Friday, May 29, 2026

monolith(s)





a cracking little oz indie movie
alien code?
scratchy scratchings?
something went awry with alfonse in novosibirsk?
black bricks?
familiar conspiracies?
an incredible pad with views to die for?
only slightly more teeth than most people?
and who did win that fight to death?

all this and more
(with a distinct lack of redd kross)
 

i know that she knows that you know you want it


Tuesday, May 26, 2026

word of the weak - boustrophedon




Boustrophedon is a style of writing where alternate lines are written in opposite directions, such as one line from left to right and the next from right to left. The term comes from Ancient Greek, meaning "turning like oxen in plowing".

non ce la faccio a fare un esempio da cervellone, fallo tu fdp pigrone!



Thursday, May 21, 2026

la r francesa




la r francesa es diferente de los rs en espanol y italiano
y tambien de aquella portuguesa
es mas parecido a arabe o aleman
y como muchos cambios aparentemente historicos en los idiomas
la r alveolar se muto en este r uvular
bastante recientemente

hace mil anos
los franceses tenian una r sensata, logica y bonita
pero algo cambio
y ahora solamente unos viejicitos en el sur del pais
lo pronuncian asi

ay que lastima!

se puede decir - felicidades por tu r rara y distinta
no se puede decir - que pasa? hay una rana en la garganta?





 

Monday, May 18, 2026

Word of the weak - bowdlerize



 

To remove material that is considered offensive or objectionable from (a book, for example); expurgate. 


if this blog were bowderlized, very little would remain.



Thursday, May 14, 2026

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

sydney from a 74(2)7



 

sydney really is a spectacular city
(one of the most beautiful on the planet)
and seeing it from the hair emphasises this
the pretty bridge and the famous dish rack
the countless bays and winding inlets
with (rich peoples) houses dotted along the shores
the little yachts lined up just so
and the spectacular beaches just over there
with the warm pacific ocean meeting gorgeous sandy playas

obviously if you arent minted you can only dream of living in these wondrous areas
and the burbs sprawl endlessly in fairly characterless sameness

but from the hair
what a sight!

me ive never seen dallas from a dc9


Sunday, May 10, 2026

she gives me, 27 hours of hell

 

door to door

shiny spices kumily to home james

27 hours of non stop erotic cabs/planes/wheeeelchairs/shuttle buses/varied document displaying/electronic device/related paraphenalia hurried unpacking/packing

(including bonus interminable hours of waaaiting)

and endless appreciative politeness and small talk

kicking off with 8am (ist) non uber pick up from shiny spices by prabhin

a lazy four hours of single lane mountain detours and spiky cake fillers

arriving at sweaty kochi airport

common or garden variety beaurocratic nonsense followed

with obligatory unpacking/packing of electronic and associated thangs

with plenty of waaaiting

before a short hop to my third home

bengaluru airport

ferrying about until a shuttle bus to terminator wot?

and immigration and unpacking/repacking electro blah

and hours more waaaiting

before big plane time

and an unusual (and no doubt travel induced emotion feeling of patriotism at the sight of a red tail with a white roo insignia)

11+ hours of extreme backannalian discomfort and angst ridden attempts to use seatback audio/visual nonsense

so many good things on offer

only to be stymied by absurd touch screen anomalies

restricting the seemingly bountiful entertainment to digital cursed fuckery

'at least they have good euro films!' 

offered a flash of hope

alas

horrible audio scenario meant beloved language movies couldnt be properly heard

and we dont do english subs with our beloveds

as it sucks all the joy and cheapens years of swottage

and no noise cancelling means few preloaded podcasts are much chop

but hey!

free wifi in cattle class is a miniscule source of joy

occasional seconds/minutes of nod respite make an important difference

with repeated map watching

willing the hours to pass

ups! there goes jassy!

pow! there goes mirna!


this torment finally ends

arriving in the patria

BUT 

just like in the bad old daze

this epic involved a stop off in syderly

still full of wankers

(but always a watery spectacle from the skies)

more immigration/documentary nonsense

and the obligatory unpacking/repacking of electro funkers

only lead to more waaaiting

so close, but so very very far away

another shuttle bus

more small talk and waaaiting

before the shortest of hops to thorn olde town

more ableist shenanigans ensued

but the finish line was in sight

one last stagger

and more tech nonsense

to find my sri lankan tamil saviour


a non substantial jump with a couple of pre planned pit stops

it was all over

and micio suspicion aside

i could relaxxxxxxx

and let this drivel flow...



Friday, May 08, 2026

Let's off-road!

 



Wednesday, May 06, 2026

A hayride bound for hell..





 Kumily ho!



Tuesday, May 05, 2026

out of the padella and into the fuoco




after a week and a half of temperatures around 39 degrees

I took a two step leap

ixg was a delightful surprise

hadn't been able to prenotate the various machines

so was expecting the now painfully habitual display of professional disinterest and not-my-problem blank faces

but vijith and co were amazing

and massively appreciated as I was teetering


after a brief scrunch in the back corner of prop-up

blr was familiarly strange

but cool, modern and airy and provided avocado CLUB action

spilt drinks tentacles reached out in several directions

felt odd and sad that I was once again so close

but so distant from the ji locus

time was successfully wasted

until it was time to cok it

and the embrace of wet, wet, (wet) air

with a delightful few degrees shaved off

and the chance to relaaaax by the c side