Posts Tagged ‘rage’
A Poem For The London Riots
Posted by: Bronagh on: August 8, 2011
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The best part is Beau Brummell at the side there Good night looters, and commuters, and watchful nerds on your computers, soon the embers start to fade on your rambunctious cavalcade. The crow bar man with balaclava, the officer faced with the palaver, Count you softly each cracked head as you drift sweetly to your [...]
Word of the Day
Posted by: Bronagh on: December 1, 2010
Today’s word of the day: “characterful” You will note that the word of the day is a stupid word. Full disclosure: I work in (near) publishing. This is where I encountered this word. I find it unputupable.
Possibly the greatest news story of all time.
Posted by: Bronagh on: March 6, 2010
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(picture unrelated) From BBC News: A Ryanair passenger who became enraged when he was told he could not claim a scratchcard prize on his flight ate his winning ticket. The man was flying from Poland to the East Midlands on a Ryanair flight when he won 10,000 euros (£8,765) on a scratchcard he had purchased [...]
A Birthday Wish
Posted by: Bronagh on: February 16, 2010
Okay, it’s not my birthday, but my point stands: there is one desire that lies dearest in my shrivelled little black heart. I would like to call a moratorium on the word “unputdownable”. Working as a file jockey in the publishing industry, I see this word a lot. It makes me want to punch myself [...]
