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Friday 30 April 2010

Cat Stevens - pre-sale

Yusuf Islam, the artist previously known as Cat Stevens, is playing in Australia. I just got an email advertising pre-sale of tickets, and clicked through to see prices.


$200+ !?! I love your work, Yusuf, but for that I'll stay home and play your old stuff.

Still, if anyone else is interested, here's the link.

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Muppets FTW! Webby Awards

The Muppet version of Bohemian Rhapsody has been nominated for a Webby for Best Viral Video. While I was checking that out, I came across a bunch of other ones that made me smile.

So here are some Muppet videos, for your amusement:

ELTON JOHN "CROCODILE ROCK"



"The Muppet Show" Intro



Kokomo by The Muppets



Original Muppets mana mana song



The Muppet Show - Yakkety Yak



Bohemian Rhapsody




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Tuesday 27 April 2010

It's startling to realise how much you rely on fingers...

These hideous images brought to you by my raging dermatitis, which includes a lot of swelling and cracked skin (right down to raw bits). It ain't pretty, and it ain't fun.





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Thursday 22 April 2010

Rudyard Kipling Interviews Mark Twain

How extraordinary. Two of my first and best literary crushes, in conversation. If anyone wants me, I'll be re-reading Just-So and Connecticut Yankee. 
  
Rudyard Kipling Interviews Mark Twain
This article originally appeared as a Library of America Story of the Week feature. An Interview with Mark Twain Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) From "The Mark...
 


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Monday 19 April 2010

Can't Sleep, Clown'll Eat Me




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Yay! Happy Birthday! We hired this creepy-arse Evil Clown ...to scare the SHIT out of you!!

From Metro.co.uk:

Evil Clown Dominic Deville hired for stalking, threats and a pie in the face



Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes.

He posts notes warning children they are being watched, telling them they will be attacked.

But Deville is not an escaped lunatic or some demonic monster.

He is a birthday treat, hired by mum and dad, and the ‘attack’ involves being splatted in the face with a cake.

‘The child feels more and more that it is being pursued,’ said Deville.

‘The clown’s one and only aim is to smash a cake into the face of his victim, when they least expect it, during the course of seven days.’

If the boy or girl manages to avoid the ‘hit’, they are given the cake as a birthday present. Well, that’s alright then.

The frightening fun can be stopped at any time, which is handy for parents who have second thoughts and don’t fancy the cost of child therapy.

Deville said: ‘The clown will never break into a residence or show up at work. ‘It’s all in fun and if, at any point, the kids get scared or their parents are concerned, we stop right there.

‘But most kids absolutely love being scared senseless.’

Deville set up his Evil Clown service in Lucerne, Switzerland, after being inspired by some of his favourite horror films – possibly including Stephen King’s It and Killer Klowns From Outer Space.

The idea is unlikely to be popular with sufferers of coulrophobia – the irrational (irrational?) fear of clowns.

But Stephen Vaughan of Clowns International, said scary clowns could be as funny as their red-nosed counterparts. ‘I think what Dominic is doing is a great idea,’ he added.

‘Bringing a little bit of life and laughter into kids’ lives is what we are all about.’

Yeah. Ha, ha. Good one.


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Thursday 15 April 2010

Glenn Beck seeks public's advice on cover of new novel

Oh, dear God. Story below from Guardian.co.uk.
[Beck] described the novel as "a story of America in a time much like today where the people are confused", where the government is in crisis and a citizens' group called Founders Keepers is on the ascendant, leading to "a battle and a civil war, and life is upside-down planetwide".

Guess who'll be shouting, "don't blame me, it was a METAPHOR!!", come Insanity Day?

Glenn Beck seeks public's advice on cover of new novel

Fox News's right-wing pundit asks fans to vote on cover for apocalyptic political thriller, The Overton Window.

Fox News host Glenn Beck is asking for reader input on the cover of his forthcoming Ayn Rand-esque novel about an embattled America.

The apocalyptic political thriller, The Overton Window, is out in June from Simon & Schuster's conservative US imprint Threshold, which also publishes Karl Rove and Lynne Cheney. Threshold is home to a range of Beck's previous writing, including Arguing with Idiots ("It happens to all of us: You're minding your own business, when some idiot informs you that guns are evil, the Prius will save the planet, or the rich have to finally start paying their fair share of taxes") and his previous novel The Christmas Sweater, about a boy who learns a tough lesson when he's given a handmade jumper for Christmas.

Beck revealed details about his new book late last month to an Orlando rally of 8,000 followers, reported the Philadelphia Daily News. He described the novel as "a story of America in a time much like today where the people are confused", where the government is in crisis and a citizens' group called Founders Keepers is on the ascendant, leading to "a battle and a civil war, and life is upside-down planetwide".

The right wing presenter, whose influence over America's book charts is huge, today asked readers to vote on which cover the novel should be given, ranging from the Statue of Liberty with what appears to be a gun in her hand, to a Colossus of Rhodes-esque statue towering over the New York skyline.

Beck has taken the title of his book from a political concept of how extreme ideas can become mainstream. Gawker was unimpressed. "Glenn Beck naming his Ayn Rand (another radical fringe lunatic who's been successfully made mainstream over the last 40 years) rip-off novel after the political science theory that made his success possible is just a lovely thought, isn't it?" said the website.

Monday 5 April 2010

[AUSTRIA] poor little rich boy

From WEIRDNUZ.M156 (News of the Weird, April 4, 2010)
© 2010 by Chuck Shepherd. All rights reserved.
Questionable Judgments

* A recent epiphany caused millionaire Austrian businessman Karl Rabeder, 47, to be depressed about his wealth, and by February, he was in the process of giving it away--an estate worth the equivalent of about $5 million. Two luxury properties are for sale, with proceeds going to charities he established in Central and South America, and he plans to move into a small hut in Innsbruck.

"Money is counterproductive," he told a reporter.  "I had the feeling I was working as a slave for things that I did not wish or need."

(According to London's Daily Telegraph, Rabeder's wife was with him at the time of the epiphany, but the story curiously is silent about her view of his decision.) [Daily Telegraph (London), 2-8-10]

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Sunday 4 April 2010

What the hell is wrong with me?

I can't stop crying, and I can't figure out why. It's not even really crying for the most part, it's just ... leaking. I'm not upset ABOUT anything, I just keep bursting into tears.

And I want a cigarette. It's been 9 weeks, if I go back now it's permanent. But fuck me, I want one.

Saturday 3 April 2010

How to let go











Youi (@youi_insurance): better customer service rep screening required

Youi recommends Windscreen cover - just in case marauding African pre-teens hit the streets with hand tools. Apparently.

I decided to investigate Youi as an alternative to RACQ, now that I'm not working. 20 minutes on the phone, bingo, 50% off the RACQ cover.

Towards the end of the call, the consultant is offering me additional cover for my windscreen. He cheerfully explains that this will only cost me another ~ $1.50 per month, and that the cover includes all the car's windows, "so you're totally covered, whether it's a passing truck that's flicked up a rock, hail damage, or a little black kid with a hammer."

Sorry... or a what? You did NOT just say "black kid with hammer". Surely not.
so you're totally covered, whether it's a passing truck that's flicked up a rock, hail damage, or a little black kid with a hammer.

OMG. You totally did. You actually said that out loud.

I must have made some sort of noise, because he carried on with his spiel while I sat there with my mouth open, this little voice in my head going, "y'can't say THAT!"

I was going to ring someone, to say WTF?!?, but there's no head office number listed. So Youi, if your cyber-presence is up to it, please have a word with your dickhead employees.

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