tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78221050236435105272024-03-13T03:11:55.747+00:00This ATM is temporarily out of serviceOh just another "irreverant, quirky look at life" or some other bullshit like that. It's whatever I feel like writing.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-3139625549964989652008-09-08T14:57:00.004+01:002008-09-08T15:12:13.718+01:00Please tell everyone you know about this<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'm not kidding. We all knew Sarah Palin was a mentalist, but this is far too weird. Go to </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-wilson/sarah-palins-churches-and_b_124611.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Huffington Post</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to read the accompanying story. Video is about Palin's crazy church who are actively training teenagers to take over the world. I shit you not.</span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5K_1Eit0pxM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5K_1Eit0pxM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; "><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-bottom: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Cellphone anointing.</span></p><p style="list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; margin-bottom: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></p></span></div>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-17464508298826361032008-09-03T11:51:00.002+01:002008-09-03T12:12:40.236+01:00"To be able to step into the job of the presidency on day one"<span style="font-family:georgia;">Go Campbell Brown of CNN. She absolutely grilled Tucker Bounds (McCain's top spokesman) to the point of dead air. The McCain campaign so pissed off by the interview that they cancelled McCain's appearance on Larry King Live, saying that Brown had "gone over the line". What line? She asked questions, and poked holes in a bullshit arguement. Here's the line crossing:</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: georgia;" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYYiw_y2qDI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UYYiw_y2qDI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><span style="font-family:georgia;">To recap, here's what we've learned about Palin in the 5 days since we've heard of her:</span><br /><ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Palin is under investigation in a nasty conflict involving her sister, a state trooper, an ugly divorce and the firing of Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;"> Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green told the Anchorage Daily News last Saturday that "she's not prepared to be Governor. How can she be prepared to be Vice President or President?"</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;"> Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, said he and Palin play no role in national defense activities; and in an interview with Alaska Business Monthly earlier this year she said "I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq."</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">From 2003 to 2005 Sarah served as one of three directors of the "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service" lobbying group. In July 2008 the senior Alaska senator was indicted on seven counts of corruption.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Members of a wierdo Alaskan secessionist party say Palin was a member in the 90s. They want to secede from the union that she and McCain want to lead.<br /></span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">An Alaska State Senator has revealed that the McCain campaign is stalling an investigation of Sarah Palin.</span></li></ul><ul><li>Palin has lobbyed to have polar bears removed from the endangered species list to make oil drilling in their habitats easier.<br /></li></ul><ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">Video footage reveals Palin talking to her church congregation about how her policies are "shaped" by God and that we need to pray for succesful completions of oil pipelines.</span></li></ul>Well at least shes got the caribou hunting/Alaskan/pro-life/female/skidoo racing vote sewn up.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-63125454449079414332008-08-29T16:59:00.004+01:002008-08-29T17:15:16.820+01:00WTF, McCain FTW?He's totally pulled a mental rabbit out of the hat here. John McCain has picked 44 year old Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his VP running mate. She's a "reformer" (which doesn't mean anything in the GOP), is younger than Obama, a former beauty queen, and a cynical choice who will undoubtedly help to drag across disenfranchised Hillary fans to the dark side. Hillary fans. How the world could do without them.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"In a moment of seriousness, I've gone and picked a nobody"</span><br /><br />Anyway she's not all she's cracked up to be. An opponent of abortion rights, a member of the NRA (and avid hunter no less), and someone who - lets face it - wouldn't have stood a chance of being picked if McCain wasn't so desperate. Or so serious. Plus her kids have worse names than the Romneys: Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig Paxson Van.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-64136544366664441172008-08-28T12:41:00.008+01:002008-08-28T13:44:30.021+01:00Absolut gobshiteIt's incredible how the internets works. In less than five minutes I have gone from looking at a €45 bottle of water to laughing my ass off at the futility of life as an impressionable 13 year old in modern society...