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Piracy

I be a Pirate!

The anti-piracy lobbyists would have you believe that going to the cinema is an experience worth paying for, that it is a somehow superior environment in which to enjoy a film. This, as I’m about to go on at length about, is utter bollocks.

Last night I went to [...]

Ministry for the Blindingly Obvious

You will be pleased to know that, despite the summertime being a regular occurrence for millennia now, and despite the fact that people live in much warmer climes all over the world, our glorious nation has a plan in place for when it gets *gasp* warm and sunny. Sadly, it’s much like the plans [...]

Sat nav

I disapprove of in-car sat-navs; I figure that if you need a little box dictating your actions then you deserve to be lost and alone. That’s quite aside from my theory that getting lost from time to time is good for the soul and provides a little bit of excitement and exploration for otherwise [...]

Overheard

“Immortal songs of maximum power.”

I have no idea what this quote was in relation to, but it pleased me greatly to overhear it. Also this:

“Well, the tragedy is over. The failure is complete. I turn my head and go away. I took my share in this fight for the impossible.”

But I [...]

G. K. Chesterton – The Secret People

Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget, For we are the people of England, that never has spoken yet. There is many a fat farmer that drinks less cheerfully, There is many a free French peasant who is richer and sadder than we. There are no folk in the [...]