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The Big Issues

Worryingly I watch the chatterbox a great deal more than I would like - but there is something about the format which suits my scattered brain. I get interested in something and just as I’m beginning to lose the thread, it’s commercial time or time for the weather forecast (both strike me as similar in [...]

Posted 20 May 2008 † Karie § News ‡ Comments (0)

Sectarianism

Yesterday I wore my bright green woollen coat to celebrate that spring was in the air. A man approached me: “I don’t like green.” I blinked a couple of times and then sighed.
Ever heard of Sectarianism? It is: “..bigotry, discrimination, intolerance or hatred arising from attaching importance to perceived differences between subdivisions within a [...]

Posted 23 April 2008 † Karie § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (1)

Synergy

Wheylona and I go back a decade (gosh). We first met when she worked in Sweden and was heading with friends to Denmark for a concert. I remember us walking through the streets of Copenhagen singing History Never repeats (youtube link) about twenty minutes after meeting for the first time. Ten years on, the American [...]

Posted 21 April 2008 † Karie § Art § Finn § Personal ‡ Comments (4)

Brain Bling

How good are you at recognising fonts? I got a measly 24 right out of 34. At least I still know my Helvetica from my Arial. It’s all in the curves, baby.
I have actually been watching quite a bit of TV lately. BBC4 is having a rather funky Medieval Season, so I’ve been lapping [...]

Posted 17 April 2008 † Karie § Art § Personal § Print Culture ‡ Comments (0)

Twitching

Following Friday’s unfortunate stroll, I decided I should probably take things easy. What brought it home? It was possibly the fact that when I passed out on Friday, I narrowly escaped having my forehead cut open thanks to broken glass lying on the ground. This time I was lucky and as for next time .. [...]

Posted 06 April 2008 † Karie § Craft § Fandom § Personal § Scotland ‡ Comments (0)

Boom-Di-DA-DA-Boom

Let’s be positive! My downstairs neighbour is not a hypersensitive man who complains that I ‘type too loudly’. He is not a schizophrenic albino who loves Celine Dion and talks to his absent father whilst hiding from the people in the walls. He is not a Norwegian couple who argue until 4am, then shag and [...]

Posted 04 February 2008 † Karie § Personal ‡ Comments (0)