Recently I have become fairly conscious of my level of fitness. Not just because my stomach sticks a little further out than it used to. A few months ago my dad was complaining of getting a pain in his chest during exercise. One thing led to another and he was diagnosed with angina and had an operation which involved staying fully conscious while a ( Read more... )

At some point I wrote an entry admitting my perplexity at the internet acronym 'FTW'. There is another one. 'IAWTC'. Now, I do know that it translates to 'I Agree With That Comment', but when I first saw it the thing seemed to say 'I Am World Trade Centre'. Which I thought was in pretty poor taste. Last time I blamed the Vines, but this time I may ( Read more... )

I cannot stay silent anymore. First it was mildly perplexing. Then, when I saw it a little more I tried to figure out how it worked and could not fathom what it was the people who made it were smoking. Now, the O2 advert must have been in every ad break I witnessed tonight. The one with the tagline "We're better, connected" after all the fantastic ( Read more... )

I am under the horrible impression that the entire world is out to baffle me for some sinister purpose. And it's not just normal paranoia. I have proof ( Read more... )

http://overcompensating.com seems to enjoy making me scared of religious fundamentalism, particularly in the US. The latest links that went along with the comic today led me to a youtube recording of a news item featuring creationists taking children round a natural history museum and ( Read more... )

I hate that I only feel the need to update this thing when I'm pissed off. Next time I'll write about something joyous, I promise ( Read more... )

I planned this evening to be relaxing. I prepared a casserole last night so that I wouldn't have to cook and still get something tasty. A bath was being considered as a reasonable option, with a truly hilarious soundtrack that simultaneously is intensely soothing provided by nouvelle vague (indie points! Seriously, awesome group. Look them up), and ( Read more... )

Apologies for my incomprehensible scrawlings, but this looked like fun.


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I fail at keeping up to date with this ( Read more... )