Pieces of a Man

Think it. Do it. Be it. Embellish.

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13.8.08

No shit, Sherlock

From: + All staff
Sent: 12 August 2008 16:21
To: + Staff Messages
Subject: Travel advice re. Georgia

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is now advising against all travel to Georgia as conditions are becoming increasingly volatile and are no longer safe for travellers. If you have any plans to travel to Georgia on behalf of the University you need to follow the advice given below. Essentially the advice is not to travel to Georgia.

Labels: 2008

12.8.08

Arse artis gratia

A giant inflatable dog turd created by the American artist Paul McCarthy was blown from its moorings at a Swiss museum, bringing down a power line and breaking a window before landing in the grounds of a children's home. More...

Labels: 2008

10.8.08

Isaac Hayes, 1943-2008

Isaac Hayes - soul genius, jewellery innovator, baldness icon and chocolate salty ball chef - has died. The obituary in the Guardian says;

"...it was his hit song for the soundtrack of the blaxploitation movie Shaft that made and cemented his reputation. An atmospheric blend of Hayes's lover-man vocals, breathless backing singers and a funk-fuelled wah-wah guitar arrangement, Shaft - the song and the character - became synonymous with black urban cool..." More...

... but I'll always remember him first and foremost for the 12-minute extravaganza of 'Walk on By', the first track on the 1969 album Hot Buttered Soul, which also has one of my favourite albums covers ever...

Labels: 2008

9.8.08

Man Free!

Free at last, free at last
I thank God I'm free at last
Free at last, free at last
I thank God I'm free at last

Way down yonder in the graveyard walk
I thank God I'm free at last
Me and my Jesus going to meet and talk
I thank God I'm free at last

On my knees when the light pass'd by
I thank God I'm free at last
Tho't my soul would rise and fly
I thank God I'm free at last

Some of these mornings, bright and fair
I thank God I'm free at last
Goin' meet King Jesus in the air
I thank God I'm free at last

~ Trad. American Negro Song

Labels: 2008

8.8.08

Wargames

USSR First Strike, US First Strike, NATO/Warsaw Pact, Far East Strategy, US/USSR Escalation, Middle East War, USSR China Attack, India Pakistan War, Mediterranean War, Hong Kong Variant, Seato Decapitating, Cuban Provocation, Atlantic Heavy, Cuban Paramilitary, Nicaraguan Preemptive, Pacific Tutorial, Burmese Theaterwide, Turkish Decoy, NATO Alliance, Argentina Escalation, Iceland Maximum, Arabian Theaterwide, US Subversion, Australian Manoeuvre, Cuban Diversion, NATO Limited, Sudan Surprise, NATO Territorial, Zaire Alliance, Iceland Incident, English Escalation, Zaire Heavy, English Paramilitary, Middle East Heavy, Mexican Takeover, Chad Alert +, Saudi Manoeuvre, African Territorial, Ethiopian Escalation, Canadian Incident, Turkish Heavy, NATO Incursion, US Defense, Cambodian Heavy, Pact Medium, Arctic Minimal, Mexican Domestic, Taiwan Theaterwide, Pacific Manoeuvre, Portugal Revolution, Albanian Decoy, Palestinian Local, Moroccan Minimal, Algerian Diversity, Czech Option, French Alliance, Arabian Clandestine, Gabon Rebellion, Northern Maximum, Siberian Surprise, Turkish Paramilitary, Seato Takeover, Hawaiian Manoeuvre, NATO Containment, Swiss Incident, Cuban Minimal, Chad Alert +, Iceland Escalation, Vietnamese Retaliation, Syrian Provocation, Libyan Local, Gabon Takeover, Romanian War, Middle East Offensive, Denmark Massive, Chile Confrontation, S. African Subversion, USSR Alert, Nicaraguan Thrust, Greenland Domestic, Iceland Heavy, Kenya Option, Pacific Defense, Uganda Maximum, Thai Subversion, Romanian Strike, Pakistan Sovereignty, Afghan Misdirection, Thai Variation, Northern Territorial, Polish Paramilitary, S. African Offensive, Panama Misdirection, Scandinavian Domestic, Jordan Preemptive, English Thrust, Burmese Manoeuvre, Spain Counter, Arabian Offensive, Chad Interdiction, Taiwan Misdirection, Bangladesh Theaterwide, Ethiopian Local, Italian Takeover, Vietnamese Incident, English Preemptive, Denmark Alternative, Thai Confrontation, Taiwan Surprise, Brazilian Strike, Venezuela Sudden, Malaysian Alert, Israel Discretionary, Libyan Action, Palestinian Tactical, NATO Alternative, Cypress Maneuver, Egypt Misdirection, Bangladesh Thrust, Kenya Defense, Bangladesh Containment, Vietnamese Strike, Albanian Containment, Gabon Surprise, Iraq Sovereignty, Vietnamese Sudden, Lebanon Interdiction, Taiwan Domestic, Algerian Sovereignty, Arabian Strike, Atlantic Sudden, Mongolian Thrust, Polish Decoy, Alaskan Discretionary, Canadian Thrust, Arabian Light, S. African Domestic, Tunisian Incident, Malaysian Manoeuvre, Jamaica Decoy, Malaysian Minimal, Russian Sovereignty, Chad Option, Bangladesh War, Burmese Containment, Asian Theaterwide, Bulgarian Clandestine, Greenland Incursion, Egypt Surgical, Czech Heavy, Taiwan Confrontation, Greenland Maximum, Uganda Maximum, Caspian Defense.

Labels: 2008

7.8.08

Lil Devils

Me, Mum and the kids at Old Trafford for the big pre-season friendly against the Grand Old Lady of Turin, Juventus, which ended up 0-0. The biggest fun of the night was the replays of John Terry on his arse during the penalties in Moscow, and the Champion's League trophy was paraded before kick-off, too. More...