January 2008
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United better than BA? I never thought I'd say so
I’m ill. I’m flying back to New York tomorrow and would love a bed on the plane. I have like a trillion bazillion BA air miles. There is a seat left in First Class which is available for miles upgrade, but I can’t get that because I’m travelling 2 classes below. Also, BA will not allow you to use miles on a ticket you’ve already flown part of. United, although they...
There's something comforting about this... →
I never want to like this. The concept is too twee, too sickly sweet. Too damned optimistic, frankly. It’s cottage industry Laura Ashley Oprah from the suburbs living upstairs from the newsagents. But it somehow comforts me. I just can’t get angry at the posts. But the three most beautiful things for me are: 1 post a day in 2005 1 post a day in 2006 1 post a day in 2007 No more. No...
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Cricket: "Monkey" is not a racist term, merely... →
There is a gentle simmering sport named Cricket played by a large number of nations around the world (typically nations linked in their pasts through occupation by empire-building England). The Australians have perfected an in-game pastime known as “sledging”, whereby they attempt to distract the opposition by pissing them off verbally between plays. They’re crude, ugly and...
Wooded Beaches
Doubtless everyone in England knows about this already, but it’s fantastic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7199667.stm And some more on Flickr. And from their blog… http://blog.flickr.com/en/2008/01/23/woody/
National Car Rental's code for Cancun Airport
CUNT01
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“I can totally feel the soul of the earth.”
– Fattest of many diverse hippies on the Musical Box terrace.