Not for the squeamish: Bored of shagging actual men? Inflatable men no longer meeting your needs? From the people who brought you the female ‘real dolls’ now comes… the Male Realdoll… You have to wonder what kind of people would buy one of these. Warning: dodgy fake naked people designed for sex…
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Grant Morrison and Fictional Universes…
Fragments of a conversation about Grant Morrison and fictional universes.
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Is hyperlinking free?
Is hyperlinking free? Can you link to whomsoever you wish? According to KPMG, apparently not! Chris Raettig received this e-mail a couple of days ago, asking him to remove the link to their site as they didn’t have a ‘formal agreement’ that he could do so. The very basis of the World Wide Web is challenged by such legal claims – being asked not to link to someone else’s site compromises your ability to comment upon and reference online material. And if you can be legally challenged simply for linking to someone, then every link must be legally suspect – a ‘fact’ which could cripple the free flow of information as it would affect all sites – from news portals to search engines! So I’m asking you today, in the defence of online freedoms, to link to KPMG today. Say nothing libellous, but feel free to be snarky about them…
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On first seeing the Segway…
You’re kidding me? This is IT?
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There are times when I am become his wife…
Saturday afternoon was Monkey Magic with Corny and his family. There are times – horribly bizarre times – when I am become his wife.
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The history of pie consumption…
This weekend has been a purging experience. I’ve mostly been ploughing through my belongings, throwing out things that are no longer relevant and organising everything else into carefully composed piles and sub-piles. I’m worried (of course) that these piles and sub-piles will recombine into a large pile at any moment. To avoid this, I’m leaving them in the middle of my bedroom floor as a kind of statement of “This is not finished – don’t even think of getting on with your life until I’ve been properly put away”. Three full bin-bags have so far left the room, full of holed socks, scraps of paper, ancient bills and scraps of paper.
Along with this process comes discovery. I’ve found a pad of over a hundred tiny post-its, each decorated with its own superhero face. Some of them have names and ridiculous super-abilities. Others brood anonymously. I’ve found amusing postcards showing the “Attack of the 50-ft Christ” and “The failings of New Labour”. I’ve found CDs which must never have had boxes to put them in, and more books than there are shelves to contain them. I have found more than my fair share of unused passport photographs – showing my transformation from long-haired naif through scrawny palid and all the way through my subsequent en-lard-ening. I could place them in a line and name the enterprise “The history of pie consumption”.
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On promoting Secret Santa on the radio…
I was on the radio on Thursday night – LBC to be precise – explaining (and promoting) Secret Santa. At least I think I was – I wasn’t able to get home in time to actually hear it, and their archived sessions don’t seem to have been recently updated. I said beforehand that I would prefer not to do anything live, as I knew I’d get nervous and stumble over my words. And in fact I did that anyway, but never mind. Did anyone hear it?
If I were a Bond Villian, I’d be … Octopussy!? And if I were an evil criminal… 
Which Evil Criminal are You?
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The coloured crab tours London…
Watch in awed wonder. The crab that I coloured in yesterday has been wandering around London, scaring the tourists.
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On today’s must-visit site…
Must visit beautiful site of the day is nothing.ch.