A couple of weeks back, I saw Shrek 2 with the Anonymous Economist and the Clandestine Celt—not only do they not want to be named in my 'Blog, they want their romance to be kept secret too :-O —and afterwards said to them that it was the kinkiest, campest mainstream cartoon I'd seen in ages. […]
Read MoreThis one is mainly aimed at my American posse. Shouts out to you all, brothers and sisters. This piece in The Telegraph [probably requires free registration] begins as typical Sunday supplement filler, with some random musings on the significance of Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart's choosing to taking a “vacation” in the English countryside. Later, […]
Read MoreI'm having problems sending out email from my main email account. Apologies if any of you are not getting messages from me or getting multiple copies of the same message from multiple sources. NTL claims to be working on the problem.
Read MoreThis week, Anthony Cox mentioned another view of Saddam's big head-to-head and Mick Hartley put forward another theory about the England football team's. What do they have in common? Scissors, paper, and stone.
Read MoreSonya sent me two articles today about cancer care and kooks, one from the British Medical Journal and one from the BBC.
Read MoreThe Anonymous Economist drew my attention to this one in the New York Times this morning. You can draw your own conclusions about which group of organizations it damns most completely.
Read MoreHere's something to do after you've spent time on your scales. I blame The Darkness.
Read MoreDid I mention that I am the subject of the normblog profile today? [If you are new here, you might want to scroll down to 8Jul04, the last bit of real 'Blogging. I don't do that any more, now I'm a superstar. Popular recent posts include “On The Beneficial Effects Of Tea…“, “Decree Absolute“, and […]
Read MoreI don't usually post pictures of myself in this 'Blog (apart from the passport-sized thing over there ->), but I am being interviewed at Normy's place today so it's ego time! [click for full-size] My friend Leasey took the photo last month in Eat in Cambridge. Eat is an excellent sandwich bar—with flattering lighting. I'd […]
Read MoreSince I can't think of anything worth 'Blogging and Norm's post will guarantee PooterGeek hundreds of hits without my lifting a finger, here is a gratuitous picture of Nigella Lawson. Scott Burgess wasted energy writing something interesting to justify the one on his 'Blog this week. For balance, here's one of George Clooney. George and […]
Read MoreGoogle exemplifies many of the best things about the Web. It even catalogues and copies the best things about the Web—and the worst things too. Its founders are self-mocking academics with a brilliantly simple idea, who hire hordes of PhD graduates to keep refining that idea in a never-ending race against nutters of every kind: […]
Read MoreThis week the west bank of the Thames was witness to yet another of the Blogosphere's attempted character assassinations. It is believed that the revered leader of the Humafis group, the blind cleric Sheik Mohammed Blunkett, was intended to be the victim of what the government of Blogland admits is an official policy to stop […]
Read More…because I'm busy. This morning Adam sent me a link to an interesting interview with a very interesting man in Ha'aretz.
Read MoreTonight in Brighton, A3 Music, purveyors of this fine album, will be staging another showcase for their artistes. One of the acts will feature two hardened old music business pros on piano and drums respectively and a geek on vocals. Happy am I to be growing old at a time when The Young People are […]
Read MoreHi. Tony here. My friend and colleague Damian has kindly let me onto his Interblog to say a few words to you, our allies and friends in America, on this special day. [Blokey twist of head. Adjusts tie. About-to-tell-joke half-smile.] Y'know, it seems only yesterday that I was practising the chords of Steppenwolf's “Born To […]
Read MoreMy dad introduced me to G. She came to Tamworth from Manchester. If you've grown up in the Midlands it's tempting, but wrong, to see southern types as inherently more sophisticated. She might have suffered from dyslexia, but she was so much cleverer and kinder than her snooty rivals that it was hard not to […]
Read MoreBefore I start, people of the 'Blogosphere, could we have some snappier names for your 'Blogs, please? There is a thoughtful and thought-provoking recent post at God Save The Queen. If you haven't already, you should enjoy this amusing and surreal Colin Powell story at What You Can Get Away With. Meet Mia in Hong […]
Read MoreYesterday, my old PooterGeek pages were attacked by comment spammers. That brought down all of my Websites and probably some other peoples' too. I'm very, very sorry. As for the scum responsible: we're on your case. Get your beards trimmed ready for your court appearances. Things are slowly being fixed here. In the meantime I […]
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