tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51105202011-10-26T02:04:29.545+01:00SusurrationRandom MurmuringsTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1149446280660363942006-06-04T19:35:00.000+01:002006-06-04T19:38:00.673+01:00HehFunny tagline from one of the users of a military forum:"How do you wage war on an abstract noun? It's rather like bombing murder."Made me smile anyway.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1146513479279582012006-05-01T20:24:00.000+01:002006-05-01T20:57:59.290+01:00The War TapesJust viewed the trailer for a new film called The War Tapes. From what i can tell it looks like it's going to be a very good movie.The premise is that ten guys from a US national guard unit were given tapes to record their tours of duty in Iraq. The many hours of footage was then edited down to film length by a team that includes the producer of The Fog Of War.Go watch the trailer Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1144523109738197712006-04-08T20:04:00.000+01:002006-05-25T14:50:33.460+01:00Guns. Lots of Guns.First i would like to say i would not fuck with this little girl and her thirty cal machine gun.Secondly, how do a bunch of folks from Oklahoma get their hands on what looks and sounds suspiciously like a Minigun?Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1142265141741883962006-03-13T15:51:00.000Z2006-03-13T15:52:21.753Z"Rods From God"Now this is a weapons system i would love to have control over. Fulfills all the criteria needed in my bond villain dreams.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1141725607867596642006-03-07T09:58:00.000Z2006-03-07T10:00:07.880ZParkourDamn, this guy just makes the rest of us look bad.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1141317463430406272006-03-02T16:09:00.000Z2006-03-02T16:37:43.443ZWho Armed Iraq?The meme that "we" armed Iraq is a beloved canard of anti war types because it supposedly shows up the wests hypocrisy. Evoking images of government backed arms dealers filling their boots even as the Tomahawks are being dusted off for their date with downtown Baghdad.Norm links to a piece written by Nick Cohen that raises the important fact that it was not the US and Britain that Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1140895292157404062006-02-25T19:19:00.000Z2006-02-25T19:21:32.166ZReturn Of The Big TrousersVia Sam i discover that MC Hammer has his own blog.How weird.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1139430678418755472006-02-08T20:27:00.000Z2006-02-08T20:43:07.356ZWhat A Find!After being reminded by Freedom for Egyptians and a hunt through his used newspapers Sam over at Rantings Of A Sand Monkey provides photographic evidence that the infamous Danish Cartoons of Doom were republished in an Egyptian newspaper last october.As he notes, it looks like the Egyptians are going to have to start boycotting themselves.Sam, i take my hat off to you.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1135371554071135672005-12-23T20:37:00.000Z2005-12-26T05:24:15.003ZPoetryBefore you get bored and click your back button i should hastily add that this post will not feature any of my own poetry. Even i'm not that self indulgent.Simon Jenkins in the Guardian today has a column about a project to get UK prisoners to act and write poetry. He reproduced a few of the more noteworthy ones. I'm not sure i agree totally with his comments but the poems are Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1135304339954623622005-12-23T02:15:00.000Z2005-12-23T02:18:59.963ZChavs: The DefenceLenin manages to provide one of the most unintentionally hilarious blog posts i've read.Thanks, Len, where would we be without you?P.S. Make sure you read the comments, almost as funny as the post itself.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1134743285231836132005-12-16T14:20:00.000Z2005-12-16T14:28:05.246ZCute OverloadTomodachi's heart is generally shrivelled and black. Yet when he sees a picture such as this:He cannot help but feel a little twinge of... something.Anyway it is without further comment that i present a most inspired idea for a blog:Cute OverloadTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1134265027543941582005-12-10T23:43:00.000Z2005-12-11T03:05:47.223ZNuclear PolicyI've been waiting for a while to use this image and now i have my chance.I've just read a letter in the observer. The origins of said letter can only be ascribed to its author hitting the crack pipe particularly hard one evening. It readsWhy does Blair want to build nuclear power stations? Because the American people hate nuclear power so much that the Bush administration cannot Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1132497861067159232005-11-20T14:29:00.000Z2005-11-20T14:44:21.080ZDo You Like Horses?A trivial update, but via the Army Rumour Service i have come across possibly the most bizaare and humourous MySpace account in existence. This guy seriously loves his horses, A brief excerpt from his bio:General: I want to get a Military support job in the ARMY And to save Horses from slaughter!!!!!!!!!!!! Horses rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Movies: I love Raceing Stripes Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1130265214577823742005-10-25T19:23:00.000+01:002005-10-26T15:06:10.946+01:00CoincidenceAny mathematicians out there want to tell me what the chances are that two people on my blogroll would independently go to the same ikea, on the same day, and then decide to blog about how hellish the experience was?How very odd.