matgb | Entries tagged with funny

7 film and TV series set in the exciting world of municipal government::

Gritty political thriller about a corruption scandal in which car companies buy up Los Angeles' streetcar network, purely so they can rip it up, thus forcing the public to buy more cars. Also features a cartoon rabbit.

By that strange bloke

jonnelledge.

Crossposts: http://matgb.livejournal.com/459506.html

Today has not been a good day. I spent most of the afternoon and early evening at the count, watching friends lose their seats or not gain them, then watched ballot papers get piled higher and higher in the "No" slot, and then had to clear a big pile of potentially spoilt ballots, which overwhelmingly meant me saying "yup, that person clearly meant to vote No" a lot more than the other way around.

So tonight, I'm watching Victoria Coren on Have I Got News For You (not a single guest I can't stand, this is a step up) and looking for things that make me laugh. This is doing the rounds:

golf club rules list

Originally posted by

webofevil, reposted by

andrewducker and

theweaselking. It's apparently very genuine.

Any and all links to funny, irreverent stuff that have nothing to do with politics, especially not the bloody awful AV referendum, very very gratefully received. As long as it's not LOLcats.

Crossposts: http://matgb.livejournal.com/446996.html

Picking a paragraph to quote from for this was difficult. My application for a job as a Homeopath

I am a qualified doctor of Neuroscience, so am aware of many long and complex words which I often use to convince people I know what I’m talking about, when in reality I am just exploiting their ignorance for my own amusement. As such, I feel I would be an ideal candidate for the post of doctor of homeopathy.

I was tempted by the bit about Richard Littlejohn, the Desperate Dan fanclub reference was tempting, and the paragraph on the Placebo effect quite good as well. Basically, go and read. It's a genuine job application.

ETA: More posts on the subject: Anomalous Distraction, dcscience.net, Reality Is My Religion, torgwen's posterous

Athough I am comftable wit my knoledge of homepaty, and I liv neaby, I stll feel tht othr aplicants wit medcal quafications stnd a beter chnce thn me. Wit tht in mnd, I’ve dcided to remov caracters frm my words, as yu cn see. As a tru homepath, I flt tht th les caracters I usd in my wrds, th mor efective they woud be.

And this one I really like, from

davidnm at his 'proper' blog:

My education so far includes two degrees in real sciences, a BSc in Physics and an MSc in Astrophysics, and I’m currently working toward a PhD in Astronomy. Thus one day, unlike your homeopath, I may actually be a doctor! As I have no actual medical qualifications, any medical knowledge in my brain is diluted to an extreme degree – and thus, from the basic principles of homeopathy, this means that I must be an extremely good doctor.

Crossposts: http://matgb.livejournal.com/435651.html

I'm pretty sure Douglas would've approved of this:

I had a tough choice of icons for this entry, had to pick a non-standard one, I have so many Dalek and H2G2 icons, but none of them link up. That may have to change...

Crossposts: http://matgb.livejournal.com/427665.html

This is brilliant:

If you're not chuckling immensely, you didn't grow up in the UK. If you didn't, then, y'know, ask for explanation. (via)

Yes, I know, I don't post enough, I keep meaning to, so I'm just going to try and do it more

A nice little mix of stuff in this lot, though the politics averse amongst you should be warned that with elections next week there's a fair bit on that, though not much of it is serious.

A quick guide to the British voting system for the EU elections | Nosemonkey's EUtopia

There are elections next week across the UK. In Britain, the votes are counted using the D'Hondt closed list PR system. This is one of the few electoral systems I've encountered I consider to be worse than the one we use for Westminster, when you get critics attacking "PR", they're having a go at this pile of arse, which no one sane suggests for Westminster (and Labour had to force through the Lords after a lot of opposition). If you're not sure who to vote for, and don't want to spend too much time thinking about it, go out and vote either Lib Dem or Green; there's a small chance the BNP could win a seat in the North West. Giving Nick Griffin a tax funded salary and the ability to hire a bunch of staff just doesn't appeal. It's unlikely he'll get in, but it could happen. So just go vote, please? Even if the system is arse, the EU parliament does actually have power these days, even if it's not as much as would be liked.

