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ickle.org: Woman meets condiment canister.
‹ 30.6.01
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The first leg of the three day birthday hoo-ha went off well last night - the troops were mustered and instructed to gather at Yo!Below on Poland Street for an extended imbibing and chin-wagging session (pics can be found here). I was spoilt thoroughly rotten by everyone - to those who read this and were there, copious expressions of gratitude go out to you all! Yo!Below has Kirin on tap at each table which was absolutely genius - no need to get up to go to the bar, just drink yourself steadily into a drunken stupor from the comfort of your recessed table. Qualidee. Chi-chi Japanese venues then gave way to a drum and bass session at Bar Rumba. I guess I just need to be remined every now and then how much I hate drum and bass. Urgh. As a genre it helped of course to spawn the almost-as-evil 'garage' and as such, must be avoided in the future at all costs. Overall though, last night was a great way to turn twenty-seven. Bring on the late-twenties crisis ... I'm ready!
‹ 30.6.01
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CAP reviews are, quite simply, hilarious. The South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut one has been floating around for ages but it's worth another look:
"Body parts dripping with blood were ripped from a child by a surgeon who expressed shallow concern. The dead child was then seen with an exploded chest. The dead child, after being rejected from Heaven (by nude female angels) and cast into Hell, was then presented as a ghost trying to influence the other kids. An all-male chorus line wore pink bikini briefs. Homosexual acts were described. Decomposing burned bodies were cast as live occupants of Hell. "Big brother" electronic shock control of a child was used to prevent his use of foul language (each time he cussed he was shocked -- he used this shock later to defeat Hussein by shouting every known and several unknown foul words)."I still maintain that "Barbara Streisand" is not an unknown foul word.
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Ladles and jellyspoons, I present for your entertainment and edification ... The Gurning of Paul.
‹ 29.6.01
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Daring to bare all: Can you sponsor this guy to keep his clothes on? Best quote: "Occasionally, I'd get shouts of encouragement from the other prisoners, such as 'Oy, naked guy' and 'Keep it real'. I'm not sure what that means, but I think it's bit of gang slang." Reee-spect.
‹ 28.6.01
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Birthday wishes go out to my birthday twin Jen, who sent an e-card with an accompanying mail that went like this:
Hi davo,
jen has sent you a free e-card from Wicked Moon!
---------------- Wicked Moon Sponsor ----------------
Everyone knows about the risk of stomach problems with anti-inflammatory drugs. However, a new Australian study has just shown that seniors who take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs), other than low-dose aspirin, are twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with congestive heart failure than non-users:
http://by.advertising.com/1/c/22818/23990/70763/70763
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Of course, I didn't read it correctly so I assumed that that first link was to the e-card itself ... nothing says you're old like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, don't you think?
‹ 28.6.01
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Day 9862 in the Big Daver life: Dave wakes up at 8am to a phone call from New Zealand and a couple of text messages. After opening the funky present from his housemate Meg, he potters off to the shower. Emerging, Dave has to answer the electricity man at the door. Finally, he leaves the house and realises he's forgotten to shave. As a special birthday treat, Big Daver has decided to throw him a Japanese-themed party, complete with sushi, Kirin and new gambling opportunities. However, this has been done on the condition that he makes it through the day first. Due to the difficulty of this task, Dave has only wagered 5% of next week's shopping budget on its successful completion ...
‹ 28.6.01
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I'm quite proud to say I've never seen Titanic, overwrought Hollywood muck that I've heard it is, but now I'll never need to. Excellent.
[heads-up via Swish Cottage]
‹ 28.6.01
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Some great old photos of Dunedin snapped in 1895 by American photographer William Henry Jackson for the World's Transportation Commission.
‹ 28.6.01
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Random gifts continue! This time, a big shout-out is due to Nick for snapping up the excellent Paul van Dyk album Out There And Back for me. Thanks a million mate!
‹ 27.6.01
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ickle.org: Now, you may feel a small prick ...
‹ 27.6.01
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If you haven't already, you and have a gander at Heather's The Mirror Project - a fascinating glimpse into the lives of random strangers, pictorially and in reverse of course (my contribution).
‹ 27.6.01
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You've no doubt read a lot of our exploits, now go behind the scenes with Big Blogger. Look, I won!
‹ 26.6.01
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Behold one of nature's most devilish creations, intent only on destroying your precious music collection. Nothing can stop ... the CD-eating fungus! (cue dramatic cello and lightning crashes).
‹ 26.6.01
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ickle.org: Declined equines / Victim of a wretched womb.
‹ 26.6.01
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Weakest Link goes Welsh: Knives at the ready!
[heads-up via Simon]
‹ 26.6.01
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Transmission resumes: Friday, "All Hands Day" with visit to the London Eye; Saturday, weird trip to bastion of heterosexuality in Covent Garden; Sunday, first BBQ of the summer; Monday, felt like absolute pus so took the day off.
‹ 26.6.01
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At the behest of Ev, I'm hereby "encourag[ing my] blog readers to go vote for the free service that helps [me] publish [my] witty and charming self for [your] frequent enjoyment." That's Blogger. Which is a wonderful thing. So go vote and don't let those cheeky folks at LiveJournal get away with it!
