Category Archives: Personal

Knebworth Valentine

Valentine’s day is rapidly approaching, gentlemen. So I was thinking: what can I possibly get my girl that will amaze everyone? Hold on people, I think I’ve come up with the answer — check out the Frank Zappa at Knebworth … Continue reading

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Smoke Poll

With smoking becoming more and more socially inacceptable, I’m curious to know how KUR readers think about the topic. Do you smoke? Trying to quit? Think smokers are pitiful idiots? A poll to the rescue! Disclosure: I’m a smoker myself.

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Se Puede Fumar?

Blegh. I’m down with a severe cold that I caught within two hours upon boarding the plane back to Belgium. Did I mention the guy in the airplane who crushed my glasses with 14 hours left to travel? I’ve had … Continue reading

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Pero La Puta Que Lo Pario!

I’m back my friends. Oh the delight of putting on multiple layers of sweaters, jackets and socks to fend off the winter cold, when you compare it to this atrocious state of being: Anyway. So what’s this I hear about … Continue reading

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Hasta La Vista!

Ladies, gents, dear faithful KUR readers: by tomorrow Dr Sharleena and I will be off to the wonderful summer heat of Argentina for about a month. Obviously neither of us will have much time to update this weblog during that … Continue reading

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Sleeping In a Jar-port

“Downstairs, you have metal chairs very uncomfortable at first but after 1 or 2 hours your body manages to fit in. You have to hurry though, as after 2am there’s quite a few people coming to stay the night.” The … Continue reading

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Twenty Things

Everything you always wanted to know about Barry’s Imaginary Publisher but were afraid to ask.

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Quick, before he gets to work

Barry and his beard are 34 today! have a happy one!!! :kiss:

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iPod Giveaway

Okay, so I’m gonna be frank about this. I badly need a second iPod – or rather: Dr Sharl has been wanting to play with one ever since I got mine! So, following Danny O’Dare’s hint, I signed up at … Continue reading

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Yes Sirree!

The iPod arrived yesterday and, by Jove, I swear it’s a thing of absolute beauty — enough to wet anyone’s pants. Been importing music and playing with its features since. Suppose you’d be going on a transatlantic flight to South … Continue reading

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Barenboim

A couple of days ago I saw a documentary on Daniel Barenboim, acclaimed conductor and pianist. Arguably his most important project however is The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra which he founded together with Edward Saïd. This orchestra consists of young Israeli, … Continue reading

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I Spy With My Little iSight

… and there was much rejoicing as The Imaginary Publisher and The Good Doctor successfully installed the Apple iSight webcam! Yes indeed folks: it is now possible for you to bust my balls about the wiki chatwise while looking me … Continue reading

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Book Meme

Kevin of Diseased Wits passed on the Book Meme baton to me a couple of days ago. You can read my responses over at moonbug dot org (which is basically the place where I post whatever doesn’t fit here). I … Continue reading

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Five Times

Because farting is funny.

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Rufus The Baptist

Want to know my latest musical obsession? Rufus Wainwright. The son of acclaimed Canadian American “alternative folk” singer Loudon Wainwright III, Rufus, in his last two albums, has brilliantly incorporated classical influences, folk, rock, even opera, and, well, plain camp, … Continue reading

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