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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Quote du jour. Jon Stewart on the Canadian election: "...the real question on everybody's mind is, can we still stitch their flags on our backpacks to get through Europe? " Liberals are taking a bit of flack on both sides of the Atlantic at present. I'm just going to console myself with this speech from the Liberal ex-leader Paul Martin last year. It makes you proud to be a member of the same species.
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Note to self: Starting a new job today - think tecchie thoughts.....43 Folders | A bunch of tricks, hacks, and other cool stuff: "I’ll bet Descartes, Mozart, and Aristotle would each have been a lot less productive if they were receiving constant SMS updates on Tara Reid’s boobs. Just something to think about." Labels: geek
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Friday, January 20, 2006
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Call for Da Vinci 'adult rating': Spokesman Marc Carroggio said: "Any adult can distinguish reality from fiction. But you cannot expect a child to make proper judgements"...
Mr Carroggio added: 'Merely adding a disclaimer that says 'fiction' is not enough.'
'Although the story is absurd and at times somewhat humorous, it produces a hateful image of the institution and it is well known that hateful images like this produce feelings of hatred in those who lack a critical sense.'"Absolutely, I'm right there behind anyone who wants to help children learn the difference between fact and fiction - perhaps Opus Dei might like to start here? And I definitely oppose anything that promotes hatred of a group simply because they exist. However, Opus Dei and the rest of the Catholic hierarchy first needs to get their own house in order on that score too. The Da Vinci Code is due for release in May - I can't wait.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Oh how I wish that this were really just a text-based adventure game: "...There is a large desk here, along with a few chairs and couches. The presidential seal is in the middle of the room and there is a full-length mirror upon the wall. What do you want to do now? > INVADE IRAQ You are not able to do that, yet. > PET SEAL It's not that kind of seal." Labels: geek
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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
This story is dated Dec 24 but I was offline over the holidays. Forbes must have left the B-team in charge that day.The Lion, The Witch and The World Trade talks - World - theage.com.au: "It quoted Narnia spokeswoman Susan Aslan (Aslan is the name of the Christ-like lion featured in the film, and book, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe). Narnia's delegates 'were tired of bullying by EU and US delegations and would be returning immediately to their state capital at Cair Parvel,' Ms Aslan was reported as saying. 'If this brings the Hong Kong talks to the knees we will be delighted,' it went on. The story was picked up by top business websites, including Forbes.com."
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
To mark the start of a new year, TV viewers in the UK are being treated to another series of Celebrity Big Brother. This year I gather it is the mother of all freak shows, featuring the kind of people most of us would cross the road to avoid and Rula Lenska (of whom the opposite is true) Personally, I cannot be arsed to watch it - my life is finite and I'm picky about what I do with the time. However, whilst I would welcome the incarceration of most of the participants (permanently and without cameras), one of them is supposed to be doing something else this week. As MP Bethnal Green and Bow, George Galloway earns £61,708 pa from the taxpayer. This week however, the only people he's representing are the producers of Big Brother who will also be trousering a fair bit of additional cash in the form of advertising fees. Understandably, his consituents are feeling a bit shortchanged and have set up a website to remind him that he's bunking off at their expense: Get back to work, GeorgeAnyone in Bethnal Green having second thoughts about dumping Oona King last May? (all this gives me yet another opportunity to highlight the ever-popular video of Galloway getting verbally kicked in the 'nads by Jeremy Paxman on election night)
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