<br /><br /><ol><li>Look at <a href="http://www.twentymajor.net/">twentymajor</a>'s blog post about "bling water" being sold in Superquinn. </li><li>Search "bling water" on <a href="http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=bling+water&btnG=Google+Search&meta=">google</a> as am wondering how water could cost that much, and what fucktards would buy it.</li><li>Discover that Paris Hilton was <a href="http://uk.gizmodo.com/2006/10/18/bling_h2o_for_the_superidiots.html">spotted</a> pouring a bottle into her ratdog's bowl. That daft bint should be arrested again for inciting hatred.</li><li>Discover a new <a href="http://rebeccariots.wordpress.com/">blog</a> and a new word which I will appropriate: "asshat"</li><li>See a <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080812195910AAgcj0w">result</a> "Where can i buy <em>Bling water</em>??? also is it alcoh..." and need to see if the suffix "olic" appears on the post as that would make the poster a complete idiot.</li><li>See that "olic" does in fact appear and laugh uncontrollably for a good 40 seconds. As the poster admits that they're only 13 and think that water is alcoholic I decide that their profile is a must see.</li><li>Not disappointed! <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AmamUUl6PTbmp5pgKqrEUD546xR.;_ylv=3?show=38IuCir9aa">Comedy gold</a> ensues! Discover the selfishness of California lovers and the dichotomy of the iphone:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" id="up-member-about-text" >things i hate: </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" id="up-member-about-text" >WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIKE " I LOVE CALIFORNIA" BUT NEVER HAVE EVEN BEEN THERE AND THEY TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE</span><span id="up-member-about-text"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" > TIME AND THEIR SCREENAME HAS LIKE CALI IN IT OR SOMETHING!!! SOOOO ANNOYING!!! also i hate iphones i just don't get the point of having a phone and an ipod i personally think they should be separate.</span></span><br /></span><br /></li><li><span id="up-member-about-text">Even more laughter! Dillusional teenie also asks questions about finding an agent, how ebay works and how can she and her 5 bffs become famous. Absolut internets.</span><br /></li></ol><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vpXW9cjEsRPXtd9vhYUbM9I7J7ZJTQbcuKQQRmmobKV19BSSHsRjtR6WY3RwJwGaMbu1G1cmBoQtuN_DCPbLg4ZSqRijJ6R2eNrmg4VqYXvoP31OZoafSKVHGwkul5fvN1PslrvFtLM/s1600-h/ABSOLUT.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vpXW9cjEsRPXtd9vhYUbM9I7J7ZJTQbcuKQQRmmobKV19BSSHsRjtR6WY3RwJwGaMbu1G1cmBoQtuN_DCPbLg4ZSqRijJ6R2eNrmg4VqYXvoP31OZoafSKVHGwkul5fvN1PslrvFtLM/s400/ABSOLUT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239548413933498882" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">- click the pic -<br /></div>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-53214105544423930342008-08-21T12:55:00.001+01:002008-08-21T12:57:27.278+01:00Pathetic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievVPR1ZQ3GumDJyT9hGQRVYlMtPCTE3Wjln4GXBCZwh17AXpW_WYSik5MRWPecT9fm1Dz9IGPQS_ej9GkBrHOL68mRABEhQSn6Klm0LAPmi_UQMyjVV8g8dd5Ak5Fv6bHpRj3YJ9KGSY/s1600-h/picture_375.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievVPR1ZQ3GumDJyT9hGQRVYlMtPCTE3Wjln4GXBCZwh17AXpW_WYSik5MRWPecT9fm1Dz9IGPQS_ej9GkBrHOL68mRABEhQSn6Klm0LAPmi_UQMyjVV8g8dd5Ak5Fv6bHpRj3YJ9KGSY/s400/picture_375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236938476097953650" border="0" /></a><br />You have <a href="http://www.rte.ie/sport/olympics2008/2008/0821/lynchd.html">nothing</a> to be smiling about. Shame on you.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-30381751684987140332008-08-13T09:51:00.003+01:002008-08-13T09:56:18.753+01:00GYWO now on videoboxGet Your War On happened to be one of the funniest comic strips of all time (see example 1).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6irzg9Gq51dZZTodxS_vBrjUeDM3cSl8_qzUD4bQFu3NjXSAes8OhJ0bIb9gUP_MMt31lUh6r0QReUgY-PJ85oa4HfTKC7E4yTxHUOQrEfIr6z5hqJAU8sUqxTB6175Pl6TQPbwgmg8/s1600-h/gywo.biggietupac.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY6irzg9Gq51dZZTodxS_vBrjUeDM3cSl8_qzUD4bQFu3NjXSAes8OhJ0bIb9gUP_MMt31lUh6r0QReUgY-PJ85oa4HfTKC7E4yTxHUOQrEfIr6z5hqJAU8sUqxTB6175Pl6TQPbwgmg8/s400/gywo.biggietupac.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233923083307457618" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway it's now animated and even funnier over on 236.com. Here's the first episode:<br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/1126121768" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=1703403258&playerId=1126121768&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" swliveconnect="true" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" width="417" height="360"></embed>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-1130530838110350412008-08-13T09:27:00.003+01:002008-08-13T09:38:24.642+01:00Not only soaked, but dumbererFinally something to take our mind off the rain - the Leaving Cert results are out today and the most significant statistic is that over 22% of students sitting Maths papers failed. That is not good, especially for penny-counting recessionistas.