Sold straws.

One Speech, One Joke

Right. Look. We have a problem. Well, obviously we have many, but now we’ve got a new one. Since when did Mayor of one of the finest cities on earth become the place elderly politicians went to grow more insane? The last election had people choosing between Boris, Ken and Brian Paddick (you know, Brian Paddick, yeahhhh you know Brian! ..no? Oh.) men either towards the end of their political careers or vastly out of date with the movement of the political climate. And London, she got Boris. Yesterday at the closing ceremony Boris made a genuine, heartfelt and funny speech celebrating the official end of all our Olympic festivities, and people have gone mental over it. Listen here, people of the UK, ONE GOOD SPEECH DOES NOT A COMPETENT POLITICIAN MAKE. I know it’s an extreme comparison but George W. Bush made an amazing speech just after 9/11 in a Mosque about the things we could learn from Islam, and how Muslims, Christians et al should work together for the good of the world. A wonderful sentiment, but he still started a fucking war, screwed millions, and jizzed all over a generation of Americans.

Not quite as bad perhaps but Boris still has an awful lot to answer for. Lest we forget he didn’t actually get us the Olympics (thanks Seb, Ken, and, double standards I know, Tony!) but like the entire Tory party has managed to appropriate the Olympics and is legacy as a triumph of Conservative government. Still, it makes up for a wider congestion charge zone, higher travel, less growth, worse GDP, no healthcare, A CUT IN DISABILITY FUNDING, education and any sort of room for old people. I loved the Olympics but I’m already sick of it being used as a political sledgehammer, especially by a party that it’s doubtful would have ever pitched for the Olympics, but are happy to take the credit regardless. What’s worse than everything is that our little honeymoon of a summer is over and we won’t even have the Olympics to sweeten the pill of Tory policy.

And as for poor old London, well she’s done well for an old girl. Didn’t break down, was friendly and amicable, helped bring everyone together and celebrated a jolly good knees up. It’s a shame she now has to contend with the biggest hangover ever: undiluted, nonsensical, Olympic-sized idiot Boris

One Speech, One Joke

Right. Look. We have a problem. Well, obviously we have many, but now we’ve got a new one. Since when did Mayor of one of the finest cities on earth become the place elderly politicians went to grow more insane? The last election had people choosing between Boris, Ken and Brian Paddick (you know, Brian Paddick, yeahhhh you know Brian! ..no? Oh.) men either towards the end of their political careers or vastly out of date with the movement of the political climate. And London, she got Boris. Yesterday at the closing ceremony Boris made a genuine, heartfelt and funny speech celebrating the official end of all our Olympic festivities, and people have gone mental over it. Listen here, people of the UK, ONE GOOD SPEECH DOES NOT A COMPETENT POLITICIAN MAKE. I know it’s an extreme comparison but George W. Bush made an amazing speech just after 9/11 in a Mosque about the things we could learn from Islam, and how Muslims, Christians et al should work together for the good of the world. A wonderful sentiment, but he still started a fucking war, screwed millions, and jizzed all over a generation of Americans.

Not quite as bad perhaps but Boris still has an awful lot to answer for. Lest we forget he didn’t actually get us the Olympics (thanks Seb, Ken, and, double standards I know, Tony!) but like the entire Tory party has managed to appropriate the Olympics and is legacy as a triumph of Conservative government. Still, it makes up for a wider congestion charge zone, higher travel, less growth, worse GDP, no healthcare, A CUT IN DISABILITY FUNDING, education and any sort of room for old people. I loved the Olympics but I’m already sick of it being used as a political sledgehammer, especially by a party that it’s doubtful would have ever pitched for the Olympics, but are happy to take the credit regardless. What’s worse than everything is that our little honeymoon of a summer is over and we won’t even have the Olympics to sweeten the pill of Tory policy.

And as for poor old London, well she’s done well for an old girl. Didn’t break down, was friendly and amicable, helped bring everyone together and celebrated a jolly good knees up. It’s a shame she now has to contend with the biggest hangover ever: undiluted, nonsensical, Olympic-sized idiot Boris.

Drinkify →

Listening to some music? Don’t know what to drink along with it? Well! There might just be a website to help…

Freakin’. Awesome.

The most hilariously effective signs supporting gay marriage.

Kinda off the record for me, but I’m all for witty, well written placards! Note the lack on ingenuity in many right-wing agenda marches. And the lack of quality of their media output. D’ya know why? Because all the creative people, that also happen to be intelligent, know a bad egg when they see one. Fight the idiocy! Be creatively intelligent/intelligently creative (..probably not coming to a placard near you anytime soon)

Vic & Bob’s Afternoon Delights!

The Weather, City Edition

If you have an Apple computer, like nicely designed things, have a mild curiosity about the weather and enjoy a good screensaver then, well, this may just be the thing for you ;)

Ride, Rise, Roar

A new concert film from David Byrne? Sounds good. Oh, it follows the tour he did playing music created by Brian Eno and himself? Awesome. HE’S WEARING THE BIG SU— ah no, wait a minute, it’s just white.

Good though ;)

Sugru →

I have just ordered a pack of Sugru because it looks like the answer to my Apple-cable-nightmare dreams.

The Flower Appreciation Society →