Grammatical mischief

The sublime Grammar Cop@Banterist (now at LS) has been on patrol at Coney Island. Ignatius J Reilly would be proud of him.

Ouankers

The state-sponsored Mediterranean Social Forum “demonstration” for “a conflict-free, peaceful Mediterranean” began with a huge punch-up between the Moroccans and the Saharouis, so I was reasonably optimistic that one of the post-march bands, Les Boukakes, would indeed stage a “sexual scene where many men masturbate on and give a ‘semen bath’ to a willing submissive”…

Tuesday June 21, 19:00, CCCB

Be there (ie Presentació Pública) or be something objectionable. Unfortunately I have a prior engagement with a spider.

Depp Throat

More revelations re the pharmaco-entertainment complex @ Arcadi Espada: “Más de treinta años hablando de Depp Throat.”

Realistic body parts to practise on

If you’re into the whole Borghild thing (and Wikipedia isn’t yet), then you really should try the surgical & secondary care products of Limbs & Things.

Knights of the Holy Ghost

If you thought Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa was unlucky, try Pedro Fernandez De Quirós, who didn’t discover Australia and thus wasn’t an Afghan Muslim. Fortunately he was nuts.

Dikshit and Parasol

Our favourite Gibraltan gamblers have already been discussed at Fark, but thanks anyway to my usual forwarder of filth for the tip. (See yet another f*$#&@! learning experience for a name-game perspective.)

Hispania africana

The novel is progressing. I’ve hit the 50K mark and plot and characters are showing signs of improvement, partly because I’m putting a bit more time into research and a bit less into peripatetic weird shit collection. One of the puzzles I’m working through at the moment is the lack of a sub-Saharan chiliastic movement…

Why we are so greatly loved

Gerald Howson in The Flamencos of Cadiz Bay claims that the satirical periodical, El Codorníz (The Quail), once published a front page spread of Anglo-Saxon ladies in bullrings and remote mountain villages headlined, “WHERE DO THE ENGLISH SPINSTERS GET THEIR HATS?”