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-49791154782597696822008-08-11T12:31:00.002+01:002008-08-11T13:34:44.567+01:00I was on holidays, hence the lack of posting. It was not a crisis of confidence as has been suggested. Anyway in the two weeks or so that I've been away a lot has happened in the news:<br /><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Olympics</span> have started, as has the back slapping of China. Apparently this is still considered a sporting occasion despite the attendance of over 80 world leaders and the rest of the world's refusal to condemn the spending of $40 billion (4 times the 2012 projection) on the event while most of the country's citizens live in abject poverty. However I do fancy a flutter on Ireland getting at least one medal in boxing, and you can't help but be in awe of Michael "I'm running out of events" Phelps.<br /><br />- The <span style="font-weight: bold;">health service </span>or lack thereof is shit. Ok so it's not news but the fact that since 2005 and an input of over €3 billion we have a total of 10 more beds than we used to. There were 283 people on trolleys last Wednesday.<br /><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Vladimir Putin</span> has shown the world that he is not fucking about anymore. Not only has he invaded Georgia, but one of his envoys talked about re-militarizing their Cuban bases. They're not protecting Russians in South Ossetia or Abkhazia, or else they wouldn't be now bombing the capital Tbilisi. Could it be because the only oil pipeline that runs to Europe from central Asia that doesn't traverse Russia is in....oh wait that's got to be coincidental. Surely the fact that Georgia is de-stabilizing the region of former CIS breakaway nations is the driving factor?<br /><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Barack Obama</span>'s campaign is suffering from him being too good or something. Apparently people are getting tired of hearing about Obama, and his lead in some polls has closed to within a few points. He'll be alright though, because once the news slows down the Obamamania reporting and gives equal coverage to John McCain they'll realise what a <a href="http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=John_McCain">dick</a> he is.<br /><br />- The <span style="font-weight: bold;">rain</span>. I won't go on about it but the double whammy of record breakers on Saturday is pretty impressive: the second wettest day since records began, plus more rain falling in under 24 hours than in a normal whole month of August.<br /><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lidltreats</span> finished the <a href="http://www.lidltreats.com/category/e50-challenge/">€50 challenge</a> and passed with flying colours.<br /><br />- <span style="font-weight: bold;">L'Oreal</span> have decided somewhere along the way that Beyonce is <a href="http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b22634_lor233al_we_didnt_lighten_beyonc233.html">too black</a>.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-20981746092688050122008-07-28T11:52:00.006+01:002008-07-28T12:12:56.458+01:00Olympics getting closer as is certain death for misbehaving fansLifted directly from the Bejing 2008 website:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcYmzeQdKH4XGqMSuhBBh1VO4YFm5lu-4EpnMKcwkDdyQcdIxkos6TWEa8ZHfV5G3StF2pt0DNrO6DbZ5nwtPny98w-GaFQtQjBAWknaf638ohHm378ltBQ44o0J26lMSb5kea0dPyNM/s1600-h/fuwa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihcYmzeQdKH4XGqMSuhBBh1VO4YFm5lu-4EpnMKcwkDdyQcdIxkos6TWEa8ZHfV5G3StF2pt0DNrO6DbZ5nwtPny98w-GaFQtQjBAWknaf638ohHm378ltBQ44o0J26lMSb5kea0dPyNM/s400/fuwa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228019089479273170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Like the Five Olympic Rings from which they draw their color and inspiration, Fuwa will serve as the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, carrying a message of friend</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">ship and peace -- and good wishes from China -- to children all over the world.</span></span><br /><br /><br />Example 1: "Friendship"<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKtMikFmLzkDFOONcoZ2Oi-YhtHTtg_H6Lt6w69ZYJR421zCC25s8ur6siiiLzV2qsc3oKKRLFzsSwmcaq97BCMvH8EnBtjX14U5InUPMKNlRmgoCC7xOoRzdM0-6Ly8R3gC18Noqeq0/s1600-h/chinamil2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKtMikFmLzkDFOONcoZ2Oi-YhtHTtg_H6Lt6w69ZYJR421zCC25s8ur6siiiLzV2qsc3oKKRLFzsSwmcaq97BCMvH8EnBtjX14U5InUPMKNlRmgoCC7xOoRzdM0-6Ly8R3gC18Noqeq0/s400/chinamil2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228019371656057714" border="0" /></a><br />Example 2: "Peace" (yes that is a surface to air missile launcher)<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpk_5HBMJBEyOXB9VHtxdmxnh0ZWiEBKhRu0SpIbL112Hs93YRz5q738XKd8YK74afxflL-2aUVjsE8VLjeCaRq2GqRtIGWeZxvnaTGpohf9GtpVY-txFWO8HYz4pj1x7LXJFANTRhb4U/s1600-h/chinamil7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpk_5HBMJBEyOXB9VHtxdmxnh0ZWiEBKhRu0SpIbL112Hs93YRz5q738XKd8YK74afxflL-2aUVjsE8VLjeCaRq2GqRtIGWeZxvnaTGpohf9GtpVY-txFWO8HYz4pj1x7LXJFANTRhb4U/s400/chinamil7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228019648783325122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Example 3: "Good Wishes from China"<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiq9ZlkXxMbCmCq1DK2l2C01p5Gz-p5WuOonjs0NpORqo8sy4h0RtnvVqrdKmNqssCM7vKF_Gcz9ljq64vy_tDK12iQ23LLfnnwJH0luRuHta7QYcsc7QW2e6fz755pXsU1SP9rcFasbY/s1600-h/chinamil8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiq9ZlkXxMbCmCq1DK2l2C01p5Gz-p5WuOonjs0NpORqo8sy4h0RtnvVqrdKmNqssCM7vKF_Gcz9ljq64vy_tDK12iQ23LLfnnwJH0luRuHta7QYcsc7QW2e6fz755pXsU1SP9rcFasbY/s400/chinamil8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228020173465345634" border="0" /></a>Segway-riding, armour plated police replete with small guns so they don't fall off their segways. Wasn't this in a comedy?<br /></div><br /><br /></div>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-70417149892095106112008-07-28T11:51:00.000+01:002008-07-28T11:52:33.686+01:00On a Monday morning too! Disgraceful.