How true.
clearly a virgin has been sacrificed somewhere, as the sun is now out, the sky is blue with those fluffy cotton wool clouds (cumulus is the proper term, I believe) and it is actually, dare I say it, quite warm.
and on the subject on the side bar, I am working towards putting all those links into handy pull-down menus (woohoo – Javascript!). That project is running alongside the Greymatterisation of this site, and both projects are running unfeasably slowly – I just haven’t found enough time to concentrate on them.
one or two of you may have noticed (although you probably haven’t) that the list of music links has been getting longer recently. Most notable are the additions of k7 and to rococo rot. go see.
You know, I am sure that in ancient times, if the populace had been faced with such a long, grey, wet, unpleasant winter and early spring, they would have been out sacrificing a few virgins to appease the gods. Having woken to yet another grey drizzly morning, I’m willing to try anything.
Meg (yes, Meg again) seeks a secret monk. These are odd times in which we live.
I sense an improvement in my mood. Will have to see what develops.
“Meanwhile, back in Communist Russia” has to be the best name for a band I’ve heard in ages. They sound pretty good, not unlike Arab Strap, who I have a soft spot for.
seems lately that whenever I post to this thing, I have to come back later and edit it for typos. I really must read what I type more thoroughly.
global branding is a trend that has been growing in recent years, from the ubiquitous golden arches through to the renaming on Marathon as Snickers to suit the American market. In the last few weeks, I’ve noticed that Jif (the household cleaning products) has been rebranded as Cif. Now I can understand that Jif might be a problem, particularly in hispanic countries (“Hif”), but isn’t Cif going to have similar problems. I’m sure that in some languages the “c” will be hard,and in others it will be soft. The Portuguese would pronounce it differently again (but there is not accounting for them).
So what should they have called it?
“DIF – not the same as other brands!”
“WIF – smells good!”
“NIF – with new lemon fragrance!”
“BIF – hits germs where it hurts!”