INT. QUINQUIREME TOWERS - DAY
ME: Ooh look, Tim Footman called me 'the Poly Styrene of the blogosphere'. I'm so punk rock.
MR BC: You *are* punk rock.
There is a pause, during which I sip Earl Grey tea and look at the Habitat catalogue.
MR BC: Of course, she went mad, you know.
ME: Yes, well, I went mad too, but then I took drugs and got better.
My zodiac iconography stinks, but my French is pretty good
About Me
- patroclus
- Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom
- I'm the patron saint of blogging and the Poly Styrene of the blogosphere. I take my saintpunk responsibilities very seriously.
Elsewhere
What's This Blog About, Then?
I couldn't make the tag cloud work, so I have manually selected a clutch of old posts for your delectation; posts in which I:
- Am too short to reach a book
- Go to court for not paying my council tax
- Attempt to liveblog my own labour
- List all my scars
- Meet a famous cyberpunk author
- Tell you how to write a blog post
- Walk to work in the style of the Dawn of the Dead remake
- Wonder if there are any songs about lawnmowers
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the fog of war2 years ago
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December 31, 20212 years ago
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Hello, skukulasecretsquirrel2 years ago
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Wonderland, the book (and podcast!)8 years ago
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Freedom8 years ago
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dcd0903168 years ago
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Lately8 years ago
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I know this is a pain but...9 years ago
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Peaches9 years ago
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Cub Scout badge10 years ago
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Best Days10 years ago
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Good Idea, Bad Idea11 years ago
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Aturan Permainan Baccarat11 years ago
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The New Funny Feminists12 years ago
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An August weekend12 years ago
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DOING THE RIGHT THING12 years ago
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Paper Angst12 years ago
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#This is the End....#12 years ago
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I have a son!13 years ago
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This year's tech news, in brief13 years ago
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Take Me To The Go Go14 years ago
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A Funny Old Game14 years ago
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Slaminsky, schlaminsky15 years ago
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ANOUNSEMENT15 years ago
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Where's Billy?17 years ago
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10 comments:
Yes, but did you go Krishna?
No, but oddly enough, the full story of How I Went Mad But Then I Took Drugs And Got Better was going to be the theme of today's post. I might tell that one tomorrow. That'll be fun for everyone.
Are they classifying Earl Grey as a drug now? Cool. Does Tetley count?
I think Earl Grey is ok - now decaf green tea is a completely different kettle of fish. Or tea, even.
I could write a blog about how I went mad but then watched green wing and never got better. Would that be at all interesting?
cello: Earl Grey is about as wild as it gets chez Patroclus these days - and sometimes even then I have to tone it down and drink caffeine-free peppermint instead. Tetley is far too strong for me - you're clearly quite hardcore.
Sylvia: Yes it would.
oh lord, and now jon ronson wants in on the whither-a-bitchy-blogosphere debate
still, at least he was amusing(ish) about it all
Do you know what this means, UC? It means that in The Time Before Blogging, all journalists must genuinely have believed that everyone loved them and hung on their every word. Even Caroline Phillips. Crikey.
the party never stops at chez patroclus, does it?
(still here....just wearing dark glasses and a large brimmed hat lately. )
(and nothing else.)
Hmm, didn't Gillian Anderson have a spell as a punk? It must run in the looks.
I don't know about that, OPC, but I once saw her house in Elle Decoration and it was totally brilliant. If I ever get my own house I'm going to have totally black walls like she had, with chandeliers and sea-green chinoiserie. It's going to be fantastic.
Also the Observer once described Gillian Anderson as 'not quite cool', which endeared her to me even more.
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