Nemeton

musings on philosophy, politics, mysticism, geeky stuff, literature, news and ideas

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

office folklore

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An old friend has just emailed me my favourite piece of office humour... or is it office folklore? I think people really do half-believe t...
Thursday, June 18, 2009

original sin

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I'm all for originality in sinning, but for the most part no-one seems to have invented a new sin for centuries . Then of course there...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Scottish visit

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Just received this from a friend - awesome. Gordon Brown is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obviou...
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Monday, April 27, 2009

weird juxtaposition

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Last week we went to see three productions, all about as different as could be, because friends were in them. On Wednesday, we went to see O...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Always take your hippy with you

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I recently watched a SF/F film, The Last Mimsy , which was rather sweet and very enjoyable, and managed to bring together Alice in Wonderlan...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

inappropriate greetings

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A colleague kindly attempted to wish me a "happy Easter Solstice" on Thursday. It was very sweet of him to try to be inclusive, b...
Friday, March 13, 2009

An Adventure

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I took the car to the garage today and went to get the bus (there's only one bus an hour freom our rural fastness) which I managed to mi...
Saturday, March 07, 2009

A lamente for the schnoz

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Whan thatte the Sonne hadde hys course yronne Acrosse þe Fens to Trumpingtoun He passed þe windowe of þe Bo And mayde hys schnoz to glowe. ...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

weird words

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A selection of amusing words that have come up in the new Blogger word verification : Balador Pologami - playing in multiple polo teams with...
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Friday, January 09, 2009

Quit moaning and do something about it

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Are you: Fed up with the (allegedly) poor standard of education among Pagans? Fed up with the inaccuracies on Wikipedia? Well, don't jus...
Monday, December 29, 2008

heraldry wrongitude

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Spotted on a sign near Castle Combe, Wiltshire: The shield above depicts the arms of Scrope; its blazon is Azure, a bend Or. Every heraldry...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

the old woman and the antlered man

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Medieval literature contains copious reference to a custom on New Year's Day, in obedience to which men disguised in deerskins or as old...
Saturday, December 27, 2008

Mumming 2008

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On the last day of Saturnalia (aka Christmas Eve) we went mumming as usual in Lacock. N was Bold Slasher and I was Dick the Horse. N has b...
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