What I’m reading: 27/10/2008
What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…
Alias dons the waterskis and approaches the ramps
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.
Comedy Awards to honour Geoffrey Perkins
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.
Support the Atheist Bus Campaign
Sick of being threatened with eternal damnation on your daily commute? Here’s your opportunity to strike back…
How Jesus didn't turn up 164 years ago today
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.
Taking animal welfare (or doing a friend a favour) very seriously
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…
Breaking into Tesco: how not to do it.
The moral of this tale? If contemplating breaking and entering – buy a decent belt.
What I'm reading: 21/10/2008
What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…
Out of the mouths of miners and amateur chefs…
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.
Taking November off
With great regret I have decided that, for the first time in five years, I won’t be taking part in NaNoWriMo this year.
Radio comedy: all life is here
Here’s a link to a thoughtful piece from the BBC website by Nicholas Parsons, examining the role of radio comedy in the national discourse.
What I'm reading: 15/10/2008
What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…
What I'm reading: 14/10/2008
What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…
Cleese on Palin (S, not M): "A nice-looking parrot"
John Cleese, asked what he thinks of Sarah Palin, bursts out laughing. He then says: “It’s like a nice-looking parrot.” Watch him on YouTube and share the laughter.
The perfect desktop background for the month of November
Cat, slumped over laptop keyboard: “Writers blox – I has it”
What I'm reading: 11/10/2008
What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…
Make benefit glorious footballing nation of Kazakhstan
Football fever and dreams of World Cup glory have gripped Kazakhstan at a time of great national progress and development. Whether that can be translated into sporting success is another matter.
What I'm reading: 10/10/2008
What I’m reading online today – if you like what you see, add me to your Delicious network…
Cool things to do with spam emails no. 2,319
John Hodgman on BoingBoingTV: SPAMasterpiece Theatre – the dramatization of “true tale[s] of romance, adventure, infamy, and low-cost prescription drugs, all culled from the reams of actual, unsolicited emails, received here by us and people like you – what we call SPAM.”
