Archive for June 2003

Offended by the ‘C’ word? Then look away now… Celebrity C**t Trumps.

How do you sleep at night BLiar?Edited to add: A bit harsh? Well, it’s half one in the morning, I’m drunk, posting when I should really just have a pint of water and go to sleep, but… I’ve just seen this news, and I’m really bloody angry.

My current fave blog, The Friday Thing News Blog, is now back under the umbrella of Hangingday. In one of their latest pieces, they quote Bishop Sentamu’s ‘Longford Lecture’:
“The recent conflict in Iraq saw a situation where the US and UK governments flouted the will of the UN Security Council and invaded Iraq. Upon achieving [...]

We all knew it, but Diamond Geezer’s come up with detailed proof of Big Brother’s direct connection to raw sewage.

I see World of Badger’s thingy counter is now into five figures. Whoo-Hoo! (I say thingy because pMachine calls it a hit counter, which it’s certainly not in the proper sense. Not bothered to find out what it counts exactly… page views? Database calls? Buggered if I know…)
From good stats to shameful stats now:

A third [...]

According to The New Zealand Herald, television channel TV3 has apologised after a graphic labelling US President George W. Bush a “professional fascist” flashed up during its primetime news.

A nine-year-old girl in eastern India has married a stray dog as part of a ritual to ward off an “evil spell” (pictured above: the happy couple). Let’s hope it’s not just a case of puppy love.
The wedding—which took place on 11 June—was attended by more than 100 guests, who danced to the beating of [...]

It’s been around for a while, but still worth linking to is 404 The porn cannot be displayed. For more amusing parody and genuine 404 pages, check out Area 404 (I rather like–if that’s the right word–kinky clown 404).

I guess by now just about every person on the planet has encountered the Nigerian 419 scam in some form or other. Most of us just delete the email, but one guy actually managed to con them out of 171 quid. Classic!

Now as a professional web developer I shouldn’t really condone this sort of thing, but as an ex-Labour voter, I have to say I think it’s brilliant: earlier this week the Labour party web site was ‘hacked’.
On Monday morning the site’s usual content of Labour Party news was replaced by an image of US President [...]

So David Beckham’s finally signed for Real Madrid, and who can blame him? Of course, it’s bound to be a difficult transition period for him, especially having to learn a new language. Thank goodness for Sesame Street.

I’ve been rather snowed-under with work these last few weeks, so I’ve had little time for tracking down interesting bits to post, and very few drunken escapades to report. However, Troy was up in London at the weekend, and on Sunday we went out for a ‘quiet drink’ at the Crown & Greyhound in Dulwich [...]

London is an amazing city. A city of culture, history and diversity. A city with a mayor who collects newts. A city with a huge Ferris wheel. A city where the clubs and bars stay open ’til three at the weekend… But a city that’s an absolute nightmare to get home from after midnight.
Every weekend [...]