What's going down in the 'hood?
The latest entries into this pit of despair
- Nicol…
- 25 January
News that another immigration enforcement protestor in Minneapolis was awarded his wings yesterday, courtesy of Border Patrol agents, is only remarkable for said incident occurring near Nicollet Avenue and 26th Street. And that reminded me of the previous awardee's name: Renée Nicole Good.
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random thoughts & brain farts- Casting stone
- 23 January
The Academy Awards have introduced a new category for this year: casting. And BBC News' entertainment reporter Steven McIntosh is more than usually bemused at one omission.
(more…)- culture vulture; random thoughts & brain farts; rumour mill
- Wicked: for none
- 22 January
If Wicked: For Good teaches us one thing about splitting a film into multiparts it's that it doesn't guarantee box office dominance. If it teaches us two things, then the second is that it doesn't guarantee awards dominance either. While part one garnered ten Academy Award nominations, winning two, part two has received none.
(more…)- culture vulture; entertainment
- Specs sheet
- 20 January
In terms of financial loss, which sounds worse: $77bn or seven-six-nine-nine-nine-nine-nine-nine-nine-nine-five dollars?* Either way, that's the loss incurred by Meta in developing a metaverse that no one really wanted.
(more…)- business; technology
- Islamic sharks?
- 20 January
Following the Bondi Beach massacre last month, a series of shark attacks have been reported in the area around Sydney.
(more…)- random thoughts & brain farts; rumour mill
The latest updates to past woes
- Scott Adams: corporate Christian
- 14 January
It transpires that People's anonymous coward is in fact staff writer Victoria Edel. Her byline was removed in the wake of furious backlash.
(more…)- celeb; corporate cobblers; godstuff/religion; obituaries; oh, the fragility!
- Never mind the quality, feel the length
- 13 January
Going back to the
(more…)eke it out
files, for want of anything better to do, now that Wicked: For Good is nearing the end of its theatrical run I compared its box office performance with that of the first instalment. And it appears that the eke it out strategy might be a bust after all.- culture vulture; entertainment
- Gripping?
- 6 January
Oooh, this is a clever one:
(more…)suicide
becomescancelling of life subscription
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- language; wit & wisdom of the comments section
- Summer Camp with inappropriate friends
- 24 December
It appears that I was not the only one puzzled by the incongruity in the email allegedly between Mr Mountbatten Windsor and Ms Maxwell. It also occurred to HRH Prince Sean, the BBC's very own Royal correspondent—or is he simply plain old Mr Sean Coughlan, the BBC's very own royalty correspondent?:
(more…)- crime & punishment; ethics; language
- Eurovision: is the writing on the wall?
- 12 December
And Iceland comes in fifth place. Although they've hardly troubled the contenders, coming second twice, they've made their mark now when it counts.
(more…)- culture vulture; politics
