Posts by Ian Dalziel
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See Emily play...
There's a certain slant of light,
On winter afternoons,
That oppresses, like the weight
Of cathedral tunes.Heavenly hurt it gives us;
We can find no scar,
But internal difference
Where the meanings are.None may teach it anything,
'Tis the seal, despair,-
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air.When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath;
When it goes, 't is like the distance
On the look of death.is the world ready for a reinvention?
- Miley Dickinson take the stage, please...and for the younger kids I see Norton Juster
(author of The Phantom Tollbooth) lives in Amherst... -
the filth column
what a sorry bunch of Opinionistas ...
Laws (why did he leave parliament again ? I do need reminding), Woodham (am I to understand she's not drinking anymore ...), McLeod is just tiresome and now I see Gareth Morgan hammering home his attack on the aged and infirm's alleged rorting of the system...Prominent among those bullying their way to the front are those who use well-organised lobbyists such as Age Concern and Grey Power. And the frequency of politicians turning up on TV advocating loudly for some old lady or equally heart-rending case and barking at the Government to respond is symptomatic of the system's failure.
Last week I confronted one such politician making her mark in this way on television's Close Up. Such soap-boxers should play no part in how health resources are allocated.I watched him on that Close Up, he looked decidedly uncomfortable and weaselly with it...
and the Press has sadly dropped John Minto for Chris trotter, so it goes...
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get stuck in...
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
as above so below
Upper rut
and
Lower rut
and
denial runs through it all -
apropos trophies... Oscar Bravo network
It's Peter Jackson - I'm pretty sure he could buy Grammar and have it changed if he wanted to.
What! He's redoing Little Red Riding Hood?
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sell division...
*One of the first four shops.
I like it - what were the other 3?
... the Weapon Shops of Isher of course...
though the Weapon Shops......will not interfere with the corrupt imperial monarchy of the Isher government (or in this case the Chch City Council), on the grounds that men always have a government of the type they deserve: no government, however bad, exists without at least the tacit consent of the governed.
riparian rites...
Maybe put a riverine skinny-dip in the sequel,
just for me?a real page turner - Evelyn Page that is...*
Hell, why not write your way through the Chch Art Gallery collection - look forward to the story about the frozen funeral procession - very Calvinist!*no collar problems for these Canterbury gals
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missing links sitegeist...
I note BoingBoing touching on the same topic, and linking to a Guardian articleand from the always cogent and prescient thoughts of the late Paul Reynolds in March this year:
...and by internal policy fiat there are very few hyper-links links to outside sources. Moreover, you will search in vain for a co-lab rights framework like Creative Commons, or any substantive links to the outside world of social networks.
This lack of an external linking policy has come in for debate in the past. However, I predict there will be a fresh airing of this lack in the weeks to come.
I say this because I believe that creative linking, and enhanced metadata behind the scenes, is now a mandatory part of the linked universe of cultural data.
(my bolding)
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going all postal...
...all comments will have to be delivered by registered mail.
via Thurn and Taxis, W.A.S.T.E. or Bolger's lot?
...and will this usher in the welcome return of the tamperproof wax seal? -
Dairy me... Smith's Dream pt II?
I did not read this because it does not have enough lattes in it.
aah, the advent of the Latte Day Saints...
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Love in the Time of Collars up...
But, but, I thought this was going to be fiction?
It's more like a cover article from Avenues ;- )
- how long have you been able to transform
into a wall-fly and haunt the leafy suburbs?David Haywood for Chch Laureate!
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The Dark Ram Returns...
... tempted to dig out the old PC in the roof space
one day this will be the strapline to a very modern horror story!