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So it turns out that the MP3 I’ve been searching for all this week isn’t actually Tears for Fears’ version of “Mad World” after all. Instead it’s a version recorded specfically for the soundtrack to Donnie Darko – and is, by all accounts, impossible to buy. Therefore it’s unlikely at best that anyone will have a copy. But if you can find it, then I heartily recommend it (and can I have one). It’s a cover recorded by Gary Jules and Michael Andrews. Michael Andrews is the composer of the ‘Donnie Darko’ score [more information].

I am a god of banal content. I defend myself by pointing to the success of Secret Santa. My limited involvement in that must surely counteract the bad karma I’m getting from writing such crap recently.

I’m sleeping too much. Not vastly too much, but too much. I can’t seem to wake up in the mornings! This morning I was woken up by my flatmate at 9am. Since I was supposed to get to work by 9.30am I had to skip all pleasantries of breakfast and shower, throw my clothes on and throw myself on to the nearest tube train. This isn’t the first time that this has happened recently.

I’m not just a freelancer… I’m a travelling gun-for-hire.

Can anyone explain this “joke” to me? NO-Acetol Warning – probably need to be good at chemistry…

So who was the famous Tourist Guy after all?

Of course the best thing about the web is that it’s a place where you can find out all kinds of cool information that you didn’t know about before. Like – for example – information on the various hats of the Old West.

In case you’re wondering why I posted so little yesterday, the main reason was getting the TCN Quiz up and running. I spent ages making sure the questions were suitable ridiculous enough – so if you really want to know who’s been brushing their teeth in restaurants recently because they’re obsessed by their bad breath… Well, you know where to go…

And lo from the moistened orifice of ThinkBlank.com did spring fully-formed – Secret Santa!

And lo, in the course of conversation, did J Ko say, “you could call it secret holiday gift-giving robot“…