Changing of the cow
They now have a new cow outside the art gallery. If they’re going to move them around that makes my job so much harder.
Monthly archives: July 2004
Single to manchester
Well, if you’ve been reading all about my adventures cycling along the Rochdale canal, then i can safely say i’ve managed to moblog. That’s number 40 off the list. The suggestion box is open for new challenges.
One thing i should have checked before i set out- Rochdale Canal extends beyond rochdale itself, going on to Halifax. Damn those wacky industrial revolutionaries and their naming conventions!
Next time i may go all the way to halifax (do canals have sources the way rivers do?) but, if this means i’ve kicked my cycling funk, i’ll probably try the ship canal adventure next week.
If i’m going to carry on moblogging I ought to find out what the data tariff is on my contract.
Onwards or back?
Well, i’ve made it to lock 46 and Littleborough. The question is, should i continue?
K have pondered this and i believe i should. I’ll catch a train back to manchester at the next station.
I still wish i could send pictures, it’s lovely out here.
Lock 53
Or 52, i’m not sure. It’s a shame i haven’t mastered sending pictures to the site from the phone, or i could show you the lovely new lock they’ve built here.
Never mind, i’ll take a picture and post it later.
I guess that lock 1 is in rochdale Itself, so i still have a fair way to go. I’ll turn around somewhere in the forties i reckon.
What Barbie wants
There was the picture of the parrot perching somewhere special, but now I can one up that with a picture Warren Ellis has posted- Penis Fairy Barbie. Exactly as un-worksafe as you could imagine.
That's not porn….
Moderate naughtiness.
This is the voice of the Mysterons.We know that you can hear us Earthmen.
Gerry Anderson has completed the first 2 episodes of the long rumored Captain Scarlet CGI series and has released a trailer and short interview. It’s described as the best CG work ever done for TV but if you’ve seen the Dan Dare show on Five you’ll realise that’s not saying much. With Gerry in control (unlike the Thunderbirds movie) there’s a chance of this working but I haven’t quite managed to wipe Space Precinct from my memory. I want this too be good but every modern prequel, sequel and remake of a show or movie I liked as a kid has turned out to be a disappointment (my ‘issues’ with George Lucas have been posted here more than once).
S.I.G.
Moblog?
This is a test of blogging by e-mail from my mobile. Did it work?
I'm not a number… I'm a free sheep…
Apparently, sheep have now learned how to cross cattle grids, by rolling across them.
Nothing to do with the prisoner at all really.
Just a reminder…
(Hint, hint)
Consider it a shopping list
The nine most violent video games on the market.
GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY- PC, PS2
THE GETAWAY- PS2
HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN- PS2– XBox– PC
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE II: DOUBLE HELIX- PC, XBox
MAX PAYNE 2: FALL OF MAX PAYNE- PC, PS2, XBox
ROADKILL- PS2
HOOLIGANS: STORM OVER EUROPE- PC
POSTAL 2: APOCALYPSE WEEKEND- PC
I wouldn’t argue that these games shouldn’t be sold- Vice City is brilliant and the original Max Payne was good, if a little linear- but I detect a screwed up double standard when Amazon UK will sell these but refuses to stock House of Bush, House of Saud.
Photo Friday
This week’s theme is sunset.
Don’t forget to check out the mobile and PC wallpapers in the shop
Redirect
I’d like to thank the Beeb for this report, which doesn’t give a link to this site. Thus many people are typing “vague paranoia” or “HM department of vague paranoia” into Google and finding yours truly, leading to Spinneyhead’s biggest day ever.
Which is nice.
Chemically altered Prez
Wubble U is being given anti-depressants to control his increasingly erratic mood swings. Of course, if he was ever caught on camera having an episode it probably wouldn’t make it onto the TV.
One long-time GOP political consultant who � for obvious reasons � asked not to be identified said he is advising his Republican Congressional candidates to keep their distance from Bush.
�We have to face the very real possibility that the President of the United States is loony tunes,� he says sadly. �That�s not good for my candidates, it�s not good for the party and it�s certainly not good for the country.�
Who is the best cult scientist?
Well it is your choice. BBC’s cult pages are search for a decision of the top scientists, although some of the choices may not be what you think.
It's not paranoia if they are looking for you
It’s strange what generates traffic. Today I’ve been getting oodles of hits for variations on “hm department of vague paranoia”, as used in the title of this post on Tuesday. Either I’ve tapped into a strange little bit of the zeitgeist, or lots of people are trying to find this site but haven’t been given very good directions.
Right a bit
Next week is National Orgasm Week. Enter the competition to win a weekend away and �200 worth of toys. If you could just see your way clear to save a vibrator for my experiments…..
And guys, don’t be ashamed to admit when you’re lost.
via Fleshbot
Of course, all of this nonsense would be illegal in Alabama.
Park Life
Yahoo presents Dating in the Park. I need two single male co-conspirators to enter for a place on one of these picnics. Volunteers?
Ride like a pro, take EPO
David Millar was British cycling’s great hope post Boardman, until getting arrested in a doping investigation earlier this year. Having come clean, he’s hoping for leniency in an upcoming tribunal and confessing all to a Times interview.
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
Councils are usually crap about cleaning up art on walls, unless they gave permission for it to be there in the first place.