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Headline on BBC news
"Controlled blast after man held"
Anyone else read that and get the mental image of a fat man being held down by police, then letting out a surprise 'parp' of intestinal gas during the struggle and looking faintly ashamed?
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Dear Students (it nearly rhymes with 'Prudence')
Don't think I haven't noticed you all. Filling my flist with your final year travails. TBH, I find it all very instructive. My final year effort was rushed, panicked and full of leaps. As is most of my life. Calm on the outside, manic on the inside. Anyone who think my life is planned and measured clearly knows me not ( Read more... ) -
Wow...
...I didn't know Don worked in a restaurant!
In other news, I'm still ruled far more by my heart than my head -
Current events and sweeping generalisations
This and this have made me think. I have mixed feelings about the Danish cartoon fiasco. On the one hand, freedom of speech and criticism is so important. But then, surely to have a freedom requires responsibility, and so in this instance was it right to piss some people off on purpose? Especially the type of people with connections to extremists. ( Read more... ) -
It's been a while...
So, a while since the last entry. So I'll start with something heavy and lumpen.
I'm a snob. That shouldn't be much of a surprise to those who know me. I've a long history of snobbishness in my family, from my upper middle -class paternal side, to my aspirant working class maternal side. Snobby thoughts, whether 'inverted' or original flavour are ( Read more... ) -
Hello boys... I'm baaaack!
Well, I'm back from London. Had a really good time. Nice to do something different really. And finally finish the book of Orwell essays I've been reading for months ( Read more... ) -
Master of LOLZ
Dave Wrighton... I love you
I am totally stealing Dave's thunder. It's all his work. But pictures this beautiful can't be left unseen -
And she goes like that
Well, what am I doing this weekend then?
Knew you'd ask... Friday night and I'll be out to see old friends (not that they recognise me with short hair) Taking Chase at Bannermans. They were gonna be playing with the mighty Catchit Kebabs, who, despite my hatred of the Yorkshire punk scene (jealousy - ask Duncan), I was really looking forward to ( Read more... ) -
As the excitement builds...
It's that time of year folks. Grown men become boys, and fevered conversation throughout the land centres on only one thing
The new football season
So, who is playing the Official Premier league fantasy football? Anyone want me to set up a league for us lot? I'm already in a league for my work, and I'm looking for others to beat! -
Art?
Boab referenced this article and it enraged him because the central idea is that Damien Hirst creates 'art', and Banksy doesn't. My feelings on what is 'art' are fairly well trodden in my mind, as it's something I return to often. However, I'm not sure if I've ever put it out there in it's pure form. I'm normally allying it to my thoughts about ( Read more... )
