I promise I'll stop blogging photos of her in a few years or so.
Sunday, November 30, 2003
Saturday, November 29, 2003
Thursday, November 27, 2003
coming in the fall
Screenplay for www.deadmanjones.co.uk...
HOME.CLARA.NET (DEADMANBLOG): I'd just like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to popisdead.
WEDDING GUESTS: Hear, hear.
HOME.CLARA.NET (DEADMANBLOG): Over the years I've come to look upon you as someone I met.
Everybody laughs
TOM HANKS and JULIA ROBERTS: Hahahahahaha!!!! Oh HOME.CLARA.NET (DEADMANBLOG). You are one of a kind.
THE END
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HOME.CLARA.NET (DEADMANBLOG): I'd just like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to popisdead.
WEDDING GUESTS: Hear, hear.
HOME.CLARA.NET (DEADMANBLOG): Over the years I've come to look upon you as someone I met.
Everybody laughs
TOM HANKS and JULIA ROBERTS: Hahahahahaha!!!! Oh HOME.CLARA.NET (DEADMANBLOG). You are one of a kind.
THE END
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Weihnachtsmann Weitwurf
D4D should like this. Catapult Santa over a chasm. Listen to his groans of pain. Die santa Die.
kudos Bazzoh, from whose email this link is stolen
kudos Bazzoh, from whose email this link is stolen
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
If it isn't English Breakfast I'll just about settle for Assam
Eurotrash's post on tea making finally gives me an excuse to tell you all about George Orwell's best ever piece of writing. Both writers are 100% correct, so pay attention.
Bring back the Dorch
Councillors want to consult with members of the public to gain their views about the future of redundant historic buildings in [Wolverhampton].
new type of reactor
BBC news: "In conventional nuclear power plants, heavy atoms are split to release energy. But in a fusion reactor, energy is harnessed by forcing the nuclei of light atoms together - the same process that takes place at the core of the Sun and makes it shine. "
Windoze
New Scientist: "Cash dispensing ATMs belonging to two US financial institutions were shut down when the computer worm Welchia invaded their embedded Windows XP operating systems"
McDonald's fries advert is banned
BBC News: "The advert says after selecting certain potatoes 'we peel them, slice them, fry them and that's it'. But complainants said parts of the process had been omitted, such as par-frying, freezing and adding salt and a dextrose sugar solution."
Sunday, November 23, 2003
Friday, November 21, 2003
Winchester is where it's at
A friend is pressganged into meeting the Queen..."She wore a green hat and a terrible green outfit. She walked about a bit and pulled a cloth off a plaque. One of the bits of sculpture looked like a penis which kept us amused for about 3 of 30 bloody minutes we had to stand about in the cold waiting for her."
tasty stocking filler
| 'I have a feeling that this boy will go far' - Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat. |
The much-awaited Barçabook (and associated merchandise) is now available.
Based on the popular website by Andrew Losowsky.
Introduction by the editor of the Time Out Guide to Barcelona.
As featured in The Guardian.
Thursday, November 20, 2003
sip but don't slurp
dull story... Ancient toothbrush unearthed in Germany ...suddenly becomes disgustingly interesting... "[the] 4 inch handle of animal bone is carved at the other end into a tiny spoon believed to be used for cleaning out the owner's ears."
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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
to cut a long story short...
The airspeed velocity of an unladen European Swallow is roughly 11 meters per second, or 24 miles an hour.
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stolen (told you)
The President Calling
The President Calling: "Three of America's most compelling presidents - Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon - bugged their White House offices and tapped their telephones. They left behind thousands of secretly recorded conversations, from momentous to mundane. "
i'm more of a hotpot
I have a rule with these bloody personality tests - I don't blog them. At all. Unless they are utterly pointless. And I mean utterly. As a result...
"You are Not Macaroni and Cheese. Take the What Kind of Macaroni and Cheese Are You? Quiz."
"You are Not Macaroni and Cheese. Take the What Kind of Macaroni and Cheese Are You? Quiz."
cuttlefish
I'd just like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to popisdead. Over the years I've come to look upon you as someone I met. I will be sad to see you slowly drift from our sight, as you become more and more obsessed but, unfortunately, I've read news today that leads me to believe this is exactly what is about to happen...
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
» The Plastic Cat «
» The Plastic Cat « is back! Hurrah. As a result I will have many more links to steal in future.
I'll add Bill Bailey's Blog to blogroll for a start. And this is damn funny.
I'll add Bill Bailey's Blog to blogroll for a start. And this is damn funny.
Monday, November 17, 2003
I don't care if none of you care I care so I'm blogging it so there
Stargate Atlantis set for summer 2004: A new team of explorers is getting ready to step through the Stargate! GateWorld has confirmed with a reliable source that Stargate Atlantis, the long-planned live-action Stargate spin-off series, has been given a green light to enter production.
