January 2012
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How Clancy Martin became a counterfeiter of... →
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Guardian interview with Carey Mulligan →
December 2011
9 posts
Please remember to record this, magic brain. →
Banksy art theft →
I know this is from last year, but I’m intrigued by this couple. Who wears a bright white tracksuit to go and steal stuff? And they don’t look like they go together. Were they ever caught?
'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' Canceled |... →
RIP: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Series finale will air 1/13/12. Franchise continues as specials.
— Joe Adalian (@TVMoJoe) December 15, 2011
I know some people who will be sad about this.
Lego Introduces Ladyfigs, Yes, That's Minifigs For... →
Lego recently came under fire for failing to offer girl’s name choices for their online Hero Recon toy customization program. They quickly listened to consumers who, at the very least, thought it was a glaring oversight and added new names to the list. Well, little did we know they had a HUGE GIRLY ANNOUNCEMENT tucked up their sleeve. “Let’s be honest: Girls hate him,” says Mads Nipper,...
Creature: the biggest box office flop of all time →
I never even heard of this movie. Director Fred Andrews is right, though. This is a terrible time for films.
Andrew Lloyd Webber May Be Readying 'Sunset... →
We already have one of these, thanks Andrew. And it’s perfectly fine.
I am not these people →
November 2011
1 post
Interesting insight into costs etc. on an indie... →
July 2009
1 post
Trading Places: How Winthorpe and Valentine Pulled... →
June 2009
1 post
oobject » design →
March 2009
2 posts
Mark Simonson Studio / Notebook: Mad Men, Mad... →
Thanks to Jake Byrne on Twitter for finding this.
“ill a void in the general banter. Women famously cannot learn jokes. If they...”
– Beaten to the punchline: Germaine Greer on women and comedy | Stage | The Guardian
Is this really true? Are the women I know who can tell jokes well really freaks? I can’t believe it.
February 2009
1 post
Not safe for work: the git that keeps on giving |... →
I’m really just putting this here for me to read later. I know you’ve probably already read it.
October 2008
2 posts
Geoff Dyer on the changing face of war photography... →
Gerda Taro sounds like she would be a great subject for a movie. Is there one, I wonder?
Fiona Shaw on how it feels to be taking on... →
September 2008
1 post
The Mighty Boosh: saved by their own stupidity -... →
There’s something slightly patronising about this review. First off, the Boosh might not have been in Dublin before, but their constituent parts have played here, because I’ve seen them.
Also, Dominic Cavendish does know that we can see the Boosh on television, right?
August 2008
9 posts
Dog who stayed by dead master's side for 11 weeks... →
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glinner:
My favourite time-eater.
And now mine as well. Sigh.
“Mixing poetry with policy and handcuffing John McCain to President George W...”
– RTÉ News: Dem convention ends with Obama speech
Perhaps it’s the abstracter in me, but really, the use of the word “handcuffs” seems a little OTT here.
New Statesman - The village Olympics →
Sometimes I get to read great wee things in my job.
Buy one kill one →
Yeah, there’s a lot of people not very happy about putting this kind of blame on folks.
Edinburgh festival comedy review: Matt Kirshen |... →
Hmm. Not a rapturous review. I advise seeing his show if you like atheistic, science-based jokes at the expense of religious Americans, though.
Lost creator JJ Abrams' new show Fringe snapped up... →
Please let this be good please let this be good please let this be good.
Anna Pickard reviews the trailer for Hamlet 2 |... →
I’ve got a pretty high tolerance for daft things newspapers put on the Internet in order to remain “relevant” or “afloat” or whatever you want to call it. But this? Surely the only purpose of a second-by-second breakdown of a movie trailer must be to be funny. But this is not funny.
It is not funny at all.
“They’re like couch potatoes watching Finding Nemo on DVD who’ve...”
– Charlie Brooker’s screen burn | Culture | The Guardian
July 2008
10 posts
Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape... →
I know, I know, linking to an Onion article, but it just made me laugh. Actually properly laugh.
“And you’ve fucking stripped it out like a pissed Irish plasterer restoring...”
– Read Giles Coren’s letter to Times subs | Media | guardian.co.uk
Oh Giles Coren. You’re getting a kick up the bum from me if I ever get a hold of you.
Having coffee now! The excitement!
Look! I have a tumblr widget on my dashboard! If only I had more random thoughts that had to be tumbld throughout the day.
“Despite the sense of foreboding that permeates the newspaper industry, 14 major...”
– This Old Medium | The American Prospect
“What should we do? The former editor of Punch, Basil Boothroyd, was once on a...”
– Stuart Jeffries on the 10 novels most frequently abandoned by British readers | Books | The Guardian
Play RagDoll Cannon, a free online game on... →
Slightly creepy game. The little dudes keep moving after you’ve fired them. I’m not sure it’s for me.
Now it is time for house work
Which has not been done for an age and a half
Shopping's arrived
And soup’s made, and I met a three-legged boxer today. The excitement never stops.