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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Twitterings: 24th-30th July

Thursday 30th July 2009

Friday morning Pavement lyric #11: "No more absolutes, no more absolutes. Stick your penitentiary clothes inside the vent and run along." [#] RT @OberonHouston +++ BREAKING NEWS +++ CAMERON TO DEMAND GENERAL ELECTION [#] +++ MORE BREAKING NEWS +++ SKY TO GO DARK AT NIGHT-TIME [#] If there's one thing I just don't "get", it's [...]

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Twitterings: 17th-23rd July

Thursday 23rd July 2009

Friday morning Pavement lyric #10: "The wicket keeper is down." [#] The next person to refer to public- and private-sector "apartheid" gets a bop on the nose from me. (My money's on Digby Jones.) [#] In the sun, in the Lakes. As near perfect day as one could reasonably expect. Tomorrow? It's bound to be [...]

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Twitterings: 10th-16th July

Thursday 16th July 2009

Friday morning Pavement lyric #9: "Herr Proctor offers said land for a song. But no one wants to sing." [#] Virgin Media's direct mail department exhibits an admirable persistence, bordering on harassment. I'll give them that. [#] Dropping an apple into my son's packed lunch is a triumph of hope over experience. [#] Been press-ganged [...]

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End Of The Road

Tuesday 14th July 2009

After casting his eyes over the current media landscape, Nik Johnson felt moved to tweet: Hey! You know what ITV do REALLY, REALLY well? Fucking nothing. Well now, I think that’s a bit harsh. The new series of Jimmy McGovern’s The Street began last night, and although it is broadcast on BBC1, I noticed yesterday [...]

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Twitterings: 3rd-9th July

Thursday 9th July 2009

Friday morning Pavement lyric #8: “Look around, around, the second drummer drowned. His telephone is found.” [#] Junk mail from Barclaycard, with “nothing of *interest* in here…” written on the envelope. Geddit? Got it. Bin. [#] Advert for Veet promises “touchably smooth legs”. Touchably. Touchably? TOUCHABLY?!? [#] With a mark of 63% (15 correct answers [...]

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