Despite the name of this place I do like to think of myself as an original thinker (sometimes I even live up to the idea) and I often find myself pondering the way society has locked itself into what are actually very unoriginal and limiting modes of thought.
The one that’s come up in particular is [...]
In lieu of legal lollygagging, and inspired somewhat by Tasty Infidelicacies, a recipe, for a dish I call
Tasca di Pollo con Anacardi
… or, chicken in a pocket with cashews.
Now I’m not so good at precise measurements and tend to go for things in handfuls and pinches rather than kilos and grams, or even pounds and [...]
From a comment on Gates of Vienna.
A person, especially one not trained to consider what one sees with at least a bit of dispassionate skepticism, can simply absorb ideas passively by watching films or television.
More true than you even realise. When I was doing my undergrad, part of the course on media analysis included information [...]
Remember how I said I was away? I am, but i have internet access, and I’m bored, so I think I’ll just yammer away for a while.
Every time I visit Sweden it always strikes me how contradictory the place is, and I have a suspicion that it’s all seated in some sort of bizarre national [...]
I haven’t mentioned it much but we, as a family, are working into property development at the moment. After months of insanity trying to sort out the ownership of a piece of land and release the funds, we’ve finally broken ground on our first property development. The foundations are going in as we speak… incidentally [...]
Recently I had a run-in, or a dispute, with a commenter named El on Gates of Vienna over certain issues. Now if you’ve known me any length of time you’ll know that I get a little florid in my oratory. El doesn’t provide an e-mail address in his profile or I would have done this [...]
Just a little amusing note. My wife, the beautiful Christina, has won the Numby Award for “Neologism of the Year” after coming up with this little number for Mr Brignell:
Acairasthenephobia, Ah-kai-ras-then-eh-phobia, n, a fear of falling ill out of hours (Gr negative prefix A; cairo (or kairós) – right time; asthenes – ill; and [...]
What better way to start the new year than with a drink? Well, I got myself good and toasted over the break and my liver isn’t thanking me, but I’ve decided to take advantage of an opportune sale in the local big-name supermarket to get my hands on something that I think is a little [...]
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 [...]
I’ve decided to put this under spiritual stuff as well as general, because… hey, it’s a spirit. Besides…
No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach – 1 Timothy 5:23
Alcohol played a large part in the life of the early church and, protestations of certain denominations and other [...]
