Invasion of the feet

A bouncer was standing outside a club when suddenly a horde of feet poured down the street and began squealing, “Let us in, let us in!” “This establishment’s non-discrimination policy doesn’t apply to autonomous human body parts,” he replied, “so fuck off.” But they began kicking at his ankles, and hopping up his legs to…
A foot in Agnolo Bronzino's

Spaniards queuing up to wear Asbo bracelets

Because they contain payment cards. Yup, 60s festival administration came home. Jesus F Christ, what ‘tards. I might have an alcohol-free beer to get over the shock. Seriously, get yourself a kazoo this Christmas, and pay cash. The North Koreans haven’t banned them yet, though followers of the Only True Faith are a bit twitchy.

La K es de kazoo

Cómo fabricarte uno, cómo combinarlos con otros instrumentos, y cómo comprarte el mejor del Organillero-Cantante.

Albert el mono infinito en su templo tocando Manantiales de nitroglicerina.

Why does the Chartres cathedral renovation have to be so damn cautious?

Martin Filler -(faux?) outraged New York dandy- is certainly a giggle. If he had any serious interest in France or the Gothic he’d know that the sexless late-republican yellowing of major churches has been going on for some time now. (If all those black virgins are to be white once more, then surely we also…

Even the Russian central bank is struggling

Though its interest rate hike press release is only slightly more difficult to understand than Joseph Cotterill’s comment, and, despite its rather pressing concerns, it is still doing much better than the Ajuntament de Vic. Here’s a free comma to hang behind “loans” in para 2: ,.

Appreciating the ugliness of (Spanish) vernacular architecture

José Fariña is writing about Galicia, but his comments are generally applicable: form follows function, so rural flight and the conversion of C20th smallholding culture into industrial agriculture and bear forests will inevitably lead to the entire replacement of the gloriously heterogeneous building culture of the past by drab “rural” 2nd home estates of Asterix…

Non-compete agreements for freelance translators: the Groucho clause

My standard fare is NL/FR>EN legal and industrial, which goes down with a general lack of fuss and fury. But every now and again some loon writes, looking for someone to undercut Google Translate on, say, Serbian>Welsh, and sometimes I put out my horns, like the little Kyloe cow (do click!): for Romanian, for example,…