Archive for April, 2006

April 30, 2006

Wørd of the week – Mandisa

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> mandisa (v.) man-di-s&. When a celebrity or politican — whose popularity is virtually guaranteed among gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders because of a personal trait (ie. large black singing divas, Democrats, straight actors playing "courageous" gay roles) — instead draws the queers' wrath because his or her true position is revealed by bloggers. Usage: "Did you hear about that idiot candidate Bill Ritter?" "Hell yeah! That bitch got mandisa-ed." Source: American Idol  Thanks to Faggotty-assed-faggot for the tip. See, something good can come out of Cleavland.  Tweet …Read the Rest

All a tingle
April 30, 2006

All a tingle

OK, I am SO geeking out. Later today, London time, episode three of the second season of the NEW "Doctor Who" airs and I am having a conniption. This episode brings the return of not only Sarah Jane Smith, one of my two favourite companion , but K9 the clunkiest …Read the Rest

V for Vague
April 28, 2006

V for Vague

The Wachowski brothers , creators of the Matrix films are back in the saddle again with a dark totalitarian vision of Britain’s future called V for Vendetta. Drawn for DC comic’s stable of “graphic novels” the plot pits the dagger wielding V, a cloaked and faceless figure in a Guy …Read the Rest

Wørd of the week – technosexual
April 23, 2006

Wørd of the week – technosexual

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> technosexual (tek.noh.SEK.shoo.ul) n. A male with a strong aesthetic sense and a love of technology. —technosexuality n.   Example Citations: Earlier this year, people who spend less money on mousse and more on mouse pads decided that …Read the Rest

What I see when I blog
April 23, 2006

What I see when I blog

I am picking up on a meme form a few of my favourite bloggers. I am not sure where it started, but its an interesting view into other peoples lives. And afterall, isnt that a big part of what blogging is about – voyerism. Follow the image link to Flickr …Read the Rest

Quotes about love
April 22, 2006

Quotes about love

Some random quotes about love that came in today. Not directed at me, but interesting none the less. > No man is worth crying over, and the one that is would never make you cry alone. > You can close your eyes to things you don’t want to see, but …Read the Rest

What happened?
April 21, 2006

What happened?

First the blog vanishes for a week or so, then it returns but with much of the content missing. Something is going on, but what? Suffice to say that a couple of blog-foot in mouth incidents gave me cause to review writing publicly. As always with these things, the is …Read the Rest

Wørd of the week – heteroflexible
April 16, 2006

Wørd of the week – heteroflexible

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> heteroflexible (het.ur.oh.FLEKS.uh.bul) n. A heterosexual person who is open to relationships with people of the same sex. —adj. Also: hetero-flexible, heteroflex. —heteroflexibility n.   Example Citations: First, there was the term "homosexual," then "gay" and "lesbian," then …Read the Rest

Wørd of the week – hasbian
April 16, 2006

Wørd of the week – hasbian

< ?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> < !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> hasbian (HAZ.bee.un) n. A former lesbian who is now in a heterosexual relationship. Example Citation: "Say that you'd only just got used to telling your friends your daughter was a lesbian and do not relish having to …Read the Rest

Happy Easter
April 14, 2006

Happy Easter

Heres to a very merry Dead Christ on a Stick Day Tweet This Post

Wørd of the week – continuous partial attention
April 9, 2006

Wørd of the week – continuous partial attention

continuous partial attention n. A state in which most of one’s attention is on a primary task, but where one is also monitoring several background tasks just in case something more important or interesting comes up. Also: CPA. Example Citation: One of the most interesting talks came from a former …Read the Rest

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