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1129662517288262502005-10-18T19:57:00.000+01:002005-10-19T01:29:04.663+01:00Blogroll AdditionsIt could be (charitably) said that my posting as of late has been sporadic at best. This doesn't mean i'm not out there wandering through the many halls that the blog world has to offer. I usually use my blog as my portal towards my usual blogs and then radiate out from there. I have noticed recently though that there are a number of blogs that i have been reading regularly Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1126806402125488632005-09-15T18:42:00.000+01:002005-09-16T12:44:06.620+01:00Propellor Haircut, Sir?Given the same experience i think my reaction would have been somewhat similarTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1126640802054203532005-09-13T20:28:00.000+01:002005-12-09T02:22:02.103ZLast Orders GentlemanJohn B over at Shot By Both Sides appears to have run up the shutters on his blog permanently:"Time to go. For all those of you who enjoyed arguing on SBBS, I'm glad you had fun...For those of you who lied, twisted, cheated and bullied until the least worst choice available to me was to close the site, congratulations. You've won. I hope it was worth it."I have no idea of theTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1126617812127316832005-09-13T13:50:00.000+01:002005-09-13T14:23:32.133+01:00Grauniad Makes ErrorI'm rather glad to see that i wasn't the only person who spent a goodly time on monday vainly searching the new format Guardian for my daily dose of Doonesbury. Indeed the decision to axe the cartoon has provoked such a deluge of complaints on the guardian blog that it has now been reinstated.The author of Doonesburys shortlived assassination, Ian "Clark County" Katz, has beenTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1125918972515747152005-09-05T12:10:00.000+01:002005-09-05T12:16:12.520+01:00Charlie, Meet ShahidPootergeek has been flexing his creativity again. What happens when a middle class dinner party in Crouch End gets an unexpected houseguest...LIZA: Who is it, darling?CHARLIE: He says his name is “Shaheed” and he’s come to blow us up.LIZA: How funky! Are you going to invite him in?Did i mention i used to live in Crouch End?Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1125849951680734632005-09-04T16:35:00.000+01:002005-09-04T17:05:51.686+01:00New Orleans FinestMuch has been made of the authorities decision to switch from search and rescue work to the restoration of law and order. This does of course beg the question, was this what the police department had in mind when they decided to focus on looting?Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1125836481018576352005-09-04T13:04:00.000+01:002005-09-04T13:21:21.023+01:00That's A Lot Of Buses..."I need reinforcements, I need troops, man. I need 500 buses, man. This is a national disaster." Mayor Nagin of New OrleansLooks like he forgot about these ones...currently rusting a mile away from the superdome. Junkyard blog has the full story.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1125594776222803002005-09-01T18:09:00.000+01:002005-09-01T18:42:04.883+01:00Live Blogging From New OrleansFor anybody interested in following the chaos that Katrina wrought in New Orleans i recommend this guy.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1124989155635287002005-08-25T16:17:00.000+01:002005-08-29T12:06:40.166+01:00Hamas (Un)veils Its Latest Unit... The Qassam Brigade in Gaza appears to have beaten all the other militants to the punch by unveiling their first all woman unit.I think it's probably likely that this is propaganda rather than an active unit but time will tell. It's hard not to appreciate the effort they've gone to in knocking up the camouflage Jilbabs though. What i find slightly strange is the Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1124817826927110562005-08-23T18:22:00.000+01:002005-08-23T18:23:46.933+01:00The Power Of Ones PreconceptionsIt's inevitable that a person will react to any external stimuli through the prism of their own existing preconceptions and prejudices. Thinking critically requires one to recognise and challenge this rather than simply choosing whatever sources confirm and reinforce these beliefs.Where this becomes complicated is with the interpretation of imagery in relation to Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1122593883536919202005-07-29T00:30:00.000+01:002005-07-29T00:41:55.676+01:00IntermissionWould you religious bastards stop trying to get in the way of my life. Your creed (no matter what it is) bores me. It bores me to the point where I would prefer you just kill each other quietly and not concern yourself with issues of state and politics.Here I was happily thinking that society was getting to the point where we didn't have to believe in imaginary friends when along you Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1114450118848235082005-04-25T18:08:00.000+01:002005-04-25T21:09:45.250+01:00Holidaying In The SandboxDespite this blog being in semi hibernation i still take the time to do a bit of wandering on the blogosphere.For the last week or so i've spent time absorbing the posts and photographs being produced by Jake Appelbaum over at It's Complicated. The intrepid Master Appelbaum is currently taking a holiday in sunny Iraq and documenting quite extensively all that he Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1114035015016982442005-04-20T23:07:00.000+01:002005-04-20T23:10:15.016+01:00Google Karma 5Strange one this. I'm number 2 if you want to google for "google karma".Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1111528844568326592005-03-22T22:00:00.000Z2005-03-22T22:00:44.570ZHits EtcI don't know why but in the last few days i've had a large amount of google hits from people searching for topics that i've blogged relating to weaponry and biblical zealots.Are the end times coming? If so please keep me informed, i'd need time to buy an absolution.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1111528698484815692005-03-22T21:55:00.000Z2005-03-22T21:58:18.486ZGoogle Karma 4Not really karma this one, just a little odd. Can anybody explain to me what the "bloody gloves of halidon" might be, or indeed how they got that way?Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1109275162490170002005-02-24T19:14:00.000Z2005-02-24T20:02:55.206ZNation BuildingThe internet is a marvellous invention. Where else would one be able to find legions of interesting programmes and quizzes with which to efficiently waste the time that should be spent preparing reports for the boss.It is in this spirit that i present a couple of games that should have you missing deadlines like a trooper.Up first is Nation States. I've been playing this for a Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1108996899606065492005-02-21T14:39:00.000Z2005-02-21T14:41:39.606ZGoogle Karma 3I'm number one if you want to look for "army blogs"I was surprised too.Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1106155623740336752005-01-19T16:32:00.000Z2005-01-20T11:32:17.410ZOddness On The Guardian Talkboards 2
Browsing the Guardian talkboards is an interesting spectator sport. The one key thing is to never ever let the temptation to start posting get the better of you.
So far i have resisted the urge but i found a few choice threads that i found amusing and thought i might share.
The first one concerns global warming and it's the usual ding dong between true Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1106151785101108202005-01-19T16:14:00.000Z2005-01-19T16:31:11.296ZClive James , You The Man
My buddy Falco over at Santos Nunca recently drew my attention to an article that Clive James wrote about Anti-Semitism. Having read it i realised that he made a very similar argument to some things i mentioned in my rant a while back. Although obviously his article is far more cogent than my effort.
I recommend you go take a look .
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1104945101262009052005-01-05T17:10:00.000Z2005-01-06T18:39:11.726ZWorst. Referee. Ever.
I was at United Vs Spurs last night with my brother and my Dad. My Brother supports United while me and Pops are Spurs men. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
We were sat in the East Stand behind the United goal when this happened. When the ball went over the line my brother moaned along with everybody else while i came close to dancing a jig (before i realised i was Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1103752859397823902004-12-22T21:46:00.000Z2004-12-23T01:41:51.620ZThe Art Of Fire Raising
Like many people at this time of year i'm currently visiting family and such like. One of the pleasures of this (aside from seeing said family) is being able to play with the fireplaces at my parents house and getting that nice cosy glow when a fire is happily roaring away.
I'm quite good at lighting fires as it goes. The cottage where i live has a big fireplace that is Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1103504986335975212004-12-20T01:56:00.000Z2004-12-20T01:12:01.890ZPosting And Rants
Well as promised in the last post i think for the next two weeks i think i might be able to resume a little more like normal service (whatever that is).
I've decided to post the rant that i did for my student rag. But first things first there are two things currently dominating my thinking:
1. Simon Hoggart you dirty dog. And as for Madame Quinn...
2. Ali of Iraq The Model, Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1102507399986641642004-12-08T11:51:00.000Z2004-12-08T12:03:19.986ZLack Of Posting
Once again i apologise for the lack of postage related stuff. I've been quite busy at the moment and because i don't have an internet connection at home i have to rely on the University Computing Service. The problem with this is that generally when i am in town during the week it's only for a few hours and i generally prefer to spend my time with friends when i'm not sorting Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1101924437447718692004-12-01T17:52:00.000Z2004-12-01T18:07:17.446ZThe Stench Of Death
Saw a funny thing the other day that got me thinking. I'd got a lift into town from a mate and we went by a different route to the one i normally take. Halfway there we passed the slaughterhouse where all the sheep and cows meet their creator. It being a slaughterhouse the smell was pretty bloody awful but strangely a family (perhaps the owners) actually live in the Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1101507784845926292004-11-26T22:01:00.000Z2004-11-26T22:23:04.846ZTired Tomodachi
Apologies for the lack of posting. I have had quite a busy week sorting things out and such like.
Anyway the twenty four hour thing turned out to be quite interesting. To be honest i was tired from when i woke up at about nine in the morning. Got down the bar at about eleven and met up with all the poor bastards that were either DJ'ing or being sponsored. Perked up after a Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1100859376367707792004-11-19T10:03:00.000Z2004-11-19T10:16:16.366Z24 Hour Party People
I seem to be posting a lot less these days but i'm not quite sure why. I guess a bit of political fatigue might have set in but who knows. That and the fact that i have lots of other stuff that i have to do, student life isn't all non-stop parties and stuff.
