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Xmas Surfing - Still wasting time on The Net. Generally on sites found at Blogdex, Popdex and Daypop's Top 40 but also from trawling through other blogs.
In no particular order, sites of interest this week were:
Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002 - Some of these appear on the entertainment agency website which I haven't worked on for a while. You can bet your bottom dollar I will be addressing them over the next few weeks (if I get 5 minutes to myself that is).
Give up pornography as a present to your wife - I know that I risk alienating a few people here but I haven't read so much fundamentalist claptrap in a long time. Articles like this make me think that they are written by people, generally men, who have so little control over their own base desires that they believe the only way to control them is through complete abstinence. Much like an recovering alcoholic who has to remain completely tea-total to avoid falling off the band wagon.
Top 10 Google Myths Revealed - Those of use who have danced the Google dance (I'd find the original articles about my Google woes but its late and I'm slightly tipsy - maybe another time) will find this of interest. If you have a website that you would like people to find from search requests, it is a must read.
The Matrix Makers - There are very few films that I get excited about. These include; Highlander, Braveheart, Happy Gilmore, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator (not in that order) and The Matrix. News of the 2 sequels is therefore always gratefully received. I can't wait. OK, I can. But I kinda wish they would hurry up.
Lingerie Barbie - If these had been around when I was a kid, I think they would have had a profound influence on my growing up.
'Dinosaur' will roam free in Disney park - The future is here! Futureworld (and any number of crappy, B-movie sci-fi plots) is only a short step away.
Engrish, Recent Discoveries - Laughed my chuffing socks off! Link via Burnt Toast.
Flash Snowboarding Game - The trick is to remember the Tricks you can do by pressing keys Z, X, and C. That's the way to score points. Another link from Lisa at Burnt Toast.
Trials - One of my favourite little waste of time games. This is the full version and on a site that doesn't take 5 hours to download. Link found at Extrasonic.

A favour from The Scum, but watch what you say! - In digging up "dirt" for their Exclusive, The Scum obviously visited my business website and made reference to it in their piece of shite article. I quote:

Until recently he was a business partner of [ME], who runs a mobile disco called Aardvark, based in Staffordshire. Mr Taylor boasts of providing entertainment for nightclubs, weddings and balls for armed forces officers.
On its website, Aardvark says it specialises in throwing parties for the RAF and the Army.
And it says of Blackmore: "He has over 13 years of mobile disco experience at all levels, specialising in party music of all eras.
"He is a partner in a successful Luton nightclub and entertains a wide variety of crowds."

Could almost be an advert for the entertainment agency couldn't it? Shame they didn't print the website address.
It has however caused me to question what I post on The Net. Thankfully I haven't linked to this site from either my business website or my personal website. I dread to think what they could have found from in here that they could have twisted to make the situation sound worse. For the moment I will continue as I have done, but there may come a time when I feel I have to remove anything from this blog that could identify me, my family or my friends. If that time comes I may have to delete my archives and start again from new.

Scum in The Sun - A very good friend of mine is gay. No big deal. I don't see why that should be a problem to anyone.
My gay friend is an RAF officer. Until very recently it remained an offence for a member of the RAF to be gay. Hence my friend had to hide this fact from everyone. It wasn't until about 4 years ago that he came out to anyone at all and that someone was me (which I found pleasing that he could trust me to that extent). However, it wasn't until the ban on homosexuals in the Armed Forces was lifted 2 years ago that he could finally "come out" to the world in general.
As you can imagine, the sudden and extreme change in lifestyle had its effect on him. He went, virtually over-night from having to be in full and close control of every aspect of his life and behaviour to being able to live life as he felt he should. He could finally stop analysing every waking moment to see if it would betray him.
My gay RAF officer friend suffered from what the doctors called "Acute Adjustment Disorder"; a series of symptoms arising from this sudden extreme change in lifestyle. His motivation at work nose-dived. He felt a sudden resentment toward the RAF for the way he had had to live in order to keep his job. He developed a serious sleep disorder. He also found other things than his RAF career that were more important to him. He found he could live the gay lifestyle. He found gay friends. He carved out a life as a gay man.
Unfortunately this had a detrimental affect on his working life and, after battling with serious stress related problems for over 2 years, he was signed off on long-term sick leave with a view to early retirement on health grounds.
Our national scum rag The Sun was tipped off to the story by an anonymous source and ran a 1 & 1/2 page story on Monday.
Despite their best efforts to make Nicks actions sound despicable, atrocious and deviant, the whole article comes across as a "nothing" story. Full of factual inaccuracies and complete falsehoods (including the "E" drugs reference), this story epitomises trashy tabloid "reporting". Please read it and let me know your opinions.

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Wednesday, December 25, 2002

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