Sometimes I don’t have to work, save the world, or be intimate with your mother. On those rare occasions, I get to thinking. Unfortunately I’m not very imaginative, and so what I get to thinking are things like; “I wonder what sorts of things piss people off on public transport?”. I decided that once was [...]
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Mar 10
Government Secrets Hidden in Walls and Posters
I saw this and found it to be hilarious: It reminds me of those "Wish you were here …" postcards, if those postcards depicted the worst possible "here" ever. Only it’s real, and plastered over the territorial army building next to Putney Bridge tube. A realness bought home to me by Captain Mainwaring during my [...]
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Mar 10
Persian Festival OF FIRE AND PAGANISM!
Tomorrow night I’ll be celebrating what I’ve dubbed the Persian pagan FIRE FESTIVAL OF DEATH (and rebirth)! It’s called Chaharshanbe Suri, and literally translates to "Wednesday Party", but really, that’s a lame name for a celebration whose central theme involves jumping over goddamn fire. The Wikipedia page explains that aside from trying not to BBQ [...]