Having said that tonight in my union is a twenty four hour DJ event in which some people (including the dj's) are Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1100459591565759232004-11-14T18:56:00.000Z2004-11-14T19:13:11.566ZFatwa
Susurration has decided to issue a global Fatwa on journalistic hyperbole. We understand that journalists across the world use hyperbole in their writing to give themselves and their issues more prominence. Sometimes though a line is crossed and someone has to shout "enough".
Having said this we also recognise that a worldwide Fatwa targeting journalists is impractical and unlikely to Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1100275523440823872004-11-12T15:47:00.000Z2004-11-12T19:21:41.203ZI Know I Really Shouldn't...
But i've been browsing some of the Indymedia sites. The Portland one is the funniest, they have a reputation for being the most whacked out lunatics of an already lunatic fringe.
Anyway came across this little gem that deserves reproduction:
"Arafat Death Announce Delayed to Cover Up Falluja Deaths
author: Crazy Cakes
Arafat actually died before the Falluja Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1100269786862262582004-11-12T14:24:00.000Z2004-11-12T14:29:46.863ZHeart OF Darkness
Watched the film of Heart Of Darkness last night. I didn't know it existed until i saw it by chance in my local video store and rented it out. Turned out to be a well thought out production with some very atmospheric cinematography. Besides you can't argue with Tim Roth as Marlow and John Malcovich as Kurtz can you?
Incidentally the first time i read heart of darkness was Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1100259549162301322004-11-12T11:04:00.000Z2004-11-12T11:39:45.103ZAn Interesting Website
Operation Truth
(By Way Of A Candle In The Dark)
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1100019295138278842004-11-09T16:37:00.000Z2004-11-09T16:56:05.646ZGood News: PC Healthy
My new PC has finally been a bit cooperative. Following thursdays problems all the useful helpers plus one more turned up on sunday to make the final push. We spent a few hours debating what the problem could be and trying out a few things until we realised that the only component that could be faulty was the CPU. It being my luck probably to get the one in a thousand Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1099674684588651362004-11-05T17:09:00.000Z2004-11-05T17:11:24.586ZGoogle Karma 2
I'm number 2 if you want to search for "Epic Sentences" on Spanish Google
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1099673777006594552004-11-05T16:46:00.000Z2004-11-05T17:12:57.910ZBlogger Is Annoying And I have A New PC
I know the title isn't very witty but i don't have time for wit at the moment. First of all apologies for the lack of posts but blogger has been refusing to let me log on for the last few days so there was nothing i could do about it. This has meant that a few interesting posts i was going to write have departed from my brain by way of a terrible memory.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1099066809952448342004-10-29T17:14:00.000+01:002004-10-29T17:21:33.673+01:00Voices Of Iraq
By way of No Pain No Gain i come across this remarkable film project.
Here's the low down courtesy of the producers of the film:
"The producers of Voices of Iraq distributed over 150 DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS across the entire country to enable everyday people - mothers, children, teachers, sheiks and even insurgents - to document their lives and their hopes amidst the upheaval of aTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1099057143609093812004-10-29T14:33:00.000+01:002004-10-29T14:43:16.346+01:00Oddness On The Guardian talkboards
I sometimes read the Guardian talkboards and am of course prepared to encounter a few lunatics and idiots but this guys starting contribution to a thread really annoyed me. Quoth the Man:
"I'm an American, and I support the Iraqi insurgency.
I offer this support with no illusions about the brutality of segments of the insurgency."
When challenged as to what Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1098980372176315382004-10-28T17:11:00.000+01:002004-10-29T11:46:39.686+01:00The Most Interesting Site On The Web
A while ago i linked to an essay written by a guy called Matthew White. As i discovered, this essay was the tip of the iceberg as far as this guys writings go. So after a long time perusing his site i have decided to give him permanent linkage status down on the sites section of my sidebar.
As the title says if you have an interest in current affairs and Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1098887521582616632004-10-27T15:17:00.000+01:002004-10-27T16:55:03.790+01:00John Peel And A Party
I don't normally write very much about what goes on in my everyday life but i might as well today because i sincerely have nothing political to say at the moment.
Suffice to say the weekend went well. I say it went well, i was cold and soaked to the skin for forty eight hours but thems the breaks. I'm currently staying in halls because my house is being renovovated. This Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1098384697342428232004-10-21T19:45:00.001+01:002004-10-21T19:51:37.356+01:00Mind Bending
Quick post before i leave.