(tags: elections europe eu BNP electoral+reform d'hondt)
Self destructing product catalogue

Not a bad bit of viral marketing this: what happens when the stuff on the display screen starts falling over. A nicely animated product catalogue as it slowly blows itself up.

(tags: humour funny flash marketing)
Blogging in the 19th Century: The Future of Journalism | The Lay Scientist

I pretty much agree with this. Most of us writing our own personal blogs and journals are copying the old small press pamphleteers and chain letter writers. We're just doing it with better technology. Most of the established newspapers grew out of various small presses—the biggest blogs online now have copied this model, bringing in lots of individuals to create a more coherent whole.

(tags: blogging journalism pampleteering campaigning)
Jon Worth » Some wacky ways to improve the EU

Some of them really are a bit daft, yes, but still worth thinking about. What the antis always seem to miss is that most supporters of EU membership also constantly argue for reform of the system. That it's a bit crap isn't disputed, how to improve it is. Bit like everything else in life really.

(tags: EU europe politics reform)
UKIP's "Britain paying the EU £40 million a day" claim vs the REAL costs of UK EU membership | Nosemonkey's EUtopia

A UKIP campaign slogan that doesn't make sense and is based on unfounded and uncosted hyperbole? really? Never would've guessed.

(tags: UKIP Europe EU elections misinformation)
Spawning A Campaign - diffrentcolours

There are Euro elections due. One of the issues the EU legislates on is software patents, the Free Software Foundation thinks we should ask the candidates their views on this. Makes sense to me, go do it...

(tags: software patents freedom europe EU elections)
Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

The underdog can always win if enough effort is put in. Being able to put that effort in is the main barrier. Does this apply to any walk of life, if at all?

(tags: activism sport inspiration psychology)
The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech » My heart's in Accra

Makes sense to me: a successful web technology will have cute cats, porn and activism. If it doesn't have a mix of the three, something isn't working right.

(tags: cats theory internet activism web2.0)
386 - My Kingdom for a Beer? Heineken's Eurotopia « Strange Maps

This, however, is one of the crazier ideas for solving the EU governance issue—when the paranoid fringes talk about 'plots to break up Britain'? This is the sort of thing they're referring to. But, y'know, interesting idea, even if he does make godawful beer.

(tags: europe EU maps)
105 — The Tory Atlas of the World — Strange Maps

Apparently from a Spitting Image annual from the mid 80s. It's really quite funny and rather accurate. Note to those supporting Cameron's modern Conservative party (or even those that can remember Major). Yes, Thatcher's Tories really were like this. Some of them still are. That the majority of MPs after the next General Election will be 'untainted' by this association doesn't mean those of us that can remember will trust them.

(tags: funny maps tories politics Thatcher)
The perils of an identity system - The Web of Evil

If your identity has been used by a fraudster, and you're required to log all your movements, the authorities will keep trying to arrest you. And a national mandatory identity scheme WILL get cracked by a fraudster almost instantaneously. WebOfEvil shares a personal anecdote

(tags: NIR ID+cards identity)
Warner Music to Warner Music: You are pirates! - Boing Boing

Dear Warner. Getting YouTube to remove your subsidiaries officially posted music vids because they infringe your copyright means that people won't see your videos. You know, the ones you paid for to advertise your product? Is there a chance that, at some time soon, the recording industry will grow up and get a clue?

(tags: dmca video youtube warner stupidity)
Would be Bond villain seeks femme fatale - m4w

Paging George! This bloke seems perfect for you girl...

(tags: funny ads personals supervillains)
Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in his her locker - Boing Boing

Heh—banning books from teens makes them more likely to want to read them. So a kid running a library of banned books is encouraging her schoolfriends to read more. Cool

(tags: books subversion censorship)
How Ursula K Le Guin led a generation away from realism | Books | guardian.co.uk

I never did understand the whole "he'll grow out of it" approach to my liking of SF and fantasy when I was a teen, why would I WANT to grow out of it? Just because I like Asimov and Stross doesn't mean I can't appreciate Nabokov (who wrote some SF anyway) or the likes, just as liking Therapy doesn't prevent me also liking Dvorak or Gershwin. Silly elitist snobs. Still, at least we're winning...

