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Infinite Monkeys. Really. Why bother?

One last thing before I duck off to pastures new for the weekend – not so soft has redesigned. And since we like her, and we like it, I thought I should tell you to go there now.

I’m off to New York this afternoon. How cool is that? I’ll be in the Big Apple by 9.30 this evening.

I couldn’t agree more:[ from “Lacking in emotional content“]

“It makes sense that in a world that doesn’t support creative and caring environments, there are often more glamorous, albeit unhealthy behaviors. Rather than refocusing the extreme behavior into healthier modes of expression, the kids are forced into a magnified example of our despotic culture.”

Excerpts from a Subterranean Journal:

It’s midnight and I’m preparing for bed. Priorities for next 24 hours: meet Frank (place / time / appropriate dress as yet unknown), recover from cold (and thus preserve world tissue paper supply), buy shoelaces, recover from cold, recover from cold, recover from cold, recover from cold.

The Internet Movie Database is Ten today! I think I first saw it in about 1994, because I remember all these designs: 1998 (1), 1998 (2) and 1996.

Yeah, yeah, Meg, I see you too. She’s such a smart-arse sometimes…

I my life I have met approximately five German people, or people of German descent. They have been Andreas, Evil Michael, Astrid, Other Astrid and Max. Out of these five, approximately four of them have turned out to be gay. My deduction? 80% of German people are gay.

Text Message Theatre (Inbox) II:

• We’ll have to make it tomorrow, since am now living in a hole in the ground without internet access. And infested with untermenschen whom I must exterminate…
• TOM AM PROB FREE NEXT WK MUST LVE FREE 4 POSS HOT DATE! WILL EMAIL DETAILS
• Yes. Be good. Or bad. Or something.

[All messages copied verbatim from Nokia mobile phone]

There’s a great scene in Grosse Pointe Blank involving a confrontation between ex-lovers who have recently been reacquainted. The scene takes the form of a radio phone-in show, where members of the public have their say on what they perceive to be going on. What would you have said?