January 2010
70 posts
- Me: I'm gonna zone out once I'm on that plane.
- Him: I hope you crash.
- Me: [wide-eyed]
- Him: What.
- Me: [slack-jawed]
- Him: OHMYGODSLEEP I MEANT SLEEP
- Me: [cries a little]
In Search of Isolation
Me: Do you think I could write in Berlin?
Haze: It worked for Christopher Isherwood.
— From Melbourne, soon departing.
Can’t wait to see you London!
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Jambalaya (Live)
The Crowd Pleasers
Jambalaya, by The Crowd Pleasers.
My friends in Paris are in a band. This is one of their covers and it never, ever fails to make me jump up and down.
— From London, in San Francisco.
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Sleep Talkin' Man. →
sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com
A wife compiled the best musings of her sleep-talking husband in a blog.* I’m only skimming through it now, but here are some of the ones I like best, so far:
- You can’t be a pirate if you don’t have a beard. I said so. MY boat, MY rules.
- Your mum’s at the door again. Bury me. Bury me deep.
- Flap’s on fire. Your flap’s on fire! Chili in the vagiiiiina. I’m a bad bad boy.
Adding it to my reader. Now.
— Thanks to friend Craig and via ThisIsLondon.co.uk, from London.
* Some people seem to think it’s a hoax. One can never be sure, but it’s funny, so I can’t say I care.
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Easy laugh for the Telegraph.* →
telegraph.co.uk
The cheeky Telegraph reports that the floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden “collapsed under dieters.”
Seriously, Telegraph?
— From London.
* And easy rhyme for me.
“I *must* take up smoking sometime, it sounds like *such* fun.”
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My boss, quipping to himself upon hearing a colleague coughing up his lungs, and making me smile quietly.
— From London.
Haitians to blame: Robertson →
theage.com.au
Can you believe this??
US EVANGELICAL preacher Pat Robertson has levied blame for the devastating earthquake in Haiti on Haitians themselves, saying that the country ”swore a pact to the devil” at its creation.
— From Melbourne, grizzly at ignorance and stupidity.
“The customer really isn’t always right.”
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Lydia Esparza who, with her husband Nick Lessins, owns Great Lake in Chicago, a tiny little shop that, after receiving a rave review from GQ, frustrated new prospective patrons by only opening four days a week for a few hours, not delivering and not expanding. They won’t even raise prices and try to be exclusive.
In this NYTimes interview, they explain that they did this to regain control of their lives and make wonderful pizze with great ingredients from local producers. That’s their service to you, they say. As for the rest? They can’t be bothered.
Refreshing, is what I think this is.
— From London.
“If we take Voltaire seriously, the only proper responses to an earthquake are manners, or style; and kindness: immediately helping the wounded in the ruins, and neither philosophising nor planning an auto da fé.”
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Andrew Brown today quotes Voltaire’s Candide to illustrate that “philosophising in the ruins of an earthquake is grotesque,” as is invoking religion.
— From London.
Première Urgence for Haiti →
premiere-urgence.org
My friend Gurval works at Première Urgence, a non-religious, non-political organisation based in Paris. They are part of the many NGOs intervening in Haiti, helping dispatch food and meds, rebuild health centers, water supplies, infrastructure in general.
I’m sure many of you have already donated money, probably to associations in your country, but if you are based in France, or have friends there, or are interested in other ways to help out, please consider sending a donation to these guys and spread the word. They do essential work in all parts of the world.
— From London.
