Heh! Scene is set for a pedants’ revolt as city dares to banish the apostrophe from its street signs.
I’m shocked to report that Stephen Fry actually seems to get it. No, I’m not following him — I don’t know him.
Ha.
Neil and I had a wee chat* about the whole kerfuffle about the BBC (and now, Sky) choosing not to accept an advertisement for a Gaza appeal. I was saying that having watched both the BBC and ABC (i.e. Australia’s independent network), I always had the impression that the news, no matter how hard they tried, always had a lefty slant. In some ways I am a bit of a lefty (does that make me a lefty libertarian — is that possible), so I prefer BBC News over, say, Fox (I tend to watch that in slack-jawed horror for a few minutes before the idiocy compels me to change the channel).
But the point is they try to be independent, so this chest-beating liberalism by actors and what not is stupid. What these protestors are saying is, You can be as independent as you want as long as your independent assessments come down on our side. Plus, once the BBC offers enough money all will be forgiven.
And with people burning their teevee licences, they do know it means they aren’t legally allowed to watch anything on the telly, right? No satellite or anything. No more Dave for you!
* Neil has never felt that the BBC has a lefty bias.
ZOMG!!!! ‘Red Dwarf’ crew to return to Earth. When’s Easter? Goddamn it’s Neil’s birthday.
祝我生日快乐！
Also, 新年快乐 and Happy Australia Day, mateys!
Neil bought me dinner at Gamba. Now I’m so full that my stomach is completely distended and I actually feel a wee bit sick. All in all a successful night out in Glasgow! Heh.
Heard some weeks ago on Dr. Karl (BBC’s Up All Night then Triple J) about epigenetics. Kind of understood it but seeing it written down (in The Economist, no less) is much better.
… being literary is mutually exclusive with being tidy. Whoever made their lunch explode in the microwave has not cleaned up and it’s been two days.
… being literary means not having the ability to understand personal finance or have an interest in (macro or micro) economics.