I just called to say cheers mate
My movie page doesn't attract this attention; over at Nackles' book review page author Dougie Brimson has commented on Nackles' review of Billy's Log.
On a side issue, it's taken ten fucking minutes to write this post because of all the right click disabled frame ridden shenanigans Nack inflicts upon his loyal public.
On a side issue, it's taken ten fucking minutes to write this post because of all the right click disabled frame ridden shenanigans Nack inflicts upon his loyal public.
Tardis Tennis
If anyone becomes adept at Tardis Tennis let me know, because it seems to involve an impossible level of keyboard dexterity.
I found this game after wandering around drooling over the 40th anniversary things happening for Dr Who's 40th, including a special RT and a whole weekend on UK Gold. I will not be available this weekend, if anyone cares.
I found this game after wandering around drooling over the 40th anniversary things happening for Dr Who's 40th, including a special RT and a whole weekend on UK Gold. I will not be available this weekend, if anyone cares.
save time, write your bad reviews in advance
Steve Martin signs up for Inspector Clouseau role is the headline at Ananova. An equally appropriate headline would seem to be "Steve Martin confirms he is clinically insane". What a muppet. I can't think of a worse choice. Gareth Gates maybe.
'Didn't look right'
BBC NEWS Manchester: E-mail scam 'ruined my life'...
But once the money was transferred, she was told she needed to pay an extra £126,000 in "tax". It was only at this point that she became suspicious.
ROFL.
But once the money was transferred, she was told she needed to pay an extra £126,000 in "tax". It was only at this point that she became suspicious.
ROFL.
Friday, November 14, 2003
fossil fraud
also today at the beeb, they have a very good dissection of the Piltdown man hoax, that fooled the scientific community for fifty years.
£1 Manchester to Liverpool
No frills bus service launched.
My first thought - "no frills fucking bus? as opposed to the fucking palaces on wheels I usually board?!". But it's apparently not a transit with some beanbags, it's a bus without a ticketmachine which you have to book via the internet. I guess it's an attempt to steal trade from national Express.
My first thought - "no frills fucking bus? as opposed to the fucking palaces on wheels I usually board?!". But it's apparently not a transit with some beanbags, it's a bus without a ticketmachine which you have to book via the internet. I guess it's an attempt to steal trade from national Express.
Eden Mary Jones aged 1 Day 6 hours
Fortunately for us all, she resembles her mother's side more than her father's...
Blair likes Darkness
j'écoute La Darkness. Ils sont très ironiques.
I've held off passing comment on a band I am in the minority in disliking, because my feelings aren't really that strong either way. But the lycra and air guitar fantasies of our PM is a mental image not to be missed.
I've held off passing comment on a band I am in the minority in disliking, because my feelings aren't really that strong either way. But the lycra and air guitar fantasies of our PM is a mental image not to be missed.
Thursday, November 13, 2003
dmj frightens office by smiling for once
Eden Mary Jones was born a little after 10AM this morning, weighing in at around 6 Pounds. Being an awkward arse Jones she was breach, and her refusal to show the world anything but her posterior demanded a caesarian. I am told both mum and daughter are very well.
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
MPs vote for water fluoridation
BBC NEWS: "MPs vote for water fluoridation".
Why should you care? Well, hey, if you don't care that something that chemists describe as a violent poison might be shoe horned into your water supply, who am I to persuade you otherwise? But a lot of medical people seem to think that flouridation can cause harm (though plenty more people don't).
Mainly though (and I'm no Jack D Ripper here but...) I don't want my health authority to insert disodium hexafluorosilicate dervived from phosphate fertiliser production into my water supply. Call me faddy, but I just don't.
Stockport currently does not flouridate its water supply. Since 1986, 32% of Wolverhampton supplies have been.
Why should you care? Well, hey, if you don't care that something that chemists describe as a violent poison might be shoe horned into your water supply, who am I to persuade you otherwise? But a lot of medical people seem to think that flouridation can cause harm (though plenty more people don't).
Mainly though (and I'm no Jack D Ripper here but...) I don't want my health authority to insert disodium hexafluorosilicate dervived from phosphate fertiliser production into my water supply. Call me faddy, but I just don't.
Stockport currently does not flouridate its water supply. Since 1986, 32% of Wolverhampton supplies have been.
Monday, November 10, 2003
much anger in him
The venom to be felt at Matrix explained because the final film hasn't provided answers is hilarious.
Personally, the ambiguity of the second two movies is the only thing that's made me like the trilogy. Questions are good. I like questions.
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Personally, the ambiguity of the second two movies is the only thing that's made me like the trilogy. Questions are good. I like questions.
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Finger Phone
Japanese are way ahead of the game as usual with the new finger phone.
Can't find a picture of it though.
