wormwood

in april 1986
the town of chernobyl
experienced a nuclear mishap
causing the deaths
of somewhere between 30 and 400,000 people

the town
once home to 48,000 people
is now uninhabitable
for somewhere between 300 and 900 years



this chick
goes in there with a motorcycle and a geiger counter
and records a harrowing, ominous and fascinating story



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i will be false to you

fazed is another of my favourite sites
which is strange because it's remarkably plain

it's a witty collection of constantly updated links
(and inspiration for this blog)
the member's comments are as entertaining as the links themselves

at the moment there's links about ghillie suits
japanese robot wars
goldfish boots
fabio's music
and a poodle disguise for alsatians

the golden age of terrorism

vienna, december 21 1975

To the Austrian Authorities

We are holding hostage the delegations to the OPEC conference.

We demand the lecture of our communiqué on the Austrian radio and television network every two hours, starting two hours from now. A large bus with windows covered by curtains must be prepared to carry us to the airport Of Vienna tomorrow at 7.00, where a full-tanked DC9 with a crew of three must be ready to take us and our hostages to our destination. Any delay, provocation or unauthorized approach under any guise will endanger the life of our hostages.

The Arm of the Arab Revolution

it was an age of afros, moustaches and flared pants
terrorism was bank roberries, kidnappings
hijackings, airport tarmac standoffs and car chases

the baader-meinhof gang
and the red brigade

it was the golden age of terrorism



carlos the jackal
probably history's most famous terrorist
in vienna in 1975
kidnapped 60 senior government officials
oil ministers and their entourage
from an OPEC conference

he loaded them onto a plane
flew them all to algiers
and later escaped to terrorise another day

read the whole story here at the crime library
itself a repository of fairly good true crime writings..

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deviant art

deviant art is not nearly as pr0n as it sounds
it's an online art community
with over 13 million 'deviations' (graphics files)

there are a lot of teenagers sketching anime characters
but there are also some quality artists and artworks

the files are categorised
by means of a strange heirarchy
reflecting the site's origin as a catalogue of skins

the site's greatest strength is probably photography
but the community was a bit upset
and the site became less deserving of its name
when the 'erotica' category was abolished last year

my page is here.

things my girlfriend and i have argued about

mil millington is really a terribly funny writer
his page things my girlfriend and i have argued about
seems to have spawned a book
and quite rightly too
it's very funny

through all the hair-pulling frustration he expresses
over his long term german gf margret
you can actually see a brightly shining love

it's just after Christmas and Margret's going on about her present, which was, you'll recall, a necklace of a single diamond suspended on a delicate chain of white gold and sapphires. And this is what I hear come out of her mouth - 'Why didn't you get me a wormery, I dropped enough hints?'

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question of the week

every week b3ta post a question of the week

though really it's a theme for amusing anecdotes
at the end of the week, they compile the best responses and choose a new question

here's a response to the topic 'meeting the parents'

I'd been seeing my then girlfriend for some months and had managed to avoid meeting her parents. We were alone in the house and had been getting up to some teenage fumblings when it was time to go home.

I went to call a cab but the missus insisted she did. Got in the cab and was asked the usual small talk by mr driver such as what you been up to, did you have a nice time.

Of course I answered 'fucking right' and went into detail of how dirty she was, how I was only using her for sex (I was an obnoxious arse) and even offered 'you can have a sniff if you like!' (A very obnoxious arse)

Finally got home and asked him how much do I owe you and he said 'nothing, just keep the fuck away from my daughter, as I now know where you live.'

the page linked here
links to some of the web's funniest stories
click the links below "previous question archives"

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you're not gay, now go play football

this story is about a teenage boy who's been sent to a bible-thumping bootcamp to punish cure his recently-confessed homosexuality.

it mentions compulsory football games.
cos that's not gay.

the site of the 'remediative ministry' explores the myth of homosexuality:

Exploring the Homosexual Myth

There is no such creation as a "gay" or "homosexual" person. There is only homosexual attraction and behavior; accordingly, there can be no change from a sexual identity that never existed in the first place.

see
it's that easy.

group hug

i must confess
group hug is one of my favourite sites

anonymous confessions
here's one completely at random

I had sex with 4 different girls in one 24 hour period. one of the was my girlfriend and none of them knew about each other.

some of it's horribly fucked up
a lot of it's adolescents complaining about love gone wrong
and he-said she-said
but it is remarkably raw and honest writing

often funny
sometimes erotic
and very entertaining..

audioscrobbler

audio piracy is all well and good
the questions become
what p2p app will you use?
and what to do once you download everything you know about?
how to get new search terms or find new music of a similar kind

as a p2p app i use shareaza

i've recently found a clever site
that answers the latter concern
audioscrobbler

you download a plugin for your mp3 app
and it sends the site a list of all the tracks you play
it analyses these
suggests similar artists
and links to the profiles of people with similar tastes

capital

here's my latest lists..

flork

there are all sorts of friendship network sites
the most famous ones being friendster and myspace
both of which are pretty much emo scenes
to the extent that they're anything

i did get an unusual msg in myspace
as follows;

Subject: HELLO
Body: hello ,

i saw your profile and wants to say hi.You can IM me on my Yahoo ID (***@yahoo.com)So i can get to know more about you.

have fun

***.

on her profile it said:

i will like to meet any single , seperated or divorced man that is caring and ready to share is love with me .i will not mind any region in the world , i will like to meet any man from australia,america, france ,germany,united kingdom ,jamiaca,turkey , etc. the man must be caring,hard working, generous and God fearing and i will also relocate for the sake of love to my mans place.

in my reply i tried to gently make a few pointers
that might increase her chances in future

a similar idea to these sites
but a more stripped-down humble version is flork

just a location and a paragraph
no clubs, no networks, no 'friends'
no favourite music lists
(unless people write them)
maybe a photo
and a messaging system
that's it

it's cute
i like it

retarded ejaculation

i read some grouphug post complaining of ejaculatory incompetence
so i looked it up

i thought this paragraph was priceless

The old term for this condition was ‘ejaculatory incompetence', but that unfortunate expression is now being dropped, because it suggested that the person was 'incompetent' in some way. So, most sex therapists now prefer to say ‘retarded ejaculation'.

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