Trapped in the Mundane

The unedifying ramblings of a mediocre polymath. Without the maths part.

Friday, October 03, 2014

The emperor's new trucker hat

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I was knackered coming home today. I was sitting on the tube with my head bowed, staring vacantly at my feet. For a few stops nothing much h...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Tableau

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  I came across this picture earlier today while doing some research for work. The original caption read, simply "Private Roy W. Hu...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Cookie-tin Banjo

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Really lovely little song this. A James-Taylor-like ode to childhood and the lasting impact our parents have on who we are. It's perha...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Youth

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This morning I sat down on the train opposite a young man who was probably no more than 21. His clothes were fashionable, in a hipster-y sor...
Sunday, July 06, 2014

The German Ocean

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I recently finished reading The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. As with most of his books, you go into it expecting a daring tale and action ...
Friday, April 04, 2014

Long-lost relatives

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Here's an interesting little story from the Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce, Esq. (London, 1782). Bruce was a Scottish-born military engin...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The man who would be half-emperor

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Another tale from Januarius MacGahan's Campaigning on the Oxus, and the Fall of Khiva. One day I mounted my horse and rode to Hazar-As...
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Ben
I'm a young(ish) man of varying weight and intelligence. I write in the hope that if I keep doing it for long enough, one day I might write something funny or profound - even if only by accident. The title of my blog is a disparaging description of me - as shouted by one of my old professors.
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