Scientific News of the Day: [Nanotech Looms Large for Meds] Nanotech gets one stage closer (in fact is being used in a sense) with the develoment of nano-emulsions and cancer-targetting nano-structures. How far are we from assemblers?
Article of the day: “Straight women, begone! You are ruining sex for gay guys with your need for dinner first.“: So a while back I asked a guy out for a drink. You know, normally I wouldn’t bother. But I had decided that there was something preferable about maintaining an interaction from at least twenty-four hours before first sexual contact to at least forty-eight hours after it. You know – as a change of pace, or something. But now I see the horror of it all. I have had explained to me how I am being drawn into the conspiracy to rob gay men of what they do best – cheap, horny, regular sex.
Actually there is something true in all of this. There is a freedom about sex between men that you don’t find in other places – and an honesty. And this is something that really needs to be preserved. The increased socialisation of gay sex is something that needs to be approached in a fairly circumspect fashion. We shouldn’t be losing the freedoms of a free and easy sexual culture simply because we fight for the rights to have our other relationships respected.
So I’m going to stick with what I perceive to be the core of the article: “A guy doesn’t ask a woman out because he might be attracted to her. He asks her out because he paws the ground every time she walks by. And the ground’s sick of it. Here’s why it’s important to have sex before you get to know someone. First of all because getting to know someone often ruins your physical attraction to the person.” And I think that cuts right to the heart of the issue.
Startling fact of the day: There is almost nothing decent on the web with information on phone sex. Nothing at all. What’s that about?
Hello, my name is Tom. I’ll be your host tonight at plasticbag.org – so just relax and let me take care of everything. What’s that you say? What’s happening in the world today? I honestly don’t know madam. What’s that you say? That I should know? Because I’m running a weblog? What rubbish woman. Get your coat and get the hell out of here. I’m not here for your amusement. Jesus. And yes I was aware that Clare and Tom from Big Brother are expecting a baby. What do you think I am? Completely disconnected from the world?
Warning: Plans are afoot for a Big Gay Blogmeet. Extensive documentation and probing tests will be required if there is any doubt about your sexual preference. Many of these tests may be … degrading. Still interested?
So you’re trying to find out about something, and you look on the net and you can’t find it. The next thing you do is go straight onto Usenet, because there will be someone there with specific expertise in whatever it is that you’re interested in. But you will have to wait a while until someone responds. Perhaps you should try FAQs.org first?
Nine things that are true and one that is not: [after NotSoSoft]
1) I’ve been to tea with Esther Rantzen.
2) I’ve been to all but two of the mainland US states.
3) My dentist wants me to have £2000 worth of dental work.
4) I went to the world premiere of Snatch.
5) I don’t understand Football.
6) I have no sense of smell.
7) I have owned five different cars.
8) I fancy short men with big noses.
9) I think cheese makes me fart.
10) I’ve snogged a multi-millionaire.
More political commentary from timewasting.net. Does this represent the complete lack of faith that the majority of the country have of contemporary politics? I personally blame campaigns like that of the Conservative party for lowering our faith in our ‘elected representatives’.
“The woeful security of the Conservative Party website has been exposed by an anonymous computer cracker. The UK expert says that the conservatives.com website has been failing to take even the most basic security precautions. He warns that in the run-up to the election anyone who wanted to embarrass the Conservative Party could do so by defacing the site.” [BBC News]
I don’t understand. If it really is that easy, why on earth hasn’t anyone done it. A party that bases itself so patently around stuck-out chests, self-importance and a complete inability to laugh at itself should surely be a prime candidate. I’d do it if I could. Can you do it? Go on then!
There’s a slight work-related tension in the air today as I wait to hear whether or not I will be needed for a couple of weeks work at Capital Radio. Plus I’m supposed to finish a review for the BBC, drop some notes around web design agencies and follow up on a couple of other work-related leads. But again, for the second week in a row, the Guardian actually has a reasonably sized New Media section, which includes (shock of all shocks) some jobs I actually might want to apply for.