The rise of the idiots

Possibly the best half hour of comedy I've ever seen, episode 1 of Nathan Barley unrelentingly bashes the Big Brother Generation and also those who react against it. I can't help but feel challenged by this damning indictment of British popular and "alternative" culture. I think it's basically saying that whether we desire to embrace or reject this shocking dumbing down of society, we are all, in the end, idiots.

Consider the Duggars

A family who like the letter 'J'

To date they have been blessed with 16 children, (10 boys and 6 girls) Joshua, Jana & John-David (twins), Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah & Jeremiah (twins), Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah (& Jennifer due July 28, 2007).

Joey Eppard

Just wanting to share a video I found today of Joey Eppard performing Bramfatura. It's probably one of the best ones i've seen. And I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

The Decline of Stoke's Croft

PostSecret Mini-Movie

By turns poignant, dark, funny, sad, compelling, PostSecret is one of the few non-work-related sites I visit on a regular basis. Updated every Sunday, the site is an ongoing art project where visitors mail in their secrets on postcards.

My Friend Graham

So it's been a while since I posted anything here, not surprisingly given how busy I am, but I can't resist this one.

You may have heard that BAA has recently won a High Court ruling banning certain protesters from Heathrow during a week-long climate change camp. Well my friend Graham is one of the undesirables:

When two students decided something had to be done about climate change, they levelled their sights on flights. Now, with 150 fully committed activists behind them, Plane Stupid is giving the aviation industry a bumpy ride - The Observer

Graham is the press spokesman and they've actually been in the news a surprising amount recently - as I discovered when I did a Google Search.