:: The First Post :: Despite it’s oddly l337 name, this is a definitive website offering multiple perspectives on politics, society and so on, just like Salon.com but in readable chunks. Check out David Copperfield’s contribution on policing in the UK for an example.
Groundbreaking Research Sheds Light on Ancient Mystery“A researcher at Rochester Institute of Technology is unraveling a mystery surrounding Easter Island. William Basener, assistant professor of mathematics, has created the first mathematical formula to accurately model the island’s monumental societal collapse. Between 1200 and 1500 A.D., the small, remote island, 2,000 miles off the coast of
Hee-hee! Uncyclopedia / Wikipedia definition flamewar! Who wins? Uncyclopedia, which aims to be the “encyclopedia of politically incorrect non-information”, is a parody of Wikipedia, although Uncyclopedia claims the reverse. Wikipedia (also spelt “Wikipaedia” and sometimes they get all snooty and use one of these things, “æ” like this:”Wikipædia”) is a dangerous parody of Uncyclopedia, the
Not enough time to say all that I’ve done in the last couple of weeks, without boring so… impressionistic summary coming up – realists duck n’ cover! New game in London town – trying to spot plainclothes officers. Personally, I tend to go for any largish man or chubby woman either walking in circles or
Books owned: Four bin bags and three man-sized trunks full. Which I guess probably comes to a good few hundred. Notably, I’ve read the great majority of them. Last book purchased: The Séance by Isaac Bashevis Singer from the Oxfam book shop in my new home town of Ealing Broadway. Exceptionally good Ashkenazi (Eastern European
Total volume of music files on my computer: My computer tells me that I’ve got 34GB, which is about 13,000 files (including all the crap that Windows XP deposits on it.) The RIAA will be breaking down my door in the next couple of hours… The last CD I bought: I can’t remember buying a
Useless factoid #11724,9925 Some of those dolls that didn’t quite make it: The Fag dollsThe Raggie DollsThe tail that Wags the DollsThe Living Dolls I actually met all the U.K. frag dolls (a promotional gaming clan formed by Ubisoft) at a Ubisoft preview event out in the sticks a couple of weeks ago, and they
Useless factoid #11724,9924 Hulk Hogan’s Hulkomaniac is exactly the same length as William Shatner’s stonking Common People (4:40)
TeaCemetery.jpg (JPEG Image, 832×426 pixels) Some tastefully herby pictures, all featuring the divine brew.
The Onion | Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New ‘Intelligent Falling’ Theory: “KANSAS CITY, KS—As the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools continues, a new controversy over the science curriculum arose Monday in this embattled Midwestern state. Scientists from the Evangelical Center For Faith-Based Reasoning are now asserting that the long-held ‘theory