Try playing this little game. Very freaky and i would love it if somebody could explain to me how it works.
(By Way Of Normblog)
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1098383777240207692004-10-21T19:24:00.000+01:002004-10-21T19:37:35.826+01:00Computer Shenanigans And Weekend Hiatus
It looks like I've finally sorted out buying all the parts for my new PC. In the week or so i have had to deal with them i have come up with the perfect slogan for overclockers.co.uk:
"Great Prices, Shite Service"
That aside i can't wait to get the parts and build the thing. I splashed out on a 17 inch flat monitor because i hate small screens. Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1098095473010976752004-10-18T11:13:00.000+01:002004-10-18T12:31:02.866+01:00Bookage
Tomodachi has been a bit ill with the cold/flu recently but that doesn't mean he has ceased to be productive. A day lying in bed reading meant i got to finish this book by a Lebanese guy called Amin Maalouf. Mr Maalouf has also written another book entitled "In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong", which i feel the need to purchase.
Suffice to say the book makes Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1097869104373962442004-10-15T20:36:00.000+01:002004-10-15T20:38:24.373+01:00Linkage
A General Theory Of Rubbish has earned itself a permament link here thanks to this remarkable tirade.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1097846504541210632004-10-15T13:28:00.000+01:002004-10-15T21:04:08.423+01:00The War On Terror
I was going to post about this today anyway but the topic has been bought a little bit more in focus by this article in the Grauniad which, albeit obliquely, treads on similar ground to that which i will be discussing.
The article itself discusses a programme due to be broadcast that will delve into the myths and contentions that lie at the heart of the case for the war on Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1097766226792866942004-10-14T16:02:00.000+01:002004-10-14T16:10:02.656+01:00Hahahahaha
Bill "Factor" O'Reilly from Fox has landed in the shit.
I really hope it's all true.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1097585031488162702004-10-12T13:35:00.000+01:002004-10-14T16:17:52.263+01:00"The Hemoclysm"
Came across an interesting short essay by a guy called Matthew White, entitled "30 Worst Atrocities Of The 20th Century". The author puts across the interesting contention that the horrific events of the twentieth will possibly be seen as one continuous event, which he dubs 'The Hemoclysm'. rather than perhaps us thinking of it in stages; first world war, second world war, etc.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1097583260902545932004-10-12T13:11:00.000+01:002004-10-12T13:14:20.903+01:00Bush And Blair Love Song
At the moment i seem to be only posting links to videos and stuff rather than strident opinion, but who knows, maybe i'm finding a niche.
Anyway came across this cleverly edited love song between Bush and Blair and thought you might want to take a look. It's pretty funny no matter what your political persuasion.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1097502736305146422004-10-11T14:49:00.000+01:002004-10-11T14:53:34.083+01:00Google Karma
Pootergeek may have very good Google Karma, but i'll have you know i'm number two if you want to search for "what are the concept of dramatic irony in its use to realise the theme of fatalism".
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1097173518340633282004-10-07T19:24:00.000+01:002004-10-08T13:31:31.526+01:00No Posting This Weekend
As the title says, this blog will be hibernating for a few days. I'm going away for the weekend.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096980666813982652004-10-05T13:47:00.000+01:002004-10-08T13:28:48.853+01:00"Throw The Jew Down The Well"
I think this has already been broadcast in the UK but i didn't get to see it because i don't have TV.
Anyway on the same site i got the clip in the post below i came across Borat's Guide to Hunting, which depicts just how crazy some people can be regarding animals and Jews. Although i get the feeling the guy Borat's talking to wouldn't distinguish between the two.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096980399590403122004-10-05T13:39:00.000+01:002004-10-05T13:46:39.590+01:00Palestinian Use Of UN Ambulances
On my travels through the net i come across this video which appears to show Palestinian 'militants' (or whatever you want to call them) using a UN ambulance to transport weaponry.
This is something the Israeli's have been complaining about a lot but never with any concrete proof. Well this appears to clinch it.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096886330431935032004-10-04T11:36:00.000+01:002004-10-04T11:38:50.430+01:00Thinking Of Taking Your Nation To War?
Well you better take the test first.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096559952862396862004-09-30T16:43:00.000+01:002004-09-30T17:15:39.800+01:00Depleted Uranium
Been a bit quiet in the last few days because i've been helping my buddy Falco over at Santos Nunca research stuff about Depleted Uranium. Hopefully he'll finish his article soon so that i can direct you to go over there and check it out. Consider this a prelude to his piece.
