tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74540002024-08-30T17:46:21.736+01:00Occasional Insights Into Politics, Pop Culture & More Generation-X-Wing DrivelMarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-29343449929083133112006-11-08T09:30:00.000+00:002006-11-08T09:42:20.492+00:00

Well, I'm clearly not posting more than infrequently. No real surprises there. Not on this tired-out blog, anyway. So, enough's enough. My blog is dead, long live my blog! Check out my shiny new blog Kitchen Capers. I'd intended to just call it "Capers", or indeed "Burnt Fingers" or "Brown Sugar" but all the best names are gone now *sighs, and switches off the Jawdrop light for the last time,

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-48597025850694068102006-09-11T16:28:00.001+01:002006-09-11T16:28:53.675+01:00

Cyclists! New research shows you'd be better off dressing up as a woman instead of wearing a safety helmet. I'll try to resist the obvious pun about increasing drag.As an aside, I used to have a senior boss who'd occasionaly pop up at meetings and ask us to take a "sanitary check"; at which point, I nearly threw in the towel.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-65945652832897579002006-09-11T15:56:00.000+01:002006-09-11T15:59:14.183+01:00

Good to see that the Guardian have picked up on two of my recent themes- tits and Big Ron. Interesting to read that article about how coy the supposedly "liberal" paper is. Bunch of c*ntychops.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1157981099841309102006-09-11T14:17:00.000+01:002006-09-11T14:24:59.853+01:00

Plenty of stuff on t'interweb today about the "war on terror". Most of it ludicrous, as ever, but the highlight is that the Guardian have printed Usama Bin Laden's last known sat-phone number. I don't think he's likely to answer it- but you never know- if you want some hot radical action, call now on 00873 682505331, and remember to get the bill-payer's permission.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156584971073609962006-08-26T10:23:00.000+01:002006-08-26T10:36:11.086+01:00

Oh dear. I bet Dan Brown can't believe his luck. Writes an unoriginal, formulaic novel and then goes on to world domination. A bit like JK Rowling.Idiots that have read his tale have started going around vandalising listed buildings.Hello! Wake up!! It's a work of fiction! Not real. Made up. Capiche? Not only that, it's just a tedious, pot-boiler version of Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum".

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156513515563659282006-08-25T14:29:00.000+01:002006-08-25T14:45:15.750+01:00

How the hell did Iran get hold of weapons-grade uranium? How did they set up and build their nuclear reactors?Er, the Americans supplied it all.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156506264321684852006-08-25T12:37:00.000+01:002006-08-25T13:11:15.013+01:00

Pffft. Another mockery of the English legal system.What are the chances of a member of the public escaping with an absolute discharge?And this is the day after this.I'd hope that if I was stabbed in the neck and slashed across the face that the police might actually even take a statement or make some kind of contact with me...

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I felt compelled to write about tiny Tom Cruise getting fired for being a talentless mentalist, even in comparison with other L. Ron Hubbard lunatics, but thought you might as well take a look at Dave Satan's blog, instead.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156425105226323372006-08-24T14:07:00.000+01:002006-08-24T14:15:10.606+01:00

The Nazis were, apparently, responsible for yet another reprehensible crime- they gave us Fatboy Slim.At the very least, it goes some way to explain the chaos that is known as the Moseley Dance Centre.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156424378764866602006-08-24T13:56:00.000+01:002006-08-26T04:13:41.190+01:00

...always good to read a funny, well-written blog like this. It's a shame, because that's the kind of vibe I had originally intended for Jawdrop. Oh well.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156422704347795242006-08-24T13:29:00.000+01:002006-08-24T13:32:34.820+01:00

I always enjoy reading decent quotes by the good, the bad, and the ugly - there are some on this blog to check out.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156356406264229392006-08-23T19:01:00.000+01:002006-08-23T19:06:46.313+01:00

I love the internet. Osama Bin Laden polarises opinion, and it's fair to say that I'm most disappointed in him, now I know he likes Whitney Houston, Van Halen, Miami Vice, and MacGyver.Kola should be applying for a scriptwriting job with The Simpsons, given her flair for inventive, biting satire.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156339146673539752006-08-23T18:18:00.000+01:002006-08-23T18:29:43.886+01:00

I've been vegeterian for 16 years now, but I haven't got any inclination to encourage animal rights. In fact, I've been targeted by animal rights activists for no good reason. Thanks for that. We'd be better off sorting out human rights first, then developing a cheap cure for cancer, and then maybe worrying about how we treat other species. And I'm sure the SSPCA has got better things to do than