‹ 22.6.01
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An interesting refresher piece on search engine procedure via an interview with Monika Henziger, Google's Director of Research.
‹ 22.6.01
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Further discussion from last night: Debate raged when the topic of toasted sandwiches came up. Okay, make a sandwich and grill both sides. What have you got? A toasted sandwich. Fine. But what do you get if you use an electric sandwich maker. You get a toasted sandwich again, my companions said. No, no, I replied. You get a toastie pie. It's a pie because the edges are sealed. Or something. Arguments commenced. And then the Australian piped up with, "No, it's a Jaffle", at which point we killed her.
‹ 22.6.01
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Things you should never ever read, especially when you're about to eat lunch (#1 in a hopefully never-to-be-repeated series): The Twisted Balls of Nick Jordan. |
‹ 22.6.01 ›
Kerry: "Bloody hell Andy, you're taking up half the feckin' tent you hog!"It's nice to know logic didn't desert some of the boys on their recent trip to the Welsh hinterland.Andy: "Of course I'm taking up half the tent you idiot, it's a feckin' two man tent!"
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Tom Ewing's Freaky Trigger is back and can be found rocking a world near you.
‹ 21.6.01
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ickle.org: From which mighty oaks grow.
‹ 21.6.01
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Update: Chris delivers the goods on yesterday's Big Brother company query ... Dean runs giftsforgirlfriends.co.uk, while Elizabeth's web design workshop is at eaw.co.uk.
‹ 21.6.01
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Redesign round-up: Iain, Owen and Simon have all "freshened up" in recent weeks and the results look great ... well done lads!
‹ 20.6.01
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D.I.Y. Jerry Springer ... "Marriage Meltdown!"
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A bucket load of juicy old thanks go out to Caroline who snapped up the wonderful 2001: Filming The Future for me from my wishlist. Random birthday gifts rock, big time!
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Producer John is obsessed with discovering which "internet company" Big Brother inmate Dean owns - does anyone have any idea?
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At one time I might have been angry at people who made comments like this. But not now.
‹ 19.6.01
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From London Just-Past-The-Weekend Television's listings:
Performance and CocktailsOur disco needs us ...Meg, Davo and Twom will be at Smollensky's (O2 centre, Finchley Road, West Hampstead, NW3) drinking cocktails between 7pm and 9pm tonight.
If you are in London and have a burning question/urge to meet us/desire to buy us Cosmopolitans, please feel free to show up and indulge yourself. We will not object.
You will recognise us.
[NB: This is not a blogmeet. We do this all the time, because we are friends]
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Joe informs me that New Zealand's "Weakest Link" presenter has been announced - journalist/actress Louise Wallace. Very odd.
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ickle.org: Sight slivers.
‹ 19.6.01
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After a fun night imbibing and bopping away to pop cheese on Friday, this is the sight that greeted me on Saturday morning:
Ugh. Not nice. Still, it did manage to hold off on Sunday during the Walk For Life - an enjoyable day out strolling around London (even though our group took a small shortcut, which was made up for in the travelling distance to the start point and home, methinks). Pics to follow soon.
‹ 19.6.01
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A quick reminder: The Crusaid Walk For Life is on this Sunday - it's for charidee, mate - and I'll be walking with the AOL people. Bad thing: Wearing naff "Powered by AOL" t-shirt. Good thing: They're giving £250 to the cause. If you want to sponsor me for any amount, then mail me and I'll grab the cash off you at some later point. Haithenkyew.
‹ 16.6.01
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"I like Monkeys. They are funny. I like Monkeys. Monkeys make me laugh. This page is about Monkeys and how I like Monkeys. Thank you To you. Welcome."
‹ 16.6.01
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Aunty Coxy played the best remix in the world ever this morning ... Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott's "Get Ur Freak On" undercut with an instrumental of George Michael's "Faith". Fantastic!
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ickle.org: De plane Boss ... de plane!
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Tom's Cult discuss The Hamster Principle with regard to the Big Brother Josh/Brian squabbles - interesting stuff. The Guardian op/ed piece linked to within is also worth a look.
‹ 15.6.01
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As Meg has attested, late-night shopping is a Good Thing™. After a complicated, frustrating day at work and a few beers, a spot of retail therapy cheered me up immensely. Especially when it was Madge's "Ray of Light" and especially when your bargain-hunting mates can find you a copy marked at £7. I'd forgotten how danceable this album actually is - William Orbit produced it to perfection and did a much better job than that dodgy French geezer on the latest offering I reckon.
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Robyn says it with flowers.
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In two weeks time, I'm turning 27. I'm not quite sure how I'm supposed to feel about that. Maybe you could help?
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Weakest Link hits the dance floors: You didn't think I'd forgotten about her, did you? All hail to the new queen of garage!
‹ 14.6.01
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ickle.org: Margarita flavoured hoof-and-sugar. Inspired.
‹ 14.6.01
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Psycho 'most thrilling film ever': The top ten of the American Film Institute's annual one hundred list make for strange bedfellows indeed. Despite this, they do force you to look at what exactly it is that makes a movie "thrilling". Psycho is thrilling for that scene alone; ditto Alien. The Birds is reasonably thrilling, avian stylee, in spite of what is possibly the worst ending in film history. And Rosemary's Baby? Well, that's thrilling for an entirely different reason ...
