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Saturday, September 30, 2006 |
 Kisuaheli neukmix doc barmopen.
10:23:33 PM  Basil Says | |
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I just love the Yellow Advertiser. Great layout, great headlines.
2:07:45 PM London | |
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Friday, September 29, 2006 |
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Wednesday, September 27, 2006 |
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006 |
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This afternoon I received a telephone call from the Chief Inspector at Complaints & Discipline (now called Professional Standards Department). He wants to come down to F Division next Tuesday for an 'informal chat'. This is not normal. I've pulled in some favours and found a reasonable source at the Centre, so I should know what it's all about soon. I'm thinking that someone has betrayed me regarding the Blog. Probably also quite interesting for my UK readers: Mr. Chalk — the horrors of the inner city comprehensive; NHS Blog Doctor — a candid look at health care; and of course The Policeman's blog — A Journey into the mad, mad world of the British underclass and the Public sector, where nothing is too insane for it to be written down and copied in triplicate. Illustration below from my Fictitious Book Covers series. 
10:21:18 PM London | |
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Monday, September 25, 2006 |
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The modest home in St Margaret's Square, Coleridge, Cambridge, has attracted huge amounts of interest since going on the market late last month. Citybased firm Cheffins has been handling the sale and expects 100 viewings in total by the end of this weekend. 
7:58:40 PM This & That | |
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Sunday, September 24, 2006 |
My son's got a blog. Quite a good read actually. And he was in Paris over the weekend, whereas I had to earn some money with a bit of translation work over the very same weekend. Tsk.
6:39:29 PM This & That | |
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 Never forget to wear shoes when you're out and about.
6:28:50 PM Basil Says | |
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Saturday, September 23, 2006 |
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006 |
 Work, work, work. See you on the weekend.
9:03:05 PM This & That | |
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006 |
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Sunday, September 17, 2006 |
I've got a date. Tamara has finally swapped her dull and grey GSD uniform for something much more comfortable. Gorgeous. I'll meet her tonight in the bar of Jupiter Outer Space Base. Gotta dash - my interplanetary Lancet is due in ten minutes and I'll have to appear at Heathrow Deep Sea Port at least 5 hours before take-off, because you can't carry any liquid Overkill in your hand luggage anymore. Which is ridiculous.
10:16:23 PM Orion Pics | |
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An original Raumpatrouille HM4 laser weapon prop for sale on eBay. Look, look - this surely can't be one of the props that suddenly and unexplainably disappeared during the Raumpatrouille wandering exhibition in the late eighties? Anyway, 6000 Euros is a bit steep for stolen property.
9:26:17 PM | |
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On this day today, in 1966, the fast spacecruiser Orion 7 was launched for the first time from underwater base 104. Reason enough to celebrate. At the Starlight Casino, of course. 
8:52:06 AM Orion Pics | |
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Friday, September 15, 2006 |
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EuroRoute proposed something so unbelievably grand that its architectural drawings could be easily mistaken for posters for a long-forgotten fifties sci-fi movie. This page tells the story of that unsuccessful bid. 
7:25:53 AM This & That | |
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 |
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 |
Please do not under any circumstances try to find me. I have gone forever. I have joined the circus. You do not understand me. You are not listening to me. I do not need O levels where I am going. I am going to join the circus. I have gone. This is how Gerry Cottle's book (published by visionpaperbacks) starts and yesterday was the book presentation in Covent Garden (Many thanks for the invite, Konstantin!) at the Theatre Museum.  And what a show it was! Instead of just the usual boring signing and reading, Gerry and his publisher had a proper circus show going. And free drinks. It was fab. The only thing missing were the elephants. Now go and buy the book.  Gerry Cottle, Confessions of a Showman
Gerry Cottle, a stockbroker's son, ran away to join the circus when he was just 15 and soon married into Britain's oldest circus dynasty. In time he was the owner of the biggest circus in the world until his growing cocaine addiction led to his arrest and bankruptcy. He recovered, and, ever the showman, went on to make millions with the first ever non-animal circus, the Moscow and Chinese State circuses, and the Circus of Horrors.   
9:53:09 AM Literature, London | |
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006 |
More about this eventful event in tomorrow's probably rather long entry. In the meantime, read up on Gerry Cottle (he's the bloke in the blue shirt). 
11:35:02 PM Literature, London | |
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Monday, September 11, 2006 |
 Forget rucksacks. Always carry a fire extinguisher strapped to your back.
4:25:49 PM Basil Says | |
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Friday, September 8, 2006 |
Reimund's got a blog now. View this with Firefox with the adblocker extension turned on.
3:22:07 PM Blogs | |
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Thursday, September 7, 2006 |
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And in the distance was the chant of "Murderer!" Why? His team had picked a school where a third of the students come from Lebanon, Afghanistan and Iraq. 
11:15:31 PM London | |
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Wednesday, September 6, 2006 |
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Tuesday, September 5, 2006 |
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Monday, September 4, 2006 |
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Sunday, September 3, 2006 |
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Saturday, September 2, 2006 |
 Always take your Olympus SLR with you when you happen to bump into celebrities. A Nikon won't work. Neither a Canon.
11:44:52 PM Basil Says | |
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Baby Baby. Petrol. Into the Future (Sex kicks). London Girls. Whips & Furs. Stiff little Fingers. Yeah Yeah Yeah. I need a Slave. No Heart. Pure Mania. Automatic Lover. Destroy. Nazi Baby. 24 Hour People. Feel Alright. Troops of Tomorrow. Judy Says (Knock You in the Head). Baby Blue Eyes Baby. Knox. The Vibrators. I met Knox and we had way too many beers. Definitely. The Vibrators on myspace. Baby Baby. 
11:11:32 PM London | |
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Friday, September 1, 2006 |
When looking through a window, always wear safety glasses with extra thick lenses.
6:43:20 PM Basil Says | |
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Eat more food.
