Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people pretending they are the centre of the universe isn't Like-worthy — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. I can now omit vowels and apostrophes with impunity.
Lollipop lite
· 337 words (sucks up about 2 mins)The Sweet sang about one. They appeared in the Olympic closing ceremony. But what’s so special about wearing a luminous coat and glaring at motorists?
Mission Impossible confusion
· 327 words (sucks up about 2 mins)Does life imitate art, or art imitate life? Next year seems like a golden opportunity to merge the two.
Budgetary musings
· 184 words (wastes less than a minute)The economy is booming rah rah. Aren’t we great rah rah. Tax the rich mumble mumble. Do you want fries with that?
Crimelight
· 552 words (laps up about 3 mins)Never ones to shy away from wasting money on contractors, the latest stunt by the elected representatives of the city is a planning triumph.
Destination truth
· 329 words (devours about 2 mins)Anyone not yet convinced that the mainstream media is a puppet show with a soundbite agenda: look no further.
Obama Bin Laden
· 772 words (kills about 4 mins)Do the stories of Osama and Obama share more than just 80% of the letters in their names?
Stop recycling at the back
· 105 words (devours less than a minute)Councils have a duty to cut land fill waste, right? And to encourage people to do so in their homes, right? Perhaps not…
Count me out
[3 comments] · 1122 words (devours about 5 mins)The 2011 census form is available online. That means I can pay it the usual amount of attention that crap software requires: next next next next next next Finish.
