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Burroughs sells athletic shoes, Lydon sells us butter

PETERMBALL Conspicuous Acts of Cultural Consumption December 19, 2008cognitive dissonance, John Lydon, Oh dear god the world's gone crazy and we're all doomed, Random Observations, William Burroughs

I never actually thought I’d see a commercial that generated more cognitive dissonance and fear that the end of times are upon us than this one:

But this comes pretty damn close:

Quick Posting from the Trenches

PETERMBALL Journal December 16, 2008Blogging and Author Platform, Jason Fischer, Middleman, Random Observations

At the QWC online promotion seminar, which is very cool but hitting a lull now that folks are learning to set-up wordpress and I already know. After lunch we return to the learning off stuff, but until then:

A belated public congratulations to the most awesome Jason Fischer (he of the zombie camels and much other coolness) whose newborn son has arrived in the wide world of late.
Do not discover the Middleman series the day before you have to get up at seven am to go to a workshop. It virtually guarantees you’ll get no sleep. That said, I’ve not been this eager to see the next episode of something since, oh, Season Two of the new Doctor Who. Or Buffy.
No writing of note lately; it’s too damn hot. But I heard back from the supervisor, who says very complimentary things about the first story in the thesis collection
And since it needs to go here somewhere, it appears I now have a Technorati Claim. It doesn’t actually do anything visible, but apparently it’s important.

Bacon

PETERMBALL Journal December 11, 2008Bacon, Food, My neighborhood, Random Observations

One of my neighbors is cooking bacon. There is nowhere in my flat I can go to escape it.

Any minute now, I’m going to break down and go to the shops.