Ever been guilt-tripped by a compliment? The current example resurfaced this afternoon in a semi-social setting I'd been actively trying to avoid for the latter half of the week ( Read more... )

...and less.

How are we supposed to enjoy taking the piss out of Scientology if lousy stinkin' lawyers are going to pull stunts like this?http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/09/massive-takedown-anti-scientology-videos-youtubeRead more... )

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Paul Michelman clearly skipped those pages of the instruction manuals which showed him how to work the OFF buttons ( Read more... )

...eggs and bakey!

Here's Primal Scream, with "Can't Go Back":

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Not one, but two decent posts on academics_anon. Good for different reasons (not least because they both ended up touching upon specific areas of longstanding interest), they provided some welcome diversions during conference note write-up sessions.

*Touches hat in gratitude.*

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Edit: Held over from last week, SC Magazine's ( Read more... )

This:

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...you spend ten minutes on the 'phone to someone explaining why a Doctor Who Christmas special* in which the Doc turns out to be Cartaphilus might not only prove to be an excellent way of properly introducing Russell Davies' latest God-awful piece of miscasting (version 3.0), but also simultaneously piss everyone off, and rescue the programme from ( Read more... )