I don’t know what’s more disturbing: that the Britney Spears hair auction on eBay made Channel 4 news in the first place, or that it made Channel 4 news a full day after gossip blogs had the news that the auction had been yanked (which Channel 4 did not report). So much for the checks […]
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I could give a few people on this forum a lengthy lecture on nutrition and what the human body needs, but it’ll be more fun to watch them become more and more delibitated until they die slowly of their own ignorance.
I can’t help but wonder how torn this guy is on whether or not to […]
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On Saturday, Antoine went to the Café-philo à l’Institut français without me, because sitting in on philosophical discussions conducted totally in French (which I have done more than my fair share of, thanks) makes me frustrated with my lack of fluency. (Honey, how DOES one say “Bullshit!” in French? I forget.) The group ended up […]
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Luke Ford can’t figure out when freedom and liberty should trump his wish to live in a certain kind of society. Can you help? I’m exhausted from too many ‘discussions’ with anti-freedom types masquerading as ‘libertarians’ lately. (At least Luke is honest about his lack of certainty and understanding, and not just brazenly dishonest about […]
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My friend Ben - who’s no doubt been checked out a time or two hundred in his young life - has an interesting post up about the dynamics of locker room nudity between men, straight or gay. Hmmmm.
Female locker rooms are funny, especially when you consider how insecure women are supposed to be about their […]
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Through my work, I became acquainted with the Gaydar team and was very sad to hear about the mysterious death of Chairman Gary Frisch last week. This Guardian piece on how Gaydar became a global phenomenon is well worth a read. Commercial director David Muniz - a really nice guy who’s been working the media […]
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As a customer and evangelist for his products, I’m pretty cheesed off with Matt Mullenweg (someone I like enormously, having met him in San Francisco when I volunteered at WordCamp) and the Automattic team for imposing the dreadful Snap page preview bug (it sure ain’t a feature) on all Wordpress.com blogs. As someone who has […]
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Old people break my heart, so it’s no surprise that I find this video (via The Daily Gut) awesome. Young@Heart sing Coldplay’s Fix You:
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Some jerkwad tried to rob a chip shop, hitting the 65-year-old owner on the head and shoulder. Then, the 61-year-old who helps run the shop came into the room with a bowl of mushy peas, throwing them at him and making the thief fall down. THEN, the couple threw a pan of boiling water at […]
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One guy I really like profiles another guy I really like. Most days I find it hard to believe that anyone really reads my blog, let alone that someone as clever as Brian actually likes to read it, but I do take him at his word.
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I’ve never been a fan of Charles Barkley, the controversial and occasionally amusing basketball player, though he’s come out with some sound stuff on personal responsibility (vis a vis why he doesn’t owe his life to being any kid’s role model). I have to wonder if he knows how good this is, though:
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A comment from Craig Battle on an oldish post on Glenda’s blog about race:
As a smart person, I agree. As a Black person I. . . disagree? I was kickin’ it with this dude once about cars and I bought up my love of a fine German engineered automobile. He said, I’m jewish and i […]
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* It was warm and sunny enough in London today that I had to roll down the window of the cab I was in, as I felt like I was going to pass out from the heat if I didn’t. I wish I could put into words how much this development delights me.
* My […]
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You know, the fact that marketing agencies see Web 2.0 (if they even know what it is) as something to “cope with” rather than a huge opportunity speaks volumes about those agencies. If they’re scared…well, good. They should be, as complete aliens to this world. I mean, a plumber would view wiring as something to […]
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