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December 1, 2008

Rage

Been wanting to write about this for a while now, but I've been struggling with my own anger for a way to do it that won't earn me an unwelcome visit from some stony-faced Special Branch officers. Someone asked me a little while ago in interview if my experience of asshole students when I was still an EFL teacher (finest example being the Egyptians who fronted a colleague of mine with the delightful quip Ah Hitler - now there was a guy who knew how to handle the Jews) has now ebbed as a source
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Published on December 01, 2008 20:24

November 5, 2008

11/5

It must feel very good to be an American today......

Certainly brought a couple of tears to my eye, and it wasn't even my election. Watching the coverage this morning, it occurred to me that we're still only groping our way round the edges of what this means, both in the US and abroad. The long term impact it's going to have could easily be as great as that felt when the twin towers came down; in fact, in many ways I'd say this is the Anti-9/11 - a massive, visceral but this time positive shock
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Published on November 05, 2008 17:16

October 28, 2008

Legendary

This is nice - The Steel Remains just got nominated for the David Gemmell Legend award. Link is here

That's the good news. The bad news is that judging by the amount the book is getting discussed, it doesn't have a kitten's chance in a washing machine of winning.

Ah well, it's not the winning, it's the taking part, eh. That's what the British will tell you. Or that's what Bill Bailey will tell you that's what the British will tell you, anyway.

But feel free to zip along there and vote for it an
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Published on October 28, 2008 17:46

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