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Sunday, October 31, 2004

cdxxxii.
'I make
good
living.' A real

story: ordered
to offer
a deal/offered

to order
a deal/ordered
to deal

an offer/dealt
an offered
order. Nose

for none. Row
goes nuclear. Closes
in record

time. Forced
a halt.

Saturday, October 30, 2004

cdxxxi.
Bent double royal plunge:
grills on troops. Always first
in the pecking

order. Blocks laws
on death. Becoming more
invisible. 'Is this

the tipping
point/the promised end?' Merger
means

more
parroting.

Friday, October 29, 2004

cdxxx.
Dream loan ups
the ante. Looking up
to back invasion. Kills

on an horrific day. Say sorry
to a real
lady. 'Do kids

worry you?' The
avenging angel
always

acquires gravitas.

Thursday, October 28, 2004

cdxxix.
Black day tragedy a show
that lasts forever. 'When is it
ever not 'an emotional

appeal'?' 'Life as
apolitical.' Election mad
& stayed mad. Life all

pitched about. Some bold
blue idea. A paving
slab. That preys

on recruits. Proverbial
bad hand.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

cdxxviii.
Is good? A line
in the forehead; a limited
science. 'Because it's

old, it's good.' A
lost ark. A lost
art. A radical

line. 'History is full
of similar examples.'
'Crass' movie

spells end.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

cdxxvii.
'As I
recall
so well.' 'If

this
isn't, what
is?' A ship

is being
steered. There will
be flops. Return

to the
classroom a
'lucrative proposition'.

Monday, October 25, 2004

cdxxvi.
'There
will be more
news.' Is that

worth it? Soon,
very soon. Way
to work

targeted. Crocodile
tears in
October heat the

'ultimate disgrace'.

Sunday, October 24, 2004

cdxxv.
Babes 'on a
walk'
in the woods. Contrition

pays off. Hub gleams. Death
at work 'kills' serious
problem. Babies

on a roll. Censors
suicide. An
ever more

transparent
man.

Saturday, October 23, 2004

cdxxiv.
Deal missile awaits
interview. Funniest,
weirdest. Go

against
nature. Object wins.
Tea for too many

objectionable. Anyone
suspect? Coke promotes 'self-
image, memory and

cultural identity'. Yob-
free.

Friday, October 22, 2004

cdxxiii.
Sharks target
bargain, kill off show
after

one week. Frozen
farrago threatens
fish. 'Vote

for your
values' urges traitor.
Pace picks up,

stands down.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

cdxxii.
Face
role forced into
red. 'How

to dress
your wound.' Moving &
delicious. 'We did not mean

to offend' wallowing
victim, but. . . . Quiz
timed

over leak. Anything
from
furniture

to coins.

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

cdxxi.
World anger
at graffiti
artist told. Cook

joins turn,
works to boost
two

frog
front. Taped
envoy art

cheat.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

cdxx.
Best news
to hit
city, 'testimony

to her ability to
communicate
that first'. A

pedagogical on-
slaught, published
reproof, a

'pool of wrong'.

Monday, October 18, 2004

cdxix.
Both claims fake,
pokes paper. One
day war will

evaporate. A
big look
of shock with bigger

eyes. Head
and plane
a tipsy

conjunction. Two
men fall
at work. Nerves

elicit face: 'the man's
a fool'. Delayed
on train

for a year.

Sunday, October 17, 2004

cdxviii.
Lots of littler
ice bergs. Handy
sped up late in-

toxication. Sharp
leap forward. Sign
of a cat underlies

discovery. Hide
behind
the sofa. Optimism

silenced
by bomb.

Saturday, October 16, 2004

cdxvii.
No words. Happier.
Calmer. Cooler.
Healthier. How

to survive 'the
shocking thing'. The
big names. Pay

to be hip. Bang
to rights! On
the couch. Improve

our lives. To flock. To grieve.

Friday, October 15, 2004

cdxvi.
Ahead. Extraordinary
apes. Anger mixed
with sorrow soothed. A

big mess. Un-
building. Up
prices. 'Huff and I'll

puff and I'll
blow your house in.' 'What
I need

is a rock.'

Thursday, October 14, 2004

cdxv.
Formula for
lovers everywhere: first
guilty plea

in sex: read
my miming
lips. Nine begin

to appeal. Backing
by women
plummets. 'I

will sack.' Let off
the specifics.

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

cdxiv.
Slow, strange
death of one
of the world's

oldest whodunits.
Claims
he has seen. Rich rift

plans to scab
over. 'Unless
a local

outrage stiffens.' A
desperate man. Children
equal

criminals, bringing
face to the fore-
front.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

cdxiii.
Win return
for two. Saving
to endure. A non-

smoking
female and male. This
figures as

the total
gap. They think
they need, as

almost half
the working
population spoil

her dash.

Monday, October 11, 2004

cdxii.
Goals against
England. 'We waited
until

he was out
of the country.' A
quitter

will emerge. Left
scowling. Remembered
in history. Motives

lie behind. Heads back
into space.

Sunday, October 10, 2004

cdxi.
Doubt future
friendship or
motherhood. A

big building off
limits. Scene
after scene has

longueurs. 'Does
it matter much?' Toll
on glaciers 'sick

and cruel'. Former
art student detonates.
Fried and

compared and
constrained.

(i.m. Jacques Derrida)

Saturday, October 09, 2004

cdx.
'There is
no progress.' 'People
increasingly

do not want
complexity.' Cup
holder. Bolder

repast. Forests are
vanishing
into features. 'You

to speak.' 'There is
no
negotiation.'

Friday, October 08, 2004

cdix.
Mimic heart
surgery. Purgatory
untold. Unfold

exoticism uncovering
retread. Bred
alembic. Set

akimbo. 'All a
parody
of it.' Alien

act.

Thursday, October 07, 2004

cdviii.
Provocative foxes. Kids
need adventure; space
needs tourists. Censored attempt

at some kind of
potty humour. Tenure
timebomb. Aide to fight, headlights

fissure. 'How
to get
in.' Selling

that silver
pen. Experts
say stalking

causes harm.

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

cdvii.
'Ownership doesn't get any better
than this.' Blindfold kaleidoscope. Void
pieces. 'Many innocent civilians

were killed.' Live report feed
back. Flux before they do. High
streets covered

in dust. 'Wanna play?' 'Might
not back.' Signing warrant on
silence. 'Looks like you're in three

different countries.' Yeah, tacky
in 'em all.

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

cdvi.
'It's all
been said.' Another
backlash

beckons. 'Will success follow
them
home?' And you

too? 'A bid
to take
control.' Power

and sewage
secret. Scope
state

threshold. Right
now feels
some time later.

Monday, October 04, 2004

cdv.
Maps
map movement
stilled. Approval

to
proceed. Re-
verb posts

that - a spartan
backdrop
coagulates

demonstrative
denunciation - a
five

star
zero
star

hotel.
The check-in
breaks

down.

Sunday, October 03, 2004

cdiv.
Face fulla
roses. Big
daft grin

blurts out. Red
pressures
blue cool. 'Disastrous

weather
is set.' A
chilling

warmth. 'Typically
disillusioned.' A
birthday

tribute.

Saturday, October 02, 2004

cdiii.
Mountain
goes up. Gannet
at home. Defy silly

safer food,
alas. Pre-
hearing 'dubious, weak

and vexatious'. Boy
wins role, 'I'm
a van'. Third

time lucky.

Friday, October 01, 2004

cdii.
Dream zone. Gas
may yield
clue. 'The more

about control
it becomes.' Hurtles
into

last four. Tension
swings
back. Several

points adrift. 'Simply
brutally
honest.'