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Luke

About Me

i was once mistaken for a talking block of cheese. turns out that jaundice doesn't translate particularly well for the lactose intolerant.

My Interests

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My Blog

Rat Park

i find this phenomenally interesting:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_Parkit appears to be a debate trapped within binary frames of reference, but it seems that as slightly less extreme, complementary...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:28:00 GMT

points of interest

from a just published survey of general US living standards:In 1970, 85% of university entrants thought abortion should be legalised, 59% thought capital punishment should be abolished and 57% aimed t...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 02:29:00 GMT

why britain isn't wholly irredeemable

looking back at the blisteringly despicable way that the australian government went about, and continues to go about shafting our homosexual community, i draw great succour (and a smidgen of national ...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 03:53:00 GMT

lady di we hardly knew ye

given that the inquiry into diana's death has finally reached it's no fault verdict a solid 9 years after her death, i feel it's about time to revisit those heady days of lady di jokes. to wit:what wa...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:28:00 GMT

wintertime sunlight

any person who claims that watching the sun rise is an unreserved privilege has obviously never spent sufficient amounts of time at a latitude where the average wintertime sunrise occurs two hours aft...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 08:41:00 GMT

yorkshire: the first place in england to import the banjo

so, i'm working with a guy who hails from the fair lands of yorkshire and he's more than willing to admit that people are ever so slightly backward there. as stephen k amos put it: in yorkshire people...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 05:18:00 GMT

the proposal

ah, english wank. i've missed you and your deliberate obfuscations. my thesis proposal. ................................ While travelling over the past year I have found myself increasingly intrigued ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 09:06:00 GMT

my subconscious seems to think i'm funnier than i actually am

a couple of days ago i found myself in that strange half waking, half asleep phase you often get a little while before you wake up properly, when it's a bit hard to differentiate between your dreams a...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:12:00 GMT

boundless plains to share and all that

this collection of comments exhausts me. from our prime minister: "IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:20:00 GMT

sky

there's no such thing as an entirely clear day in brighton. on a day like today, when the last shards of summer drip from an empty sky and coat the street in a lazy sunday sheen, y...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 06:56:00 GMT