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So insufferably precious
Posted on July 23, 2010 | 2 CommentsPrecious – the movie that had champagne socialists all gooey in 2009 – finally found its way to my DVD drive the other night. It was disappointing. -
It’s a Unicorn
Posted on June 18, 2010 | 1 CommentWhat is that? It's a unicorn. Never seen one up close before. Beautiful. Get away, get away. I'm sorry. -
I so miss them
Posted on May 31, 2010 | No CommentsMan, how I miss Richard Pryor and George Carlin. -
A True and Accurate Account of Some Things I Have Been Watching Lately
Posted on May 15, 2010 | No CommentsA brief rundown of shows currently or recently airing around the world. Probably a few minimal spoilers. -
Seal Said it Best
Posted on May 2, 2010 | No CommentsPenny Arcade, sweetness, and clinical depression. -
Quadraspazzed on a Lifeglug
Posted on April 7, 2010 | No CommentsThe trailer for Four Lions, debut feature film from Chris Morris. -
Panopticon
Posted on March 21, 2010 | 2 CommentsI basically assume that I am under constant surveillance. I don't mean that any agency or entity has any particular interest in watching me - my narcissism doesn't quite reach that degree. -
An Interview with Danny Yount
Posted on March 12, 2010 | No CommentsAn interview with Danny Yount, title-sequence ninja responsible for some of the most awesome of title sequences. -
A Special Introduction to a Special Introduction
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsBecause I get weird compulsions sometimes, I have gone through Ray Comfort's "Special Introduction" to the free copies of Darwin's "Origin of Species" that are being distributed for free by evangelical Christian groups on university campuses around the world. -
Lying for Jesus
Posted on March 10, 2010 | No CommentsFree-book receiver beware: that free copy of Origin of Species is practically a Chick tract. -
Stemming the Tide of HIV
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsI’m becoming rather attached to these 6pm news-style pun titles. I don’t want to bore you with details I clearly understand very well and much better than you do, but here is the abstract of this research article. These clever folk at UCLA have done-it-in-mice... -
Take your pick
Posted on March 5, 2010 | No CommentsThere’s an ad for TVNZ OnDemand at the moment that goes something like this: “On your deathbed, what kind of life do you want to remember? How about one where you’re surrounded by beautiful people, everyone listens to what you have to say, and you’re... -
Must have an irony deficiency
Posted on February 28, 2010 | No CommentsIn an old Looney Tunes cartoon, Daffy Duck, playing a sheriff, holds a gun to a crim’s face who proceeds to bite the gun in half. “Must not have had his iron today,” Daffy says. He pronounced iron EYE-run. That always made me laugh. So... -
RAW Thoughts
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsHere is a nice Robert Anton Wilson quote. -
Beckless Endangerment
Posted on February 19, 2010 | No CommentsSeriously? "Beckless Endangerment"? Is that the best I could come up with? -
Vegetarianism Kills Planet! (…but not really…)
Posted on February 14, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe mispresentation of vegetarianism: a case study in the spread of fallacy. -
Live Action Role Protesting
Posted on February 13, 2010 | No CommentsWhatever you're doing right now, is it really more fascinating than Palestinian and Israeli human-rights protesters dressed up like characters from Avatar having tear gas fired at them? I didn't think so. -
We don’t really know
Posted on February 13, 2010 | No CommentsLast Sunday at around 6pm I was sitting in a fish and chip shop in Tairua waiting for my order. It was humid and everyone in the place was wilting. A few flies buzzed around. The late day sun was pouring in through the front... -
Help Mira
Posted on February 5, 2010 | No CommentsThis may only be read by RSS feeders (love you), but if you’re in Auckland, you might want to check out the Mira Reil fundraiser charity auction at the Northern Steamship this coming Tuesday. Mira’s 22 and has been diagnosed with a particularly nasty fucker... -
A series of events
Posted on February 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsTo begin with, let me explain that I am looking after a baby bird.
