Now here’s a novel use for a weblog – thebackroom.net is basically a dirty porn site for gay people to write about what they’ve been up to in bed, online and out and about. It really is tremendously dodgy, but very very entertaining. Question? Would you enjoy plasticbag.org more if it had more naked men on it? In which case, for one post only, please feel free to visit skincaps which is full of the bloody creatures.
Long have I been labouring under the impression that the root of all evil had been condemned to the source. But no! Simon informs me that quite contrary to appearances, Girls are Evil.
I’m literally astonished by the depths the Conservative party will go to in order to scrabble for votes in this election. There’s no honesty, just obvious attempts to manipulate the electorate. And it’s so transparent. I doubt there’s a single person in the country who believes that the state of the country has declined significantly since Labour got into power. Even my parents have said that they haven’t done too much damage (although they still maintain it’s just a question of time). With this in mind it seems astonishingly crass to use a campaign based around the intimation that Labour’s policies on early releases have caused rapes. Juliet Lyon, the director of the Prison Reform Trust is quoted in the article as saying: “This is scaremongering. The general public deserve full information.” I couldn’t agree more. [Metafilter | Metatalk ]
Is the downturn over? I looked in the New Media jobs section of the Media Guardian last night, only to find that the amount of jobs listed had increased dramatically from one or two pages a week (a month ago) to four or five a week now. Of course none of the jobs particularly thrill me – but at least that means that some slackness is emerging – people are moving and being employed. General confidence is rising.
“Yeah, yeah, the market’s crashing and everybody’s fucked but there’s still a chance for someone with a bright idea to make a million. Isn’t there? Here are ours…” Seethru‘s ideas for making yourself an internet millionaire – pay attention Mr Stone (you know who you are).
Although the description of this article might seem slightly hyperbolic (Scientists obtain their most precise measurement of the difference between matter and antimatter, and explain why the Universe exists.) – the fact that scientists have now manage to determine why the creation of matter and anti-matter at the birth of the universe did not result in complete mutual annihilation remains astonishing.
I’m beginning to hate the way that I shave in the morning and look like comedy magnet / iron-filing beard toy by the middle of the evening. This never used to happen. And I still have my facial bald patches. What the fuck is that about?
Evening with Matt drives me into bizarre frenzy as usual. Feel weirdly psyched for an hour or so afterwards. Like I should beat someone up or something. Head full of nodes and connections and synonyms. Painfully slowly parts of head not used for years kick into gear.
I was listening to Xfm at work this morning when a news announcer starts speaking in a voice normally reserved for the death of a member of the royal family. “Michael Stipe,” he says, “is gay.” The world reels in shock at this announcement. “Surely not!” the cry is heard, “He always seemed so alive.” ThisIsLondon.com has the full absence of story.
