Be my padawan Friday, Apr 17 2009 

Create a Brute, fight, and become my Pupil- click below

http://last-hussar.mybrute.com.

I’ve got my first weirdo Monday, Mar 23 2009 

Askimet does a good job at catching spam- of the thousands of spam that has been posted, all but 1 or 2 have been caught, and I don’t think any ‘real comments’ have been misdirected.  I drop into the spam bucket occasionally just to double check:- usually it is just long strings of words related to either 1) sex or 2) cars and, I suppose, a forlorn hope they will somehow make it past filters, and some one will click the link.

I’ve just found this

notscarednews

[I.P./email etc deleted to protect the strange]

I have to make it public. It’s suppose to be secret, however most people in Austin, Tx knows about it. The police department has machine that can read your mind. It can also change the way you feel. Sexual impulses, anger, and causing you to feel fear paranoia, basically anyway they would like to feel. This means it can cause a girl or boy to feel sexual. So sexual that they will have sex with strangers. This is just like rape. This is just one crime they commit with this machine. A machine that can read someone’s mind will be used to violate everyones civil rights. Ideas and secrets about company will be stolen by their competition with ease. People will be spied on in there homes, without a warrant. (this means someone will be able to watch you during intimacy without your knowledge.) There are a lot of people all over the United States knowing about this machine and the police department being able to use it. Start thinking about how the government has given the police department a weapon to commit not only one of the biggest civil rights violations of all time, but to commit war crimes such as rape and interrogation without the knowledge of the victim. I know it is hard to believe however if you happen to know someone in the police department, just ask if they have this machine. After that, I would also like people to think about how we are able to get the government to stop letting the police department violate civil rights and commit war crimes against there own citizens.

 

I know it’s bad form to feed the troll, but I like the idea of a Barrack’s Pet Weirdo.  I will keep a look out for more posts

Move over Spidey… Wednesday, Jan 14 2009 

There’s a new Super in town
Marvel Super Hero

Marvel Super Hero

You can blame Les for this one.  He provided the link to the Marvel ‘Make your own Superhero’ site.

Warning FAIL Monday, Dec 29 2008 

Sign Fail!

Sign Fail!

From a holiday a few years ago- this warning in Rye harbour.

Stephen Fry for Dr Who Thursday, Oct 30 2008 

Exactly what it says on the tin.

Now Tennant has signalled he wishes to move on, who would be better than the sublime Mr Fry.

SubPrime Explained Thursday, Oct 9 2008 

That well know expert George Parr explains all.

New series Bremner Bird and Fortune, Sundays, November 08

All hail the Geek Friday, Sep 26 2008 

This on the BBC website in response to news of the return of “The Krypton Factor”, which used a “K” as its symbol.

I’m excited about TV’s toughest quiz, The Krypton Factor, coming back, next year. Or The Potassium Factor, as I and my friends used to call it, K being the symbol for potassium, not krypton.
Bob Peters, Leeds, UK

 

I love a bit of scientist geekery.

There is a time to stop seeking justice…” Friday, Aug 29 2008 

Working in a Young Offenders Institute, a prison for 18-21 year old males, throwns up some unusual situation due to our ‘guests’ (I need to make clear this is not me below!).

Bad. Getting caught masterbating during the day.

Worse. By a female officer.

Even Worse. Not stopping.

Worse^2. Getting a ‘nicking’ (internal adjudication) because of it.

Seriously worse. Complaining to a fellow inmate its not fair.

Far Far worse. Fellow inmate being told by charging officer she was still in the room.

Another magnitude of worse. Fellow inmate telling you that you are a dirty B$&$^*ed

Exponentially worse. Having to sit in front of the Governor while the charge and conversation are read out verbatim.

MegaWorse. Being found guilty, and getting a punishment for it.

GigaWorse. Appealing, which means writing a full explanation on a complaint form, and having it sent to HQ, where a stranger will investigate the matter.

TeraWorse. Losing the appeal.

Women- so picky with presents (and guess the “pronouns”) Saturday, May 10 2008 

For our wedding “we” asked for DIY vouchers. (“we” did).

What “we” want is a patio area with a L shaped brick wall at the end, so last summer “we” dug a trench totalling 6m, by half a metre, by about 50cm deep. “We” put in about 25cm of hardcore, but it couldn’t get finished due to the bad weather. So over the bank holiday “we” laid foundations. This involved “us” moving 3/4 ton of various aggregates/cement etc, and laying 1/2 ton of concrete.

To do this “we” spent about £60-£70 of vouchers. This was wrong. Apparently the wedding present was for nice things (like the wall). The explanation ‘If you want the freaking wall, you have to have the freaking concrete’ does not cut any ice with “us” (although our 12 year old understood the concept).

(“we” now need to learn how to brick lay)

Humph reaches Mornington Crescent Tuesday, Apr 29 2008 

Humphrey Lyttleton, Jazz Musician, Host of the never matched “I’m sorry I haven’t a clue” and purveyor of filth to the middle classes passed away last weekend.

You will be sorely missed, Humph. You were the show. I suppose Samantha has to nip out now, as you are feeling a little stiff.

You can buy anything on the Internet! Tuesday, Apr 8 2008 

You may notice in some sites that the sidebar ads are linked (however tenuously) to the subject.  There is no human intervention in this- the site owner sells ad space, and a ‘bot’ picks out keywords and drops an ‘appropriate’ ad in.  However, the ebay one seems to have excelled itself

North Korean Army
Fantastic low prices here. Feed your passion on eBay.co.uk
www.ebay.co.uk

I would- but frankly I’m not sure where I would put that many tanks! (Les’s site StupidEvilBastard.com is a master at these- he posts a rant at religeon, and in the sidebar is a link inviting you to be ’saved’!)

Any other inappropriate ads you’ve seen?

Breasts, Nipples and Beer Wednesday, Oct 24 2007 

So, after putting a title on that will have 95% of men going “Where!” I give you a story that shows that maybe the Australian Authorities are not as happy-go-lucky as they like to portray their national characteristics.  This from AOL news reports:

A barmaid who demonstrated her party trick of crushing beer cans between her breasts has been fined more than £400 for breaking Australian licensing laws.

And a colleague who helped Luana De Faveri show off her other talent of hanging spoons from her nipples was fined £200.

Ms De Faveri, 31, pleaded guilty to two breaches of the county’s Liquor Control Act, according to the Australian Associated Press.

Police said she twice exposed her breasts to customers in the Premier Hotel in Pinjarra, near Perth. (more…)

Irregular Webcomic Saturday, Oct 6 2007 

Found a great webcomic by an Aussie guy.

Go and check it out- RPG parodies, Indiana Jones parodies, discussion of physics in Star Wars, plus incompetent DEATHS.

The home page (where the link is to) is the latest post. Start at ‘1′ and read ‘em all. (Though the various story lines are interleaved you can use the links under each strip to just navigate one story.)

Which ancient language am I? Tuesday, Sep 11 2007 

Strangeness at the OKCupid fun personality test site- you’ve seen them in the glossies, now do some really odd ones on line

Your Score: Linear A

You scored

Not much to say, really. You’re Linear A, the first alphabet ever written by the proto-Greeks – at least, as far as survives. Unfortunately, you made a bad career move and ended up being used by accountants and fish mongers, rather than to record epics. However, you did manage all your SEC filings on time.

Link: The Which Ancient Language Are You Test written by imipak on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

My Unitarian Jihad Name is Wednesday, Aug 1 2007 

My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Sabre of Enlightened Compassion.

Get yours.

 Fitting, eh?

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