Having returned from Download Festival (reviews upcoming), I have a modest proposal:

Those who perform any of the following acts near a person attempting sleep shall be subject to an on-the-spot stern poke in the gut, to be administered by the nearest Chris.

Qualifying acts:

• Loudly shouting anything that rhymes with "Jimmy"
• Declaring forthrightly ( Read more... )

And now, a brief illustrative story aimed at explaining the basic setup of my brain ( Read more... )

I avoid the radio like the plague from November til new year, as I despise essentially all Christmas songs ( Read more... )

Interesting thing this week: spoke for the first time to a religious person who cites actual experience of God as their reason for belief ( Read more... )

So I went to the Cambridge Rock Festival today. It was pretty fun. I was going to be going with Greg + whoever else he can round up, but he flaked out at the very last moment. I was pretty angry at the time at being left to go on my own or not bother at all, but spent the day becoming calmer and trying to figure out if that's reasonable. My ( Read more... )

Check it out: I made a tit of myself on CUR1350. This is Burst the Bubble, a vaguely news-oriented show hosted by Michael Conterio and this time featuring CJ Donnelly and my good self. Duration: 50 mins.

Listen here!

Just finished watching The IT Crowd series 4. Conclusion: master tapes should be dropped into the sun ( Read more... )

I just completed a transferable skills report full of BS, which the Skills Coordinator will read and observe "this is BS ( Read more... )

Warning: Spoilerrific ( Read more... )

The main takeaway message from the election this year is, UKIP offer an entertaining range of flagrantly evil candidates. You can have:

Almost Hitler
Historical Criminal
Present Day Criminal (extra points for being named "Valentine")
Child Catcher
Child Devourer
Recovering Cannibal
Unrepentant Cannibal

Or, oddly enough, Glamour ShotThe lesson ( Read more... )