January 2012
75 posts
There are currently eleven balloons in my living room.
I bet *your* living hasn’t got eleven balloons in it.
Has it?
” —- Nick Zammuto” —
My daughter just asked the question that every parent fears.
“Dad, what is the force?”
” —Dumb Brilliant Machines
” —Spent literally an hour trying to remove what looked like a dotted CSS border on my site only to find it was an image.
One literal hour.
” —An hour ago the kids were at each others throats over a pencil sharpener.
Now they’re humming anime theme music in sync and doing homework.
” —Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!
Bring me my chariot of fire!I will not cease from mental fight,
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land.
While reading these words I realised I knew them. Knew them really well. A song from my misspent wannabe socialist youth, perhaps?
Here they are, sung by Billy Bragg:
Yuck.
Definitely renewing my subscription to the Kung Fu Grippe’s Guide to Music and Healing Tinctures.
” —Should my blog have comments?
Should my yachts have figureheads?
Should I brand my cattle.
Ball of confusion…
” —Love this old essay on toast by @timbray:
” —I’ve never wanted a twitter keyword filter more than I do right now.
Thanks Iowa.
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