MRDA’s Crowning Music of Animé #6: ‘Heart of Madness’ by Kodomo Band (From Hokuto no Ken: The Movie): Give me my life! Give me my energy!

Some Great Anti-Democracy Quotes: Because democracy is gang rape in theory.

MRDA’s Crowning Music of Animé #7: ‘Light It Up’ and ‘Show Must Go On’ by Anthem (from Devilman: The Birth): “Okay--open the door and ( Read more... )

I’m sure there’s more to say, but, for now, this shall suffice....

Reading about Andy Nowicki's Considering Suicide on the Hoover Hog intrigued me; having embraced the cold, uncaring void as the reality underlying existence, I found myself fascinated by the chance to stare the fucker in the face from a different vantage point: a perspective that ( Read more... )

Did I hear Miss Liberty, Shami Chakrabati, vehemently support "hate speech" legislation?

Runs counter to her general stance on free speech, does it not?

Especially as her "Paki shop" example shows her as more than capable of wielding free speech against those who'd use it in a derogatory fashion.

Still, I like the smackdown she laid on Geoff ( Read more... )

It really does amaze me how changing job roles at work makes all the difference to one's outlook on the place ( Read more... )

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A rather expansive little interview with the late Christopher Hyatt, author of Undoing Yourself With Energized Meditation, To Lie Is Human and The Psychopath's Bible; all of which, at the very least, come off as jaggedly interesting reading, if you're at all into in self-transformation/ self-overcoming/ amoralist autonomy and the ilk ( Read more... )

"Absolutely disgusting! The court decision seems as clear an indicator ( Read more... )

Wow - so 2008 has arrived and not a flying hovercar in sight?

Futuristic 80s sci-fi - meet the Trade Descriptions Act! My childhood naivete has been sorely betrayed!

Never mind - on with the post...

In relation to what I said in the last entry concerning "more gritty, less pity", I still think about expanding the scope of this journal/blog/ ( Read more... )

A bit late but, whilst leafing through last week's News of the World, I came across a story that pretty much baffled and disgusted me; two football (or soccer, for all those west of the Atlantic) players filming themselves spit-roasting a young fan in a hotel toilet ( Read more... )

Relaxing after a (not-so) hard day's work yesterday, I thought to myself, This pop culture malarkey's all a bit fucking silly ain't it ( Read more... )