Yesterday I found out that the British National Party are going to be contesting the seat held by our local Labour MP Mark Fisher.

This will not do.It disturbs me that the area I live seems to have such a growing number of BNP supporters - they managed to win 9 seats on the local council at the last local election. Between this and the fact that ( Read more... )

This is something I've been meaning to write up for some time. I'm finally getting round to it now because I'm (a) down with the sickness right now (damn flu!) and (b) at something of a loose end while I craft things in Fallen Earth. So I might as well use the time productively.

( The long, long story is behind this cut... )

It's local election time here soon, and this morning we got the British National Party's "vote for us!" flyer in the mail. Here's a few choice quotes from it, complete with my... translation/rebuttal/snarking:

( There isn't a single white person on the flyer )

UK government comes one step closer to legalising slavery, Daily Mail readers rejoiceMost of you should be very used to my views on this sort of thing by now, so I'll spare you most of the frothing-at-the-mouth ranting and raving about this ( Read more... )

Why, oh why, did I think that Virgin Media (formerly known as NTHell) would actually get something right for once ( Read more... )

So, for a few days now Nick has been having problems with his eyes which we assumed were hay fever related - not a big stretch seeing as he was sneezing non-stop as well, and it's that time of year. His eyes were incredibly itchy, and try as he might he just couldn't stop rubbing them. Clarityn also did nothing for him (although it did stop the ( Read more... )

Nick hasn't been paid yet. Due to Nick's workplace being so busy with preparations for the launch of their new Big Thing next week, Nick doesn't feel it's right to pester then over when he will be paid ( Read more... )

Ok ( Read more... )

(I'm sure you can all guess what I'm talking about here)

One man's Seventh Seal is another man's Plan 9 From Outer Space.

That same man's Plan 9... is another man's New York Ripper.

And that man's New York Ripper is another man's Nostril PickerDeciding 'artistic merit' is always going to be one of the most subjective things a person will ever do ( Read more... )

I started writing a big long post on this topic (connected, of course, to the great clusterfuck that has been going on with journals and communities round here over the last couple of days), but it got too long (and I've been a little ill) so I saved it with the intention of continuing tomorrow ( Read more... )