“groovy mother...”

Too true to be funny. (I was particularly pissy that on my flight earlier, the tray table was covered with a huge advertising sticker. I promptly peeled it off. Fucked if I’m going to let someone steal my attention when I’m trapped in a confined space)

electoral-vote.com is back up and running, and tracking polls prior to the primaries. I’m now following it with approximately the intensity I was tracking the AL East in September!

Some rather splendid new Portal T’s.

Fun flash game where how you play now defines how well you do on subsequent rounds.

Fantastic photo. Described in Reddit comments as “Beerkakke”

Excellent and timely curmudgeoning by Christopher Hitchens.

Further fuel for my belief that diets are a shitty way to lose weight, and sensible long-term life changes are the only way to do it correctly. (Not for nothing have I gained 30lbs since starting driving to work each day, instead of having to walk a mile to the T stop)

David Cross explains why he did the “Alvin & the Chipmunks” movie that looks so crappy. “I asked the owner if he’d take some of my credibility as payment. He looked at me as if I was an alien with A.I.D.S. speaking some intergalactic gobbledy-goo. I had to patiently explain to this country bumpkin about my indie hipster cred, and I would now like to cash it in.”

by Michael Ian Black (The State, Stella, etc). “Hi! How are you? I hope this letter finds you well. I don’t know if you remember me or not, but I’m the guy who fingered you at sleepaway camp.”

The calendar, and all its complexity and intricacies, are sorted-out by Dave Gorman. About time too.

Hooray! A new Best of Bootie CD for the new year!

I’m In Like With You branches out into wickedly-addictive multiplayer Tetris. They even let you play without joining the site.

Tremendous shame. He was one of my favourite Radio 1 DJs during the mid-90s — Especially when he had to fill in on the breakfast show at short notice when Chris Evans didn’t turn up to work.