nourishing obscurity

[I’d ask if you would view all three parts of this article before commenting, as there are quite a few opposed views and some we might not have thought of before.] The main reason this blog hasn’t tackled the subject before is that it can’t be impartial. I’m a man, so how can I have [...]

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Part 2 Women are socialized differently and they can often “get away with murder”. The way they’re brought up, the expectations, the dress code, association of colours with gender and so on all serves to form a woman’s mind. An article by Suzy Vanhoose, in Associated Content, Business and Finance, put the negative side of [...]

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Now isn’t that interesting? The French defeated Iceland on the weekend in handball – that’s the Icelandic headline today. Er … how did the French get there? I’ve written to Eygló Arnarsdóttir about it and await a reply. Apparently the volcano finished erupting some days ago. There’s also a new Icelandic joke doing the rounds: [...]

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There’ve been some pretty appalling covers in music history and this site rates 10 of them. N1 all time travesty is April Lavigne and she is simply … sigh … what can one say? Awful. Cracked has a different list.  But consider these as well: or this – Spears. ——————————————————- No … sorry … I [...]

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Summarizing Karl: #  The rest of the world is tired of this crap too. Britain and Germany, to name two, are now looking at going after Goldman. #  Goldman may have violated more than one law.  Isn’t receipt of a Wells Notice a “material event” that requires disclosure via an 8-K filing? #  Goldman was [...]

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If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, have no fear – it’s just an oncoming train.

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Kate Middleton is in an unprecedented position to influence the nation on behalf of her generation.  And what does she do?  Go on holidays and hang around with the sleazy Sisterhood. Great to see at least one newspaper come out and [half] take a stand! While the almighty assault on our society is in full [...]

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Some time back, there was a campaign “Anyone but Ken” for the London Mayoral Election.  Now, we are on the cusp of another campaign. If David Cameron gets up in the next debate [which is virtually the EU Referendum debate] and tries to argue that he is Euro-sceptic and Lab/Lib-Dem are not, pointing to his [...]

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This person: 1. slept facing north. 2. is descended from William Bligh, of Bounty fame. 3. was once asked by an English woman, “Have you come to get our husbands?” Her unexpected response, “If you knew the trouble I had getting rid of mine…” 4. gained his powers from the Planet of Hoova. 5. is [...]

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So many misunderstand about discipline and yet there are some golden rules: 1. First and foremost, you have to care for and even love those kids [soldiers, women, staff, whatever] and unless you do this, you’ll get no respect. 2. You have to know your stuff. Unless you know your subject and have developed general [...]

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If you wish to know about Violet Constance Jessop, the asteroid collision alert, evil water, the latest on the cats and all those fabulous photos, then there is only one place to visit – the home of Bonaparte O’Coonassa, in Corkadoragha. Otherwise known as Jams O’Donnell, otherwise known as The Poor Mouth, Jams has been [...]

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Hammered Dulcimer: Astor Piazzola:

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On the strength of a great showing by Nick Clegg last evening, the disgruntled people of Britain now apparently feel that the protest vote is best handed to the Lib Dems.  Such a kindly looking man who looked at the audience while he was speaking. What a pity that kindly looking men in a controlled [...]

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It strikes me that the spam-catcher might have been a tad hasty in consigning comments so quickly to spam, so here are some, retrieved for your delectation:

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Thank you.

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