Snails + Pet Shop Boys = Magic

Snails Go west ! Funny TimeLapse from www.time-lapse.fr on Vimeo.

Please nominate Midnight for a Hugo!

Yes yes I am sure Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog will win but soon we won't have Russell T Davies to kick around any more. Therefore I urge all Hugo voters to nominate Midnight for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form.

Using only song titles from one artist, cleverly answer these questions

Pick a band/artist: The Smiths

1. Are you a male or female: This Charming Man
2. Describe yourself: The Boy With The Thorn In His Side
3. How do you feel about yourself: Still Ill
4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: Girlfriend In A Coma
5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
6. Describe your current location: Back To The Old House
7. Describe where you want to be: Cemetry Gates
8. Your best friend: Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
9. Your favorite color is: Golden Lights
10. You know that: There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
11. What’s the weather like: What Difference Does It Make?
12. If your life was a television show what would it be called?: I Want The One I Can't Have
13. What is life to you: Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
14. What is the best advice you have to give: Shoplifters Of The World Unite
15. If you could change your name what would you change it to: Jeane

The single best idea anyone has ever had (Happy Birthday Charles Darwin)

CDs I would buy if they were available #1: Cat Power sings Bob Dylan

Cat Power obviously likes Dylan (see e.g Song to Bobby) so how about a full CD of covers? Then maybe Cat Power sings Bowie?

Zimbabwe News

The Times, published in Johannesburg, South Africa

Eustace Tilley Watchmen cover

New Yorker readers design new versions of Eustace Tilley.

Who has the stupidest proposed law?

In the red corner, the USA, where a law is proposed that will require mobile phones containing digital cameras to make a sound when a photograph is taken (Camera Phone Predator Alert Act).

In the blue corner, the UK plans to make it illegal to take pictures of officers 'likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism' (Counter-Terrorism Act 2008)

The "banned" Peta ad

I am sure Peta is delighted that NBC "banned" their ad. I like Peta just as I like the SWP as they stir things up with their absolutist positions. Historically, however, vegetarianism has been linked more closely with chastity than with licentiousness.