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Entries from October 2008

What I’m reading: 28/10/2008

October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links

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What I’m reading: 27/10/2008

October 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links

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Alias dons the waterskis and approaches the ramps

October 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Big damn heroes, sir

Oh dear – it’s as inevitable as your pets dying, even Joss Whedon and Chris Carter couldn’t work out how to avoid it. But when you suddenly realise that TV shows that you’ve been watching and enjoying are swirling around the toilet bowl on their way down the drain, it’s still a terribly depressing moment. No matter how many times you experience it.

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Comedy Awards to honour Geoffrey Perkins

October 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Big damn heroes, sir

Great news from this morning’s Media Guardian. This year’s British Comedy Awards will feature a tribute to the late comedy producer, writer and performer Geoffrey Perkins.

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Support the Atheist Bus Campaign

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Going underground, Serendipitous, The truth is out there

Sick of being threatened with eternal damnation on your daily commute? Here’s your opportunity to strike back…

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How Jesus didn’t turn up 164 years ago today

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Weird and wonderful

We live in a time when a considerable number of people believe The End of Days to be imminent. But evidently ours not the first era in which this belief was widespread. The Millerites were a sect of 19th-century American baptists convinced that Jesus was set to turn up in 1844. Hindsight, of course, is a great thing.

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Taking animal welfare (or doing a friend a favour) very seriously

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Bizarre news

Something tells me that most of us would be better off not summoning the emergency services for hamster rescue – if we have no personal connection to trade on, that is…

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Breaking into Tesco: how not to do it.

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Bizarre news, Lulz

The moral of this tale? If contemplating breaking and entering – buy a decent belt.

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What I’m reading: 21/10/2008

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links

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Out of the mouths of miners and amateur chefs…

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Lulz

Jamie Oliver’s collected a fair bit of stick for his new Ministry of Food education campaign. But one of his converts has it absolutely spot on.

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