(tags: writing culture fantasy sf books)
Hoversnail goes WHIRRRRRRRRRRRRVOOM.

Really. It's a hoversnail. It's cool. Go look.

(tags: funny pictures)

Posted to both LJ and DW with comments open for technical reasons that I can't be arsed to fix, LJ version: Europe, books, maps and snails—MOAR linkspam

A nice little mix of stuff in this lot, though the politics averse amongst you should be warned that with elections next week there's a fair bit on that, though not much of it is serious.

A quick guide to the British voting system for the EU elections | Nosemonkey's EUtopia

There are elections next week across the UK. In Britain, the votes are counted using the D'Hondt closed list PR system. This is one of the few electoral systems I've encountered I consider to be worse than the one we use for Westminster, when you get critics attacking "PR", they're having a go at this pile of arse, which no one sane suggests for Westminster (and Labour had to force through the Lords after a lot of opposition). If you're not sure who to vote for, and don't want to spend too much time thinking about it, go out and vote either Lib Dem or Green; there's a small chance the BNP could win a seat in the North West. Giving Nick Griffin a tax funded salary and the ability to hire a bunch of staff just doesn't appeal. It's unlikely he'll get in, but it could happen. So just go vote, please? Even if the system is arse, the EU parliament does actually have power these days, even if it's not as much as would be liked.

(tags: elections europe eu BNP electoral+reform d'hondt)
Self destructing product catalogue

Not a bad bit of viral marketing this: what happens when the stuff on the display screen starts falling over. A nicely animated product catalogue as it slowly blows itself up.

(tags: humour funny flash marketing)
Blogging in the 19th Century: The Future of Journalism | The Lay Scientist

I pretty much agree with this. Most of us writing our own personal blogs and journals are copying the old small press pamphleteers and chain letter writers. We're just doing it with better technology. Most of the established newspapers grew out of various small presses—the biggest blogs online now have copied this model, bringing in lots of individuals to create a more coherent whole.

(tags: blogging journalism pampleteering campaigning)
Jon Worth » Some wacky ways to improve the EU

Some of them really are a bit daft, yes, but still worth thinking about. What the antis always seem to miss is that most supporters of EU membership also constantly argue for reform of the system. That it's a bit crap isn't disputed, how to improve it is. Bit like everything else in life really.

(tags: EU europe politics reform)
UKIP's "Britain paying the EU £40 million a day" claim vs the REAL costs of UK EU membership | Nosemonkey's EUtopia

A UKIP campaign slogan that doesn't make sense and is based on unfounded and uncosted hyperbole? really? Never would've guessed.

(tags: UKIP Europe EU elections misinformation)
Spawning A Campaign - diffrentcolours

There are Euro elections due. One of the issues the EU legislates on is software patents, the Free Software Foundation thinks we should ask the candidates their views on this. Makes sense to me, go do it...

(tags: software patents freedom europe EU elections)
Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

The underdog can always win if enough effort is put in. Being able to put that effort in is the main barrier. Does this apply to any walk of life, if at all?

(tags: activism sport inspiration psychology)
The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech » My heart's in Accra

Makes sense to me: a successful web technology will have cute cats, porn and activism. If it doesn't have a mix of the three, something isn't working right.

(tags: cats theory internet activism web2.0)
386 - My Kingdom for a Beer? Heineken's Eurotopia « Strange Maps

This, however, is one of the crazier ideas for solving the EU governance issue—when the paranoid fringes talk about 'plots to break up Britain'? This is the sort of thing they're referring to. But, y'know, interesting idea, even if he does make godawful beer.

(tags: europe EU maps)
105 — The Tory Atlas of the World — Strange Maps

Apparently from a Spitting Image annual from the mid 80s. It's really quite funny and rather accurate. Note to those supporting Cameron's modern Conservative party (or even those that can remember Major). Yes, Thatcher's Tories really were like this. Some of them still are. That the majority of MPs after the next General Election will be 'untainted' by this association doesn't mean those of us that can remember will trust them.

