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I subscribe to the Word a Day e-mail service, where the nice people at Wordsmith.org send me a word a day, often following a weekly theme, with a guide to pronunciation, a definition and most interestingly the etymology. Last Thursday’s word was an emotion I’m definitely feeling this evening. Schadenfreude PRONUNCIATION: (SHAAD-n-froi-duh) MEANING: noun: Pleasure [...] I finished watching Jonathan Meades’ latest program, The Joy of Essex. As usual the density and beauty of his language combined with his trenchant comments based on knowledge, not merely opinion or bluster, meant that my thumb was poised on the remote control to rewind key passages several times to make sure I could [...] I read an astonishingly solipsistic interview of Sir Jonathan Miller on the BBC this morning. The main tenor of his grumbling was that at 79 many in the theatrical world consider him past it, his lack of employment being further exacerbated by his having accepted a knighthood for services to the arts. He was knighted [...] The irrationality of some people never ceases to amaze me. This clip is an example. A man in a werewolf suit is sitting quietly reading his newspaper and scares the bejesus out of a rather stupid woman. Surely she knows that were-wolfs are not real? It is also rather funny…
[...] We all do it, set ourselves New Year Resolutions. I have these: Eat sensibly – so far, so good Exercise daily – so far, so good Drink less, e.g. only on Friday’s – so far, so good Buy no watches or watch related stuff in 2013 The last one is clearly insane and inevitably the [...] This chap is Tim Farron MP, the current Liberal Democrat party president. He’s an obscure professional politician but he has ticks in the following boxes, as he’s an: MP An EU loving Liberal Democrat Ginger Christian Called Tim Any one of those would see him deserving a quiet slap but join them together and [...] I’m aware that many deluded followers of the Abrahamic religions believe heaven to be somewhere beyond the clouds, in the sky, located within the vast reaches of space. Well clearly they’re wrong and I have the proof. Heaven is not to be found in some nebulous upwards direction, it’s definitively downwards. What could be [...] |
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