Vladimir PUTIN Do you want to save the EU or should I?
Barack OBAMA Go ahead, I can\'t afford it
Yes, this is a real thing. Find out more about the abominable objects here. They also go under the name of ‘The Snuggie’. Are people now so lazy, that using a blanket is a hassle? Okay, don’t answer that. I guess we already know. And have people no self respect. I mean, what kind of [...]
I refuse to call this by its American title, ‘Cemetery Man’, because it’s just so jarhead prosaic compared to the poetic Italian original: ‘Dellamorte Dellamore’ - ’of Death, of Love’. Aaaah, Venice. It’s also a play on the principle character’s name – Francesco Dellamorte, as embodied by superbly barneted oxbridge homohunk Rupert Everett in a career best performance – and it’s the [...]
“I’d move to Los Angeles if New Zealand and Australia were swallowed up by a tidal wave, if there was a bubonic plague in England and if the continent of Africa disappeared from some Martian attack.” Russell Crowe As Roomy announced in his “Where Am I?” post earlier, I’m off, leaving the country, splitting the [...]
If you’re wondering why this site isn’t being updated quite as regularly as you might like. Well, that’s because I spent six days training a new picture editor at the beeb, two days trapped in a pc-less hole cutting a new programme, and now it’s half-term. I’ve a week of night shifts coming up where you may [...]
This a basically how hard I find it to resist the temptation to fill my webcomic with terrible terrible puns. But resist I do (usually) for you guys. I do it for you. (In case you’re not familar with the unfinished jokes, check them out here.) I know the world and his wife has linked [...]
This week’s webcomic recommendation is, I believe, what is generally termed as a “grower”. Every time I read John Allison’s Bad Machinery, I like it more and more. Especially his pitch perfect ear for that most elusive of things, “teenage dialogue”. Check it out (and give it time).
The last time I wrote about Corinne Bailey Rae was five years ago, and it was from a position of rank loathing. Not for Rae herself, she seemed quite pleasant and an accomplished musician, but for her typeface. Here’s what I wrote at the time: “…don’t you just hate it too? Surely you must. The [...]