The US and the UK have announced that they have given up on trying to get a second UN resolution on Iraq. Bush is speaking to the US tonight. Blair has called an emergency Cabinet meeting. Robin Cook has resigned as Leader of the House of Commons. This is it people. War is imminent.
Free Money
Yesterday we were at a friend’s wedding. Someone organised a sweepstake on the combined length of the after-dinner speeches. It was £10 to enter so I took a chance. I didn’t get the time spot on, but I was one of two people who got closest to the actual time, so they split the prize… Continue reading Free Money
Angry Americans
Yesterday was a little wierd. I run a little project that produces simple scripts for people to use on their web pages. Things the send emails when you fill in a form, guestbooks, that kind of thing. Many webmasters that use these scritps are kind enough to include a link back to the project homepage… Continue reading Angry Americans
Eternal Flame
According to an article in today’s Guardian, the Bangles are back. And it’s not a second too soon as far as I’m concerned. I’m now going to have Going Down To Liverpool stuck in my head all day.
24 (update)
Yesterday I mentioned how the BBC had screwed up the transmission of Sunday’s episode of 24. I didn’t mention that I’d fired off a letter of complaint to various email addresses at the BBC, including the Radio Times. Last night I got an email from the RT thanking me for my letter and telling me… Continue reading 24 (update)
Dixonsvision
I’ve ranted before about shops who try to sell widescreen TVs by displaying 4:3 images stretched across a 16:9 screen. This has the effect that a large percentage of the population seem to think that widescreen TV is supposed to make people look fatter. Things may finally be changing tho’. Currently the Dixons store at… Continue reading Dixonsvision
24
I’m watching season 2 of 24 on BBC Three (don’t worry there are no spoilers here for people watching a week behind on BBC Two). They show it at 10:40pm on Sunday night, then afterwards they have a really lame program called Pure 24 where people with no lives discuss the current episode in great… Continue reading 24
Grammar
I go online sometimes, but everyone’s spelling is really bad. It’s… depressing. Tara – Buffy the Vampire Slayer I’m having one of my periodic phases when I get really wound up by the illiteracy that is so prevalent on the internet. Sometimes I find IRC incredibly painful. Grammar tip of the week: Remember, “install” and… Continue reading Grammar
Topiary
The Guardian covers the important issues as always. A woman’s relationship with her pubic hair is ever so complicated All of me
Onward Christian Soldiers (pt 2)
A few days ago I wrote something asking how George Bush and Tony Blair could reconcile going to war against Iraq with their christian beliefs. On Sunday, the Independent on Sunday asked similar (but more polite) questions to Tony Blair. his answers are interesting, but (to my mind) ultimately unconvincing.