(tags: funny maps tories politics Thatcher)
The perils of an identity system - The Web of Evil

If your identity has been used by a fraudster, and you're required to log all your movements, the authorities will keep trying to arrest you. And a national mandatory identity scheme WILL get cracked by a fraudster almost instantaneously. WebOfEvil shares a personal anecdote

(tags: NIR ID+cards identity)
Warner Music to Warner Music: You are pirates! - Boing Boing

Dear Warner. Getting YouTube to remove your subsidiaries officially posted music vids because they infringe your copyright means that people won't see your videos. You know, the ones you paid for to advertise your product? Is there a chance that, at some time soon, the recording industry will grow up and get a clue?

(tags: dmca video youtube warner stupidity)
Would be Bond villain seeks femme fatale - m4w

Paging George! This bloke seems perfect for you girl...

(tags: funny ads personals supervillains)
Kid keeping a lending library of banned books in his her locker - Boing Boing

Heh—banning books from teens makes them more likely to want to read them. So a kid running a library of banned books is encouraging her schoolfriends to read more. Cool

(tags: books subversion censorship)
How Ursula K Le Guin led a generation away from realism | Books | guardian.co.uk

I never did understand the whole "he'll grow out of it" approach to my liking of SF and fantasy when I was a teen, why would I WANT to grow out of it? Just because I like Asimov and Stross doesn't mean I can't appreciate Nabokov (who wrote some SF anyway) or the likes, just as liking Therapy doesn't prevent me also liking Dvorak or Gershwin. Silly elitist snobs. Still, at least we're winning...

(tags: writing culture fantasy sf books)
Hoversnail goes WHIRRRRRRRRRRRRVOOM.

Really. It's a hoversnail. It's cool. Go look.

(tags: funny pictures)

Also posted to DW with comments open, linkspams don't crosspost easily due to limitations at Delicious.

Man robs petrol station, then flees to police academy.

Just when I consider taking

metro_weird of my feeds list, this comes up.

http://www.hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com

I am, for the record, willing to bet anyone that wants to take the bet any amount of money that the LHC will not destroy the earth tomorrow. I'm assure by all the scientists I know that it's got no chance of doing so, hence my confidence in offering the bet.

ETA: Look at the source code for extra giggles

ETA2:

lhc_kills_earth set up by

karohemd

Right, you (yes, YOU) have less than 24 hours to vote in SB's not-taking-the-piss-honest Prestigious Blog Awards, and given I'm looking likely to win one (with the guy I voted for chasing me from behind) it's probably worth a final plug. Because I know you lot are lazy bastards, I've replicated both the list of finalists and the poll itself under the cut. Those of you using other (lesser) blog platforms will need to log in with OpenID, instructions here, and if you're too lazy to do even that then you shall get a glowering look when next I see you...
( The finalists are... )
[Poll #1243314]

For some of the above links to off-site blogs I've added in links to their LJ syndicated feed if I could find it quickly, even with my nifty LJ Addons insets it was a PITA so I missed a few more than I intended, but still.

Also, if you want to be nice and plug this on your journal, have a copy/paste text area of the links and poll code:

<lj-cut text="The finalists are...">The finalists are...
Best Fandom Blog by a Single Person: 
 <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/andrewrilstone/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://www.andrewrilstone.blogspot.com/">Andrew Rilstone</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="cadhla">, <a href="http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/">Karen Healey</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="lizbee">, <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/scalzifeed/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://scalzi.com/whatever/" title="The Whatever">John Scalzi</a>
Best Political Blog by a Single Person: 
<lj site="livejournal.com" user="lizw">, <a href="http://www.septicisle.info/">Septicisle</a>, <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/chris_dillow_fd/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/" title="Stumbling and Mumbling">Chris Dillow</a>, <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/alixmortimer_fd/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/" title="The People's Republic of Mortimer">Alix Mortimer</a>, <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/elephantfeed/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://millenniumelephant.blogspot.com/" title="The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant">Millenium Elephant</a>
Best General Blog by a Single Person: 
<lj site="livejournal.com" user="innerbrat">, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="jimhines">, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="minnesattva">, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="naamah_darling">, <a href="http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/">Wil Wheaton</a>
Best Group Blog or LJ Community: 
<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/">Boing Boing</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="diggerdydum">, <a href="http://www.feministe.us/blog/">Feministe</a>, <a href="http://blogs.feministsf.net/">Feminist SF</a>, <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/languagelog/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/">Language Log</a>
Prettiest Blog Design: 
<lj site="livejournal.com" user="claire_wain">, <a href="http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/">Archosaur Musings</a>, <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/devils_kitchen/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://devilskitchen.me.uk/">Devil's Kitchen</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="ginasketch">, <a href="http://mezzoblue.com/">Mezzoblue</a>
Geekiest Blog: 
<a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/antipope_fd/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/index.html">Charlie Stross</a>, <a href="http://stephenfry.com/blog/">Stephen Fry</a>, <a href="http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/">Strange Maps</a>, <a href="http://svpow.wordpress.com/">SV-POW!</a>, <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/">Tetrapod Zoology</a>
Best Dead Tree-Based Blog: 
<a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/bad_science/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://www.badscience.net/" title="by Ben Goldacre">Bad Science</a>, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree">Comment is Free</a>, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?menuId=5705&menuItemId=-1&view=HEADLINESUMMARY2&grid=F7&targetRule=10">James May</a>, <a href="http://marksteel.info/">Mark Steel</a>, <a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/sleep_rd_blog_f/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/cyberclinic" title="Rhodri Marsden's">Cyberclinic</a>
Wittiest Blog: 
<lj site="livejournal.com" user="annajaneclare">, <a href="http://www.mitchbenn.com/blog/">Mitch Benn</a>, <a href="http://pinkdogster.blogspot.com/">Pink Dog Blog</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="pink_weasel">, <a href="http://richardherring.com/warmingup">Richard Herring</a>
Male Blogger I Would Most Like to Have Sex With: 
<a href="http://loveandliberty.blogspot.com/">Alex Wilcock</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="badhabits6882">, <a href="http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/">James Graham</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="matgb">, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="monolithix">
Female Blogger I would Most Like To Have Sex With: 
<lj site="livejournal.com" user="haloskitten">, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="innerbrat">, <a href="http://judson.blogs.nytimes.com/">Olivia Judson</a>, <lj site="livejournal.com" user="steerpikelet">/<a href='http://syndicated.livejournal.com/PennyRed_fd/profile'><img src='http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0pt none;' /></a><a href="http://pennyred.blogspot.com/" title="">Penny Red</a>/<a href="http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/author/lauriep/" title="Liberal Conspiracy">Laurie Penny</a>, <a href="http://diblemming.blogspot.com/">Steph Ashley</a></lj-cut>
[<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/poll/?id=1243314">Poll #1243314</a>]</lj-cut>

IM represents 'new linguistic renaissance' | The Register

I still dislike using IM, but the snobs are wrong: far from ruining teenagers' ability to communicate, IM lets teenagers show off what they can do with language

(tags: language linguistics)
Science and SF articles needed

For the science writers and reviewers out there, Nick Mamatas needs feature articles for his Clarkesworld magazine. He'll even pay you.

(tags: writing nick+mamatas)
La conductrice qui jouit

Note to train drivers - if you're going to have a wank after making an announcement to the whole train, turn off the intercom first? (from Popbitch, natch)

(tags: humour masturbation)
Girly B Icons - Various Academia Quotes

There are some rather good ones in this set, haven't figured out what to yoink yet but will definitely grab something

(tags: icons livejournal)
Who to vote for - The Public Whip

Not a bad little tool, biased against the Govt but not horribly so, picks 14 issues of the last few years and you get to compare your opinion to the party voting record, includes stuff like the smoking ban and fox hunting, not all dry stuff

(tags: politics predictions public+whip)
redscharlach: Blackadder II mini-icons: Two spikes would be an extravagance

These are brilliant

(tags: blackadder livejournal icons)
Liberal Conspiracy Â» Forza, Viola

Jarndyce is spot on with this one: The notion that sport and politics should never mix is a curious, and also deeply political, one. Sport, after all, is just the waging of international politics by other means

(tags: sports politics)

From the Hall: GmailThis!

