I haven’t the faintest idea whether “nitty gritty” originated in the slaveships (”no te grites”, stop moaning? Nope) and thus should be avoided by good folks or whether it’s an American Indian training service, but I did like the following gangster talk: “Noo, man! Mi an di man fos taak boo dat, man, aa sins [...]

Since I’m arsing around this morning, here’s some more chicken news. There’s a good story developing up in a small village near Figueres at the moment, where Adela Sánchez has been put on trial accused of murdering Mercè Catalán’s rooster, Matildo. Adela and her daughter, Paqui, had previously sat up at night playing the trumpet [...]

The right is perturbed because men are getting married on Los Lunnis. Their objections are historical rather than theological–no one’s suggesting we respect Genesis 24:3 and 38:6 and allow fathers to select girlies for their sons–and their problem is that the world has moved on. I’d regard myself as a natural PP voter (although that [...]

I hope that machine translation doesn’t get too good, too fast. It’s good to hear that separatist Rafel Homestead is taking flowerpots seriously (the Lads already have two devices now): his wine-producing colleagues further south opposed them as an Espanyolista attack on the local economy.