Anyway on my travels i came across some interesting videos on the DU subject (huzzah, more videos). TheTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096472254252200812004-09-29T16:34:00.001+01:002004-09-29T16:37:34.253+01:00Fantastic...
...Some bespectacled geek has solved one of the most vexing questions of our time.
Who would win in a scrap between the Star Wars Empire and the Star Trek Federation?
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096463675407867842004-09-29T14:07:00.000+01:002004-09-29T16:19:53.570+01:00A Lot Of Madness Around Today
Hot on the heels of my last post i come across this open letter to the Arab world (by way of Shot By Both Sides and Crooked Timber).
The letter is insane and hate filled enough but what really made me laugh out loud was one of the paranoid comments that followed it. Here's an excerpt:
"You are not alone, brother. After 9/11 I woke up and started building up my ownTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096462885386543842004-09-29T13:55:00.000+01:002004-09-29T14:15:46.203+01:00Educated Europeans?
By way of Laban Tall (who found it here) i come across this rejection letter from a British company to an Israeli woman who had applied for a job.
Shocking but unsurprising is really my only two cents to add to the matter. It may or may not be coincidence that yesterday i was having a conversation with acquaintances down at the union yesterday in which Israel was demonised Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096304939502628392004-09-27T17:37:00.000+01:002004-09-28T12:24:10.823+01:00Anti-Semitic Poet Writes About Dead Academic
A friend of mine doesn't read the Guardian Saturday review section because "It's just writers writing about other writers". Fair enough maybe but it does contain Saturday's Doonesbury strip so i always read it. Anyway i came across this piece that had me metaphorically spluttering into my cornflakes.
We are presented with a long article commemoratingTomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096111867919723222004-09-25T13:24:00.000+01:002004-09-25T12:32:07.953+01:00Arabic Update
Yesterday was the start of term so i went out in the evening to observe the freshers. It's always amusing to see them drink too much and fall over and last night was no exception.
Anyway more pertinently i went and saw the director of my MA course, a very nice man as it turns out. After talking to him about the course and modules and so forth i mentioned to him that i was Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1096029641311787592004-09-24T13:21:00.000+01:002004-09-24T13:42:01.676+01:00More Videos
Another video i came across on my travels on the net is this one entitled Afghan Massacre: The Convoy Of Death, a documentary by Jamie Doran
It alleges that a large number of Taliban prisoners taken just before the uprising at Mazar e Sharif were subsequently murdered by Northern Alliance troops while US special forces looked on.
I'm not really going to comment on the authenticity Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095936697489137932004-09-23T11:34:00.000+01:002004-09-30T11:10:37.066+01:00Indiscriminate Attack?
By way of Iraq Blog Count i come across this video.
For those without fast connections it shows a bomb attack on a group of people in Fallujah from the viewpoint of either a US warplanes bombsight. The exchange goes as follows...
"I got numerous individuals on the road, you want me to take those out?"
Without a pause the response comes from his controller
"Take them Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095852937018139182004-09-22T13:28:00.000+01:002004-09-22T12:35:37.020+01:00Tomodachi Goes Language Hunting
I like to think of myself as a generally quite cultured kind of person. I can play an instrument, i read a lot, i listen to radio 4 and enjoy it (apart from the archers).
Where i perhaps let myself down is my disturbing monolingualism. I can speak a bit of GCSE German but that's about it. Thusfar i have been saved by the fact that English is rapidly becoming the Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095852483776430352004-09-22T13:00:00.000+01:002004-09-22T12:28:03.776+01:00Indigenous Versus Foreign Poor
While searching through the archives over at Harry's Place i came across this particular post regarding the homeless. My point isn't so much this particular incident but more generally our feelings for our own indigenous poor vs those in the less developed nations. I don't know whether it's just my own particular prism or not but it seems to me that in terms of Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095849952114985052004-09-22T11:18:00.000+01:002004-09-22T11:46:58.170+01:00Media Bias?
This comes partly in response to Falco's discussion of Ann "Convert them to Christianity" Coulter's persistent demonisation of 'The Liberal press'.
Ann Coulter makes it a central part of her act that there is a liberal media orthodoxy that suppresses and contains anything unpalatable to the liberal agenda. I am quite sure that Ann would be horrified to learn that in this regard she Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095764599943655942004-09-21T11:49:00.000+01:002004-09-21T12:04:19.596+01:00Ladies And Gentleman, The Rattle Has Exited The Pram
Taking my cue from the circle of Hell i'm going to be banished to i might as well do something to deserve it.
Well i appear to have started my first Meme. My post on the personality disorder quiz was picked up by the obsessive-compulsive proffesor. Subsequently it replicated itself here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Net Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095762543785449062004-09-21T11:26:00.000+01:002004-09-21T11:29:03.786+01:00Commentary
I notice that Harry has reopened comments over at his place.
