Stet » News in brief http://riabacon.com First they came for the verbs and I said nothing, for verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns and I speech nothing, for I no verbs. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:41:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ http://riabacon.com/2010/07/20/rollin-rollin-rollin/ http://riabacon.com/2010/07/20/rollin-rollin-rollin/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:52 +0000 Ria rollin upgraded upgraded university player adobe sadistic extended http://riabacon.com/?p=624 Keep those wagons rollin’ …

Life is rollin’ on chez les Bacon — school’s almost out for summer, my contract at the university has been extended for another year, baby Didi is up and walking, and we interviewed a woman last night to come help clean for us, which of course meant we spent a mad hour

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In the village of Minnertsga, the body of a man who died four years ago has been found lying on

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Mr B went into town with our oldest two, and had a

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iPad slips from hype topspot

Now that the brouhaha is beginning to fade, maybe we can take stock of the absurdity of the latest product launch by Apple. For those unable to attend the event in person, there were live blogs galore and even a blow-by-blow retelling of what was happening inside by vloggers refused entry.

The

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http://riabacon.com/?p=411 Name that tune …

Hey Jim, Jim? Where is Jim, man? Jim, I want you to tell me somethin’ I want you to spell for me New York, Jim Come on, Jim, I want you to spell New York

These days you could ask Jim how to spell Dakar, because a whole lot, whole lot of cocaine is running round West

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I had expected a different reaction — crude spray scribble, as had been done (by the PPK sprayers?) to the “NOUVEAU PARTI” graffiti, perhaps, or a riposte in words — but this whiteout is so … thorough and professional.

I wonder who

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Fortunately, one sprayer had had the time, or the couilles, to write out the meaning: Pourquoi pas Karim (why not Karim).

The Karim is President Wade’s son,

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