Monthly Archives: January 2006
A plague of Mary Sues upon thine head!
30 January, 2006 – 8:04 pm
Anyone here heard of James Frey? He wrote an autobiographical account of his life as an alcoholic and drug addict in a “downward spiral of violence and destitution”. Oprah thought he was wonderful and promoted his book on her show. She wept over it, apparently. Frey appeared on her show giving a message of hope [...]
What cars do
5 January, 2006 – 5:24 pm
The date was the ninth of December 2004, a little over a year ago. At the time we lived in Nottingham city centre above a main road, Upper Parliament Street, criss-crossed with a complicated and impractical network of pedestrian crossings. I was just getting changed into my gym clothes to do a workout on my [...]
