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One of the key elements of a weblog is its immediacy, even at the small price of the occasional spelling mistake or broken link.
For the past few weeks I've been making electronic notes containing embryos of posts, many of which by now are outdated or not relevant any longer. So, before I encounter a writer's block, here they are, with just a hint of added hyperlinking:- GMail is too creepy. Dot Com.
- A post on the Baccarat headquarters (redesigned by Philippe Starck), by those fine hunks at Oh la la Paris. On the list of things to do on my next trip to Paris. The Baccarat thing, that is.
- On four occasions in three different stores, Sainsbury's reduced price offers were not picked up at the till. I'm referring to promotional prices that are printed on the packaging itself, not to stickers for fresh produce that is approaching its sell-by date. Be vigilant and check your receipt. I probably would not have picked up that magic duster, had I known I would have to pay it full price. 30p off, now, that's a different story. And if you're about to tell me to please get a life, wait until you hear abou the time…
- … that I wrote to UKTV Gold enquiring about the abrupt axing of The House of Eliott repeats, two thirds into the third and final series. They politely answered that the ratings were poor. Yes, they realised it after broadcasting thirty episodes out of thirty-six. They also assured me that the series will be repeated sometimes in 2005 (I'm setting the VCR already), and that the whole series ended on a cliffhanger, the Eliott sisters in danger of losing the fashion house altogether. Oh the suspence.
- Friends had warned me about Dragostea Din Tei, a catchy Romanian song that stayed in the Italian top ten for months. Troubled Diva heard it in Spain and launched a weblog conga at Sashinka's. The song is now trying to make it on these shores. In the original version released by O-Zone in 2003. In Italy they thought it was a better idea to release a cover version by Haiducii. Yep you guessed it right, she foreign, she's blonde and she's got big knockers.
- The Unofficial Royal Vauxhall Tavern Website. Proving that you don't have to be bald to go there, but it certainly helps if you don't want to stand out.
- Dr B.'s latest occupation while out clubbing: bluejacking strangers' Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones. Bo-ring!
- Pourpre.com - fascinating website entirely devoted to colours (in French).
- Still have not met anybody who has read James Joyce's Ulysses from beginning to end. How could that be? It's even available online, for free, on the Project Gutenberg website.
- There. All emptied out. Aah this feels good.