Too late for tears
June 27, 2007
Infrequent “Quote of the Day” #16
June 11, 2007
“Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the former.”
Albert Einstein
More:
- Albert Einstein Online (westegg.com)
“Nearly everything related to Einstein on the web.”
Furball
May 17, 2007
As today is apparently “Ascension Day” it seems appropriate to commemorate the life (and death) of the Nazerine with this picture of the plate that currently illuminates my kitchen wall:
Depicting, as it does, “The Life of Christ in Cats”, this beautiful, 19cm diameter masterpiece of the plate makers art always makes me smile and, occasionally, even strikes me as being almost reverentially spiritual (in a Serrano “Piss Christ” sort of way).
Definitely the best thing Viz magazine ever produced.
Can you kill someone with crystals?
May 10, 2007
The second half of a 15-minute segment from the BBC TV program “The Bullshit Detective” that exposes so-called “crystal healing”.
More:
- “The Bullshit Detective: Crystal Healing Part 1” (youtube.com)
- Penn and Teller “Bullshit” (youtube.com)
A great selection of extracts from P & T’s fraud and stupidity exposing series.
This is the truth
April 12, 2007
Despite having “a new found faith in Christianity” (generally the kiss of death to any kind of creativity), Peter Howson, “Scotland’s greatest living painter” ™ has now managed to produce a triumvirate of highly pleasing paintings of my favourite celebrity idiot and orphan botherer, the graceless Madonna. As can be seen from the extract above, also featuring her equally boorish husband (referred to here by Howson as ‘Ogre’), he has succinctly and expertly captured the repulsive allure of the “golden couple”.
More:
- “Madonna has bad brush with artist” (timesonline.co.uk)
- Peter Howson Official Website (peterhowson.net)
- “Howson slams ‘conveyor belt’ artists” (scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com)
- Flowers East Gallery, London (flowerseast.com)
Features images of all paintings in the collection “Acheron and other works”.
Previously:
Historical note: “Scotland’s greatest living painter” was actually born in England.
As if it mattered
April 4, 2007
“Brits will on average be enjoying over 3.5 eggs each over the Easter weekend alone. But over a quarter don’t know why handing them out symbolises the birth of Jesus…”
Somerfield Supermarket press release
More:
- “Store gets egg on its face over Christ’s Easter ‘birth’” (timesonline.co.uk)
We are fam-i-lee
February 19, 2007
“You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something.
Nowadays everybody’s crazy.”
Charles Manson
Image source: Nick Bougas (unpopart.org)
More:
- No, please, no more.
Obedience
January 27, 2007
“Strip-Searched by Her Boss: Inside a bizarre and disturbing hoax.“
An 11-minute video extract from ABC News 20/20 program.
More:
- Rita Cosby Live & Direct 5th June, 2006 Transcript (msnbc.msn.com)
- “The Human Behaviour Experiments” (PDF: prisonexp.org)
It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid
December 24, 2006
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Delivery
December 20, 2006
I have absolutely no idea who or what a “Lindsay Lohan” is (and no interest in finding out) but this recent quote from her brought a ray of sunshine into my life:
“So . . . 3 hours of pole dancing and bruised. everywhere . . . I mean we’re talkin’ like, UPPER AND INNER THIGH ACTION-bruised . . . like a walking black-and-blue mark.
“I mean really though, really, I didn’t know it was actually possible to have bruises in such areas of the body. Strippers dude, I tell you, I really respect the cunts now“.
More:
- “Pole pulverises Lohan thighs” (nypost.com)
