the archives of my old site. No longer regularly maintained.
Cartoon Catfight. Jessica Rabbit and Wilma Flintstone have a new rival in the Sexy Cartoon Character stakes. Marge Simpson
gets a boob job then uses her fuller figure to become a model. Watch your back Homer, I'm waiting.
Arseburgers! How come
this page of venomous poo (their description, not mine) has replaced mine as the No 1 hit for the search term
arseburgers?
I think the answer lies in the
cached version. You'll notice that the page used to have a title including the word "Arseburgers".
So, the obvious solution is to include the word Arseburgers in my title. I'm just not sure that's a step I want to take. What do you think? If you had never been here before, and you saw the page title
aardvarkzilla: Arseburgers would it reduce your inclination to take a look? Or maybe it would increase it. Oh, I don't know.
Burning Issue. As of 6pm today the UK's fire-fighters have started a 48 hour strike. Britain has turned to the poorly equipped Armed Forces to provide its emergency fire service.
As with most government employees, fire-fighters are paid poorly in comparison to equivalent private sector employees. They have demanded a 40% increase in the average salary.
Clearly this is not achievable. The Government just could not fund such an increase in salary costs.
The only real answer is to accept a more modest increase, coupled with an agreement to modernise working practices, and then work together with other public sector employees, employers, the government and, ultimately, the tax payer to reverse the gap that has grown between public and private wage levels over an extended period of time.
How would the Government fund such a massive increase in their expenditure? Firstly the British Public would have to be told that if they value their nurses, police and others as much as public opinion would seem to suggest, then they're gonna have to pay more for them. Secondly, the Civil Service is long overdue for an overhaul of its structure, working practices and bureaucratic. As anyone who's worked in both the Civil Service and private sector would tell you, Government departments and their associated organisations are wasteful, poorly organised, overly bureaucratic and full of ancient working practises that haven't been updated in decades. Money haemorrhages out of it from every area in lost time, bad purchases and mismanagement. And in this environment, many employees do not feel inclined to give 100% to their job.
Humour Ke-Ri Hanson's site is another to add to the growing list of site set up purely to be the subject of ridicule. If you realise that the whole site is written with tongue firmly placed inside the cheek then you can appreciate the humour. Unfortunately, far too many people take everything at face value. However, that's part of the game. The "Tim McVay" reference has been thrown in there to generate a bit of hate email and get people worked up enough to post a comment, showing the world that they're too slow to spot the humour.
Another in a similar vein is
Vin Wexler, although this one plays in a little closer to the knuckle. The subject of a
recent rant/monologue/impassioned discourse by Engelmacher at
Angry White Girl, it is a little harder to tell whether this is a clever attempt to poke fun at people who are genuinely that stupid or the real article. Maybe I'm a little too generous but my money's on giving him the benefit of the doubt and chalking it up to satire.
I am..... I'm not well. I've not been well for a few weeks now. Nothing serious, just a head cold, but I can't shake it and rather than slowly getting better it seems to be getting worse and digging in for the long haul. Consequently I've been feeling a little down, a little unsure of myself and where I'm going.
As if called,
Googlism steps up to remind me who I am and what I'm doing. Now I'm really confused.
Googlism for: paul taylor
paul taylor is a choreographer
paul taylor is the recipient of dozens of awards and honors
paul taylor is the ft's personal technology columnist
paul taylor is a california based independent actor who's recent work consists of feature films like rude directed by fred banting
paul taylor is the black kenny g
paul taylor is the best of contemporary american choreographers and his company among the finest groups of dancers anywhere
paul taylor is without question the greatest living american choreographer
paul taylor is not the best choreographer to emerge in any style anywhere
paul taylor is best known for conducting the last interview with andy warhol
paul taylor is regarded as a living legend I like this one!
paul taylor is nvp's dj talisman
paul taylor is a hero And this one
paul taylor is vice president
paul taylor is a development engineer in the process engineering research group
paul taylor is the founder and director of the free tv for straight talk coalition
paul taylor is such a master
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paul taylor is a proven leader in the emea market space
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paul taylor is his name Don't you know it!
paul taylor is still true to paul taylor style And this one could be my mantra.
paul taylor is as close to a sure thing as there is in dance today
paul taylor is simultaneously an iconoclast and the country's most popular choreographer
paul taylor is assistant professor of philosophy and adjunct assistant professor of american ethnic studies
paul taylor is a lecturer in the centre for health informatics and multiprofessional education at ucl medical school
paul taylor is a principal engineer in exponent's fires & explosions practice based in menlo park
paul taylor is the chief strategy officer with the center for digital government
paul taylor is alive and well in the six dancers who make up taylor 2
paul taylor is credited on the following cds
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paul taylor is enjoying life at banbury in spite of another frustrating draw at the weekend
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paul taylor is a familiar face on britain's jazz and latin scenes and this new and irresistibly imaginative project is definitely one to watch
paul taylor is originally from canada
paul taylor is often accused of not having a particular technique to study like martha graham or merce cunningham
paul taylor is a fellow of the association of chartered certified accountants
paul taylor is one of my most favorite people
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paul taylor is not just one thing
paul taylor is a senior lecturers at westminster college
paul taylor is a refuge officer with the kodiak national wildlife refuge
paul taylor is the man in the trombone chair
paul taylor is a navy journalist serving as the media relations guy for commander
paul taylor is the sd tc representative to the `99 sdm organizing committee
paul taylor is understandably proud of his stallion You bet I am!
paul taylor is on the phone as we speak
paul taylor is an oregon lawyer who has been practicing international business law in portland for 15 years
paul taylor is the founder and master printer at the renaissance press
paul taylor is an australian "traveller" based in the united states
paul taylor is director of the treehouse at the philadelphia zoo and is treasurer of the imtal board of directors
paul taylor is a very hard act to follow
paul taylor is now 8 years old
paul taylor is director of films for christ
paul taylor is academic director of the gemisis 2000 british research centre
Black & White Sweets! Is it because I'm getting old? Is it because I know money is very tight this year? Or is it because I'm feeling a little blue? Whatever the cause, I know a few people will not agree with me here.
