Archive: 2006-08
The rise of the moronocracy
We don’t need totalitarian governments anymore. The ignorant masses are now paranoid and stupid enough to do it themselves.
New flat and new bike
I’ve had a busy couple of weeks. I moved house the weekend before last. It took me three quarters of an hour to move everything, but I still haven’t sorted everything out. The bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom are all right, though, so it’s habitable; the living room awaits the purchase of a tall bookcase to put all the books currently covering the floor.
A real man’s cocktail
Quite by accident, I came across a page of beer cocktail recipes, including the amazing colonial American drink flip, made with beer, gin, rum, and heated with a red-hot poker:
A good idea at the time
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Catch the Eurostar to Brussels on Friday evening from Waterloo (an easy ten-minute walk from my office), eat dinner on the way, and arrive in time for a few drinks. On the way back, I’d catch the train at seven on Monday morning, and get into Waterloo by half past eight, in plenty of time to start work.