Archives for "August, 2008"
The 5 hottest female shot putters at Beijing
Shot Put. More like Hot Put, damn!
The shot put at Beijing was a turning point for my proud tradition of women’s sports voyeurism. No longer will I hang out for a sneaky perve at the beach volleyballers. Some of the world’s hottest female athletes get their kicks chucking solid steel balls around. Here are some [...]
Foot binding for the whole body
After seeing a couple of Chinese gymnasts at the Olympics, I quickly devised an age/appearance formula to deal with the fact that these girls were clearly all about 4 years old:
I actually used the term ‘Ad Nauseam’ in a job interview
Today I used the Latin term ‘ad nauseam’ for the first time in a real conversation. Better still, it was during a job interview. What was I thinking? Why would I risk that? What if I’d used it incorrectly? I would have scuttled the whole interview right then and there (the interviewers were clearly the [...]
You’re worse than Miss Universe
I really enjoy John Safran and Father Bob on their Australian radio show on the Triple J station called Sunday Night Safran (I listen to the podcast). John said possibly the funniest thing he’s ever said on the 18 May 2008 show:
You think you’re better than Miss Universe, dear listener, but you’re worse because you’re [...]
Why the Japanese are the best race of people
Last night a mate asked if I’d seen Japanese human tetris on youtube yet – it was even better than I could have possibly imagined.
The Japanese are simply incredible, their television shows are at least 50 years ahead of the rest of the world. I can just imagine a boardroom full of top Japanese [...]
All Typographers can go to hell
Why is it that whenever web designers talk about typography in the most passing, innocuous way, they have an uncontrollable need to pay homage to trained typographers and generally act like obsequious little bitches? It’s not like what they do is all that challenging or skillful, so what’s with all the pathetic deference?
Suburban pervert disproves Many Worlds Interpretation
I found this advert on a notice board at my local shopping mall. Breathtaking…
There is just so much that could be said, but almost doesn’t need to be. One thing that did strike me though, after some thought: