Yarb

Hoi polloi

2008-07-02T20:23:33Z

Summer is here, and there is nothing I like better than to spend my free time people-watching. I sit quietly, all alone, sipping a soft drink, and remark silently on the great variety of interesting people I see. Here, for example, is what I saw ...

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Digested

2008-06-27T21:15:19Z

While Lucretius was right about some things: Atoms are in constant motion (2.62) There are other worlds than Earth (2.1048) Centaurs never existed (5.878) Thunder comes after lightning because sound is slower than light (6.164) …and wrong about...

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No Beijing thing for vulgar Bulgars

2008-06-27T18:22:42Z

It won’t be the Olympics without the Bulagrian weightlifting team. Every four years I scour the schedules specifically to see them in action - especially the women - so this news makes me very sad. As is the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federation: “T...

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Prybars &c

2008-06-23T18:21:00Z

I spent Saturday out of doors, labouring - not in the giving birth sense of the word, but in the horny-handed son of toil, labor omnia vincit sense. Although my labour wasn’t especially hard, it was sufficient to inflict an assortment of aches on ...

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Vox Hunt: Staring at the Wall(paper)

2008-06-20T16:04:21Z

Show us the wallpaper on your cell phone. Submitted by jacolily. I possess neither cell phone, nor wallpaper. I could take a picture of someone else's wallpaper, but I would have to use a camera.

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QotD: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow...

2008-06-11T15:52:15Z

Every new "Today" seems more anxious than ever. Do you find more solace in "Yesterday" or "Tomorrow"? Why? Submitted by Bee Whisperer. My god! This question is bollocks!

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QotD: Rise & Shine!

2008-06-09T15:35:52Z

What are your first thoughts upon waking? Submitted by Cher Cabula. This morning my first thought was "who murdered Osma Starling?" She was the obscure socialite whose grim fate had occupied my dreams.

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Tonguelashed

2008-06-05T17:28:15Z

Dialogue can be delightful if dramatically or comically stylized or artistically blended with descriptive prose; in other words, if it is a feature of style and structure in a given work. If not, then it is nothing but automatic typewriting, form...

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Ten things I should not do, according to my employer's latest health newsletter

2008-06-04T23:36:30Z

Wear my MP3 player in a thunderstorm. Use lash-extending mascara if I wear contact lenses. Skimp on bananas if I happen to be a refuelling athlete. Eschew turkey, milk, tofu or peanut butter if I want to have healthy sleep. Assume that a “sugar...

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...breaking news...

2008-06-02T16:58:42Z

Rampant Uzbeks see off Singapore in 7-3 thriller Rampant Uzbeks Rampant Uzbeks The Uzbeks are rampant! If I had a coat of arms it would certainly feature an Uzbek rampant.

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