<a href="http://goldenpages.ie/search/Ireland/sober_people.html">Click here</a>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-30787751014836813452008-07-18T15:49:00.006+01:002008-07-18T16:22:54.645+01:00Friday ImageContinuing the theme and also raiding b3ta's Image Challenge - these are from their 'Ronseal Plots' series: <span style="font-style: italic;">Imagine a world where movies and books are titled like Ronseal products, with everything turning out exactly as it says on the tin. Then turn it into a lovely picture on the internet.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYdjEuBGUxQJfARbVXhsuGrJbsQl3-xYl2kCE8DacI7hY_8NmaYOBEQvPQpqzrnbauMNcvw0EEXqzMXRqnJZmIZw5My41Afz8Cr94_7Z-8gm9w8TWjtNO0IM2LwpCapaNVA9zNA4vxpw/s1600-h/lotr_ronseal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbYdjEuBGUxQJfARbVXhsuGrJbsQl3-xYl2kCE8DacI7hY_8NmaYOBEQvPQpqzrnbauMNcvw0EEXqzMXRqnJZmIZw5My41Afz8Cr94_7Z-8gm9w8TWjtNO0IM2LwpCapaNVA9zNA4vxpw/s400/lotr_ronseal.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224372665507415026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuk9bz3f9Xo8leFRbnQgY0ciWsKzYOwZdwI-BjA8ZP0akJfJie3OwGl7GyH1qs7UygwaeKZKpuRHJTfBBuqZgKUx9la6ii7njZXYrjP3oAJa53zVURBxkwngel2kqRbtTKmbYiZtpHSc/s1600-h/blistexof9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuk9bz3f9Xo8leFRbnQgY0ciWsKzYOwZdwI-BjA8ZP0akJfJie3OwGl7GyH1qs7UygwaeKZKpuRHJTfBBuqZgKUx9la6ii7njZXYrjP3oAJa53zVURBxkwngel2kqRbtTKmbYiZtpHSc/s400/blistexof9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224369411568419058" border="0" /></a>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-45331529678069259852008-07-17T16:16:00.005+01:002008-07-17T16:21:26.532+01:00Can you feel the disgust?I didn't make it Oxegen this year, but I did hear about some daft bint who climbed one of the support struts in a tent during MGMTs show. They had to stop playing for ages to coax the attention seeking muppet down. A few videos of the incident have appeared on youtube, but nothing captures the wrath and complete hate that she faced as this one:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iURHO-LbDgU&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iURHO-LbDgU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />I was at Oxegen a few years back watching WuTang Clan outside in the rain and someone climbed up the sound tent. Nobody gave a toss.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-23768516815829050622008-07-17T15:42:00.006+01:002008-07-17T16:07:26.753+01:00Lemony Snickets<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sauwpKc3uYOUazsraisf8KmLb35TxkhRX5Ni1c0oqfEzOv9xcly2nWfIyy5bmjXXGi4n_Yo6kxEYHR46X3ZhQs_U3VzzQTj1SZJmuIe5z1kODMcE0ECOacjj7qXtX-q6_SUvDcek64g/s1600-h/RosaKlebb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6sauwpKc3uYOUazsraisf8KmLb35TxkhRX5Ni1c0oqfEzOv9xcly2nWfIyy5bmjXXGi4n_Yo6kxEYHR46X3ZhQs_U3VzzQTj1SZJmuIe5z1kODMcE0ECOacjj7qXtX-q6_SUvDcek64g/s400/RosaKlebb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223996451642477954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Rosa Klebb, Nike Spokewoman</span></span><br /><br /></div>London's stab happy teens are out of control, with 53 deaths this year alone. It's an issue that everyone is aware of, and even the dog on the street has commented about it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">However, the fucktard marketers over at Nike missed it completely and have had to pull a range of sneakers from their flagship NikeTown London store due to their slightly insensitive name: Air Stab.<br /></div><br />This beautifully titled shoe is from a limited edition range, which two years ago featured the line "runnin' and gunnin' on the inner lining. A spokesman for Nike said the name for the running shoes came from stability, and had nothing to do with knives. Yeah just like gunning had to do with Gunter von Hagens, the controversial anatomist who invented the technique for preserving biological tissue.<br /><br />He said the retro range, which was only sold in the central London store, was "an unfortunate coincidence timing-wise". It's just a pity that some kids had to go and kill some other kids, putting back the launch of their highly anticipated sneaker. Now nobody gets the sneakers, which by the way are the ugliest sneakers I've seen since these hideous troll boots:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_uNXeRF9ZeH1kbjqY9lLvB8rVM7K_3KzwQpU7B4_I_g9Pw50D5vhgH-hSuk_V7j-fsGITs1uSywkAWc63Jnomonjtk9f_BNCmQx8b_4S3bBb7X-UGY6JzYF6bs9YY-b0bfsC6KNVhRE/s1600-h/LAGear.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid_uNXeRF9ZeH1kbjqY9lLvB8rVM7K_3KzwQpU7B4_I_g9Pw50D5vhgH-hSuk_V7j-fsGITs1uSywkAWc63Jnomonjtk9f_BNCmQx8b_4S3bBb7X-UGY6JzYF6bs9YY-b0bfsC6KNVhRE/s320/LAGear.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223999687572628754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-32563562276005040882008-07-17T15:26:00.004+01:002008-07-17T15:41:11.600+01:00Totally Looks Like...From those humourbots who brought you <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/">I Can Has Cheezburger</a> and the partially funny website <a href="http://graphjam.com/">GraphJam</a> comes their new, also partially funny website: <a href="http://totallylookslike.com/">Totally Looks Like</a>.<br /><br />Expect this to get big, especially when there is gold like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ha-wedA2lukljHHj4thcUApoL5NUJs1RHUuygcrpNxT3uHExbh7XyTFBQb9fx2ZevEs9V9JUK_4T0yaRzrwEFkQuwa7ziSAIAVwRLp6r4-wWFxLJNdE_twKyqDB6oE_hunkaIFqOi-U/s1600-h/flava-flav.