December 2011
1 post
So, That Was Good Fun Huh?
Thanks to everyone who came along last night to the Horse & Trap.
I’m in the middle of going through the bids. If you were a successful bidder just hang tight and I’ll be in touch soon about payments and pickups.
If you have any queries just email me on jfbarbosa@gmail.com
Excelsior!
September 2010
23 posts
If you’re looking for my blog, it’s moved here. I couldn’t really tell you why.
Alan Moore Leaves Awkward Message On...
Old mage-guts Alan Moore (that’s him on the left there looking a bit like a town dump operator who fell into Doctor Who’s wardrobe) has been getting unfairly treated by the fanboys at the moment. It’s also a rather confusing response from the man-bra hordes (partly because these suspicions have been published before), it’s almost as if the creator consciousness raising that...
St Lukes To Double In Size, Take All Of Us With It →
And I’m sure it’ll look great as well.
“What will happen to the dignity of man if he finds that his contribution is to...”
– Vance Packard
The Hamster Wheel Of Journalism →
“There’s more to do, more to see, more ‘ho’s to fuck, and...”
– Violent J as quoted in a Village Voice article about the Gathering of the Juggalos.
1 tag
An Old Comic I Made With Half Life 2 (weird)
Reading the article, you are at first surprised,... →
Mad Men = some of the best, most unpredictable writing in television. It has its flaws, but each script feels like a polished piece of architecture. I pray to God that it never jumps the shark.
Mayor Compared To Giuliani, News Gathering Now... →
Thorium Could End Fossil Fuel Bullshit →
Not only does it have a cool name, it’s also the answer to our shit lives.
August 2010
33 posts
“When the Business Roundtable praises you for not adopting...”
– John Armstrong on the Government’s changes to alcohol legislation. Not quite as angry as he was over the recent ACT carry on, but perhaps the nag has been spurred.
Twenty Things: Crabs smoking cigarettes
iheartchaos:
Read More
Big Screen TVs and Enforced Prudency
“A substantial majority agreed that Muldoon’s decision was a disaster for the country, particularly as the compulsory scheme was replaced by National Superannuation which cost $8 billion a year and is funded from taxes.
The abolished scheme would have been worth an estimated $240 billion- plus in 2007 and would be worth around $255 billion today using the same conservative...
“The irony is that 212 cell phones are a little phony, like fake vintage...”
– Tech nerds lusting after old school NY area codes. This is high level wankery.
via maura
“In a recent study by Texas A & M University, nearly all hot tubs house some type of microbial growth - 95% had bacteria derived from faeces.”
via popbitch
Where's the TERROR MOSQUE? →
via theawl.com
“Didya get the pears?
Didya get the pears?
Didya get the pears?”
“ … there are no grounds for opposing it legally (it’s private...”
– Leonard Pierce on the hoo-haa over a proposal to build a mosque near Ground Zero.
Hoax? The guys behind the Whiteboard HOPA Woman →
Sounds fishy to me.
(via All Things Digital)