First Attempt

Mar 28

A 1968 prediction of how life will be in 2008

Sadly, we don’t have domed cities and cars that drive themselves at 250mph on accident-free roads. However, the predictions about computer-based shopping and the use of convenience foods are not too wide of the mark.

Mar 27

A sacred penis festival in Japan. Click on the title to see it in HD.

Mar 26

This woman has a great job!

She has smoked cannabis daily for a month for a BBC investigation, and previously drank to excess for another BBC “documentary”. Lucky cow.

I have a Muxtape, too

I have succumbed to the craze.

I predict that Dawkeye will fill his Muxtape with strange discordant stuff that none of us have ever heard before.

Yet another movie about Joy Division/Factory/Tony Wilson

Mar 25

“Internet addiction appears to be a common disorder that merits inclusion in DSM-V. Conceptually, the diagnosis is a compulsive-impulsive spectrum disorder that involves online and/or offline computer usage and consists of at least three subtypes: excessive gaming, sexual preoccupations, and e-mail/text messaging. All of the variants share the following four components: 1) excessive use, often associated with a loss of sense of time or a neglect of basic drives, 2) withdrawal, including feelings of anger, tension, and/or depression when the computer is inaccessible, 3) tolerance, including the need for better computer equipment, more software, or more hours of use, and 4) negative repercussions, including arguments, lying, poor achievement, social isolation, and fatigue.”

From an editorial in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

DSM-V is the next version of the diagnostic manual for psychiatry. This editorial is utter bollocks. Still, just think of all those nice big fees psychiatrists will get for treating this pretend condition.

A creationist tour of a natural history museum.

Mar 24

One last diet. Sadly, no-one has put the “Taramasolata” one onto YouTube.

Another diet.

Mar 23

Happy Easter!!

My son celebrating Easter in 1999.