Telecomiscommunication
This is a true story, and it happened in a telecommunications company. It happened to me some time ago. My head still hurts when I think about it. A secretary sends out one of those emails which tells everybody to [...]
The End of Sexes
Brit film “Atonement” may have disappointed with its meagre haul from the Oscars, but I think I know one good reason why. There is something deeply creepy about the movie, in a Freudian kind of way. Ian McEwan’s story and [...]
What are Audiences for?
Good mate Guy Dickinson posed an interesting question the other day. Or rather, he repeated a quote that purports to be a fact, and asked me to discuss it. The quote was: “Radio’s really big in the UK. A few [...]
My Cave, My Scrawl
In the 1960′s and 70′s Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner performed a series of comedy interviews, often ad-libbed, with Mel playing the part of a 2000 year old man. In one interview, Reiner asks which country the 2000 year old [...]
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