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peak hours

I was on the tube this evening and read this sign.

It was so well made that I thought it might be real for a good few seconds longer that I really should.  Kudos to the creators of this piece of art.

the week starts here

On Saturday I started the day by listening to two programmes of This American Life (go and check out the recent one about the $700bn bailout), dusting and cleaning my room and not going running.  By 2pm I realised just how stunning the day was and I so I got up, packed a book and [...]

consumer culture

There is no getting away from the fact that we live in a consumer culture.  Ever since Edward Bernays fathered the world of PR we have been heading to an advertising heavy culture in which we find ourselves deceived by what is truly fulfilling in life.  I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking around [...]

temptations

There are many things which tempt me, some of which tempt me often.  At this very moment i’m resisting the temptation to break my promise of providing capitalisation.  I’m also resisting the temptation to abuse apostrophe’s in order to see a good friend of mine fly half way around the world to fix it in [...]

betting oranges

well well…  as you may know, I was in India last week to do some work.  On my only day as a tourist I was driven down to Agra to see the Taj Mahal.  This is my attempt at a slightly atypical picture of the vast place.  It really is quite staggering - particularly given [...]