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156339065240392142006-08-23T18:02:00.000+01:002006-08-23T18:09:23.890+01:00

Enoch Powell and Ron Atkinson have a couple of things in common. Both are infamous for making racially charged comments, both have Midlands connections, and both have encouraged the employment of black people in England at a time when it was frowned upon.Powell encouraged Commonwealth citizens to come to Britain and work in the NHS, and thus is partially responsible for the evolution of a Black

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156263186921079202006-08-22T17:12:00.000+01:002006-08-23T14:14:25.296+01:00

Post-war, Enoch Powell became Tory MP for Wolverhampton South West, which incidentally meant that my beloved Molineux was in his constituency. Equally, indeed perhaps more importantly, he went on to display more progressive thinking.Powell realised that the Cold War was just a sham, fabricated by America in their (ongoing) quest for world domination. The USSR was dependent on Western food

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1156194165415811582006-08-21T16:54:00.000+01:002006-08-22T17:13:47.500+01:00

This story is about a guy called Dutch. But we're going to take a little detour first. I say little. It's more of a road trip. I remember about ten years ago, I was idling a nice day away in Dudley. Yes, that is possible, being an outlet for Batham's, the finest beer in the land, and hence in all of the world.I was some know-it-all student punk, ambling around the town's cluster of charity shops.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1147017681204064232006-05-07T15:49:00.000+01:002006-05-07T17:04:52.970+01:00

Well, hello and welcome, dear reader. I've been doing things like going out in the fresh air and enjoying the occassional warm, sunny day in this pesky maritime-temperate NW European climate. Hence, I haven't been posting much. You can see that for yourselves, though. Oh well, I feel like I've let you down, and I've let myself down. I'll endeavour to ensure it doesn't happen again. Actually,

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1118856528595502112005-06-15T18:25:00.000+01:002005-06-15T18:33:57.150+01:00

On this day in 1215, King John sealed Magna Carta, which would guarantee English political freedoms and limit the power of the monarchy.One of the main clauses was:"No free man shall be arrested, or imprisoned, or deprived of his property, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor shall we go against him or send against him, unless by legal judgement of his peers, or by the law of the

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1118597507424058172005-06-12T18:31:00.000+01:002005-06-12T18:31:47.426+01:00

If only my driving lessons had been this interesting...

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1118597163358751422005-06-12T18:26:00.000+01:002005-06-12T18:26:03.363+01:00

"My client admits that he was drunk when he created a disturbance at Weymouth Bay Caravan Park", defending solicitor Roger Maxwell told Weymouth Magistrates Court. "He admits that he used threatening words & behaviour, he admits to shouting & banging on caravan doors, and he admits to swearing at the police when they handcuffed him.It is also true that he is already the subject of a 2-year

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Typing at a keyboard. Like using a phone, it enables gutless morons to act aggressively, safe in the knowledge that they won't get a shoe-ing. And that's why messageboads are wonderful. That specific moment when someone just loses the plot and then the floodgates open. The keyboard warrior just can't stop, or, heaven forfend, back down like the coward they inebitably are.Ladies & gents, click

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1118084354988423452005-06-06T19:59:00.000+01:002005-06-06T20:01:07.673+01:00

Apostate WindbagThis is a great blog which I've lazily only just posted about. For good measure I'll add it as a link soon.

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1118074166337752942005-06-06T18:07:00.000+01:002005-06-06T18:14:57.606+01:00

Shift-patterns are detrimental to health. Fact. I've lived the call-centre dream first-hand, so I know. Everyone who's ever worked nights or late-shifts knows it. It's not called a graveyard shift for nothing.People who work nightshifts as part of their job may be at greater risk of heart disease, say researchers.A team from the University of Milan has found that the heart does not respond well

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1118071268665417332005-06-06T16:04:00.000+01:002005-06-06T16:25:48.616+01:00

Afternoon all! I'm back from my self-imposed exile and I'm doing a good job of typing, considering I nearly lopped off half a finger last night. A few Stellas, a couple of tots of Glenfiddich, and I was all fired up for some midnight cookery. Obviously moving into the arena of searing metal, boiling water, and sharp knives is a risk at any time, but more so when you've strapped on your

Marthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02850935568850734014noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7454000.post-1095691419200790052004-09-20T17:34:00.000+01:002004-09-20T17:34:36.973+01:00

So, I was about to paraphrase Desmond Morris's anthropological explanation [see previous post] of why humans have leaned towards religion. There are 3 reasons. Firstly, our sense of time. Animals communicate with each other about the present- about current moods and dangers, but not the future, whereas we can contemplate mortality. Animals have various defences against predators (ie. their

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