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> Kurt Beck never was the sharpest knife in the drawer. How he made it to head honcho of Germany’s (SPD) Labour Party and to the exalted position of Premier of Rhineland-Palatinate is beyond me, but I don’t claim to … Continue reading →

>Chuck Berry sang it first. Lyrics The Beatles sang it second The Beatles sang something else, too Happy Birthday, Elise…!

> Music at home until I was 11 was radio. 1YA mostly – BBC World Service news, light classical, that sort of stuff – with a bit of Sunday Morning Requests as a treat. Courtesy of the NZBC. Then we … Continue reading →

>Look. I won’t insult anyone’s intelligence by trying to review Paved Country (My man Jefito might be eavesdropping and a skill-set comparison would be mortifyingly embarrassing.)I’ll just tell you how I got to like their music. Or. From country rock … Continue reading →

> Telekom is going out of its way to annoy me. It’s not enough that they only annoy me when I can’t avoid contacting them. They’re now following me. And their Voice Response system flossie is getting far too chummy … Continue reading →

>Blogger tells me that I can zap them an email and it’ll appear on the blog. I’m not convinced Comment: Well, I’ll be buggered…

>Frank Zappa gave us some useful stuff. Ship arriving too late to save a drowning witch For example. Or “Let me sum it up for you. Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is … Continue reading →

>I bet there was…….!

>Back in the Dark Ages, I was involved in a Revenue Management development project. First of many, in fact (It was about the time I bought my first PC – Intel 386 33kHz, 8MB RAM, 105MB hard drive. Bleeding edge … Continue reading →

>As if the newspapers weren’t full of clemency applications for RAF terrorists, the sudden realisation that life as we know it on Planet Earth is slowly grinding to a halt and Bayern Munich losing 7 games this season (which – … Continue reading →