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Jean Edelstein: Equal gender rights shouldn't...

converse (via Christiane B)

Bad Science: Don't laugh, sugar pills are the...

“Single and cohabiting women are increasingly much more...”
— Being unmarried ‘makes a...

“About that time that you were five minutes late and I left...”
— Sebastian offers the best...

The short straw

Sebastian: I really think you drew a short straw in life, Jean...you are attracted to English men. They're transparently pale, and funny, and have anorak-like obsessions with, like, music and history.
Jean: Mmm, anoraks.

Brill | 27 Exmouth Market | London EC1R 4QL |...

Two thoughts

- My trip to Tallinn was super exhausting, although I realise that I don’t really have reason...

Very excellent hall of busts at the gloriously-designed...

Alas! My first trip to a Baltic state and I forgot my...

52/365 transport for London (via Christiane B) - Number 52...

Starbucks takes a coffee break | Business |...

Democrat vote fears as Nader runs again |...

“But in such unsettling times, when most things we thought we...”
— Marina Hyde: The human body...

Today I am wearing my puffy coat, which I purchased in...

“I wouldn’t run you over, baby, you’re too...”
— Dude who nearly squashed me...

number 1

todayshaiku: thinking about you fragile, wee, crunchy bird bones ….. - haiku collective My...

Celebrating the Semicolon in a Most Unlikely...

“I think chaste-lit may be simply a symptom of our fatigue....”
— Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog...

“Gordon Brown has claimed that encouraging individual...”
— Blackwell Synergy - Public...

At The Movies: I Really Wanted To Like 'Juno'

What I learned from 'Juno'

1. Abortion clinics smell funny. As do condoms. Best avoided. 2. When you tell your parents that...

This weekend...

…was quite busy. Thus the lack of postage. Posting. I saw the Camden Town Group exhibit at...

“In keeping with July’s established left-field...”
— Paperback of the week: Feb 17...

“I went out with one guy who said I seemed really great but...”
— I Love You, but You Love Meat...

“Elaine Sirkis, 77, an Obama supporter, confided that she...”
— A Flawed Feminist Test - New...

What I know about love

In honour of the impending Day O’Romance tomorrow, I have decided to tell you about the most...

I need to read more Woolf.

Hope-monger

noraleah: Senator Obama just called himself a hope-monger in his Madison speech. A hope-monger! ...

If I had a romantic gentleman friend, then I am sure I would...

“As well as celebrating the death of existing loves,...”
— Charlie Brooker. Does anyone...

Analysing

Ever since I added Google Analytics to my blog last week (I know, not exactly very cutting-edge of...

I went to the Columbia Road Flower Market today, which I...

Plumbing time

I argued with a washing machine repairman this morning. He phoned around eight to announce that he...

My last primary post, I promise…unless something else this incredible materialises. But...

See, I was not kidding. “Super Tuesday came to the...

Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - books: When...

The best part of this is the noize rock

More on voting

I’m still trying to organise my thoughts about the global primary. (This kind of explains how...

Having cast our votes for Obama, we decided to celebrate by...

Oh wow.

The ‘Global Primary’ was unbelievable. I don’t quite know where to begin to...

"I wish Obama was a woman"

As soon as I said that to Christiane, who was also wavering, my choice was clear. Go Barack! You are...

“Hillary’s hair is striking. It seems to me proof of...”
— Further pro-Hillary argument...

“Sadly, rather than cementing my support for Obama, this...”
— Superbly incisive political...

Wavering

Thinking about who I’m going to vote for tonight - at a primary election which is basically...

Flippin' heck - Pancake Day at risk of dying...

Uncharacteristically serious, but...

Having had twelve years to come to terms with my chronic depression, I’ve become acutely aware...

If It Weren’t for the Giants... - New York...

The Juggle - WSJ.com : Are You a Ms. or a...

“In America, you are free to use the gym improperly. It is...”
— My reaction, having been...

Dehydrated

I suppose the reason that I’ve not been writing much here lately is that my life is totally...

Censorship

My friend S urged me to take the picture of my pink tights down. “It’s...