To those who come here searching for “the rise & fall of ruby woo” torrents. You can sample most of the music on the album at their website and mySpace page. I understand wanting to listen to an artist before you buy and support that, but if you are just looking to steal their music [...]

Ok, I do have some sympathy for the descendants of Admiral Byng, but not much really. They have put a petition to Parliment to ‘restore his honor’, but not pardon him. They say
It has been a long time … but if we were moved by the families of World War One, which was a long [...]

This limited edition soda from Dr Pepper is liquid yak barf. That is all.

Scotland after curing cancer, defeating poverty, abolishing alcohol abuse and ending the sectarian disputes between Celtic and Rangers fans moved one step closer to perfection by producing a draft document of government guidelines for cat ownership, the Draft Cat Welfare Code of Practice. Wait? What about man’s best friend? Don’t sob, Scotland the nearly perfect [...]

So I got sent this by some of the Europeans at work. This is of course exactly what they think all Americans are like. I don’t mind, it make me look good.

So I was reading Tony Long’s complaints about holiday excess in Wired and I had to pause and ask myself “Self, why don’t you hate Christmas?”

Two great stories out of Wales today. In the first Llandudno’s finest bust a children’s chorus at the shopping mall for drowning out the sound of the tills. Thats some mighty fine policing there Lou.
In the second an Irishman was convicted and received a jail sentence for racial harassment for calling a Welsh woman English. [...]

By far the most visited post on the site is Jeremy Clarkson Hates America, Who? Should We Care?. When I look at how people turn up on the site searches for ‘Jeremy Clarks Sucks’, ‘Jeremy Clarkson is a dick’ and ‘why does jeremy clarkson hate america so’ are always in the search part of my [...]

I hope this is just a clever because if it isn’t I swear I have lost all hope for mankind. Santas in Australia have been told to say ‘Ha ha ha’ instead of ‘Ho ho ho’ as it may be offensive to women. Alien overlords come take over, we have hit bottom.

I don’t hate copyrights but it is my belief that they are they are being abused beyond all recognition of what copyright was originally supposed to be about. Here is a good editorial from the Guardian on the topic.