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Just to provide the requisite balance to my bigging up of the late George Carlin the other day , here's Fred Phelps of the Westboro Bap...

Let me commemorate the start of Wimbledon 2008 by pointing out that number 3 seed Novak Djokovic has just lost in straight sets to Marat ...

Generally the tactics of religious lunatics are pretty consistent when it comes to science: dance around talking about free speech and scien...

Follow-up on a couple of previous posts: Legendary American stand-up comic George Carlin died on Sunday . Most famous for the "Seven...

You may feel all safe at the moment, sitting there watching daytime TV in your underpants eating crisps, but be warned a wafer-thin 100 kilo...

Here's a little gem for you. No not one of those , I mean a little piece of information to brighten up your day and make you a better pe...

Here's an entertaining addition to the blog sidebar: GraphJam . Popular songs, films etc. summarised in (generally) Microsoft Excel grap...

Needless to say I had to go and find out the answer to the question I posed in my last post , and it is this: Chanderpaul is unique in havin...

Nothing too surprising about the result in the recently-completed West Indies v Australia test series ; 2-0 to the Australians. What was sli...

Speaking of halibut, as I was only a couple of days ago - my local Sainsbury's had some very appetising-looking halibut fillets on the...

Be afraid....... be very afraid . Apparently lovable drunken anti-Semite Mel Gibson is due to star in a movie remake of the legendary mid...

There I was, just about to add a footnote to the previous post praising the Mail for slipping in a reference to the stoning scene from Li...

Nice to see that the Daily Mail occasionally take a break from complaining about illegal immigrant lesbian Muslim paedophiles sullying Dian...

Being short has its disadvantages, I'm sure. Not being able to reach things off high shelves, dogs licking you in the eye, people fartin...

Continuing my garlic-crazed immersion in French artistic culture, I watched the DVD of Caché last night. I've had it for a while - pic...

Platform by Michel Houellebecq. I'll start by offering you a couple of metaphors: firstly, stuffing yourself with sweets and chocolate -...

I offer you: actor and star of the Evil Dead series of films Bruce Campbell , and ex-Australian cricket captain and opening batsman Mark Ta...

We went to see the new Indiana Jones film last night (at the lavishly appointed Newport Cineworld gargantudome). Needless to say the follow...

A couple more sidebar additions for you: xkcd for all your geeky humour needs, and Weebl's Stuff for Weebl & Bob's latest adv...

Time for another recipe. I was asked to write this down by a friend who came round for dinner the other night, so I thought - hey! - why not...