) | (3 Apr 11, 3:02 PM by Reversed) |
| I wonder if any of you noticed, like me, the TV guide for tonight's "Lewis" talking about one of the "alumnae" of an Oxford college being murdered. I wonder if, like me, you instinctively harrumphed over dumbing down? [more...] | ||
| 30 Mar 11 | Outsmarted by pigeons | (30 Mar 11, 5:19 PM by Ian_2007) |
| Having recently bought a Freesat-enabled TV, I decided to finally install a dish (anything to make the house more saleable at the moment). I figured that it would look least ugly tucked right up under the eaves, so that's where I put it. [more...] | ||
| 26 Mar 11 | Seen in London today (6) | (27 Mar 11, 6:20 AM by wonderer) |
| Well, I managed to avoid getting caught up in the demos today (and the Tartan Army too), but I was rather tickled when I saw a placard announcing that: [more...] | ||
| 9 Mar 11 | One thing about the recession (6) | (9 Mar 11, 3:30 PM by Dundeetop) |
Have you noticed how attentive and helpful shop assistants have become recently? At one point yesterday I had one accompanying me all around the store  | ||
| 11 Jan 11 | It's official. I'm unmusical! (3) | (11 Jan 11, 9:47 PM by MrTom) |
| Well, I always thought it was down to clumsiness and lack of application, but now the Beeb's "How musical are you?" quiz tells me that, despite having spent two years of evenings and weekends building a harpsichord, 8000 hours over ten years learning to play it, and four years researching and developing a new design of sunthesiser, I have "low enthusiasm for and curiosity about" music! [more...] | ||
| 20 Dec 10 | Christmas presents for the intelligent (2) | (20 Dec 10, 8:41 PM by kept_in_chains) |
| And the cynical [more...]
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| 3 Dec 10 | Good news! We may be bad and dangerous to know... (1) | (9 Dec 10, 1:57 AM by HumiliatingMaster) |
| ... but at least we're not going to be mad any more: [more...] | ||
| 23 Oct 10 | Friars mendicant | (23 Oct 10, 11:43 AM by Ian_2007) |
| Yes, it's a phrase we use to describe certain orders of monk (for the uneducated, those who used to beg for alms), but I doubt that any of us give it much thought any more. [more...] | ||
| 21 Sep 10 | Mad scientists and masochism | (21 Sep 10, 5:16 PM by Ian_2007) |
| http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/science/21pepp... [more...] | ||
| 14 Sep 10 | Staving off the Alzheimer's (1) | (14 Sep 10, 4:54 PM by shybee) |
| Seeking a little Bach related nostalgia and relaxation at the weekend, I downloaded and printed off the old (free because it's obsolete) Bachgesellschaft edition of Anna Magdalena's Notebook. [more...] | ||
| 8 Sep 10 | Henry Kissinger (3) | (9 Sep 10, 1:21 AM by Erroneous_Bosh) |
Yep. "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac." (Hey, just imagine any politican trying to get away with saying that in these allegedly more laid-back times  ) [more...]
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| 3 Sep 10 | Which came first, sadists or masochists? (6) | (3 Sep 10, 10:45 PM by OllieVW) |
| In evolutionary terms, I mean. Did the two behaviours evolve together, or were there a few millennia where there were lots of unhappy sadists with nobody to beat up (or masochists with nobody to do the beating)? [more...] | ||
