The Road Map to War
Quote of the moment:
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If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
- Wilfred Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est. The UK death toll in Iraq has now reached 100 in just under 3 years. To be perfectly honest, that's a lot less than it could be. The IRA killed 33 soldiers in a single blast in 1979. A woman going postal killed 6 ex-colleagues today.
I went on a bit of a shopping spree today... we were meant to have a 3 hour (yes, THREE HOUR) lecture on "Soil Mechanics" this afternoon but the lecturer hadn't turned up after half an hour, so everyone left and I went into town to look for something "80's cartoon character"-ish. I failed to find anything obvious, but I did get 3 tshirts from Primark (not shoes, Rob m8), U2's The Best of 1980-1990 from HMV (£7) and, from Fopp for £3 each, The Thrills' Lets Bottle Bohemia and Tom Macrae's new album (that I wasn't aware existed) All Maps Welcome:
Awesome cover art. Jealous, Podgy m8? First listening was ok, the second was better. Really need to try it without talking on MSN at the same time, but the omens are good...
...
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
- Wilfred Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est. The UK death toll in Iraq has now reached 100 in just under 3 years. To be perfectly honest, that's a lot less than it could be. The IRA killed 33 soldiers in a single blast in 1979. A woman going postal killed 6 ex-colleagues today.
I went on a bit of a shopping spree today... we were meant to have a 3 hour (yes, THREE HOUR) lecture on "Soil Mechanics" this afternoon but the lecturer hadn't turned up after half an hour, so everyone left and I went into town to look for something "80's cartoon character"-ish. I failed to find anything obvious, but I did get 3 tshirts from Primark (not shoes, Rob m8), U2's The Best of 1980-1990 from HMV (£7) and, from Fopp for £3 each, The Thrills' Lets Bottle Bohemia and Tom Macrae's new album (that I wasn't aware existed) All Maps Welcome:
Awesome cover art. Jealous, Podgy m8? First listening was ok, the second was better. Really need to try it without talking on MSN at the same time, but the omens are good...
2 comments:
wilfred owen and tom mcrae in the same post, you deserve several w00ts :D
You know what's weird? At around the same time you were discovering the delights of the new tom mcrae, I was procrastinating, and felt a sudden urge to see if he had a myspace page, so I found it and listened to a few songs from all maps welcome. From the few I heard it seemed he was happier. I sort of miss the darkness and broodiness but they're still luvvleh songs. Is the whole album that happy? Yeah the album cover is very ace indeed :D Yeah jealousy has taken hold. I'm plotting your demise as we speak.
"I did get 3 tshirts from Primark (not shoes, Rob m8)"
If I were an anthromorphic ratification I would say SNK.SNK.SNK. I should probably content myself with a ROFL though.
Lol... tbh, two of them were wifebeaters (aka vests, for those down with the lingo) to be worn once my shoulder's healed and I can beef up my arms a bit... 8-) sticking to sleeves til then :p
The other one, though, says, in illustrated medieval bible style, Pie and Mash. Obviously the Pie is the important bit. Mmmm pie!
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