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Help archive the web’s response to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In some ways this was a media event in which television proved its current primacy, but in other ways, the net provided personal stories, insight and reporting / commentary that has never been seen before. All the details are here.

Who is The Grapevine?

It’s kind of hard to post at the moment to Plasticbag.org – I mean – I am spending all day writing short bits of content, sometimes including links, for a site which is updated constantly throughout the day and which I hope will promote some form of discussion. In a sense I’m weblogging all day – just not on plasticbag.org. I don’t want to keep pushing and promoting TCN – even though that’s what I’m working on – but in lieu of proper content, here are a few of my recent news stories from the ‘other’ site:

Clooney’s Pet Pig Prang
George Clooney – movie star and heart-throb – is known for his devotion to his pet pig “Max”. This is, bizarrely, not a euphemism. But who does he value more – his friendship to Tommy Hinkley, or Max’s life? This was put to the test recently when Hinkley accidentally ran over the poor porcine pet… Hinkley says, “Max is a black pig and it was dark. It seems kind of funny now but at the time it certainly wasn’t. We thought he might lose his leg, but it looks like it will be okay.” [Discuss this item]

Anthony Hopkins “I’m no tart”
What’s a celebrated actor (known for his masterful rendition of salivating serial killers) to do when a female fan gropes his ass and whispers saucy suggestions in his ear? And in Starbucks of all places? Well, if you were Sir Anthony Hopkins, you’d spin round, remove the offending hand and proclaim, “Excuse me, miss, but I’m no tart!” [Discuss this item]

Billie Piper Survives Virgin Cull
It’s not what you think… Despite Virgin Records purging itself of unprofitable ‘talent’, Chris Evans’ wife and barely post-pubescent pop-star Billie Piper has survived… The record company denied initial reports that the singer, who hasn’t released a single for a year, was to be dropped from the label. [Discuss this item]

More turgid waffle, and unmentionable scandal-mongering 24/7 at The Celeb Network…

Thanks to Duncan Brattel

Can someone please explain hairdressers to me. I mean, I don’t really understand why anyone would do the job. But if you are going to do the job, why is it so difficult to listen to what your client is asking for? I mean, if you went in and said “Hello, I’m trying to grow my hair a little longer, but it’s got a bit unruly in recent weeks, could you thin it out and cut it a bit but leave some length…” would you really expect your hair to be cut to within one quarter of an inch at the front? Me either. Sigh. Looking forward to another three month hair-growing experience. Followed by a shouting match with another evil hairdresser no doubt.

The horror of Britney’s transparent top – found via TCN.

Davo will pay for the short-lived front page to his site. Oh yes. Still. It’s a good message, which you should obey. Actually, come to think of it, short-lived is a pretty good description of Davo himself. Nyah hahahaha.

Ok, I’m only going to ask you once: TCN is open for business again, and I’d love it if people would come and keep me company on the boards. Just – you know – to see how cool it is….

My position on Would Atheism be a better solution to the problems of the world? [at Linklust]

Be there when the board opens to the world – Monday morning at 10am (UK time). In the meantime, if you go to the News section, you can see a highly embarrassing photo of your host (me). The buzz starts here… SPREAD THE WORD