Month April 2002

GRRRRR

  • April 11, 2002

Reading time: < 1 min Playing the system – don’t read it, it will only make you angry/annoyed/pissed off etc etc… (Going for reverse psychology here, I mean, why post a link and tell people NOT to read it… d’ya think I’m that stoopid? Ehhh, don’t answer that…).

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Manly men

  • April 11, 2002

Reading time: < 1 min Further to the S/he post yesterday, I received an email (source will remain anon. unless he states otherwise…) with the following statement:“I can chat happily to guys about music, work, TV, holidays, etc., but I can’t do the tribal male ‘rugby & beer’ thing; I love alcohol – sometimes romanticise it a little too much…

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Miss Smilla

  • April 10, 2002

Reading time: < 1 min Customer Reviews: Miss Smilla’s Feeling for Snow. Finished it last night. Engagingly written, engrossing and even paced. Difficult to categorise this, thriller in parts, commentary in others, metaphoric for the most (I think). I couldn’t help but think that I was missing something through the translation, that some of the language doesn’t come across as…

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Manly man?

  • April 10, 2002

Reading time: < 1 min S/he. Interesting piece. I have always found it easier to make friends, with women, and tend to shy away from the more ‘lout-ish’ kinda guy. I do watch and play football, but it really is only a game. I do drink beer but it’s not a contest. I do flirt with women, but that is…

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Too obvious?

  • April 10, 2002

Reading time: < 1 min RE-ORDERING THE WORLD – “Diplomacy is good value for money.” Interesting read this, a speech given by Jack Straw at the Foreign Policy Centre. I particularly enjoyed his money saving ethics, although it does worry me that our Foreign Secretary didn’t seem to realise this until recently. Or is it one of those things that…

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