In a month hence i imagine they will be closed again.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095530001102328532004-09-18T18:47:00.000+01:002004-09-19T01:09:25.683+01:00Yay, A Quiz 2
My attention was drawn to this quiz at the same site...
The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Fifth Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)Very LowLevel 2 (Lustful)Very HighLevel 3 (Gluttonous)HighLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Very HighLevel 5 (Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095430842209685552004-09-17T15:18:00.000+01:002004-09-17T15:24:03.806+01:00Yay, A Quiz
Found this quiz and couldn't resist it. I guess it also reassures you, dear reader, that my Nutter Quotient is boringly low.
DisorderRatingParanoid:LowSchizoid:LowSchizotypal:LowAntisocial:LowBorderline:LowHistrionic:LowNarcissistic:LowAvoidant:LowDependent:LowObsessive-Compulsive:Low
-- Personality Disorder Test - Take It! --
Ho hum.
I guess i should put the tinfoil away now.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095336785675706362004-09-16T13:08:00.001+01:002004-09-16T13:13:38.483+01:00Linkage
By way of Laban Tall i come across this photoblog.
Imagine my surprise when i notice that this humble soapbox is already among the links on the sidebar. My first blind link (huzzar). I shall of course return the favour.
Go check it out
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095333303848787072004-09-16T13:08:00.000+01:002004-09-16T12:15:03.846+01:00Hmm
Typically as soon as i say that i'm back onto full blogging i start posting less. Ah well.
Now that i'm living out of town my access to the net is dictated by when i'm able to get into town and onto the Uni computers.
However i've just found out that the tiny village where i now live is broad band enabled (hurrah), while the town won't be enabled until next summer (schadenfreude hurrah).Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095250031077635182004-09-15T13:01:00.000+01:002004-09-15T13:07:11.076+01:00This Is Childish But...
...I can't resist blogging about it.
By way of The Guardian i learn that the Communications director of Al Jazeera is called Jihad Ballout.
Must not...no can't hold it...
snigger, smirk.
Incidentally my Aunt used to teach two brothers called Mark Hiscock and Paul Hiscock.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1095074862940715652004-09-13T13:22:00.000+01:002004-09-13T12:28:39.520+01:00Chinese Deliveries
Plastic has posted bemoaning the lack of Chinese takeaways that deliver. Apparently he has never known a Chinese takeaway that delivers.
I can give him one example of such a phenomenon. I was staying at a friends house in the valleys, about twenty minutes away from Cardiff. Where she lived there were about three that delivered.
I guess one of the owners must have thought of Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094912714190710932004-09-11T15:23:00.000+01:002004-09-11T15:25:45.916+01:00Light Blogging?
Well technically i'm lightblogging, but seeing as i seem to be writing far more than i normally do at the moment it seems silly to keep that status.
Accordingly it is my pleasure to inform you that the good ship Susurration is now sailing again at full speed.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094912604334247112004-09-11T15:17:00.000+01:002004-09-11T15:23:24.336+01:00Army Blogs 5
As noted previously the excellent My War is back up.
Back up is kind of the wrong word, but close enough. Although the author is not posting any more personal experiences some of the archives are back and it is being updated with other non-personal stuff.
A few good articles about the status of milblogs can be found on My War here and here.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094904162370814702004-09-11T13:55:00.000+01:002004-09-11T13:02:42.370+01:00Stop This Madness (Or Something Like That)
Hot on the heels of me describing the Good Professor as the Obi-Wan Kenobi of his blogging political persuasion, Eric the Unread has now eulogised him as a "sagely and kindly Gandalf".
I'm not denying the accuracy of the description but we must stop soon or he's going to get a really big head. He's a professor, he can't afford it to get any bigger.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094902439431756802004-09-11T13:02:00.000+01:002004-09-16T13:29:17.546+01:00On Terrorism (Vom Terrorismus) 2
For clarity please read this post first
I promised to inflict a good definition of terrorism on you once i found my copy of this book. Well i found it under the seat of my housemates car so i guess i can do it now.
I'm what can be described as a word fan. I like words and playing with them and so forth. Hence the name of this site. I chose it because it was a Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094900437792329032004-09-11T11:52:00.000+01:002004-09-11T12:01:53.266+01:00Hate Site's 2
I meant to blog about this but haven't got round to it until now.
A while ago i pointed out to Harry and his bunch of merry men that their site was, according to the Derbyshire county library system, a hate site. They made their response here.
It would now appear that through a bit of correspondence the problem has been resolved.