‹ 13.6.01
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Bush's Europe intinerary: "Although most Europeans speak a foreign language, many can be convinced to speak English if you're persistent and speak slowly and loudly. Especially loudly."
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"Could it be true? Is it possible to telepathically communicate with other species in peaceful cooperation upon the earth?
The wonderful, exciting answer is YES!"
‹ 12.6.01
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I'll say it slowly for the residents of Swansea: If .. you ... don't ... want ... to ... see ... it ... then ... don't ... buy ... a ... ticket.
‹ 12.6.01
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In a fascinating move by the BBC, Doctor Who is to be resurrected for a thirty minute, online only broadcast. I have good childhood memories of the Timelord in question (an after-school staple) so it will be interesting to see if these stand up to the test of time - the series were never in New Zealand in the 1990s, so my attachment currently stands at the level of "fond nostaglia". It will also be interesting to see whether the "radio" format itself will work (my suspicion is that it will).
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Distressing news: Automatic Media has ceased operations. Thus, two of the web's finest reads, Suck and Feed, have been handed an indefinite suspension, caused in part by their money-gobbling MetaFilter-knockoff kid brother Plastic. It's a sad sad day for quality content on the web. In fact, it's almost enough to inspire one to start a webzine of one's own.
[heads-up via blue ruin]
‹ 12.6.01
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Positive reviews for Madge's opening gig: "Astonshing as it may seem, she'll probably be even better by the time it reaches the UK. Breathtaking." Good enough for me!
‹ 11.6.01
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ickle.org: Pint-sized sheblogger.
‹ 11.6.01
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Random Wonder Woman links: while attempting to prove to Tom that there was such a thing as Lynda Carter in a full-length Wonder Woman underwater suit (see, I told you ... dear God, there's "camel toe" as well!), I came across the Wonder Woman lingerie set. I guess the Lasoo of Truth would come in handy for those late-night superhero(ine)-inspired bondage sessions ...
‹ 11.6.01
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Muchas gracias to all those kind folks who took time out to mail me about the new design. User testing has revealed that you'd actually like to see the main content without too much scrolling - who would've thought? ;) So, the top panels are a bit shorter now, allowing you to see more of my wibbling in all its glory.
‹ 10.6.01
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ickle.org: Flagellation. (this concludes Sex Week at ickle.org)
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Connecticut investigates phony movie critic:"Brainsluice comes up trumps with an explosive new design!" - David Manning
"We give this practice two thumbs down," [Connecticut State Attorney General] Blumenthal said Tuesday. "It could be deceptive and misleading advertising.""Yes, Columbia, there is a David Manning":
He exists as certainly as merchandising and box-office receipts exist, and you know that they abound and give you fancy cars and houses in the Hollywood Hills. He exists in such blurb-ready words as "mesmerizing" and "triumphant," and in the magical phrases "this year's 'Rocky'" and "a nonstop roller coaster ride."
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... and relax. New design in place! Comments welcome.
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And breathe in ...
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Want to give your movie that one extra positive blurb? Can't find any lackeys on hand to do it? Then make one up. Sounds familiar ...
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Interesting tube fact: if you hear an "Inspector Sands" being summoned to the control room, or to a specific platform, that's code for the presence of a suspect package in the station (overheard by a colleague at Victoria this morning).
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ickle.org: Short and curly.
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I am a veritable hive-of-industry right now. Stay tuned.
‹ 6.6.01
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Simon is nice. Simon is gay. Simon is a bloke. Simon is from New Zealand. Simon is a nice gay bloke from New Zealand. Simon used to run "St.Seb" but it vanished without a trace before Christmas. Now he's resurfaced and can be found running "malpractice". Welcome back, Kotter.
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"I'll have a Whopper with extra Elf and some One rings, please."
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Summer holidays, TVGoHome style. Brilliant.
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ickle.org: Oh ... yes! Oh ... God! (etc etc)
‹ 4.6.01
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Tom launches the most refreshing thing you'll read on the web this week: the Barbelith Webzine. Go and strengthen some neural connections at once.
‹ 4.6.01
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This little historical factoid greeted me several mornings ago over coffee ... pioneering New Zealand scientists deserve more recognition I say and what better way do it than on the back of a sugar packet? Sugar: it tastes good and it's educational too! Stay tuned for more of history's ground-breaking events over coming weeks ...
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ickle.org: Nicer hair than Anne Widdecombe.
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Yesterday evening took a pleasant twist when myself and a few others had the chance to take Ev and his partner Cami out for a pint or two and a bowl of noodles. I think we managed to thoroughly bemuse them both but by my reckoning we were only running at half our normal pace. Maybe a road-show around America is in order: come and watch the crazy people befuddle you for hours on end ... only five dollars a throw!
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From the neuroscience wires, Cocaine in the Membrane: "Bonci and colleagues discovered that cocaine changes the brain by apparently hijacking a normal learning process, known as long term potentiation (LTP)."
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