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Castlevania music is usually awesome. But this is a particularly...

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:49:15 +0100

Castlevania music is usually awesome. But this is a particularly awesome example of Castlevania music being awesome. It’s “A Toccata Into Blood-Soaked Darkness” (surely one of the greatest song titles of all time) from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness.

Fire Emblem Main Theme - pretty badass, don’t you agree,...

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:46:43 +0100

Fire Emblem Main Theme - pretty badass, don’t you agree, @GKokoris?

Yes, my DOS Games folder is awesome. Any other...

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:36:00 +0000

Yes, my DOS Games folder is awesome. Any other suggestions?

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Classic material from The Onion.

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:12:00 +0000

Classic material from The Onion.

inteawetrust: I know it’s very five years ago, but someone...

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:32:16 +0000

inteawetrust:

I know it’s very five years ago, but someone today was explaining the issue of chavs and Burberry to me and I just couldn’t stop laughing. I have to admit it kind of makes me want to bring Burberry scarves home for everyone next time I go, not letting them in on the joke.

Now, off for a second bottle of wine.

Aaaaand… reblog!

I’m not entirely convinced I understand the whole Burberry thing fully. Quite how what is a respectable (or at least expensive) brand in the States can be adopted by the very whitest and trashiest of white trash, the chav, is something of a mystery.

Mind you, the chav is a breed of person that is far more obsessed with designer labels than any other being on the planet, except possibly the American teenage girl stereotype. I don’t know where they get the money to fund this habit from, along with the fact that they generally drink and smoke to excess also. Probably stealing. :)

The truth is, actually, that a lot of stuff worn by chavs is fake. Most of the Burberry stuff you see is fake Burberry bought for a couple of quid at the local market. If you start seeing bizarre Burberry things that you didn’t think they made, like socks and tight-fitting baseball caps… then they probably DON’T make them. (Mind you, I don’t know jack shit about “fashion”, so maybe they do.)

That said, Burberry seems to have fallen out of favour with the chavs over the last few years. They’re all into trying desperately to look “ghetto” now, with baggy tracksuits that look like pyjamas, fake gold jewelry and baseball caps with the names of American cities on them. They really are a hilarious and tragic sight, particularly as they model themselves on “badass” black gangsta rappers and they themselves are the pastiest white things you will EVER see.

PHOTOSHOP/INDESIGN FAIL.

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:47:47 +0000

PHOTOSHOP/INDESIGN FAIL.

Yes! Brilliant. I used to think I was the only person who made...

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:26:53 +0000

Yes! Brilliant. I used to think I was the only person who made these comparisons. Apparently not. :)

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Oh God. Not only an apparently new meme (or at least, one I...

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:26:54 +0000

Oh God. Not only an apparently new meme (or at least, one I haven’t come across until this morning), but a spectacularly wrong example of its use as well. I saw this story in the tabloid rags yesterday… there is nothing right about this situation whatsoever (that kid doesn’t even look 13!), but this pic did make me laugh!

I feel soiled. :)

lifeincolor:

YES.

Typical Friday

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:26:01 +0000

inteawetrust:

My husband, at my pushing, went for a check-up today. He told me it would be weird if I came along with him, which was odd to me. At home, we encourage people to bring a second set of ears to any medical appointment, and wouldn’t think anything at all of a spouse/partner sitting in on any exam.

When he returned, I grilled him for details. I plan my own check-up soon and wanted to know how many needles to expect. Turns out he just sat across the desk from the doctor and talked about his habits, then got his BP checked, his weight, and a spot of patchy skin looked at. No tests. I guess they had a good laugh over how Americans over-test for everything just to make money for the insurance companies, and how my husband’s crazy american wife is paranoid.

I’m not sure how I feel about it. I lost both grandmothers to breast cancer and the phrase “early detection is key” is stamped forever in my brain… and it’s really hard to fight the idea that as much as a capitalist medicinal system is out to steal your money by over-testing, a socialist one is bound to cheap out and refuse all but the most painfully necessary tests. I’m sure the real answer lies somewhere in the middle. Still, I think it’s weird they didn’t even check his cholesterol levels or do a basic urinalysis even. He was just told to eat more chicken and less red meat, which seems like common sense to me.

Afterwards, we wandered to the post office, where there was a shiny box from Agent Provacateur waiting with my name on it. (Hubba hubba, happy v-day to youuuu!) I spent a good deal of time whining about british lingerie this month and well, I suppose I will stop whining now that I know it’s not all Ann Summers tat.

(tat - another co-opted word I have come to love.)

This sounds about right for checkups… depending on where you go. In some surgeries when you first register with them, they do a much more thorough checkup including urinalysis and so on… but there doesn’t appear to be any kind of obligation for them to do that… at least on the NHS. I’ve never had any experience of going private (though I do get private healthcare from work, I’ve never had occasion to use it) so I don’t know if that’s a more “American” way of doing it.

Hope you both enjoy your box. Package. Thing. Uhhh… there’s actually no word I can use to describe it that doesn’t sound like a filthy innuendo. :) Whatever. Enjoy!

Everyone loves spreadsheet chart humour huh. I know I...

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:41:01 +0000

Everyone loves spreadsheet chart humour huh.

I know I do.

via ncroal and samit and logandavis.

Aptly named.

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:30:45 +0000

Aptly named.

You heard ‘em. Government-sanctioned beards for all!

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:45:15 +0000

You heard ‘em. Government-sanctioned beards for all!

via ncroal and vgarts

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:58:30 +0000

via ncroal and vgarts

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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:11:25 +0000

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I knew it!

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:27:55 +0000

I knew it!

Wrong number, Mr. Chav

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:57:45 +0000

Man, that was fun. I should mess with illiterate wrong-number text messages more often.

If this doesn’t bring a geeky smile to your face,...

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:24:35 +0000

If this doesn’t bring a geeky smile to your face, you’re dead inside. :)

Mario Explains Relationships for Us

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:53:00 +0000

Mario Explains Relationships for Us:

via Kotaku.

This is just fantastic. Who says Braid is the only platform game with a message? Check out what Mario has to say about relationships.

Barack Obama is a Ninja with a Lightsaber -Boing...

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:03:00 +0000

Barack Obama is a Ninja with a Lightsaber -Boing Boing

ncroal:

marklisanti:

I’m as excited about Changeapalooza as the next guy, but I think it’s safe to say expectations might be getting a little out of hand. One katana, sure. But two? Let’s all take a deep breath and relax for a minute.

Red tape, your days are numbered.

I’m all for it. It would certainly deal with that pirate problem.

*sigh* I wish we had a ninja as a leader here in the UK instead of a dead, gnarled old tree.

EPIC GOOGLE FAIL. OMG I broke the Internetz.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 15:11:00 +0000

EPIC GOOGLE FAIL. OMG I broke the Internetz.