Banned Phrases of 2008
Remember my super previous posting “Banned Phrases of 2007”. Well this is exactly the same, but for 2008. DO YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE? By the way, what I...
OMG! FUTURESHOCK!
We develop a shorthand bag of semantic tricks over the years, don’t we? The one liners you keep coming back to ‘cos they worked well the first and second time....
Notes on Media Imperialism
Saw “Babel” last night – which is kind of like Crash, in that it’s a cinematic attempt to show that our difference makes us the same; we all suffer, grieve,...
Bête Noire
An eighth of England is currently still under water – this coming just a month after a different eighth of it had been temporarily transformed into a boating lake by...
What’s in a Word?
2,091 web users, polled by British research body YouGov, were asked to cite the Internet generated words and phrases that bug them… 1. Folksonomy2. Blogosphere3. Blog4. Netiquette5. Blook (a book based...
Create Your Own Positive Reality
Coke have redesigned their cans for the Japanese market. If anything, it’s a simple reduction of a slick and overstated 80s style; a more classic approach. Not according to Coke’s...
My Two Heads
As an apparently discerning child of the late 20th Century, I find myself continuously torn between high and low brow culture. Marie and Donnie were a little bit country and...
Neil Gaiman Mini Interview
Christ, it’s dull – but thought a couple of people around here, other than me (for which read and ), might want a look . http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1742887,00.html
Marxist Joke
A guy walks into a theatrical agent’s office and says “Sir, have I got a really special act for you” So the agent says “OK, I’ll indulge you, how does...
Notes from the Edge
Because I am a big shot writer and that, I carry an old fashioned notebook and pen with me where e’re I roam. This is so that I can jot...