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ha-wedA2lukljHHj4thcUApoL5NUJs1RHUuygcrpNxT3uHExbh7XyTFBQb9fx2ZevEs9V9JUK_4T0yaRzrwEFkQuwa7ziSAIAVwRLp6r4-wWFxLJNdE_twKyqDB6oE_hunkaIFqOi-U/s400/flava-flav.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223992201020416850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZu4IXcuHIyR5QfkPP9n3Gy37VmjsZDjsi5TkkCAd_t2Mel2bRLeq8QpTZWQF4s71BA-PqUxcEhi-Y_mne4P4GQmmQENSa1__1DqzLiOc20BJUzGIIaV1IwFvL3RAl8WRoQBtXQSTZQg/s1600-h/4gary-busey.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZu4IXcuHIyR5QfkPP9n3Gy37VmjsZDjsi5TkkCAd_t2Mel2bRLeq8QpTZWQF4s71BA-PqUxcEhi-Y_mne4P4GQmmQENSa1__1DqzLiOc20BJUzGIIaV1IwFvL3RAl8WRoQBtXQSTZQg/s400/4gary-busey.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223992346913837618" border="0" /></a><br />In related news, Nicolas Sarkozy looks like a <a href="http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hT-NLD4Rh5xqVaTOjHCjz2XJgqEw">dick</a>.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-39712188703960807612008-07-11T16:25:00.004+01:002008-07-11T16:34:57.180+01:00Proof that squirrels are not cuteSee, underneath all that bushy-tailed nut-nibbling cuteness is a dirty, rabies-carrying, baby-stealing rodent. Here's a link to <a href="http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zsquir.html">squirrel recipes</a>. My favourite is the "Squirrel Bog" - 4 boiled squirrels with sausage, carrots, celery and rice thats all cooked until "boggy". I'm not entirely sure that any food's consistency should be "boggy".<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMONPcgnhtLR9CGA95U0dN6AeVuGzj5Gk8Qa6mBOTatAVx7RramkvYZIz62Qlv9xvCveXBEXAzMSo5nAP8F_RMPeyfWRVkoqA4Jd0d9DFty7nZyBeQkfH3XFJmpDIgeD43wuutJKgZsw/s1600-h/rat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMONPcgnhtLR9CGA95U0dN6AeVuGzj5Gk8Qa6mBOTatAVx7RramkvYZIz62Qlv9xvCveXBEXAzMSo5nAP8F_RMPeyfWRVkoqA4Jd0d9DFty7nZyBeQkfH3XFJmpDIgeD43wuutJKgZsw/s400/rat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221778288924727330" border="0" /></a><br />Hideous animal.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-52718132047254482372008-07-11T10:59:00.006+01:002008-07-11T11:40:51.766+01:00Google Trends shows me I've gone into internets recessionFor those of you who haven't heard of <a href="http://www.google.com/trends">Google Trends</a>, it's a pretty cool tool that allows you to see what's popular in the world of internet searches.<br /><br />I've just realised how sad that sounds. "...the world of internet searches"<br /><br />Anyway it's a good way to lose a morning finding out what the world's most popular current searches are. So I took a look this morning and this is what I see:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6lVbAz69_B52ucifAHYZWciJlcgY6I1U5NazmNVy_zaTcfS788Lf04nL9vI7wQ3n_E5HpDA9D5DGOsf36Vtm1V2u17FrrCwvXOd9D_mt-aE-vTn7EGcgkOBmspf6-kLIk0pC6f8UzVw/s1600-h/Google+Trends.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6lVbAz69_B52ucifAHYZWciJlcgY6I1U5NazmNVy_zaTcfS788Lf04nL9vI7wQ3n_E5HpDA9D5DGOsf36Vtm1V2u17FrrCwvXOd9D_mt-aE-vTn7EGcgkOBmspf6-kLIk0pC6f8UzVw/s400/Google+Trends.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5221695125419523842" border="0" /></a>I've just realised how far away from the pulse of internet culture I am. Defeating the purpose of Google Trends, I had to go and google some of the terms just to find out what they were...<br /><br />1: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> iv real</span> - still don't know what it means. Even the related searches bit doesn't make any sense<br />2: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">betty hutton</span> - a 1950's American singer and actress<br />3: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> edgar casey</span> - a misspelt search for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce">Edgar Cayce</a>, noted 1920's medium<br />4: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">pilobolus</span> - a Connecticut based group of dancer-athletes<br />5: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> iphone 2.0 update</span> - I've heard of this one<br />6: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">oe cake</span> - from someone elses blog: "OE-Cake is just a demo of the octave engine." Fact.<br />7: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> boondock saints</span> - A movie. A good one too apparently.<br />8: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">ladyboy luvin </span>- Apple fanboy popular search while waiting for updates...<br />9:<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> ipod touch 2.0 update </span>- *Yawn*<br />10:<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"> spokane news</span> - Spokane is a small town in Washington, USA. So I guess it's a search for news from Spokane.<br /><br />It seems that Web 2.0 (or is it 3.0 now?) is a very different place compared to the tubes that I knew. I would have thought the list would look like this:<br /><br />Porn, Torrent, Jesus, Conspiracy, Jihad, World of Warcraft, Obama.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-58426773874718609032008-07-09T11:34:00.002+01:002008-07-09T11:40:40.254+01:00Beautiful words cannot make our lives betterWhere do they get the guy to do these voiceovers? I mean if I had a voice that dramatic I wouldn't be wasting it on ad voiceovers, I'd be running for prez myself. You could seriously influence people with a voice that believable. <br /><br />"It was a time of hope, uncertainty and change - the summer of love... Half a world away, another kind of love... of country..."<br /><br />It's quite a poetic account of the war which brought us carpet-bombing and Agent Orange, but hey there's an image to be sold. First he's gonna tell you what you don't wanna hear, and then he's gonna do what you don't want done. Straight talk - from his ass to your ears...