What will we have when we no longer have apostrophes
Heh! Scene is set for a pedants’ revolt as city dares to banish the apostrophe from its street signs.
Heh! Scene is set for a pedants’ revolt as city dares to banish the apostrophe from its street signs.
I’m shocked to report that Stephen Fry actually seems to get it. No, I’m not following him — I don’t know him.
ZOMG!!!! ‘Red Dwarf’ crew to return to Earth. When’s Easter? Goddamn it’s Neil’s birthday.
Heard some weeks ago on Dr. Karl (BBC’s Up All Night then Triple J) about epigenetics. Kind of understood it but seeing it written down (in The Economist, no less) is much better.
… you had a primary schoolgirl crush on Ralph Macchio when the Karate Kid was hot and it’s in ‘remake’ territory right now.
If I controlled the world, I would evacuate every innocent Israeli and Palestinian (who wanted to be evacuated) to a safe place temporarily, then let the governments and armies of both countries bomb the hell out of each other. Let the fuckers wipe themselves out.
As Take That’s biggest fan, I cleared my schedule and watched Take That Come to Town (actually I had no idea it was on and stumbled on it on ITV2 +1 and I haven’t bought Circus yet). This bit is one of my favourites: Grumpy Gary.
It’s not often I agree with someone so religious they are appointed head of an entire faith, but there you go. This crisis has been made massive by the inability of government — who, IMHO, are there to make the tough decisions but are paralysed by celebrity culture — to look critically at the economy and offer sustainable solutions.
If I were to lifestream the way people are expected to lifestream, people would very quickly realise that I am much more juvenile than I already appear on this here website. And you would also have to put up with inanity such as, “Today I will either attempt to stitch up the beginnings of a split side seam on my over-a-decade-old pencil skirt or admit it is time to say goodbye.” Oh wait, that’s what Twitter is for (the inanity, not the immaturity).
I think Right to Die is on Sky Real Lives tonight. If I remember I might watch it. This is one of those issues where there is no one answer — perhaps the best compromise would be to engage in some sort of psych session to make sure they are making the decision for themselves, not out of obligation to family or due to mental illness.
In a stroke of irony apparently lost on the Scottish Government, Sir Sean Connery stars in an advertisement extolling the virtues of Scotland when he hasn’t lived here in decades.
How cool is this? The letters of the alphabet created by negative space between buildings. Via ReadyMade.
It’s nice to see both Obama and McCain supporters on Twitter. Where are the supporters of the independents, though? Come on, show yourselves! (Edited to add: Some of those Twitterers sure are insane.) On another note, our editorial intern wants to know how Obama can be an elitist and a socialist at the same time. I want to know how he can be Muslim and have a crazy Christian pastor, too. And on another note, I hope voter turnout is high. Democracy is something to be cherished and fought for.
The Economist has pretty much endorsed Barack Obama, which usually means something bad will happen. Heh. I’m for Barack Obama myself, mostly because he is certain he doesn’t have all the answers and will try to find the best compromise among competing solutions. John McCain (well, his backers) and Sarah Palin should not get to the White House because they’re certain they’re right.
Um, thanks for the nomination, but I live in Scotland now. Have been for over two years.