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From the monthly archives: January 2009

I want chow mein

On January 31 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary, Video

This is about the coolest TV advert ever. That Virgin one with the 1980s sexy stewardesses is a close runner up but this one makes me hoot like an idiot. Best comment about this on YouTube: “I like how he knocks things off the shelves”. Yes. Yes, so do I.

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The workers demand tea and cake

On January 25 2009 · 1 Comment · In Diary

Two of my favourite things – revolutionary poster art and cake.

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Is Obama…

On January 21 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diary

I decided to Google Barack Obama to see if anyone has suggested he was an atheist, after the whole inauguration yesterday featuring the homophobic ringpiece Rick Warren and assorted other god-bashing in the ceremony and the speech. Would have been interesting to see if Obama actually didn’t believe in a god, and was just saying [...]

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Don’t come here for careers advice

On January 21 2009 · 2 Comments · In Diary

I’m currently a permie. That doesn’t mean I’m a member of some weird gang that really likes thermally treated hair, it means I work on a permanent contract. Permie is a common word for this, which makes it all sound a bit Tom Brown’s Schooldays – “That rotter Jerome is a permie, he’ll take hot [...]

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Old

On January 12 2009 · 1 Comment · In Diary

I like to think of myself as being fairly young and with it, whatever that is, but yet again I revealed my age the other day. Talking with friends, I revealed how I had got in touch with someone, to discuss something, except this was a few years ago. Just a few years ago. Nevertheless [...]

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