Duplov, November 23 – The Magat Party (“Justice”) of Jonasz Omlen is projected to win the general elections of Orbaijan by a landslide majority. With approximately 80 percent of the votes counted at noon today, Magat is predicted to occupy 54 of the 99 seats in the national assembly. International observers have reported many small … Read More
Without an empire to boast about, over the past fifty years Britain seems to have devolved into an impressively large collection of pee and fart jokes against a rustic backdrop. Now don’t get me wrong, I like that sort of thing, but as soon as people start explaining why the UK’s parliament isn’t just well … Read More
Yesterday Queen’s Day. Grunt. Comics: Tangy & Laverdure, De verdwenen DC-8 De Blauwbloezen, De roos van Bantry Books for the scanner: Herman en Dorothea, Wolfgang von Goethe De doorluchte vatenspoelster, Cervantes Over toneel, Frans Mijnssen Books for the Branko: Momo, Michael Ende Prodwitt’s Guide to Writing Fotografie, Frans Naeff Lucky Jim, Kingsley Amis Paddeltje, de … Read More
Yesterday I took a long train ride to the South to visit relatives. On my way back I walked through the village of Baarlo. One of its four (!) castles is Castle d’Erp which was for sale in 1972 for 1 guilder. I know this because at the time, my parents were considering buying it. … Read More
The dentist’s chair was occupied by a fairy. “You don’t see that often,” the dentist said. “Any special kind of fairy?” He rather suspected something. “Mmmmm,” the fairy said. She found it hard to articulate with a metal hook and a blood vacuum in her mouth. “Spit,” the dentist said. The fairy spat the neatest … Read More
It appears Iceland have gone full circle now that the ash cloud has penetrated the banking system. That is to say I have already heard reports about how people claim not to be able to pay their bills because of Eyjafjallajökull. From what I understand in days of yore North Americans would blame El Niño … Read More
H. Piper Beam’s science fiction novel Little Fuzzy has been ‘rebooted’ by John Scalzi (see here and here). Scalzi is still shopping for a publisher for Fuzzy Nation, as his novel is called. It is not entirely clear what the difference is between a reboot and a re-imagination. I read Little Fuzzy a couple of … Read More
One of the greatest words in the English language is ‘runaway.’ Because I always read it as ‘runway.’ And it always makes sort of sense that way, even though at the same time I also always sense a slight disturbance in the linguistic force. Because the word ‘runaway’ is always used by the sort of … Read More
So there I was at the 24-hour grocery story getting whatever sketchy garbage it is that I eat, and only one checkout was open. So there was kind of a line, and as I’m on deck to pay for my stuff I notice there is this woman just pleading with the cashier. She is trying … Read More