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Abercrombie & Fitch have offended West Virginia by releasing a T shirt all about the state’s favourite pastime.
Monthly archives: March 2004
A year has gone by
27th of March 2003. Somebody else’s rant about the Sun, Banksy, a bankrupt brothel, two rants about the war and Johnny found someone talking sense about the Middle East.
So your an artist?
So you think you are an abstract artist? Have a go, if you think your good enough.
Rebel Dad
Chronicling the stay-at-home dad revolution. I’d be a stay at home dad if the opportunity arose. (Freudian slip- I put arouse at the end of that sentence initially. It is an important step toward being a dad of any kind, I guess.)
Money, money, money
Payment News, today’s specialist blog.
Moooos
I’ve been working on the wackier of my CowParade proposals all day. I don’t know what the rules are on displaying the designs before the results have been announced, so I won’t. But I can say that I need to go away and make ‘Welcome to Cow Town’ sign in Illustrator now.
The diet to end them all
Picking your nose and eating it is a great way to stay healthy. I feel queasy.
via Phillip Coons
Stock
In the continued effort to spread the good word about Spinneyhead, I’ve signed up to istockphoto. I’ll start uploading high res copies of some pictures and see if I can’t make some money off it as well.
Irony?
That’s the only thing I can think when I hear that the Hamiltons, probably the least sexy couple in the world, are to open the Erotica festival in Manchester this weekend.
The official Erotica site, which is disappointingly work safe.
Yoga is as Yoga Does
A brief overview of Elvis’ spiritual awakening, aided by ‘swami’ Larry Geller.
He was driving with Geller when he saw a cloud: �That�s Josef Stalin�s face up there. Why Stalin, of all people?� Then he cried: �It�s God!�, tears streaming down his face. �The face of Stalin turned right into the face of Jesus, and he smiled at me.�
Beginning of the end
The BBC has launched a writing competition where participants contribute the final quarter of a short story started by a famous author. Must download the stories as soon as they become available.
And finally…..
I haven’t listened to Mark and Lard for ages, but it’s their last Radio 1 show this afternoon and it isn’t one of the archived shows for later listening, so I’m going to have to listen to it live, via streaming audio of course.
Photo Friday
This week’s subject is Neglect. There are lots of abandoned and decrepit structures around Manchester. I chose these shots of a piece of ornate stonework, formerly surrounding a door, now lying on the edge of a car park.
Click on the thumbnails for the full picture.
Don’t forget to vote for me as last week’s noteworthy entry and remember that desktop and mobile phone wallpapers featuring some of my photos can be bought from the shop.
Faint Praise
The CNN review of Jersey Girl. Personally I’d rather have a flawed Kevin Smith film than any number of other romcoms. And he’s the only director who can get anything approaching a decent job out of Ben Affleck. (And J-Lo dies really early on.)
Archive
As promised earlier today, old editions of Cycling on the Pavement have moved to the Archive. I’ve also put The Eliza Effect there and will be stocking it up with other short stories over time. The index page is very minimalist at the moment, but that’ll change as well. Monthly subscriptions are available right now. 6 Monthly and Annual ones should be up tomorrow.
Boy meets Girl
Sabs and Penny think I should try speed dating. Maybe, but I’m terribly shy and I’ve always thought I don’t make a great first impression. I am getting better at passing snap judgements, at least, thanks to the lady grading in the pub.
Two wheels good
A cyclist went on a rampage and punctured over 1,700 car tyres.
“He said he resented the inconsiderate manner of motorists. He had been nearly knocked off his bike by one and had been splashed by a vehicle driving through a puddle.”
And that was just on the way to court.
Top 50
Another lists thing, this time 50 things you must see, do or eat before you die. I was quite excited to see that Whitehaven has the best beach in the world. At least, I was until I found out they meant a different Whitehaven.