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In An Era Of 24/7 Global Communications….

….Remember to turn your mobile phone off at night, or you’ll be woken by a text message offering you 900 Rupees per month off your phone bill at 4:30 in the morning.
That is all. I’m going back to bed now to catch up on sleep.

Per ardua ad astra

( Septics )

Blatantly pulled from the boing boing feed, the new USAF motto: “Über alles” - okay, they have a point and the F22 is very, very nice. But there should be a slogan-maker looking for a new job, oder?

Other 30% Not Carbon-Based…

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new entrant in the ‘most pathetic marketing blurb’ competition of 2008!
This one has the makings of a true winner and is going to prove hard to beat - not only because it’s from California, the home of the weird - but also that it has a swathe of strange, […]

Re-Pats Guide To Britain: The Weather

After being away from Britain for some time, remembering only warm summer days, lazing, drinking fresh lemonade whilst watching cricket, it may come as a surprise to learn that “as a result of climate change*” it now rains in Britain. And sometimes there’s even stormy weather.
Obviously, it was not always thus: one need only look […]