First Attempt

Apr 3

It’s great when Jeremy Paxman goes in for the kill on BBC 2’s Newsnight. Last night he utterly slaughtered some charlatan called Paul Dennison, the so-called brains behind the ludicrous Brain Gym exercise programme. Dennison is so thoroughly humiliated in this clip that you almost start feeling sorry for him, until you remember how much money he’s made from peddling his nonsense.

Apr 2

It's official- Vimeo "Likes" are NOT finite!

Look at this discussion.

Vimeo users Dawkeye and Bill Newsinger owe everyone an apology for their misleading information.

Vimeo "Likes" NOT finite!

Vimeo “Likes” are not finite, it’s just that the number of “Likes” displayed on your profile is limited to 2000. For example, Vimeo user Buck Flashroy has given 2000+ “Likes”, and he’s still able to hand them out.

Vimeo Etiquette

dawkeye:

Last night a discussion between myself and SteveR took place on the vexed question of “like its” on Vimeo.

Steve says:
I should automatically click on “like it” for his latest effort, since he does on all of mine.

I argue that:
a) The number of “like it’s” are finite, and so should be reserved for videos that you consider in some way exceptional.
b) Giving them automatically to everything someone does just because they are your friend in the real world simply makes them meaningless.
c) SteveR is a “like it” whore.

Hurrah for the Socratic method!

Mike, you still haven’t given my latest video a “Like it” yet. And “Likes are NOT finite.

Apr 1

“I’ve had shit to do every single day
yes, some of that shit was drinking”

(Andrea), on why she’s been passed over for Scruff E Guy on a SteveR (The Dregs) production. (via sweett)

And just to clarify, the drinking has been because we have been celebrating Carl’s birthday for about three days now. Tonight, drinks with Schrob and Langston. Sorry, British Boifriands!(via andreaallen)

We’ll do our best to get over it. No-one’s been passed over, it’s just that Scruff got his footage ready first. We still hope that other collaboration will be completed one day.

Enjoy your beer frenzy tonight, Andrea.

The latest recording by The Dregs, featuring a stunning guest appearance by Scruff_E_Guy.

Mar 31

My tribute to the Lyle’s Golden Syrup tin. Click on the title to see it in HD.

Mar 29

“Gordon Brown leaves me with a very strong taste of dirt and Marmite, so he shouldn’t count on getting my vote. George Bush gives me a taste similar to the crusty potato bit on top of a cottage pie.” James Wannerton, president of the UK Synaesthesia Association.

“A poet’s life, on average, is about a year shorter than that of a playwright, four years shorter than a novelist’s life, and five-and-six-tenths years less than that of a non-fiction specialist.” Associate Professor James C Kaufman, of California State University at San Bernardino, in his study The Cost of the Muse: Poets Die Young

list of euphemisms I use for menstruation

andreaallen:

perd

surfin’ the crimson wave

visit from my little red-headed grandma

wringing out the womb

red cross donator

shark bite

birthing a blood baby

passing chopped liver (not really, but it’s funny to say)

You’ve missed out my wife’s favourite: “The red house painters are visiting.” I love the poetry of that statement.