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Memetics

( Misc. and Blog Stuff )

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, […]

Learning About Modern Britain, In Quotes

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”

Lebenslauf vs. curriculum vitae

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 […]

Re-Pats Guide To Britain: Rail Travel (Redux)

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 […]

German Words We Use In English: Schadenfreude

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 […]

Oi! That’s *Our* Primary Colour

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 […]