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Entries from October 2008
What I'm reading: 28/10/2008
October 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links
Tags: Flying Spaghetti Monster·Pastafarianism
What I’m reading: 27/10/2008
October 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links
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Tags: Jamie Hewlett
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.
Tags: Alias·Arvin Sloane·Buffy the Vampire Slayer·CIA·Happy Days·Henry Winkler·Irina Derevko·Jack Bristow·Jennifer Garner·jumping the shark·KGB·Lena Olin·Ron Rifkin·Sydney Bristow·The Fonz·Victor Garber·X-Files
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.
Tags: British Comedy Awards·Geoffrey Perkins·ISIHAC
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…
Tags: Ariane Sherine·Atheist Bus Campaign·British Humanist Association
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.
Tags: end of days·Millerites·religious idiocy
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…
Tags: Bizarre news
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.
Tags: Bizarre news
What I'm reading: 21/10/2008
October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links
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Tags: Food Standards Agency·melamine·Ministry of Defence·Susan Polgar·UFOs
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.
Tags: apposite quotes·Jamie Oliver·Mick Trueman·Ministry of Food
Taking November off
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments · But is it Art?, The Queen's English
With great regret I have decided that, for the first time in five years, I won’t be taking part in NaNoWriMo this year.
Tags: NaNoWriMo 2008·writing challenges
Radio comedy: all life is here
October 20th, 2008 · No Comments · But is it Art?
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.
Tags: BBC·Goodness Gracious Me·Hancock's Half Hour·Julian and Sandy·Nicholas Parsons·radio comedy·Round the Horne·Sanjeev Bhaskar·Supporting the licence fee·The Goons
What I'm reading: 15/10/2008
October 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links
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Tags: Morrissey
What I'm reading: 14/10/2008
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links
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Tags: female bodyguards·graphic novels·Great North Bum·Modesty Blaise·Tina Fey·very cool women
Cleese on Palin (S, not M): "A nice-looking parrot"
October 14th, 2008 · No Comments · A bit of politics, Lulz, Smoke and mirrors
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.
Tags: Dead Parrot Sketch·John Cleese·Monty Python·national treasures·Sarah Palin
The perfect desktop background for the month of November
October 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Lulz, The Queen's English
Cat, slumped over laptop keyboard: “Writers blox – I has it”
Tags: cheezburger·lolcats·NaNoWriMo·November
What I'm reading: 11/10/2008
October 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links
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Tags: Conspiracy theories·Delicious links·Doctor Who·internet hoaxes·John Le Carre·Russell T Davies·Wallachia
Make benefit glorious footballing nation of Kazakhstan
October 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Bizarre news
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.
Tags: Arno Pijpers·football·Kazakhstan·World Cup
What I'm reading: 10/10/2008
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Diigo links
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Tags: Banksy·cemeteries·Delicious links·Life on Mars·London Film Festival·Sarah Silverman·Tina Fey
Cool things to do with spam emails no. 2,319
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments · But is it Art?, Weird and wonderful
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.”
Tags: Boing Boing·creativity·John Hodgman·Spam·SPAMasterpiece Theatre