MySpace no more . . . Twitter no more . . . Facebook no more

And now the end is near, and I didn't think it would be Lexulous that would be the tipping point. So it goes.

Proclaimers, Sinatra and Vonnegut. I'll take it.

A nice word for the final lap.

26,000 in

A milestone or a millstone?

I'll let you decide. All I know is that when I first started playing Lexulous all those years ago, my brain was disintegrating into mush. I needed it then . . . and I still enjoy it now.

Fuck Zuck

Make a wee joke about RFK JR, and this is what happens.

Wankers.

SPGB London Meeting: “The Romantics’ Critique of Capitalism.”

File under the label, 'If I was in London . . . '. 

 

An SPGB meeting next Saturday at their Head Office in South London. Cut and pasted below is a post from Johnny Mercer, who will be the speaker:

"CALLING All ROMANTIC REVOLUTIONARIES: Mulled wine and a Christmas critique of capitalism, what’s not to love? In this talk I’ll be discussing the revolutionary ideas of people like Shelley, Turner, and Mary Wollstonecraft. I’ll be analysing how romantic concepts influenced socialists from Marx to Morris. And how these ideas continued in art/anti-art movements from Dada, to the Situationists, to a bit on my own arts practice. As ever plenty of time for questions and discussion! 3pm Sat 13th of December, 52 Clapham High Street. PLEASE SHARE LONDON ARTSY FOLKS!"

Facebook informed me that . . .

. . . three years ago today:

"Thirsty."

It's a sign . . . at least it was until I discovered there are no R trains this weekend.

* I miss that track jacket.

It's cold outside. Blizzard conditions.

 

Games played: 60

Games won: 32

Games lost: 28

Games drawn: 0

Bingos: 23

Quietly does it . . .

 

Games played: 80

Games won: 44

Games lost: 36

Games drawn: 0

Bingos: 32

Lexulouz-Voulez

 It's habit-forming  . . . 

Games played: 438

Games won: 227

Games lost: 209

Games drawn: 2

Bingos: 171

Another Placeholder of sorts . . .

 I've been here before. You know the drill.

Games played: 378

Games won: 177

Games lost: 198

Games drawn: 3

Bingos: 160

A Placeholder of sorts . . .

. . . is that the right term? I never know about these things. I've been Lexulous for about 11 years now. It's the Facebook version of Scrabble. I seem to remember that I started playing it because I was coming down with a severe case of 'Baby Brain', and I needed some form of intellectual stimulation before my brains leaked out of my left ear. As the stats indicate, I am a decidedly average player. In my defence I don't cheat, and I know some -  though not all - of my opponents feel the need to cheat by using word generators. I'm passed caring at this point.

What's the point of the 'placeholder'? Well, I just finished my 16,000 game, which is a landmark of sorts and at this late stage I'm interested in bingos for some reason, so that at the start of each month I'll post a screen grab of my stats so I can keep track of them. Why the sudden interest now? I don't have a scooby. Just my latest wilo-the-wisp bullshit version of prevarication and procrastination.

Apologies for the garbled post. Now that I've placed the blog on private, I'm giving less of a shit about proof reading:

Addendum

Wow, look at this post from March of this year. Talk about repeating myself. Same patter and everything. Looks like the 'Baby Brain' never really went away, after all.

There's a word for that.

I seem to remember that I started playing Lexulous because I was suffering a really bad case of 'baby brain', and lack of sleep meant I could feel my brain seeping out of my ear each sleepless night. Eleven years on and I play Lexulous 'cos I can't be arsed to get the Scrabble board out:

Quote of the Day

"‎Billionaires are just salt of the earth people...in that they own salt mines, and much of the earth, and some people" -S. Colbert

Hat tip to Brad over at Facebook.

Corporate mans laughter

Quote of the Day

"I refuse to believe corporations are people until Texas executes one." - Ara Rubyan

Hat tip to Danny L. over on Facebook.

Wahlööped

MALMAO

A joke shamelessly nicked from AB over at Facebook.

Old Big 'Ead

Via Giulio Manieri over at Facebook.

Not my favourite scene from Mike Leigh's High Hopes. That would be this scene.

Face off

Clinging onto the back bumpers for dear life, the SPGB finally climbs aboard the Facebook bandwagon:

Socialist Party of Great Britain Facebook Group

Socialist Standard Facebook Group

Feel free to grab onto the toggles of our collective anorak.

Coming Soon:

The SPGB on Twitter . . . but only once it's truly passe.

A Sleeve To Your Art

Further to this old post comes BBC online playing catch up. . .

. . . still waiting on those Japan album covers.

Further Linkage: Sleeveface

They're A Facebook Phenomenon, But Where's The Japan Album Covers?

I'd bet my milk bottle top collection that really is JAMC's Jim Reid.

Hat tip to Yadogg. More laugh out loud inspiration over at the Facebook Group dedicated to rescuing vinyl for a meaningful purpose.