Pink Eggs and Spam

The monkey explained that he’d quite like a hat
That was pink with the texture of jelly
With tentacles made of that slippery stuff
And a wobbly, see-through belly.
“A jellyfish hat is what you require!”
I said as I measured his head.
“I would wear it with pride!” the monkey replied
So I took out my needle and thread.

- From The Tail of the Jellyfish Hat, by one Miss Katy Burgess. As Facebook would put it, "Will knows Katy through a friend" and of course, Facebook rules my life now. Checking up on deviantART on the other hand is a rare occurence and of the 39 new deviations flagged up, this was by far the most awesome in its Owl-and-the-Pussycat-cum-Dr-Seuss-ness. Go read.

Don't Stop at Adoption, Get Procreating

Re: What Happens When Prill Watches the News.

2 mothers vs 1 mother.

Same lack of a male role model, twice the time and twice the affection. Ditto 2 fathers vs 1 father.

As long as the kids get a decent role model for what it is to be whatever gender they are, they're doing better than a fair proportion of the population. If it's a girl with two fathers, the deficit will likely be made up by the overbearing preponderance of women in infant and primary education. If it's a boy with two mothers, he'll face the same problem as a possible two thirds[1] of the young male African American population in the United States: no male role model, a cycle that self perpetuates.

I even have a reference:

[1] "Today only [one-third] of black children have two parents in the home."
Dennis A. Ahlburg and Carol J. DeVita, "New Realities of the American Family," Population Bulletin 47, no.2 (August 1992) 8. #

And the Winner Is...

Cool little "in pictures story" on the making of an Oscar statuette. They're pewter, plated with bronze, then nickel, then silver and finally 24 carat gold, thus neatly encompassing all three podium medals and er, nickel, because it's handy.

Best... Placard... Ever...

'THE BLOKE BEHIND ME CAN'T SEE'
A teenager waves his placard about in the Australia v England Twenty20 match.

- BBC Sport.

The Leaning House of Broadcasting

I totally agree with this Times column on the BBC's biased coverage of "Palestine". The BBC reports pretty much everything stated by Palestinian spokesmen as fact. There are no quotation marks, no "alledgedly", no "suspected". In reality the "facts" were inherently disputed though. However, here's how the Times itself reported the incident used as the column's prime example:

Babies die as artillery barrage hits families on picnic beach

ISRAELI artillery fire killed a Palestinian family who were picnicking on the beach in Gaza yesterday, as the shoreline was packed with people on a Muslim holiday.

Cynical, me? Surely not.

"I Grill with George"

This grill is automatic
It's systematic
It's hydromatic
Why it's a George Foreman!

My mum was moaning in the holidays about how she thought I wasn't eating enough proper meat. Apparently the occasional offerings of the Fortune House (free prawn crackers if you spend over £10) or even Mr Hong's Three Jolly Luck Takeaway Fish Bar are insufficient, as are sausages, even Lidl's finest spiced Bratwurst. I have therefore taken the revolutionary step of buying "a George", mostly because I saw it was half price in Tesco Extra when I was on my way to buy yet more weight discs. I also purchased a selection of grillable looking things (pork and chicken) that were on half price in the food section. Let the culinary laissez-faire commence.

Tattooing

Or for trolls, engraving.

If you were to get a tattoo, what would it be?

Living is easy with eyes closed?

SPQR?

WUM?

Personally I think John 8:32. Just the reference, not the actual verse.

Incidentally, note the raspberry blowing. Also, I got 14/15 on the quiz. Damn that question about the spoon.

There Are Only 10 Types of People in the World. Those Who Understand Binary and Those Who Don't.

The Guild of Fools

Didn't Warwick SU kick out their Christian Union years ago?

What a bunch of 'tards. Why do they need to be part of the Union anyway? Tithe everyone from their student loans and they'd be rolling in funds. Not that they need them.


Aunt: [slaps him twice] Wicked child!!! Chairs are an invention of Satan!
In our house, Nathaniel sits on a spike!

Edmund: ...and yourself...?

Aunt: I sit on Nathaniel -- two spikes would be an extravagance.

Au Contraire, Blackadder!

I am returned from New Year's in London. Huzzah! Huzzah!

There was copious drunkeness and general frivolity. I got the best secret santa present by far, direct from a Cairo souk. There was meeting of random people from Felsted in Covent Garden, dressing up (literally) and stripping of a totally trashed Jimmy, much Mario Tennis and a plethora of pictures. I dragged Jim to the gym. I even cooked! How rare!

I also got a belated present from the OTC: £335... Huzzah!