I was listening to one of Stephen Fry‘s ‘podgrams’—”Wallpaper“—in which he briefly touched on the idea that the English tend to classify something as ‘pretentious’ if they don’t understand it. It’s a form of defense of tradition or perspective. Intelligence or flamboyance are marked as a personality flaw; people exhibiting uncomfortable behaviour or traits are… Read More
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Tags: abstract, dialogue, ideas, interesting, Jacqui Smith, Stephen Fry, Tony Blair, wine
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Well, I and the wife traveled to Limoges in France to Amsterdam over the last two weeks. In France, I had the misfortune of being almost completely without the ability to smell or taste anything thanks to a lingering cold which also incapacitated me on the final Friday of the trip. Our French hosts cooked… Read More
I am a firm believer in the idea that a little knowledge is dangerous. When you overhear a conversation in which one person says to another (imagine whatever derisory accent adds to the flavour-I always seem to hear Watford…): "Yeah, ever since I watched that (insert celebrity TV show) the other day, I gave up… Read More
Monday, January 28th, 2008 Tags: Allergies, coffee, ideas, internet buzzwords, internet community, internet culture, internet socialising, Interview, Lee Siegel, speaker, Starbucks, Steve O'Hear, Wall Street Journal, wine
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