100 posts from 2008

...going to be a bad day. I can just feel it.

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From the London Science Museum.  I used to drive a VW Kombi camper van, and I've still got a soft spot for the noisy underpowered little things.

In what I'm claiming as a beautiful coincidence, I just bought the radio remote for my ipod, turned it on to Triple J, and heard the first single from the new Lucksmiths album! And they're coming to Tilleys to launch it in November! Plus I had a good mango lassi at lunch. Turning out to be a good day.

I'd pretty much given up any hope of being able to post to Vox from work, since the lovely new IT provider is ruthlessly cutting off access to any sites that might be considered frivolous. But then I remembered reading a post from someone who had used Google Docs as a blog editor, and since Vox allows one to post via email, I thought I'd give it a go. There are probably a few drawbacks to this method; I have no idea whether the posting actually worked, since I can't see vox.com at all. Also, I've no idea whether bold or italic text will be stripped out somewhere along the line. And I don't think I can embed pictures or video or anything. Actually let's give that a try:

Guess we'll see if that worked when I get home tonight

This is a test

Test works!  Now lets see if I can log into google docs at work and use that as a blog posting tool, since the lovely proxy's killed off access to vox.com

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Sticky Teenage Twin :: Twin Moon

Moon Over Marin

Matthew Good

A Dead Kennedys cover, but I haven't really heard the original.  Love this version though.

What soon-to-be-published book are you excited to read?

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

Nation

Terry Pratchett

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There's So Much Love To Do :: So Much Trouble

Little Trouble Girl

Sonic Youth

And also:  A bonus trouble!

Trouble

The Madeleines

What role does religion play in your life? How has it changed over the years?

No role whatsoever, apart from occasional bewilderment. Born and raised atheist, which only occasionally becomes a problem during Trivial Pursuit games or NYT crosswords.  No cultural context, see?

 Ned: Well...?
 Todd: I know!
  Ned: No, son, we've got to let Bart and Lisa get one.  Come on, this
       one's easy.
 Lisa: [pause] We give up.
  Ned: Well, guess!  Book of Revelations, fire-breathing lion's head,
       tail made out of snakes...who else is it going to be?
 Bart: [unsure] Jesus?
  Ned: [yelling] Je...Jes...don't you kids know anything?  The Serpent
       of Rehaboam?
        [the kids look blank]
       The Well of Zohassadar?
        [the kids look blank]
       The Bridal Feast of Beth Chedruharazzeb?
Maude: Wait.  That's the kind of thing you should start learning at
       baptism.
 Lisa: Um, ahem, actually, you see, ahem, we were never baptised.
        [Ned groans and faints]