Site of the day is the
Xmas Resistance website.
Between us, Sharon and I have 6 brothers & sisters, 9 nieces and nephews, 5 parents/step-parents, 2 grand-parents and a shit-load of aunties, uncles and cousins. We just can't afford to buy presents for all of them, especially this year. And yet, if we don't then we are made to feel cheap.
My family have all said to us that they don't expect anything as they understand the position that we are in, so that is some relief. But still, the expense of buying presents just for our kids is something that takes the shine off Christmas for me.
Sifting through the archives. I'm unsure what to do with my archives. Currently they're done weekly but the list is getting a little long down that left hand column. I've toyed with the idea of changing them to monthly archives but I'm fairly sure that would break all the existing links to old posts. Does it really matter that much? Does anyone link to any of my old rubbish anyway?
Monday Mission 2.45 Courtesy of
PromoGuy.
- 0. (Secret Bonus Email Question)Who is your oldest living relative? Erm, my grandma, my Mum's Mum. But, crap family person that I am, I'm not sure how old she is.
- 1. Although I was told before hand by my mother, my Grandfather finally told me he has cancer and it was speculated he has about 12 months to live. Has someone you know ever told you they had a terminal illness? What was it like for you when you found out. How did that change your relationship with them? My first wife, Karen (pronounced "Care-anne") was diagnosed with a brain tumour at age 30 (it was a re-occurrence of an earlier tumour we had thought was cured). She had a mini-stroke 2 days earlier leaving her paralysed down her left hand side so we knew something serious was up. During the meeting with her consultant she couldn't continue and had to leave the room, so it was me that found out first that it was likely to be terminal. Telling her was one of the most difficult things I've ever done.
- 2. The concept of having 12 months comes as somewhat of a shock. Often those estimates are wrong and a person lives much longer. But still, it makes me think. If you found out you had 12 months to live, what would you do with that time? How would it change the way you live? Or would it? I honestly couldn't begin to guess how I would handle it. But I wouldn't work.
- 3. My Grandfather has decided to undergo chemotherapy. He was told it would not cure him, but it could prolong his life, however his quality of life could diminish. Having watched my father go through all that to no avail, I am not so sure I would choose that option. If you were (or are) in a situation where chemotherapy might cure you, or might not, would endure the usual side effects and discomfort? Probably not. But the will to live is a strong one and takes a lot to overcome.
- 4. How is your health? How are you doing? Physically, fine.
- 5. Speaking of health, I was in a Health Food Store Saturday and learned about something called "Ear Candling." It involves having a helper insert a cone-shaped candle in your ear, lighting it and having the reverse pressure suck the wax out of your ear. Apparently it is very popular. Do you use, or have you ever tried, any alternative heath remedies or procedures? How did that work out? Anything out there we should try (or avoid)? I have used hypnotherapy, aromatherapy and massage. I'm not particularly susceptible to hypnotism so that wasn't very effective but I can see how it would work on someone who was.
- 6. Which reminds me, this week at work they are giving flu shots for $15. I hate getting shots, so getting one by choice, and paying for it, is tough for me. How do you feel about Flu shots. Do they give them where you live? Are you going to get one or take your chances? Here in the UK they are only given to the vulnerable, such as asthmatics and the elderly. I believe that where a condition is not life threatening or dangerous we should let nature take its course. The over use of modern medicine has in-turn strengthened a number of strains of disease creating a potentially far larger problem. Beside, with a state-funded health care system her in the UK, the money could be better spent elsewhere.
- 7. I'd like to see either "Spirited Away" or "Bowling for Columbine" before they vanish from the multiplex at the mall. But I will probably have to go see it alone (which I hate). Do you like to go to see flicks at the movie theater alone? Or would you rather have company? Seen any good (or bad) movies lately? I've never been to the cinema on my own but I guess its much better as a social activity. This weekend we saw Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets which rocked, in a child friendly, inoffensive way.
- BONUS: Don't you want somebody to love? Got one ta. Don't you?
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Went to see this last night. It was kind of a late celebration of our 1st wedding anniversary which was on 3 November. My Mum had offered to babysit the kids for the evening if we wanted to go out. Unfortunately there was absolutely nothing on within driving distance at theatres or music venues. I guess they're all gearing up for the Xmas season. So we just took a drive out to a local multi, multi-plex (this one has around 10 bars, a similar number of restaurants and something like 30 screens) to see what was on. I fancied seeing signs which is still hanging around. However when we got there we found they were showing a "sneak preview" of Harry Potter 2
I don't want to say too much about the film for fear of spoiling it if you haven't seen it but it is excellent, even better than HP1. Even at around 2 hours 40 minutes, the film was engrossing and well paced. I even reached the end of the film without having eaten all of my popcorn, not a common occurrence. The special effects were superb without ever threatening to overshadow the live action or plot. Only twice was I reminded that this is, essentially, a kids' film. The plot and humour are intelligent enough to work for adults as well as the target audience.
At one point I was sucked into the film enough to jump out of my seat (literally) when Harry was attacked.
Of course, I'm fully expecting all of this to be easily surpassed by this years next must-see; The Two Towers.
that's a nice rock!
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