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white of the eye
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image (which i hope it’s ok to leech and post) of HURRICANE RITA, from steve gregory’s TROPICAL WEATHER BLOG at WEATHER UNDERGROUND* , at 4:45AM GMT SEPT 21, 2005

quotes: “the western side of the eyewall is ‘highlighted&#821[…]

THE FT TOP 23 UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENA: 22: Spontaneous Human Combustion
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Yeah, yeah, yeah the wick effect. But really does some slovenly fatso in a terry toweling bathrobe dropping fag ash on himself and then slowly burning for eight hours really match up to the majesty of Spontaneous Human Combustion. Coursnot.
I was fir[…]

Anti-Fancyapint-Cloaking Device
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What is it with The White Horse on Rupert Street? Why can’t the Fancyapint team see it? Do they harbour a secret grudge against this most brown of Sam Smith’s hostelries? Did they get lost in the funny back stairs before? Or is it their f[…]

Day 46: Acapulco:
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 LOUSY TUNES
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First thing I did when I got off the plane in Waikiki was head straight for the beach. That is where the bars are. I had never drunk a gin and tonic out of a pineapple before, and truth be told it was not a great experience. I almost poked my eye out[…]

Rock School vs School Of Rock
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There is one fundamental difference between Rock School and School of Rock, and it is not that the former is a documentary whilst the latter is a feel-good comedy. Let’s break it down:
SCHOOL OF ROCK: Slightly overweight band loser teaches kids[…]

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WHEN SLIGHTLY YUCKY SCIENCE LETS YOU DOWN
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ok it is the morning after my ear-candle experiment

and i have to report i. my ear is still mildly blocked (as before) plus also ii. i am not in any way suffering from burns iii. my hair did not catch fire iv. my flat did not catch fire
OTOSAN (wh[…]

I Heart The 70s All Over Again
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I wrote this in June, during the NFT’s awesome Antonioni season. Anyhoo, it makes no sense at all now that ‘The Passenger’ is getting a re-release, but maybe I don’t want Antonioni’s film to become another ‘Big Red[…]

the value of the perfect simile
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On a documentary about space travel on the Discovery channel today: “The concept of a warp drive is like a moving walkway in the airport – you compress space-time in front of you, and expand it behind you.”
Yes, exactly like a movin[…]

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IT WAS MEANT TO BE!!!
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ok i am PSYCHED yet SPOOKED!!
i. afflicted as i still am by CüRSE of CRåZYFRøG ear, i hunted round various “health” shops this mornin for an EAR CANDLE, but to no avail ii. then i wz havin lunch w.sistrah becky and quizzed her abt ear[…]

Turing (not) Shroud-ed in Mystery
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Another rub pun, and another link to a BBC News story, as, Frobjous Day, the brits prove themselves best at pretending to be human in the annual Loebner Prize.
Unfortunately, the Jabberwacky site is a little over-subscribed at the mo, so i don’[…]

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