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Monthly Archives: July 2008
"a sense today"
An illuminating post from Lally’s Alley, with extracts from work by Nathan Kernan and Bill Corbett that do exactly what extracts should do: make you want to read the rest. The title to this post comes from one of them.
Posted in poem
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Translation
The best way to confirm that translation isn’t just shifting sense from one word to another but wrestling with, and reflecting, cultures is to take a look at packaging. We’ve just picked up two fabulous new Bialetti pans from our … Continue reading
Posted in food, pets, translation
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Wakey wakey
http://www.youtube.com/get_player My thanks to Katia and Susanna for this. I don’t know who did it. If you do, let me know.
Posted in cartoon, pets
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Orwell blogs
George Orwell’s diaries are about to be posted, exactly seventy years after they were written, in blog form, starting in August. My thanks to Maud Newton for pointing me to the site.
Posted in blogs, maud newton, orwell
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Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain: Wuthering Heights
http://www.youtube.com/v/NSed1K-QNMc&hl=en&fs=1If you’ve never heard these people , as I hadn’t before today, go straight to Youtube – and I mean this very minute – and see what else they’ve done. They’re fantastic. And if you have heard them, why didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in music
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Rule of thump
A misprint I came across in a report I’m editing today, about banana cultivation in atoll islands. It’s talking about how often banana plants should be fed with organic matter and suggests once a month as a rule of thump. … Continue reading
Posted in error, language
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Italian finger politics
Never one to miss a trick, Ryanair has recycled a photo of Northern League leader and Senator Umberto Bossi taken last weekend. His elegantly raised finger was directed then at the national anthem and the notion of Italian unity, something … Continue reading
Posted in berlusconi, italy, politics
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His Life as the Beast
This is probably the only form in which my collected poems will ever see publication, so enjoy them while you can.
Posted in poem, word cloud
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