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November 30, 2006

Bad Sex on the Sheets (of Paper)

This year’s winner of the Literary Review Bad Sex Award: “…we’re lost in a commotion of grunts and squeaks, flashing unconnected images and explosions of a million little particles.” Uh, yeah. The competition this year was, uh, “stiff”, according to The Guardian, and “unstoppably on”, according to The Independent. Well timed for the end of NaNoWriMo, which really should provide some of next year’s contenders.

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AND NOW A WORD FROM SOMEBODY WHO MAY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ME...

The Political Power and the Passion (or Back Benches Are Burning)

AustralianPoliticsFilter: Congressman John “Orleans” Hall has nothing on Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett, who quit singing political rock to start rocking politics, was elected to the Aussie Parliament in ’04 and has now been named the Labor Party’s “Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation and the Arts” (whew, what a title). But it’s not all “Blue Sky (His)”: he’s been attacked by a former environmental activist ally in the Green Party and mimicked by Treasurer Peter (no relation to Elvis) Costello. At least he’s healthy, unlike some Australian singers (or singers in Australia).

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Doctor Doctor Give Me the News (Unbroken)

Well, the test results are in, and my Dr. gave me the good news and the bad news: Apparently, I am much healthier than I feel.