Can't find a picture of it though.
another damn personality quiz
via popisdead: FA Cup Personality quiz.
deadmanjones is Teddy Sheringham... You're big and you can look after yourself, but doing things with a touch of class has always been your real trademark.
popisdead is Charlie George... You're reckless, but who cares? Charlie might have looked as if he didn't give a monkey's, but that was for a good reason: He didn't. Won the Cup for Arsenal with a wonder goal in 1971 and how did he celebrate? He had a nice lie down right in the middle of Wembley.
deadmanjones is Teddy Sheringham... You're big and you can look after yourself, but doing things with a touch of class has always been your real trademark.
popisdead is Charlie George... You're reckless, but who cares? Charlie might have looked as if he didn't give a monkey's, but that was for a good reason: He didn't. Won the Cup for Arsenal with a wonder goal in 1971 and how did he celebrate? He had a nice lie down right in the middle of Wembley.
Friday, November 07, 2003
weekly b3ta cull... megaman: titanium rhapsody
Occasionally there comes a meme that is worthy of the name. Megaman:Titanium Rhapsody is such a meme...
Undoubtedly it'd be even funnier if I'd ever heard of mega man before, but I'm not a gamer. My complete confusion and repeated failure in the Manic Miner clone nackles sent us is proof enough of that.
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Undoubtedly it'd be even funnier if I'd ever heard of mega man before, but I'm not a gamer. My complete confusion and repeated failure in the Manic Miner clone nackles sent us is proof enough of that.
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Thursday, November 06, 2003
fame at last
20 minutes of BBC Three's QI (BBC2 next week) tonight was devoted to a round entitled "Alan's". As a result I now know that...
my monicker means pebble
that their is a Sarmatian tribe of Alans in the Caucasus with at least 2000 years of history behind them
that Pliny the Elder described this tribe as "degenerate bastards"
that an Alans tribe were conquered and integrated into the Roman army and brought to North West England
that as a result the Alans tribe may have been the basis for the Arthurian myth, which may well be a factor in next year's King Arthur...
my monicker means pebble
that their is a Sarmatian tribe of Alans in the Caucasus with at least 2000 years of history behind them
that Pliny the Elder described this tribe as "degenerate bastards"
that an Alans tribe were conquered and integrated into the Roman army and brought to North West England
that as a result the Alans tribe may have been the basis for the Arthurian myth, which may well be a factor in next year's King Arthur...
Deltoid
The Blogging Political Compass; I'm there with Economic Left/Right: -1.75 Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87.
The survey is currently chock full of us lefties, so we need right wingers to add their stats. And I KNOW we have some of those reading this thing. I could consider this blog to be a crossroads of the political dichotomy. But I'm not that naive or pompous; it's just that I sit on the fence cos I need all the friends I can get. In otherwords I'm a LibDem.
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The survey is currently chock full of us lefties, so we need right wingers to add their stats. And I KNOW we have some of those reading this thing. I could consider this blog to be a crossroads of the political dichotomy. But I'm not that naive or pompous; it's just that I sit on the fence cos I need all the friends I can get. In otherwords I'm a LibDem.
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does anyone like the place?
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
red herring
New Scientist: "Biologists have linked a mysterious, underwater farting sound to bubbles coming out of a herring's anus."
You have the feeling the author of this article has waited their entire journalistic career in the hope of writing a sentance like that. But then with a name like Celeste Biever that's not surprising.
You have the feeling the author of this article has waited their entire journalistic career in the hope of writing a sentance like that. But then with a name like Celeste Biever that's not surprising.
John Paul George Ringo
Popecountdown.com how long has the archaic relic of an absurdist cult got till he dies. Win a trip to Rome if you guess correctly.
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Stockport Express - News
Stockport is the “most average” place in the UK"...After collecting a mass of data, census experts have found the town - recently branded in a book as the ‘crappest place’ in the UK, to be closest to the British norm.
However Councillor Mark Hunter, leader of Stockport Council, who hit out at the ‘crap’ slur, is also unhappy with the average tag...
Mark Hunter (a name possibly used as one of Bart's prank calls in a censored episode of the Simpsons) will evidently not be happy until the world admits that Stockport is ancient Athens, Venice, Valhalla and Florida all rolled into one with a view over the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
However Councillor Mark Hunter, leader of Stockport Council, who hit out at the ‘crap’ slur, is also unhappy with the average tag...
Mark Hunter (a name possibly used as one of Bart's prank calls in a censored episode of the Simpsons) will evidently not be happy until the world admits that Stockport is ancient Athens, Venice, Valhalla and Florida all rolled into one with a view over the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
Scream of the Shalka
The next Doctor Who IS Richard E Grant, though he looks a little different than in the Argos ads...
...rematerialising on the BBC website on November 13th
...rematerialising on the BBC website on November 13th
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