Out of some sense of morbid fascination, I’ve been waiting for any kind of real information to emerge about the build up to the Lozells Road riots in Birmingham in October. This Guardian article is one of the first I’ve seen that actually goes into any depth about the subject.
The story seems to be [...]
The morning (well, early afternoon) after the flood I finally convinced myself I should do something about the water situation in the flat.
When it first happened, my flatmates phoned a plumber who told them to shut off the water supply for the whole flat and wait until he could get to us on Monday. I’m [...]
Some neat sand sculptures, just to remind us UK-types that it’s gradually getting cold enough to snow around here…
6:30pm
Sophie: Paul, Gregori did something to the washing machine, please don’t look in the kitchen.
Paul: Hey, it looks like the kitchen is flooded.
Sophie: Yes.
Paul: You know what? I’m going out to dinner, I don’t care about this at all.
12:30pm
Sophie: We’ve had to turn the water supply off. If you want to use the toilet you’ll [...]
This week’s been pretty heavy on the celebrity mortality front:
Link Wray - I actually don’t think I’ve been this upset about a musician dying since Warren Zevon.
Pat Morita - aka Mr Miyagi.
Some footballer - who didn’t recognise a second chance when he saw it.
Update: Ouch, the week wasn’t going to stop there: Richard Burns is [...]
I realise that this site would be much more entertaining if it was just a proxy for WarrenEllis.com, so in the interest of stealing content wherever it’s available, you should go and listen to The Triangles now.
I’ll probably hate it tomorrow, but right now its the perfect musical antidote to acting like a sleep-deprived dork [...]
Wow, what a weird feeling. I’ve just found out that Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer has finally been released. This was one of the last games that we worked on at Vis before the company crawled up its own arse and died.
The product was kind of in limbo, since the game had been completed [...]
Ah, if only it was real… I’d pay money to see someone using one.
Richard Griffiths for Prime Minister.
I think I have to buy this book purely because of the title.
IBM claims that international standards for personal identity verification (read: ID cards) are required. They say that this will potentially make IBM a planetoid-sized ball of cash further the interests of all countries.
“Governments have a huge part to play in this, because they have ultimate responsibility for their citizens, and depending on the country, they [...]
This is allegedly a teaser trailer for the Dead or Alive movie.
It’s… um… yeah. If you though that the Beach Volleyball version was as tacky as the series could get, then you’re just not trying hard enough. We’re through the looking glass here, people.
Update: Fixed link, damnit.
Today’s term to attempt to insert into everyday conversation is “trucker bomb“
A housing development in Perthshire has had to be redesigned after residents complained that the initial building proposal would “harm the fairies.”
In the interest of promoting regional stereotypes, Wigan is hosting the World Pie Eating Championship in December.
The article is actually mostly about deciding which company gets to make the pies for the contest, and has such fantastic quotes that I’m pretty sure the whole thing has to be some kind of piss-take:
“These pies have to [...]