<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bpyOSLZw8qo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bpyOSLZw8qo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-10017573174062835672008-07-04T15:03:00.002+01:002008-07-04T15:05:30.167+01:00Friday ImageMaybe this will be a new thing, where I can get around not having anything to say by just posting a potentially funny image on a Friday. This is quality though.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGU-kCWsMrmtit1gCIZhNUm_a-q3F-dFUaEpdknRStQaO87w_rCT7Ub1CeGNkx6isn_XGLIRLjbfn4xLptJuv2s7G1EU1oZtdqCHybdtaJC4e5pnfTGDAfHPoOHpKgTOtzZLYStLCT1fw/s1600-h/HorseDrawn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGU-kCWsMrmtit1gCIZhNUm_a-q3F-dFUaEpdknRStQaO87w_rCT7Ub1CeGNkx6isn_XGLIRLjbfn4xLptJuv2s7G1EU1oZtdqCHybdtaJC4e5pnfTGDAfHPoOHpKgTOtzZLYStLCT1fw/s400/HorseDrawn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219159624221525090" border="0" /></a><br />Robbed from b3ta.com without permission and without a care in the worldA/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-40987666008168390772008-07-04T12:47:00.003+01:002008-07-04T14:45:07.480+01:00Winehouse not even funny anymoreSo Amy Winehouse played two gigs last weekend - Friday it was ould Nelson Mandela's 140th birthday and then Saturday she was the penultimate act on Glastonbury's main stage. Now I've alluded before here that I think she's a spazmod, and she certainly proved it last weekend. In fact she outdid herself in the pantheon of royal fuck ups.<br /><br />So first off at Mandela's birthday shes changed the words of "Free Nelson Mandela" to "Free Blakey My Fella" because his junkie self is more important than one of the most inspirational figures of the last century. However, at least she was quasi-sober.<br /><br />Then she went to Glastonbury, got completely out of her face before going on stage and proceeded to give the shittest and saddest gig since the last time that Simply Red played live. She rambled and slurred her way through songs, made no sense at all, stopped a song because she couldn't "hear" the count-in, and then decked someone in the crowd. Oh yeah and she called Kanye West a cock for some reason. That one I appreciate though.<br /><br />Now we all used to think Amy's highjinks were funny in a rock and roll way, and that the crazy haristyle was "edgy". How cold is the reality though: she's a junk loving mentalist that's got a TB-carrying badger living on her head.<br /><br />Anyway I've lost my train of thought and am going tangental here - the lost and found cache from Glasto is a classic. Aside from the usual haul of mobile phones, wallets and other crap were a piano, a prosthetic leg and a barrister's wig. Sounds like props from McCartney and Mills' divorce case. Special mention however for the worst German ever: how efficient is it to leave your passport behind???<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PRY85kbZTo2JcX1GGOWVJDGNgUXetOh28R9P10qZRGjxmc4RPQuhxNNm9gr-ZCkJ3V2CCGxuMJC5EK6YUziiA6KyS9yv5O6BDowdINotaYU6iijbHJjQ8BbUhyTI44am-jYc7PFJ_DE/s1600-h/passport.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PRY85kbZTo2JcX1GGOWVJDGNgUXetOh28R9P10qZRGjxmc4RPQuhxNNm9gr-ZCkJ3V2CCGxuMJC5EK6YUziiA6KyS9yv5O6BDowdINotaYU6iijbHJjQ8BbUhyTI44am-jYc7PFJ_DE/s400/passport.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219154416442592914" border="0" /></a>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-17918345837444393112008-07-01T23:51:00.000+01:002008-07-01T23:52:12.766+01:00Day 8 of the Recession: Pirates taking over<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xLZpxVI7Pa8&hl=en"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xLZpxVI7Pa8&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-19083299799700445112008-06-27T16:03:00.002+01:002008-06-27T16:16:13.723+01:00Day Four of the RecessionIn the grip of a recession frenzy I've decided to invest in a new mezzanine floor for my home office. Honestly for the last four days of the recession I've been at sixes and sevens just trying to make sense of the whole thing - what does it mean for me, what does it mean for my business, and what does it mean for the wider world? Luckily today I received an email with more solid advice than George Lee and David McWilliams could put together, together. A simple subject line was all it took to reel me in:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Recession-Proof Your Business With Our Economy Mezzanine Floor<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;">Confident, brash and business-savvy, this is a subject line that doesn't even need a full stop. EuroMech couldn't give a fiddler's about sentence structure - they don't have time to! They're too busy installing Economy Mezzanine Floors and recession-proofing people's warehouses to care. I'm considering getting one installed in my bedroom and sheltering underneath it just in case the sky falls on my head.</span><br /><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwr-TpXXpVBbtlYD0mulAmNHNJPwGeaBEbU-2lF8VYoXFM8fhL5Kz1zhq66375o50jDhYNIO9avCoVDbh5r_ovS6UAKePtInZECR9TE9D4KNlA6flkhV5aFikA37EOrt2VHUsHrbdO7Y/s1600-h/floor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvwr-TpXXpVBbtlYD0mulAmNHNJPwGeaBEbU-2lF8VYoXFM8fhL5Kz1zhq66375o50jDhYNIO9avCoVDbh5r_ovS6UAKePtInZECR9TE9D4KNlA6flkhV5aFikA37EOrt2VHUsHrbdO7Y/s400/floor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216577467798768690" border="0" /></a>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-8541008888175546192008-06-27T15:22:00.003+01:002008-06-27T16:03:56.642+01:00Weirdest website everCheck out <a href="http://www.yyyyyyy.info/">this</a> mania. Ok so it looks like a <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.littledagger.org/%7Emguidetti/01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.littledagger.org/%7Emguidetti/01.