Thursday, June 26, 2008, 12:23 AM
I never cease to marvel at the limits of human endeavour. We visit space, cure diseases, start wars, stop wars, clone sheep, create exquisite works of art, invent the iPhone and then we take the opportunity to peel the letters GL off recycling bins for a bit of a laugh.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008, 12:11 AM
Now I am living in Peterborough, a lot of people ask me what the commute is like, and their wincing expression as they ask suggests that they perceive commuting as a subject as pleasant as having your testicles transplanted.
In actual fact, commuting from Peterborough is jolly nice, as long as you are able to foot the wallet-lacerating season ticket. I get 46 minutes of utter calm and peace and quiet as pristine English countryside whistles by.
The only thing that could interfere with this (but I derive a certain entertainment from it) is a businessman who sits in my carriage and follows an absolutely baffling routine every morning. He opens his laptop, checks his emails, and then gets on the mobile to what seems to be the same person every day. Each and every time, the conversation revolves around an email that went out the previous day to Sainsburys (clearly this guy works for a food manufacturer), that has gone down rather badly. Our man in the carriage then goes through a thesaurus of management wafflespeak, suggesting that they 'drill down', 'touch base', 'pull together' and 'work out a strategy' to repair the damage done by the previous day's email. He always calls a meeting and suggests that they bring in a bloke called Martin so that they can 'drive forward'. This episode would be unremarkable if it happened once, but the sheer comedy regularity of this same routine means that I can rub my hands in expectation of yet another morning damage limitation exercise. I am sure that, whoever 'Martin' is, he will soon realise that the best way to 'drive forward' is to get rid of said email writer and not send any stupid messages to Sainsburys in the first place.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008, 12:07 AM
If you like the image above, then the same type of abstract artwork is within your reach - all you need is a camera that you are prepared to break if the worst comes to the worst.
Simply go into a dark-ish area where there are interesting light sources all around (a bar or pub lends itself well to this), turn the camera's flash off, set the self-timer, and then hurl the camera spinning into the air as the picture is taken. Ideally, you should then catch the camera too. After a bit of trial and error, you could end up with rather pleasing results...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008, 12:05 AM
A whole load of entries has just disappeared. Most unfortunate. I will make amends right away...[ add comment ] | [ 0 trackbacks ] | permalink
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 08:26 PM
I have to say that this ad is really magnetic, and not too clever too. I won't say what it is for, as that would ruin it:
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