Archive for November, 2007

Engla, err Wales, Land of Sensibility

Friday, November 30th, 2007

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 [...]

Jeremy Clarkson, The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

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 [...]

Wacky College Kids

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

This video of wacky college kids playing Quidditch looks just like my son’s tenth birthday party. Although the ten year olds were smart enough to lose the brooms. The kids used bean bags as blodgers and an untied balloon released at random during the game as a snitch. If a seeker caught the balloon before [...]

Public Use

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

I am passionate about public domain. It is going away. It is being eroded by our bought out Congress who are constantly giving away extensions of copyright and trademark terms without getting anything for the public back in return. They are betraying us in favor those who give them campaign contributions, understandable, but ultimately unacceptable [...]

I Hope This Is A Clever Hoax

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

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.

Front Gate at Jamestown Fort

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Front Gate at Jamestown Fort Originally uploaded by Tancread Went to Jamestown this weekend and really enjoyed it. The last time I remember going the theory of the day was the the original fort was under the river now. In 1994 they found the fort (on land mostly) and have been digging daily there ever [...]