Category: Honk

The importance of not being so blunt

“These three men were intricately involved in the global terrorist network” the East Belfast MP said.
Bertie Ahern would do well to remember the words of President Bush when he said: ‘those who harbour terrorists are terrorists’.”

They’re ba-ack

My blacklisting of comments with casino-related terms must have worked, because no more of me having to mark them as spam. No more of them filling up my inbox asking to...

Subverting fantasy!?

Do you know why I really hate labels[1], especially genre labels? Well it is because everyone has their own definition of what fits a certain label, and they are only aware...

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp

Woke up this morning, and Tom Dunne was playing James Blunt. You know “You’re Beautiful”. First time I heard that song I didn’t care one way or the other, but OMFG...

FIFA

The new world rankings are up on FIFA’s site. SO the question that must be raised is “You are kidding right?” Any football ranking system that puts the USA at number...

The Artist’s Statement

OK, I’ll admit it: I’d really had enough at that point. I was tired of confrontations with small people with authority complexes. I was tired of feeling scared. I knew that I’d done absolutely nothing wrong, and that I’d presented clear evidence that I was not a threat. In fact, all things considered, I still think I’d been more than pleasant about the whole thing up until that point. I saw no good reason why I should have to give this canine patrolman my ID. He seemed intelligent, and I assumed that someone in his position was supposed to be reasonable. I also assumed that someone in his position would know that if I’d really wanted to take secret photos of this public landmark that he would never know about it. Sure, I knew why he was asking for my ID, and why he was really asking for my ID. And he knew why. But I was wondering if he had the balls to actually say it to my face. I was back to wondering when I could start saying “no”?

My mind is thinking, maybe I should look to that?

Obviously enough there has been a lot in the papers and on the telly and all over the shop in webland about terrorists and the bombings in London. (Slightly less on the continual attacks in Iraq itself, but that is a different issue) And a lot seem to be asking the question why did these “normal” young British men change. How does some one go from being “sound as a pound” to blowing himself up?

My favourite things

I love women with prams who think they own the streets. The way they ram through crowds, destroying ankles and shins, really makes me smile. And groups of people, waiting for...

An open letter

To all you casino and poker spammers out there, and any mortgage commenter as well. I moderate comments. Your spam will not be posted. So kindly fuck off. I’ve blacklisted those...

How bad can it get?

So Wed. are pretty bad tv-wise. Come to think of it, the whole week is pretty bad for tv that I like. I mean, I watch Lost, but I’m not hooked...

Who here can say OTT?

Last Sat. saw the first test match between the British and Irish Lions and the New Zealand All Blacks. I made a brief mention of it, but haven’t really commented on...