Archives for May, 2006

A few of my favourite things… er, words.

  • Posted by Ross
  • 26 May 2006

I’ve always enjoyed words - the more unusual, the better. Sometimes it’s the meaning (especially true of words from other languages); where there is no English equivalent. Sometimes it’s the sound they make, or the way they roll off the tongue.
A few of my favourites:

Zeitgeist
Schadenfreude
Tmesis
Plinth

I’m also a fan of long-forgotten phrases… Things that were once commonly [...]

How much longer can he hold on?

  • Posted by Ross
  • 5 May 2006

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4969812.stm
OK, so it’s local council elections; not a general election. But Mr. Blair can’t maintain his position much longer, surely? Ineptitude and arrogance are two qualities that we’ve come to expect of TB (and GWB but that’s another rant) so I guess Gordy will have to prise the leadership from his cold (well, clammy, at [...]

A perfect time…

  • Posted by Ross
  • 4 May 2006

According to the BBC, there’s much ado about today’s perfect time - they’ve even roped in Johnny Ball!
There’s a mention of bloggers attempting to post at exactly the right time; the timestamp standing for all eternity to show how committed they are to their sites (or that they’ve popped one too many Pro Plus).
Haven’t they [...]