Amusing tidbits
My mind is too incoherent to rant at the moment, so I’ll just share some interesting links and tidbits:
1. 3AW 11/06 7:11am Rumour File:
Caller Text Terrors says she attended a seminar for employers, and the speaker spoke about Gen X and Gen Y people, the employers given the task of deciphering text messages. The speaker told the group that in NSW teachers were directed to accept all text abbreviations in all HSC exams except English.
Alas, every morning while I compile the Telstra broadcast report, another colleague of mine has to summarize the 3AW 7am rumour file as a lot of our clients are interested in potential rumours that might be floating around. Some are ridiculous, whilst others such as this one, are interesting. This, combined with the high school principal who announced this week that English was too difficult, marks a horrific day in history. COME ON, PEOPLE!!! The younger generations already see bastardizations of the English language as valid, do you really want to AID the deterioration of it??
People, repeat it with me: ‘CHATSPEAK’ IS NOT OK!
2. Google Reader does Konami code:
A rogue retro-gamer at Google has apparently programmed the famous Konami code — the mother of all cheats, the giver of life and ammunition to small, spoiled children with poor motor control— into Google Reader
For some reason, the coworker who sent this alert was horrified when I asked what Konami was. Rather than risk horrifying him anymore, I just googled. Meh, but I think the alert itself is kinda amusing - mostly the fact that someone actually bothered to do it!
3. Coming in October, Oliver Stone’s “W”:
Written by Stanley Weiser, this focuses on the life and presidency of George W. Bush and how he went from ‘being an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world’. This shows Bush’s eventful life — his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush’s decision to invade Iraq. Josh Brolin stars as George W. Bush, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, James Cromwell as father Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, and Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair. Dick Cheney will be played by Richard Dreyfuss.
With this as the Cannes teaser artwork, I think I have a rough idea of what we’re in for - and I can’t wait!
OMFG. Cannot wait to see this. I WANT I WANT I WANT! The only thing that slightly chafes my keester is that they have someone playing Tony Blair, but nobody mentioned so far to play Bush’s lapdog, our own Johnny Howard. Come on, he was almost as big a mess-maker as Bush and Blair, only fair to include the fuzzy-eyebrowed freak! But if the movie in any way tries to make the audience sympathize with these fuckwits, I will be issuing a plea for boycotting and film-burning.
4. Oral sex blamed for throat cancer rise:
The virus thrives in the outer layer of skin and is transmitted mostly by skin-to-skin contact, researchers think. Sexual transmission tends to cause infection near the site of contact; intercourse is linked with cervical cancer, while oral sex can cause cancer of the upper throat.
Alright, unprotected sex kills, protected sex still puts you at risk, and giving blow jobs puts you at risk of cancer. What’s left, dry humping?!
5. US judge embroiled in cow porn controversy:
A JUDGE has suspended a long-awaited obscenity trial in the US after he was embroiled in revelations that he had posted sexually explicit material on the internet. Judge Kozinski, 57, was reported to have posted a photograph of nude women on all fours painted to look like cows, while a video on the site showed a semi-naked man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal.
!!!!!!! I don’t know whether to laugh or be disgusted!
6. Someone wanted to be a pilot when they were a kid. Now they can at least pretend their dream came true…
I have no words. None. Well, all I can say is that I don’t envy his electricity bills.
7. Crikey’s First Dog on the Moon:
I love Crikey, but I have to admit that I love the First Dog strips more than everything else it offers. How sad!
I figure that’s enough to keep the handful of you who read this thing entertained till my mind clears itself up.
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Agreed on Crikey. The new owners, former old media editors, have made it too boring.