1000 blank white cards. Is this something everyone else in the world knows about? It sounds nice.

Spiderman. Cheese. Seriously. And also, that whole thing about the violence- yeah. It really is. And yet, well, at least you see the consequences, gross though it is at times.

One final thought: when I come into my house and hear maniacal cackling, the first thing I'm going to say is "Dad? Is that you?"

""It is difficult to tell when someone is using a hands-free mobile," a [Department of Transport] spokesman told BBC News Online.

"They could be singing along with the radio - and we are not thinking of banning that." *

Space Camp was on TV yesterday. Now, I know I'm the only person on LJ who lists "computer apocalypse movies" as an interest but: eee! Cheesy sentient robot! Plucky 80s teenagers! Accidentally going into space! The hair!

(It's actually a marginal case for inclusion in my own personal genre. It's not like War Games or Hackers in that respect, but I ( Read more... )

Is it wrong to hate atheists who can't spell "atheist"? I mean, I know it's all about not having a creed or anything much in common, but... seriously. If you're "athiest", are you most athy? And don't get me onto the subject of people who try and start the word with "ae".

The "Rename The Two Towers to something less offensive" petition: was it originally a joke? Even if not (and, fuck, I hope so), a look through the signatures-and-comments is funny.

"I'm bored."
"I'm bored too."
"I've been missing since 1974."

God, I live in the zone of the non sequitur. Sequentially: the Sunshine Band, me, and SeriousMince, who, after yesterday's celebration of Ceaseless Mechanical Bull Reference Day (well, it's in my diary), is indulging in a day's fantasy of being Lord Lucan.

Two words: cable. internet.

Mmmm, the speed. The ability to phone people up while online and go "mmm, the speed". And Linux fucking auto-detected it. I love Linux.

Two hours until the Beckham's foot vigil.

Lists of cuts to Home and Away. Mostly, it seems, the word "cow", disability references, and product placement. But:

"Episode 2734 (5 January 2000)
Two cows and a catfight!"

"Episode 2688 (22 October 1999)
Adam says 'Jesus' in a non-religious context"

"Episode 2631 (30 July 1999)
A snipped reference to Vinnie's testicle" (See, that's funny, ( Read more... )