This are useful java bookmarklet-highlight some text, click the BM, get a pop up containing the text and the page URL, should work in any browser, nice way of emailing useful info or even just storing something.

(tags: email Google gmail bookmarklet)
Youtube and embedding correctly - Hapless band of staff and regulars

Ryan geeks out over YouTube embed code. More useful than it sounds: Iâ™ve yet to work out why Youtube [have] the video at 425Ã—355px, when the resolution is only 320px wide, creating a blocky video as it is badly upscaled. here is the âœeasyâ way to e

(tags: youtube html embedding)
Pulp Bard - Quentin Shaksper?

Actualy rahter amusing: If but one of thy uncouth, base number Stirs with unrest; then every mother's son Of you, I will put in the earth by this My very own long sword; Harken to'it.

(tags: pulp+fiction humour Shakespeare)
Whacking G****e back :: The Snow In The Summer or So-So

Heh! Iain responds to the comments and feedback you lot left on the last post I made linking to him. See, comments are good ;-) Hadn't considered the domain spoofing thing, but at the same time it's supposed to be for blog commenting...

(tags: Google bloggers)
The Devil's Kitchen: Nadine Dorries: still a corrupt liar

I still can't summon the energy and rage to assemble all the links for the Dorries attack - fortunately DK's done the job for me. If you only read one post on the odious lying disingenous anti-science zealot, this is a pretty good summary.

(tags: Nadine+Dorries)

drjon: After a short stay in America, David returned to Florence...

Picture. Rather amusing

(tags: Humour)
Time Freezy HyperSlush(tm)

picture. Also funny

(tags: Humour)
DS is 'toxic drug' that poisons children, claims Daily Mail DS news, Pocket Gamer

Rosie Millard: worst parent ever to write an editorial?

(tags: Rosie+Millard Nintendo+DS)
Has the heaviest element been found? - New Scientist Space

I think I even understand the science of this one; thanks pTerry! Could a superheavy element â“ heavier than anything previously found in nature or made in the lab â“ exist naturally in the rocks of Earth?

(tags: science)
baseballchica03: Indiana Jones, woot!

Jen has a poll and some scans on the new film. Which I'm going to go see. Even if I go alone. It's not Bond, but it's still cool.

(tags: Indiana+Jones)
Games - About Dyson

Annoyingly addictive, the telescopes game especially

(tags: games flash+games)
Solar System Visualizer

Flash thing. Fun

(tags: flash cool maps planets astronomy science)
George Orwell, 'Politics and the English Language,' 1946

Justin linked to this earlier, and it's as true today as it was then.

(tags: politics writing language George+Orwell)
Milk and Cheese @ MySpace Dark Horse Presents

A reason to go to MySpace regularly? This are not good. Actually, it is good, it's damn good, Milk and Cheese are back online. This are very very good.

(tags: MySpace comics)

Voting: the decision making process, with dogs—Ash

Ash summarises the voter decision process, comparing the party policies on pet ownership.

(tags: voting democracy dogs humour)

Well, I tried setting up the deli.icio.us cross poster (again), but it keeps crashing on me, so here's my linkspam of the last day or so redone with stripped html—sorry about some of the weirdness.

New Statesman - Richard Reeves

Wrote the bio of JS Mill I'm currently reading, which means I like him already. Very interesting set of columns, well worth looking over, even if they are in Staggers.

to columnists media journalists

Edible Dirt,—Easter Sunday, Jesus wakes up

Not original, probably offensive to those that care, rather funny

to easter jesus funny webcomics

10 Unfortunate Facts of Life | fcking cnts

This amused, it's about time I cleared it from my linklog and actually posted it somewhere

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theweaselking: Abortion discussion

Key quote from comments: "It's a hard enough choice without having to make it in an alley. I'll always be pro choice, period."