I find it funny that my library visit and it's Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094888071065131662004-09-11T08:34:00.000+01:002004-09-11T12:01:31.740+01:00US Election 2008: Bush vs Christ
Mad magazine (by way of Atrios) has been looking into the future and has come up with the Bush administrations campaign strategy should the Second Coming occur.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094814106539061412004-09-10T11:23:00.000+01:002004-09-11T12:51:51.230+01:00On Terrorism (Vom Terrorismus)
Laban Tall has already picked up on this article in The Guardian and made a number of good points. Luckily for me he didn't attack it from the angle i intend to.
Catherine Bennett quotes the UK 1976 Prevention Of Terrorism Act's definition of terrorism. Her intention of course is to describe violent animal rights types as terrorists but that's not what i'm Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094811760104112512004-09-10T11:17:00.000+01:002004-09-10T11:22:40.103+01:00Bombers On Pills?
Interesting news does come from the most unlikely places.
According to Popbitch, there is a trend for suicide bombers' handlers to supply them with Ecstasy pills to encourage them to go through with the terrible deed. Obviously i can't confirm the veracity of this but it is an intriguing development.
I can't think of a way to link to this so i'll just reproduce it here
>> Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094746949732196522004-09-09T17:05:00.000+01:002004-09-11T08:28:01.856+01:00Smashing Pumpkins: An Argument
I've recently been listening to the Smashing Pumpkins on my minidisc player. It brings back a lot of 'soundtrack of my life' type moments. Particularly Siamese Dream which was first released when i was in my early teens.
I have always been of the opinion that Siamese Dream was a perfect album and that after that everything went a bit tits up. Rampant drug Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094736813100165862004-09-09T14:07:00.000+01:002004-09-09T17:23:18.576+01:00100 Posts And A List
Well, i've reached the hundredth post milestone, a short step compared to some but for me significant. I've also gone about a month of continual updates (hurrah).
To celebrate i present you with my top ten list of do's and don'ts of blogging...
1. Don't post pissed. Fairly obvious one to start with. No matter how funny the post is it won't be when you read it sober. This Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094726107744312422004-09-09T11:32:00.000+01:002004-09-09T11:35:07.746+01:00Nasa
Falco has a very perceptive theory on the failure of the Genesis capsule
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094725929363501022004-09-09T11:27:00.000+01:002004-09-09T11:32:09.363+01:00Moving...
Yes, i'm still light blogging and there is as i have explained a very good reason for that.
The big push vis a vis moving into the new place was a nightmare. After the first carload my new housemate realised that his car (Citreon, the kind that come with ready pimped suspension) was pissing hydraulic fluid and that the brakes could fail. Luckily a litre of fluid that we put in Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094578761817968292004-09-07T18:37:00.000+01:002004-09-07T18:39:21.816+01:00Army Blogs 4
It appears that my presumption of My War's demise was a little hasty.
Admittedly the archives are gone but he appears to be up and posting.
Check it out.
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094561124593484392004-09-07T13:47:00.000+01:002004-09-07T13:47:51.586+01:00Conservative?
Laban Tall has questioned my description of his site as conservative. While i have just earned a permanent link at his place (cheers) it doesn't stop me from clarifying this.
He knocks a hole in his argument when after questioning his conservative status he then says
"What on earth is there about Britain in 2004 which is worth conserving, apart from the countryside ? The few Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094557463921672442004-09-07T13:43:00.000+01:002004-09-07T12:46:46.083+01:00Moving House
Well it's still light blogging around here but it might be even more light for a while. Yes folks i'm moving house so i might be a bit busy for a few days.
Added to this my new place is going to be a bit out of town away from the beloved University Computing Service (all hail).
Looks like i'll have to get used to the bad old days of a 56k connection...
Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094495840741338202004-09-06T19:33:00.000+01:002004-09-06T19:37:46.573+01:00Fun With Personality Tests
By way of Eric The Unread, i came across this BBC test thingy.
Apparently i am a Strategist
"Strategists are quiet people who like to get to the heart of tough problems on their own and come up with innovative solutions. They analyse situations with a sceptical eye and develop ways of measuring everything, including themselves.
Strategists are the group most likely Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110520.post-1094316013040100692004-09-04T17:28:00.000+01:002004-09-06T18:59:19.043+01:00Han Solo?
Despite my semi 'away' status i couldn't help noticing that Pootergeek has pronounced himself the Han Solo of Pro-war bloggers alongside the Obi-Wan Kenobi that i identified.
He may have "the finely sculpted body of a gay icon", but it'll take more than that to fill those mighty boots.
If we're going to stretch the anology to breaking point i demand to be recognised as the Boba Fett Tomodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920691365897968840noreply@blogger.com0