"Muskmelon derides crosshatch for the (N)ew (M)ineral. Catch a fish for the electorate and swallow your pride once again. Your idea of sharing is the distribution of gaffing sticks. For Christ's sake, don't take the pills! Your suicide is only a one-time event for you.

See you in Hell!"

5/10/03 - An interesting pamphlet issued to US troops in 1945 called 112 Gripes about the French.  It was intended to dispel misconceptions, and perhaps it should have been reissued earlier this year:

"1. "We came to Europe twice in twenty-five years to save the French."

We didn't come to Europe to save the the French, either in 1917 or in 1944. We didn't come to to Europe to do anyone any favors. We came to Europe because we in America were threatened by a hostile, aggressive and very dangerous power.

In this war, France fell in June of 1940. We didn't invade Europe until June of 1944. We didn't even think of "saving the French" through military action until after Pearl Harbor - after the Germans declared war on us..."

"48. "I'd like the French a lot better if they were cleaner."

That's perfectly understandable."

5/10/03 - Oh I am so there!  Next Saturday at Banham's Cidershed the vocal stylings of Naked Ruby:

"imagine the house band from Pulp Fiction,
fronted by a seductive female Elvis!
(flame haired, femme fatale, Jane Ruby) 

hypnotic drums, growling bass,
wailing organ, & wigged out guitars.

a mix of Grinding Garage, Wild Surf,
& Voodoo Vegas Beat

accompanied by the gyrations of those gogo honeys
The Las Vague ShowGurls!

and surrounded by glamorous decor 
& far-out mind warping visuals" 

5/10/03 - The Impossible Discography, where else would you find discographies for Chicory Tip, the Kursaal Flyers and Hot Butter, all in one place?

5/10/03 - The Countryside Agency has the draft maps of all the common land in the country.

5/10/03 - Run, don't walk, to see the glow-in-the-dark Elite T-shirt.

5/10/03 - The strange case of the defaced pig.

5/10/03 - I've just added a image popup mouseover javascript thingy (as it's technically known), stolen entirely from here.  Check the Chumbawamba link below, or the band links in the lefthand column.

5/10/03 - Pitchfork present the Top 50 Most Common Used CDs.  Pretty spot on, but I would have included Chumbawamba's Tubthumper, this is always in the racks.

5/10/03 - Once again life imitates the Simpsons.

5/10/03 - Well if people will watch Faux News:

"Heavy viewers of the Fox News Channel are nearly four times as likely to hold demonstrably untrue positions about the war in Iraq as media consumers who rely on National Public Radio or the Public Broadcasting System..."

5/10/03 - It doesn't sound like I'm the typical weblogger, a teenage girl "who uses it twice a month to update her friends and classmates on happenings in her life".  Although it has been over a month since my last update. Sorry.

I also missed my 4th anniversary. Ah well.

Thanks to things magazine (great for all things visual) for sending visitors this way during my lull.

31/8/03 - I'm glad I've already got my driver's licence:

"Learner drivers will face questions about car maintenance as part of a revamped driving test that comes into force tomorrow. Besides the current written and practical examinations, learners will have to answer two questions on how to perform basic mechanical safety checks on their car."

"Asked how to check the level of brake fluid or engine coolant, Dipen Popat, 35, a jeweller from Leicester, appeared uncertain before concluding: "Surely we aren't supposed to do that? Isn't that why we get cars serviced?""

"When we reached home after our little outing and my mind was turning to a nourishing cup of Bovril to restore lost tissue, our photographer had arrived. So we launched forth again and I was called on by the camera to perform a series of manoeuvres with my car which proved more challenging than anything Mr Lunn had called for."

Either Gov. Gray Davis or Chicken Soft Tacos are particularly unpopular.