Didn't doctor Strangelove say something along the lines of "how i learned not to worry and to love the bomb ( Read more... )

How do you tell an optimist? Don't bother, they won't listen anyway. Even if the clouds in the sky are heavy with rain, they'll take their laundry out and leave their plants in, so that the clothes won't dry and the plants won't grow. They'll dance a rain dance on their balcony and then hope it won't rain. And get their socks wet simply because ( Read more... )

It seems that this whole business of Lordi going to the Eurovision thingy has caused more of a commotion here than I originally anticipated ( Read more... )

Everybody knows the stuff Eurovision Song Contest is made of. Bubblegum pop, latinoballads and the occasional yodling, in other words something closer to sonic hazardous waste than music.

Well, guess who Finland is sending there THIS year.

These guys.They are called "Lordi" and they play what people seem to call monster rock. Hard. They kicked ( Read more... )

There is a multitude of things in this world to make one sad, despair and regretful of belonging to the human race ( Read more... )

Or as we like to say, hauska tappa vanha tuttu ( Read more... )

Mitä isot edellä sitä pienet perässä...
(the above is Finnish and means roughly the small ones imitate what the big ones do)

An item on the BBC website lead my thoughts to something I discussed about with some friends of mine. To the present craze about safety that is ( Read more... )

Life's a piece of shit,
When you look at it.
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true,
You'll see it's all a show,
Keep 'em laughing as you go.
Just remember that the last laugh is on you!
By probably Eric Idle, from the movie The Life of Brian by the immortal Monty Python ( Read more... )

THE RUMOURS CONCERNING THE DEATH OF FEMINISM HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED ( Read more... )

NB!! This piece of news has yet to be verified from a reliable source! After the initial shock I'm taking it with quite a large grain of salt. According to another source the German law says that nobody can be force into sex work. If that is the case then surely that goes for employment officials as well. Still another source doesn't mention the ( Read more... )