Yearly Archives: 2008

Big Numbers not Known

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Politicians talk a lot about the economy. Ordinary people talk a lot about the economy, especially when it is going badly. Everyone...

Back to Brown

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Change. Experience. Experience. Change. Politics. Does this sound familiar? Pretty much everybody in the UK must be aware that Gordon...

Star Wars: Parallel Universe

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Everyone knows that Star Wars was set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. But what if it had been...

Shakespeare (The Next Generation Remix)

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Hardly anyone likes the plays of William Shakespeare any more. He wrote great stories, invented new words, and greatly influenced English-speaking culture. ...

Timejam

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Is there enough time to do everything you should be doing? Think about it: think of all the expectations that everyone has, and...

How to Really Look Good Naked

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I was walking down Regent Street a few weeks ago, and as you often do in that part of London, I saw a minor...

Winning the Ultimate Popularity Contest

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Only a nation that encourages its citizens to vote for its public prosecutors and prom queens could deliver the ultimate in popularity contests. ...

No Objection to Objectification

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A relatively minor news story grabbed my attention this week. Or rather, I noticed it briefly, and then kept remembering it as I...

If Zombies Were Real…

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We live in a pretty strange society. Walk up to a stranger at random and start talking about habeas corpus and they will...

How Lettuce-eating Cyclists Kill our Planet

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Did the title grab your attention? Cannot believe it is true? It IS true. The dots are there, people just refuse...

How to Make Enemies and Annoy People

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I should be happy. Yesterday, my other blog, the boring one about what I do for a living, set a new record for...

Where Does Art Start?

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If you are like me, you get mildly annoyed when people wander through a museum and feel the need to run their hands all...
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This website showcases content created by Eric Priezkalns, who also uses the pen name Ray Blank when writing science fiction. It includes stories, essays, poems, short films and audio recordings.

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