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Guess MY theory
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Dick and Dom’s “Ask The Family”
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One of Private Eye’s more sanctimonious regular features is “Dumb Britain” – a record of stupid answers given by quiz contestants on telly/radio. Not withstanding the fact that Family Fortunes has been providing such wonders f[…]

Biggest Star Wars fan loves ep 3
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“Look, this is a movie I was genetically predisposed to love” says Kevin Smith. At no point does he say “It’s daaaaaarrk, innit”[…]

Blind (candi) Date
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Not a questionable dig at any partially-sighted/blind prospective MP, but a rubbish (perhaps badly-advised) pun-based observation of the church-hall meeting I’ve just been to. The four main candidates in our Ward attended a meeting that was mea[…]

“Dylan loved by many politicians” shock
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Ever since the “What’s on George Bush’s iPod” story a week or so ago, various papers have carried out mini surveys of other politicians and their musical predilections. This harks back to earlier stories you may recall from ar[…]

Poptimism Jumps on the Bandwagon
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…or variations thereof (“It’s not racist to only like indie – but pop is better”) could appear on the back of the flyer for the next Poptimism. But “variations thereof” are also popping up all over the web (n[…]

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Worst diet ever
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Worst diet ever
I can only blame this on hormones or something. I’ve been eating reasonably healthily (more healthily than YOU i bet), but last night, something in my brain chemistry flipped and i had the following to eat:
Bobby’s Salt&#0[…]

Television’s Favourite Search Engine
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Television’s Favourite Search Engine
search-wise.net – as seen on Dr Who, and Footballer$ Wives. “set up for clearance purposes so that it can be used in film and TV productions”. Bah, and I thought the logo was some deliberat[…]

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THE FT TOP 25 ANIMALS – 5: WolsOwls
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The internet is a wonderful thing. Type “Owls” and click “I’m feeling lucky” on Google* and you WILL get Owlpages.com – pretty much everything you need to know about owls. Links to “Owlcams” and lots of[…]

I have never been to a Dr Who Convention, BUT…
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I have never been to a Dr Who Convention, BUT…
It’s time I told you that I once attended something affectionately called an “Olympiad”. In my own head this is much, much less sad than a (say the word while spitting) “con[…]

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