Yep, I’m still not in Montreal. It’s been another 10 days (one of which was, admittedly, a Bank Holiday), and I still have no work permit. Quite apart from the fact that I was supposed to start work last Monday, the Canadian Grand Prix is in a fortnight and I’d really like to beat the [...]
Top 100
May 21, ’07
2:58 PM
Everyone loves “Top 100″ lists. So here’s the Top 100 Movie Numbers:
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Jack’s Back
May 19, ’07
11:56 PM
Because, let’s face it, I’ve got nothing else to do at the moment, I’ve been catching up on my podcast listening and vodcast (I hate that word – let’s just call it a video podcast) viewing. Including the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 podcast (vodcast). It looks absolutely stunning. And it’s out on Thursday. Hee.
Québec Update, Part the Second
May 19, ’07
10:49 PM
The Canadian High Commission updated its website today (or yesterday, but I’m pretty certain it was today). Previously, as I said on Thursday, there was no indication of how long one should wait for a work permit application, just a vague “most are dealt with in three weeks” kind of statistic.
Now, as well as changing [...]
Year Abroad Update
May 17, ’07
11:21 AM
As those of you who have been paying attention will have picked up, this year is my “year abroad”, the third year of my four year degree course that should be spent in the countries whose languages I am studying.
I’ve done my time in Egypt (studying Arabic at the University of Alexandria), and for the [...]
Audrey 2
May 14, ’07
2:41 PM
I have a feeling we may have planted them, but a large number of oriental poppies have sprung up fairly suddenly outside our house. Now, these are the sort of plants that look quite capable of biting your finger off, before taking over the world…
In the words of Messrs Ashman and Menken, “whatever they offer [...]
Ethnicity
May 4, ’07
5:30 PM
A quick snip from Durham University’s Student Satisfaction Experience Survey 2007:
So… what’s the difference between White-British and White-Scottish? No White-English? Methinks someone has blundered…
Yeltsin
May 3, ’07
11:02 PM
Courtesy of Popbitch, here’s a wonderful little Boris Yeltsin anecdote. He was being interviewed by a British journalist:
Journalist: “So, President Yeltsin, how would you describe the state of the Russian economy in one word?” Yeltsin: “Good”. Journalist: “Okay then Mr President, perhaps you would describe it in [...]
Web 2.0 gone bonkers
May 2, ’07
12:40 PM
Here’s a bizarre little YouTube video for you… Kate Monster and Trekkie Monster (from Avenue Q) singing Popular (from Wicked).
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