Miscellaneous Blog

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Carnival of the Vanities #20, at Plum Crazy, home of the Vast Centre Wing Conspiracy.

Cthulho-conservative Andrew Ian Dodge predicts Tony Blair as the next leader of a Tories! Well, a coalition government comprised mostly of Tories, after Blair splits with most of his own party over war in Iraq.

Let me counter this right-wing fantasy with a left-wing one – in which Blair’s ‘new tories’ replaced by a radical centre-left coalition lead by Charles Kennedy.

Not that either scenario is likely. If the war against Iraq either goes well, or doesn’t happen at all, Iraq will no longer be a political faultline. If the war goes badly (heavy casualties, and major terrorist attacks in London), Blair is toast whatever party he leads.

Now I know what happens to a Moveable Type blog when I have a whole week without net access!

In the past week I’ve started a new job, and moved into a new home (one week from the day after first telephoning the estate agent!). I spent a week in hotels, and then it was a couple of days after moving in before I got the phone connected.

I’m now living in metropolis of Cheadle Hulme, just south of Stockport and five minute’s walk from the local railway station, which is just ten minutes ride away from where I work.

Fellow bloggers Andrew Ian Dodge and Sasha Castel have been having a bit of bother with the UK immigration authorities. I don’t know the full story, but the idea that someone might be refused entry to Great Britain because of things written in a blog is surreal. Perhaps some small-minded bureaucrat really thinks they plan to summon Cthulhu?

Remember Andrew and Sasha in your prayers.

Entries have been light lately, and will continue to be so for at least another week; not only am I starting a new job and having to relocate, but I’m struggling with an extremely flaky internet connection.

“Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends…” Yes, it’s that time of the week again, so it’s time for Carnival of the Vanities!, hosted this week by Greeblie Blog.

There’s a new left-wing British political blog on the Blogosphere, filling what seems to be a gap in the market – politX – vote hard, vote often,

It’s wednesday, so it’s carnival time! Carnival of the Vanities #16 (The New year’s Resolution Edition, Redux) is hosted by The Eleven Day Empire.

And I have read most of Steven Donaldson’s works, so there!

Silflay Hraka has a good rant about IT outsourcing. Having spent most of my career working for software houses I’m not sure whether everything is on-target.