27/05/2011

Take it all





Who's never made the mistake of talking all pro-social 'til the tax bill comes in?

I have no idea whether Adele has previously professed any political leanings one way or another. Maybe she's a Tory! It happens.

More worthy of public outcry I feel (almost) : since when did 'mortified' mean 'outraged' rather than acutely embarrassed?







(or dead)


The Guardian feels the need to add/change a couple of words to adapt the quote to print, but nothing on this. Can one say "sic" for lexical rather than syntactic/orthographic error? I'm now curious.

Harold Camping



I feel pretty happy




just that he's around, to share with us.




You always used to hear about those 'End of the World is Nigh' street preachers in old Monty Python sketches, but I'd never seen one in real life.

Now I still haven't, but I've seen enough on TV to really believe that it's more than just one guy on a soap box in Hyde Park.

And for that I'm glad.



07/05/2011

OK, I'm pretty sure everyone I know voted Yes, so...

*moment of realisation that my circle of acquaintances is not representative of the electorate*

05/05/2011

CGPGrey explains life








I think my only question after this is: Who is this American guy, and how is he teaching me so much I didn't know about Britain?

Best of AV Explanatory Vids

I'm not doing ANYTHING useful. I may as well blog.



Most complete:

The Jungle Kingdom analogy







Most real-life:

The coffee/beer analogy






Most background info:

The sensible video with pictures of ballot papers and stuff






Cutest:

Is your cat just sitting around dazed and confused?