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Resolute about resolutions: xkcd nails it (again)
Oh, the curse of a little self-knowledge (and I have very little indeed).
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“Cyanide and Happiness” in pungacious mood.
One of the rare Explosms that I can share with Mrs Towers without her giving me one of her disapproving death-stares… Oh, and btw; Insular cortex Temporal lobe Dopamine Amygdala Broca’s Area Wernicke’s Area Sucker punch oh, and Puns and … Continue reading
Foofighters – “Walk” – that’s pretty damn good, imho
The video is fun, but the lyrics can be, if you want, far darker…
Neologism needed : “Mansplaining” for the “rescue prostitutes” industry. My effort is “knoblesse oblige”
So, “mansplaining” is, according to urban dictionary “To explain in a patronizing manner, assuming total ignorance on the part of those listening. The mansplainer is often shocked and hurt when their mansplanation is not taken as absolute fact, criticized or … Continue reading
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Tagged knoblesse oblige, mansplaining, rescue industry, santorum
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Edward Luce, the new normal and the death of the 1980s
“It’s not just the fiscal cliff – there’s a whole series of crises coming” – so (sort of) said Edward Luce, the FT’s man in Washington when being interviewed by some BBC radio hack yesterday. He had a deliciously mixed … Continue reading
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The past is always knocking incessant, trying to break through into the present*
The retellings – the relentless revisions the ratcheted raconteuring – ramify. Wrangling, angling for reasons, rationales reaching for redemption re-assembly, relief. We rectify randomness, right wrongs Even if only in our own skins. Paris/Manchester December 2012 * The title is … Continue reading
Glasgowsexworker pwns a “choice” idiot
Apparently there is some sort of dreadful “consultation” document knocking around about Scottish sex workers (regulation, decriminalisation? I dunno*). Glaswgowsexworker, who subscribes to Dwight Towers, has absolutely owned the author of this document. The whole long response, all of it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchist Whore
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IQ tests in “not much use” shocker
For 25 years I have been following the continuing and often tawdry saga of misplaced concreteness that is “IQ” testing. Every so often some big meta-study like this one below (reported by Medical News Today) tells you what is actually … Continue reading
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Things to pack next time I travel
A compass (literal, as well as moral) Maps of the cities in question Lots of pens Reservations for hostels/hotels (thou shalt not gamble on favours) Pre-knowledge of exhibitions/galleries etc Full addresses of people to whom I want to send postcards … Continue reading
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