Monthly Archives: February 2006

Award winning actors detained and “abused” at Luton Airport

What on earth were the Bedfordshire police thinking when they detained and interrogated an award winning group of actors? They had just returned from an award ceremony in where their film “The Road to Guantanamo” had won a “Silver Bear” … Continue reading

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Footballing street signs

Would any legal types care to speculate on the the enforcability of street signage that requires a knowledge of local fixtures in order to comply? The assumption is that all men and women who drive cars must take an avid … Continue reading

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Read John K’s Blog

John Kirkfalusi, the famous animator responsible for “The Ren and Stimpy Show” has just started a blog. His posts feature a great deal of his unique art, plus commentary on cartooning and the state of the animation business. I’ve been … Continue reading

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Deadeye Dick’s Deadly Duck-Hunt

This exciting Flash game reveals just how hard shooting caged quails on a private game-shooting reserve must be. I’ve never shot a live animal, but once I began to play this game, the adrenelin rush was nothing short of incredible. … Continue reading

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American Dissent

I’ve been listening to Chris Cronin’s podcast called “American Dissent Radio”, a truly liberal minded dissection of American politics and current affairs. His show reminds me of Alistair Cooke, particularly because he takes great pleasure in putting today’s political scandals … Continue reading

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Daniel Kitson’s Listening Club, Get the Bittorrent

Update: Episode 2 has been changed; It is now a higher bitrate version. I just snarfed my copy of Daniel Kitson‘s new series on Resonance FM courtesy of the Bittorrent p2p network. For those who dont know, Kitson is a … Continue reading

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WordPress RSS2 content importer, now with enclosures

Last night, while most crazy young people are out getting sorted for E’s and whizz, I decided to stay in and migrate the Exciting Hellebore Shew and Epistaxis Archives over to WordPress. To my dismay it appears that the standard … Continue reading

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Barbra and Mohamed

Have bloggers gone too far? Have we become arrogant bunch of offensive wankers, keen to assault other people’s profoundly felt beliefs for a quick giggle or a snide jibe. I’ve said that most bloggers (including this blogger) are vanity publishers … Continue reading

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Bush administration censoring NASA science

The Bad Astronomy Blog has an interesting story about presidential interference in NASA’s scientific operations. It seems that the president is happy to be pro-science as long as none of the findings conflict with his supporter’s beliefes or short-term financial … Continue reading

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Dr McNinja

Tom Hume has been reading “The Adventures of Dr. McNinja“, and exciting cartoon series… Dr McNinja… he’s a medical doctor but he is also a Ninja. He wants to save life but his Ninja family want him to join the … Continue reading

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