The Unoriginal Muse

One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious. -- Chateaubriand (1768-1848)

Archive for October, 2007

25 Oct

From a god’s mouth to our ears

I am reading a book by an author named Jasper Fforde, a rather clever writer who creates… worlds. I can’t describe it more than that. He’s surreal, and a little unhinged I’d wager (the second book in his Thursday Next series had the entire world created from strawberry angel topping), but immensely clever and much […]

24 Oct

Happy!

Julmust! Julmust! IKEA actually had some in! Christmas is now going to be complete…

If you don’t know, Julmust is a drink that they consume in Sweden, in large quantities, over christmas. Not even Coca Cola can compete with t; they don’t even try now. I’m not entirely sure what’s in it, though the ingredients list […]

23 Oct

Why I am not an environmentalist. A short rant.

I am no environmentalist, and I shall explain why. In my unhuble opinion the current environmental movement has very little care for environments. No environs, just mental, that’s how it seems to this poor sod. Still, even I can get worked up about environmental issues from time to time, and right now there are thousands […]

10 Oct

Crossing the class divide

Over the years I’ve been more-or-less aware of the great class struggle that supposedly takes place all around the world, if you believe what Marx wrote. The proles constantly fighting against the rich landowners and fomenting revolutions. Now I can see where such a struggle might be justified; perhaps in a land where the common […]

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