May 2010
5 posts
Pun for all the family
Hairdressers seem to do it the most with their ”Curl Up And Dye”, “One Step Ahead”, “Barber Blacksheep” and associated pun-filled shop names, but there are other examples of the genre in other fields, for example the “Burger Off” fast food outlet, “Thai Me Up” Thai restaurant, “Just The Plaice” chip shop or “Kincheap...
Brain Fart
The last few days whenever I hear someone say something my brain immediately mixes it up a little and then repeats the mixed up version back to me. Most of the time in my head although once or twice I’ve said it out loud.
For example, if I hear someone say “I had sandwiches for lunch” I will immediately think/say “I had lunch for sandwiches”.
Is there a name for...
Book Report
I certainly didn’t expect to find myself writing book reports in my adult years. Then again, I don’t ever remember having to write them at school; perhaps it’s an American thing that’s crossed the Atlantic via cultural osmosis.
I also expected to have achieved much more with my life by now, which coincidentally is also what the book I’ve just finished reading is all...
Book Log
Given that my last post here was about all the books waiting for me to read them and given that this Tumblr midiblog has a Penguin Book theme, it seems appropriate to talk about the books I’ve read, the books I’m reading and the books I hope to read here.
The problem simply is time. There isn’t enough of it to go around these days. In the past if I enjoyed a book I comforted...
Too Many Books
I love reading. As I stated in a recent blog post, I feel it offers the greatest rewards out of any media.
However, I never seem to get the time to read any more. I must have close to a hundred unread tomes piling up and gathering dust, all of which I really want to read. But quite apart from finding the time to do it, which do I pick first? China Miéville’s Kraken? Richard Herring’s...
