I must not pass on memes. Memes are the mind-killer. Memes are the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face the meme… And when I have answered Sasha’s questions about music, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the meme is gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Sorry, […]
Waitrose is:
“a fast-growing supermarket chain catering for people too refined to shop at Sainsbury’s.”
-The Economist
Song playing as this was published: Ramstein - “Amerika”
You are I am sure, aware that one is meant to put something on a c.v. that provides a little background of your “other interests” (the ones you want potential employers to know about, that is)? After all, all work and very, very average grades, makes InActualFact a dull boy. Therefore, somewhere in the mess […]
Remember how once I might, possibly, indirectly, have inadvertently given the impression that Virgin Railways were really, really great in comparison with Deutsche Bahn? Let me just clarify my position on that one….
Of all the rail companies in Britain, Virgin used to be the absolute worst. Calling them shit would have been insulting to […]
Schadenfreude: The feeling experienced after having spent years listening to your mother explain that ‘you drive like a maniac’, ‘you’re awfully close to the car in front’, ‘you’re not on the Autobahn now, you know?’ etc. etc. of getting to hear her describe how she’s driven her car into a wall because: “I wanted to […]
In today’s information-based economy, intellectual property rights are important. Not only that, trademarks, logos and the like are valuable commodities that should be guarded fiercly. People don’t come back from holiday in Thailand loaded down with small pellets of compressed cement, talcum powder and blue colouring. Okay, they do, it’s just that they’ve been stamped […]
“I’m afraid I can’t accept that contract.”
Actually I said, “You’ve got to be fucking joking!” but I’m trying to give the impression that I conduct my business conversations with a sense of reserve and decorum.
“I’m not proof-reading anything that man has translated into English - it’s always gibberish, I can’t work out what it’s meant […]
Admittedly there are some minor downsides to terrorism, but what with passenger numbers down after the recent “everyday household items” scare, I’ve even seen a Heathrow-JFK return flight for £149 including all taxes and charges. Ideally, some kind of fatwa about increasing legroom would be just perfect. If you could oblige, Osama.
Song playing as this […]
London again for the weekend. Regular visits there really do prevent a news story containing the phrase, “neighbours described the man at the centre of these tragic events as a quiet individual who kept himself to himself, though he’s never been quite right since he came back from Germany and he visited London regularly and […]
I rose, showered, walked to the nearest underground station – the autumnal morning sun was shining brightly, but there was still an aura of mist over the greener parts of the city – I pressed my Oyster card against the reader and wandered, somewhat bleary-eyed to the end of the platform to make sure there […]
