The funniest part about the 'Clegg smacks the French' story is how every (British) outlet and news site is marvelling over the fact that he spoke to the man in French.

Way to play up to our national stereotype >|

Oh crudders. I think that LJ code update has broken LJLogin :(

Manual account switching, nooooo D:

(why do software rollouts always seem to end in fail?)

So, on the basis that anything containing dinosaurs at the least deserves a try, I've watched the first couple of episodes of that new show Terra Nova.

All I can really say about it is that shows like this are the reason fanfic was invented. I'm so disappointed - the premise, though ridiculous, is a pure dystopian sci-fi, post-civilisation ( Read more... )

Oh BBC. How have they decided to cover the story of the Occupy London protests today? Have they detailed the frustrations that have people out marching on the streets? Maybe they've done an analysis of how inflation is squeezing households? Or talked about the ever-increasing rate of unemployment, and the social problems that can cause ( Read more... )

Oh my god. No. Please no.

This place is such a fucking embarrassment.

Oh internet. The Fail is strong with you tonight.

Been watching the GOP debate on-and-off (as continuous watching risks brain haemorrhage). It's sad, really. They're all lining up to promise their American viewers that they're going to make it all better - going to make them rich and happy and fix all the problems of society.

Did our leaders do ( Read more... )

My city sucks in many ways, and one is the miserable lack of decent bookshops. We have two, plus a few second-hand ones, and of those two, one has a tiny, uninspiring politics section stuck in the most obscure corner, and the other doesn't even have a politics section ( Read more... )

Oh god, I missed David Starkey on Newsnight. This was probably a good thing. Being as I got through nearly two minutes of this clip before I had to close it and go and breathe into a paper bag for a bit.

So. Yeah. I didn't like him before, but he lost me completely when he started quoting Enoch Powell.

( When stressed or unhappy, look up pictures of cute baby animals )

Oh dear. Just read an otherwise-good fic that was ruined by a hideous, blatant Mary-Sue. Seriously, this isn't the nineties - do people still write these ( Read more... )

Ye gods. I just came across an ff.net profile that was forty three thousand words long. If that's what she does to her bio page, the mind boggles at what her blog must be like. Here, if you want to see the horror.

(every time I end up in the pit, I swear I'll never go back. and every time I forget. woe)