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Norman

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About Me

The Good Soldier Josef Svejk: underminer, piss-taker, subverter of the War Machine, anti-authority, boozer, story teller, anti-cleric.....what's not to like? If you must have a role model, who needs a better one?Teach your children well - read Hasek's book to babies in the cot, and read it yourself at least every couple of years.More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Soldier_Svejk

My Blog

Just - William

Somewhere in the heart of rural England, about fifty miles from London, a small boy lives in an unnamed village, near a town called Hadley. William Brown is a scruffy-looking schoolboy. He wears a b...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:10:00 GMT

"Politics And The English Language" - George Orwell, 1946

"Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilizat...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 06:44:00 GMT

Crazy fucking relatives

I'm not looking to share stories - - unless this sparks something off for yourself and you feel the need to shout about it - - but does everybody have at least one crazy relative? Usually a mad aunt,...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:56:00 GMT

Eric Von Schmidt RIP

Eric Von Schmidt's daughter, Caitlin, wrote on 04/02/2007, to http://www.mudcat.org/"...his life was a very happy and rich one. He did what he loved, and made a living at it, which is more than a lot ...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:35:00 GMT