Thoughts from a Bafta nominated Podcaster, Blogger, Writer and Commentator.
Andrew Neil, to the Levenson Enquiry (pdf): My job is simply to interview whoever is provided, usually by establishing what they believe then taking the exact opposite position. Sometimes it’s indicated that we should avoid a certain topic or only go in a certain direction – the price of the politician coming on. Since I do only live programmes it is easy to ignore such strictures and there is never (or rarely) any come back.
Dave McClure: And so here I am: still standing in the arena, in hand-to-hand combat with demons mostly of my own making, aiming to make a small dent in the universe. nowhere near a great success story, yet fighting the good fight and perhaps helping others to achieve greatness as I attempt a bit of my own. I’ll be 46 in a month, well past the age when most folks have already shown what they’re made of. but I’m still grasping for that brass ring… I’m still betting my epitaph will read “late bloomer”, and not “failure”. I like this.
I believe I have found a knock-down argument for marriage equality: there is no decent verb for “civil partnership”. #Pedants4EqualMarriage Tom Morris
The British have an umbilical cord which has never been cut and through which tea flows constantly. It is curious to watch them in times of sudden horror, tragedy or disaster. The pulse stops apparently and nothing can be done, and no move made, until “a nice cup of tea” is quickly made. There is no question that it brings solace and does steady the mind. What a pity all countries are not so tea-conscious. World-peace conferences would run more smoothly if “a nice cup of tea”, or indeed, a samovar were available at the proper time. Well, the internet
Hat tip to Sean Murricane from March of Dimes.
Also called the Percontation Point and the Irony Mark, this one’s used to indicate that there’s another layer of meaning in a sentence. Usually a sarcastic or ironic one. So it is essentially a tool for smart people to use to make stupid people feel even stupider. Which makes it the best punctuation mark of all. Why isn’t the reversed question mark in more common use then? Is it because it’s only on the keyboards used by British sitcom writers?
