OK, Go...!

I'd never seen this before, although obviously many other people have, but I think it's brilliant. OK Go on the treadmills.

9/11 Remembered

I'd just like to go on record saying that I thought the daytime coverage by ITN news of the September 11th anniversary was stunning. In no way was it sensationalist, in no way did they revel in gory details, in no way did they gleefully overuse words like "carnage" and "massacre" and in no way did they flippantly cover the aftermath in the style of the Day Today. I thought their glorious close-ups of grieving children waving aloft pictures of lost parents was wonderfully subtle and not at all exploitative, and their interviews with family members did not patronise a single sole.

In short, bravo to our broadcaster of choice for a sensitive, balanced and entirely appropriate news item. It is nice to know that we can rely on your entirely professional broadcasts no matter what the news story, and at the same time be thankful that you will never explore a single subject that we, the audience, may find confusing or goes against the status-quo.

You're a credit to your profession.

Top 25 stories ignored by the media in the past year

Taken directly from BoingBoing.net
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Each year, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 socially significant news stories of social significance said to have been missed, underreported or self-censored by mainstream press in the US. Here are some of this year's picks:

#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
#2 Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
#3 Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
#4 Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
#5 High-Tech Genocide in Congo
#6 Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
# 7 US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq
#8 Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
#9 The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
#10 Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians

Here's the complete list, and here's the details on each.

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Missing

update: FOUND!

Came home. All is forgiven...

Plug

Have you been to the Watch With Mothers review blog recently...?
It's really rather good.

Thank you, by the way, to all the people (3! Fuck me, I'm a hit aren't I) who posted comments on the functionality and viewability of the blog. Cheeers, nice to know it's viewable.

Also, there's some new photos up at Day of the Dave.

New Design

I've made a few minor changes to the design, or rather template choice, of this blog and its sister site Day of the Dave. I've checked it with Internet Explorer and Firefox and, frankly, it looks weird and different on both. If you, my loyal 7 readers, could let me know how it looks to you, via the comments page, then that'd be great.

Right now I have a combination of either tiny links, no background, huge font size and no imagination. If you have any of those problems, none of those problems or a whole new bunch of problems then let me know.

The normal programming of angry ranting, bad theory and an over inflated sense of my own self importance will resume shortly.

Thank you.

Crocodile Tears

As quoted on the Showroomers blog:

"how could one stingray pierce so many hearts?"

Steve Irwin. RIP.

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currently listening to: Bachelorette - Bjork

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Thanks alot Fox News!

They've always hated me... and now they've exposed my alter-ego; a middle aged father of 1 who lives in sub tropical climes. This picture was taken from my audition tape as a William Shatner lookalike. I'm actually a spy who works directly for Karl Rove.

By the way, my latest novel is out - you may want to pick it up. It's about Joseph Stalin and his attempt to stage a broadway musical in order to boost his favour within the continental USA. Needless to say, it was a huge flop.

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currently listening to: X,Y & Z - PWEI

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