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Hollywood interpretation of what a 1990's computer virus looks like.<br /><br />It took a little while to figure out what the hell it's all about. Apparently it's "html art" and this guy Michael Guidetti designed (?) the site (see original pic, right) before coding it in an epic html splurge.<br /><br />Mad gear.A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-70341667935655230422008-06-26T13:21:00.002+01:002008-06-26T17:27:07.023+01:00Tiny dinosaurs and the other 15,930 animals<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HBJDYx5D-asZ_X9gpMxTKRBIONfdHBwBLjPYa9shlEjR8ayVSjegqRol9cwJa8qu0pEr-1_KNjR-YW_694zHjkqrtNmiDY9zzgiqNch4RHTT1sMZgZYGS1DvBaDK6L_htK6357fY9SM/s1600-h/harmony.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3HBJDYx5D-asZ_X9gpMxTKRBIONfdHBwBLjPYa9shlEjR8ayVSjegqRol9cwJa8qu0pEr-1_KNjR-YW_694zHjkqrtNmiDY9zzgiqNch4RHTT1sMZgZYGS1DvBaDK6L_htK6357fY9SM/s400/harmony.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216227038780330930" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">"Oooh, I don't like the look of those clouds," said the Cheetah to the Stegosaurus</span></span><br /><br /></div>I <a href="http://notwentiesleft.blogspot.com/2007/11/good-news.html">love creationists</a>. Everyone needs a mentalist to brighten up their day, and there are few groups of mentalists who can out-mentalize Creation Ministries International. I've learned a lot from these guys, and have recently had to re-evaluate my views of whether or not dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark. According to CMI's website - <a href="http://www.creationontheweb.com/">Creation On The Web</a> - they were. Now I'm a bit of a sceptic when it comes to all things Ark-like, and I used to highly doubt that dinosaurs were even around when Noah did his corralling. Here follows CMI's scientific explanations for the Ark and it's tiny menagerie:<br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">On the apparent absence of sea creatures from the Ark:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Noah did not need to take sea creatures because they would not necessarily be threatened with extinction by a flood. However, turbulent water carrying sediment would cause massive carnage, as seen in the fossil record, and many oceanic species probably did become extinct because of the Flood. If God in His wisdom decided not to preserve</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">some ocean creatures, this was <u>none of Noah’s business.</u></span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">On the apparent lack of space for 60 million creatures on the Ark:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Horses, zebras and donkeys are probably descended</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">from an equine (horse-like) kind, since they can interbreed, although </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the offspring are largely</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">ster</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ile.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals are </span><span style="font-style: italic;">probably from a common canine (dog-like) kind. All different</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">types of </span><span style="font-style: italic;">domestic</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">cattle (which are clean animals) are descended from the aurochs,</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">6 so there were probably at most seven (or possibly 14) domestic </span><span style="font-style: italic;">cattle aboard. The aurochs itself may have been descended from a cattle </span><span style="font-style: italic;">kind that also gave rise to bison and water buffaloes. We know that tigers </span><span style="font-style: italic;">and lions can produce hybrids called tigons and ligers, so it is likely that they are descended from the same original kind. Johnathan Woodmorappe tallied up about 8,000 genera, including extinct genera.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Thus about 16,000 individual animals had to be aboard.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Has anyone seen Napoleon Dynamite? A LIGER???</span><br /></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">On how a still large number of 16,000 animals could fi</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">t</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">in the Ark:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">If the animals were kept in cages with an average size of 50x50x30 centimetres the 16,000 animals would only occupy 1,200 m3. Even if a million insect species had to be on board as well, it would not be a problem, because they require little space. If each pair</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">was kept in cages of 10 cm per side.</span>..<br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">On how Kangaroos made it to Australia from Ararat:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The continents we now have, with their load of Flood-deposited sedimentary rock, are not the same as whatever continent or continents there may have been in the pre-Flood world.