July 2010
16 posts
“Enormous congratulations to Chelsea and Marc for seeing off an audacious...”
– Lost in Showbiz: Clinton wedding extravaganza special!
Chelsea v Bristol in an old-school claymation Celebrity Deathmatch would be kind of amazing. (Though I suppose it’d be Sarah turning up with a shotgun to settle it, and that would be bad.)
“Though Chief Justice Roberts gets all the attention, Justice Alito may thus be...”
– New York Times: Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades
TRIUMPH.
“…the idea that any of us can control our reputations is, of course, an...”
– The Web Means the End of Forgetting - NYTimes.com
Boo-ya!
Sex Dream
distorte:
I’m on the bus home from a local nightclub with Lindsey Lohan. It’s very late. The bus is almost empty but for me and Lindsey Lohan. She’s dressed in the same outfit as from recent pictures of a recent trial. I’m trying to convince her to come home with me so we can have sex. The home is my parents’ house. Buses home from nightclubs is a hometown thing. Lindsey is distracted but...
“Rules in society create good law and order. But too many nannying, unnecessary...”
– Repealing unnecessary laws — HMG - Your Freedom
Before the Government starts crowdsourcing legislative initiatives, perhaps the wisdom of crowds might provide it with synonyms and antonyms for ‘necessary’. At age 10, my teacher would have marked me down for repetition if I used the same...
June 2010
26 posts
“Albarn’s cocky, cockney persona sometimes encourages underestimation of...”
– The Guardian: In praise of … Damon Albarn
“Pelosi is an idealist working in the practical now. She genuinely sees her party...”
– The Age of Nancy
Gail Collins’s column from Saturday is a reminder that I really need to get (and read) her book.
“So, my walk to the bookies wasnt my post-post-colonial moment. It wasn’t...”
– Roddy Doyle: On Watching England Lose (after betting on Argentina)
WatchEurovision English (by Anthony Lane, newyorker)
WatchLCD Soundsystem - I Can Change (Stereogamous mix) (via Popjustice)
[this is good]
Why does England get its own team in the World... →
Basically it’s because the various regions of Britain have separate football associations. (Which is not that difficult a concept, but even tripped up a presenter on Radio 4 the other morning: he referred to the ‘UK team’ and came back later to correct himself.)
More interesting is the ‘Bonus Explainer’, which describes why there’s not been a Team GB on the...
“It’s better to give to children than to adults.”
– T Magazine Blog | Inconvenient Truths | Jenny Holzer Takes On South Africa
…remains speaking in truisms whilst doing so.
“5 Insane Ways London Could Become a Dystopia (And How It’s Not That Far...”
– McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Great Literature Retitled To Boost Website Traffic.
Kinda apropos (though ‘1 Weird Thing Caddy Smells Like’ is possibly my favourite)
I stepped out my front door earlier to an oncoming group of lads, presumably on a stag party. I say that because, bar one, they were dressed in regular clothes. The exception was in fluoro lycra hotpants, a plastic wig and babydoll t-shirt. The groom-to-be, right?
As I passed, I heard his mate say, ‘I don’t understand why no one is looking at you. If I weren’t with you,...
“By now, you will be aware that the second most irritating noise after the...”
– World Cup diary: Marina Hyde
Having only heard the vuvuzela noise in the background on telly, I cannot imagine it in real life (nor, for that matter, do I wish to). If it didn’t kill me, it would certainly make me murderous.
US/England Trash Talk Reaches Highest Echelons Of... →
sasharappaport:
From: Philip Breeden, US Embassy London
To: Martin Longden, British Embassy Washington DC
Subject: World Cup Bet
Mr. Longden, It has not escaped our attention that a certain sporting event is fast approaching, and that our respective nations will soon be meeting on the fields of South Africa.
My Ambassador has asked me to see if your Ambassador might be interested in a...
WatchStornoway - Here Comes the Blackout (live for the Guardian)
May 2010
14 posts
“One good thing has come from her run: Vince McMahon putting out an edict that...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Who Wants to Elect a Millionaire?
Gail Collins knows how to use a quote.
Watchtherichgirlsareweeping:
Happy 25th anniversary, Walking On Sunshine! It still brings in over $1 million in revenue per year.
xoxo, michaela
Apropos of that last post, Katrina and the Waves were the last UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest. They certainly will face no challenge to that title this year; Josh Dubovie will do well to be in the bottom 5 of the finals.
Still Going - Spaghetti Circus
