a dancing star!

Presidebt (n.) -
1. Country’s change of fortune following inauguration of new Head of State. Initially clouded by wave of nationalistic-reformist zeal, subsequently shown to be ruse as demonstrated by rampant nepotism; accompanied by opening of Swiss bank accounts. Prevalent in developing countries. 2. The debt owe to the President as a country is in its [...]

The Simorgh is one of Tehran’s finer hotels. Its friendly staff contrasts conspicuously against the gloom that most Tehranians seem to carry. A restless first night, anywhere, is never a surprise; some might even say it is a prerequisite: one has to accustom oneself to the folds of the chosen pillow and observe its fluffy [...]

Malefactor, at .40 nap, lamented the disturbance of silence; it set off a chain of thought that lead to this post.
Nothing exceptionally special happens on the Friday before Christmas, be it in 2005 or 1005. This past Christmas was no different. I was at the only bookshop in Singapore - Border’s doesn’t count - [...]

wordology (n.) - The science and study of language in its determinate form. [Post-Tom English, from word and Greek logos]
Grumius (adj.) – Tendency to entwine intellectual fervor and uncouth behavior, as is wont of the creative mind. [Post-Modern English, confluence of grumpy and Latin genius]
Stragedy (n.) -
1. A plan based on entrenched beliefs and [...]

Seldom one to read “travel books” - I’d rather just go - Peter Moore’s Swahili for the broken-hearted came as a surprise. Together with Annie Caulfield’s Show me the magic: travels round Benin by taxi, these two were my first foray in to this genre. Sadly, the diagnosis is not good: strictly toilet reading.

While submitting something for McSweeney’s site, I chanced upon this entry, entitled “Versions of Well-Known Films in Which the Protagonist Has Been Replaced With Leon Trotsky”, by Erick Peterson
The Fast and the Menshevik
From Russia With Acerbic Diatribes
Dirty Trotsky
The Man Who Would Be People’s Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs
The Matrix: Permanent Revolutions
Trotskynator 2: Trotsky Day
Communist [...]