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Why I am an abortion doctor

Read this: 'I can take a woman, in the biggest trouble she has ever experienced in her life, and by performing a five-minute operation, in comfort and dignity, I can give her back her life' Safe, legal, rare, why is there still a controversy?

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How to Pack Up & Leave LiveJournal (A Tutorial) (://URLFAN)

Not a bad little how-to. Not how I'd do it specifically, I've already backed up everything including comments to a Wordpress install, but still not bad.

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drjon: The LJ Strike (which is today)

Containts a nice little history of previous fusses on the site, with a balanced overview and points out that, well, we've won already

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Pharyngula: EXPELLED!

Creationists premiere dodgy movie near home of famous science blogger, specifically ban him from viewing, but not his family or his guest. This is a really dumb move...

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It's Just a Game... - Review: The Bible

Funny: "Summary: A confused film, half effects laden, no-brain blockbuster, half cinema-verite talking-heads, lacking a conclusion or climax to justify the budget. Poor plotting and characterisation lead the audience to sympathise with the villains rather

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FT.com | The Undercover Economist | Dear Economist: How can I create an incentive scheme to keep our house clean?

Sounds familiar: "My fiancee is moving in with me. We’ve lived together before, and we hate housework. Before, we didn’t do work in retaliation for housework not done by the other." Good to know that even economics doesn't have all the answers

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Jennie made me turn this off when I played it a few minutes ago. But I think it's a little amusing.
Bad Gods | Nine Inch NoÃ«ls (and I hope this embed works):

Given that it's lyrics from Trent Reznor, including Closer, is the language warning really necessary?

It's a crazy idea but it might just work

So, um, yeah. Did I mention that while I was oop North we went to see that Harry Potter film on the Bradford IMAX? No? Ah well. SB wrote her review so I thought I'd do a quick summary of good and bad bits before the link below:

( Mat's review of HP:OOTP )

There, that's a fairly good review I think. Anyway, for those that haven't seen it, don't want to see it, or simply fancy a giggle,

waka_laka has seen it, and gives a reasonable summary of the main points of plot:

During filming

Emma Watson: *reading the script* Do I FINALLY get a potentially funny line?!
Rupert Grint: Are you sure you can handle it? Can you handle the responsibility that comes with it? You don't want to let me do it?
Emma Watson: Oh RUPERTALD. I can of COURSE do this line expertly for I am EMMA WATSON and I am HERMIONE!
Rupert Grint: *shuffles off back to his ice cream van*

Back to the film -

Hermione: Allow me to introduce you to this female homosapien, Loony Lun- I mean, Luna Lovegood!
Audience: ...
Hermione: ...
Tumbleweed: *blows past*
Audience: Yeah that wasn't funny in the slightest.
Hermione: *turns away and looks embarrassed*
Everyone else in the world: *is embarrassed for her*
Luna: *says ANYTHING and saves the scene entirely*

Go read.

Oh yeah, loads of comments to my last entry, and I'm feeling groggy and not thinking straight, but people seem quite happy discussing it between themselves so, well, I promise to re-read when the Lemsip is working better.

Hmm... Remember this?:

Ann Bryn-Evans, joint Wessex district manager for The Pagan Federation, said: "We were hoping for some dry weather but I think I have changed my mind.

"We'll be doing some rain magic to bring the rain and wash it away."

Maybe there's something in it:

Torrential rain hits Dorset towns

after all?

some areas received more than two months' rain in just 24 hours

Bloody pagans. Do y'all like the way the media and the Govt is commenting loads on this set of (southern) flooding, but when Yorkshire got swamped a few weeks back it was barely commented on and that nice Mr Brown went partying?

Idea for this post from

hennel @

topicalcomedy

I was going to make a post about our visit to the British Library last Monday, and the statue outside, but, well, got distracted by a phone call and talking to various people.

So I've got it saved in drafts, and instead, I give you YouTubage, again. Because, well, this is so cool...

(it's worth getting past the interview if Jules/Ade annoys, trust me on this)

And, while I've no doubt that if I watched it now I'd find it juvenile, puerile and pointless, this selection of Young Ones clips did make me chuckle a lot.

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