Word of the Week: FISSIPAROUS e.g. "Canadian ... national pride ... is unusual in a fissiparous country" Eh? Link #economist
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The death of one of the country's lesser known cooks and restaurateurs made headline news this week. What does that tell you about the UK?
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Went to bed hoping Canada would beat Slovakia in men's hockey, and woke to find Canada not only won, but leads in Gold medals too! #VAN2010
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Review of iTunes OEDictionary app: "Some of the words are really hard, but the book helpfully explains each one of them as it goes along."
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Absurd: In the US if you don't drive, you can still go down to your local DMV office and get a driver's licence that says you don't drive!
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Streamed Mesrine Part 1 onto TV last night. French biopic on criminal Jacques Mesrine. 1960s Quebec prison system inhumane. (Better on DVD)
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London is colder than I've ever known it before (since 1992). Feels like real winter. It's only -3C but snow and ice is not melting.
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London has inch of snow, but all 3 Underground lines in the west are barely working. Taking the bus all the way to work for the first time.
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District line train on time; result happiness. District line train 8 minutes late; result complete misery. With apologies to Dickens.
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Underground slowly breaking down this morning. So took bus. Top floor windows blocked by frost. Had to use iPhone Maps app to track progress
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My 5-year old daughter gets bored while drawing, and then says "Oh, I don't know what to draw. Perhaps I should give up being an artist!"
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Funny Nag Contest @espressoapp "Go on. Buy Now. You know you want to!"
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To quote the Gershwins, it's "A Foggy Day in London Town" this morning.
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Talk about mixed messages. Today is Black Friday and tomorrow is Buy Nothing Day. What's a confused consumer supposed to do!?
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Nightmare on London Underground District Line this week. For every train that stops at my station, 7 jets land at Heathrow. Improve trains!
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