Harmless Drudgery

Random thoughts from a wordsmith, budding lexicographer, and 'snapper up of unconsidered trifles'.

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Wednesday, 20 May 2026

Aught to know better

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 A few years ago I wrote ( here ) about "for aught I know". And I'd been chewing away at this piece of gristle for some years ...
Sunday, 26 April 2026

A picture paints a thou...

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No it doesn't.  <parenthesis> The saying 'A picture is worth a thousand words' started to make an impression on Google Boo...
Saturday, 4 April 2026

Changing the record

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The Dickswinger-in-Chief (DiC – s orry, I can't take this clown seriously ) has had the crass mixture of temerity and effrontery to usur...
Friday, 13 February 2026

Donning my 'haubregon de fer'

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Last Saturday I joined 157 other singers ... <archivists-note nitpicking="Missing apostrophe explained > (I was the 158th) </a...
Friday, 16 January 2026

Ex unibus plurum - gumbo diplomacy

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 It's all very tiresome. The one  who 'loves uneducated people'... <tangent> Wisely he doesn't go on to say '...be...
Thursday, 4 December 2025

A Quantum of Menace

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I've been thinking about quantum computers (in a very limited way – one that doesn't involve understanding either them or quantum ph...
Thursday, 13 November 2025

Harking back

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  I've been harking back... <tangent> (an interesting expression that I've only recently found out about, from this Etymonl...
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After a misspent youth as an aspiring folk-rock hero and freelance polymath, I became a technical writer in the IT world and then - when I finally ran out of lives, having dodged redundancy for more than 10 years (towards the end of which I coined the word 'sub-Damoclean', to refer to my own position) - a teacher, resource creator, and writer.
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