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">We also lack information as to how animals w</span><span style="font-style: italic;">ere distributed before the Flood. Kangaroos (as is true for any other creature) may not have been on an isolated landmass. Genesis 1:9 suggests that there may have been only one landmass.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">For all we know, kangaroos might have been feeding within a stone’s throw of Noah while he was building the Ark.</span><br /><br /></li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">On how dinosaurs (because they existed at the same time as man) fit into the Ark:</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Certainly, dinosaurs would have been on the Ark: God told Noah</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> to take two of every kind of land animal. Dinosaurs were land animals, and they must have been alive then, because so many of them were fossilized in the Flood...dinosaurs had a type of adolescent growth spurt—the pattern is called sigmoidal, or s–shaped. God could well have chosen specimens He knew would undergo their gro</span><span style="font-style: italic;">wth spurt as soon as they left the Ark. This would solve the common sceptical problem of fitting and feeding huge dinosaurs on the Ark. That is, they weren’t actually that huge while they were on board.</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><br /></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jctCsM9-02ya9vcEnTR98kMJdfUaenHOXVhUSD6bTh1deKJpTbeC8gdPFhktssF_Cb5UyMVkCo-nnn4YEFy4YAlHdXPqUzISYBlp9zG-gBzqydvBoKSCHQ1cYEcopuPaPBr4Z7si2Qw/s1600-h/dino_growth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jctCsM9-02ya9vcEnTR98kMJdfUaenHOXVhUSD6bTh1deKJpTbeC8gdPFhktssF_Cb5UyMVkCo-nnn4YEFy4YAlHdXPqUzISYBlp9zG-gBzqydvBoKSCHQ1cYEcopuPaPBr4Z7si2Qw/s400/dino_growth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216161739917885426" border="0" /></a>So to summarize, it's none of your or Noah's business what animals were invited, evolution and mythical creatures can explain the small number of animals who were there to party, the breakup of Pangaea happened sometime in the last 4,000 years or so allowing Kangaroos to float off into the southern hemisphere, and only tiny dinosaurs were invited onto the ark where they slept in those toy cages we talked about earlier.<br /><br />Honestly I've lost hours reading their <a href="http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/21/65/">FAQ</a> page. Just remember this parting disclaimer from the CMI however:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Seeing that the Bible can be trusted on testable matters, nonbelievers disregard its warnings concerning future judgment at their own peril.</span></span></div>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-56343570185972491252008-06-26T12:09:00.005+01:002008-06-26T12:40:25.688+01:00TFJ to Cindy & JohnCindy "<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-weiner/mccain-family-recipes-lif_b_96666.html">recipe queen</a>" McCain has announced her intention to expand her humanitarian work and involvement with charities if her 500 year old husband John gets elected. I'm sure the American Voluntary Medical Team are delighted at the prospect of "<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/10/18/drugs/index.html">Percocet Cindy</a>" ramping up her charity work.<br /><br />I've got to say that I'm not a fan of that pair. He's a twisted war-mongering relic who has been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg">caught on tape</a> singing Bomb Bomb Bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran to the tune of the Beachboys. And whatever about Dubya, at least he never called Laura a <a href="http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_temper_boiled_over_in_92_0407.html">cunt</a>.<br /><br />Click the links, watch the video (do <u>not</u> view if that word offends...), vote O'Bama.<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Euu_DMhsXQo&hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Euu_DMhsXQo&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822105023643510527.post-68718861385781318802008-06-24T15:25:00.006+01:002008-06-26T12:41:07.462+01:00Just what we needWhat the hell is going on here? This is seriously embarassing, and to my mind it's more important news than day two of the recession. <a href="http://www.bennigans.ie/contact.htm">Bennigan's</a> have two outlets in Ireland. Not one, but two.<br /><br />For my Irish readers: Bennigan's is the food equivalent of the Supermacs of America, a tacky pub/grill that serves deep fried everything on paper plates with a healthy dose of mock-Irish kitsch (signs that read: Hurling Est 1972). It's over-priced and over-patroned.<br /><br />For my American readers: stop laughing at us for importing your shit, as it is also a sad day for you because you have created a new term and arrived a new low in the history of commercialism:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">RE-BASTARDIZATION</span>: <span style="font-style: italic;">the process of stealing one nation's culture, processing it like plastic cheese, franchising it like Starbucks and throwing in a leprechaun advert just in time to sell it back to the original culture complete with "inner leprechaun" <a href="http://www.innerleprechaun.com/">website</a>.<br /><br /></span><span>Honestly</span><span> we do not as a nation need this dirt.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Why did someone decide to import a photocopy of their own culture, and why have we not turned this person into a public art installation for dogs to piss on and people to laugh at?A/S/Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12419710429668413090noreply@blogger.com2