billytheseal

There is a story I have been thinking about a lot recently, pondering on its moral, and what I would do. The story is The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula LeGuin. I read it a while ago, and rediscovered it on YouTube recently, on a video discussing Faith in the US. The video is well worth looking at in it's own right,...
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Home alone on Saturday night, and I couldn't be happier.

Am currently watching series one of The Shield, all of it. Between now and Christmas, I'm gonna watch the first six series, in preparation for my Christmas treat of series seven.

Have found gainful employment. Am currently working as a salesman in a kitchen equipment shop, and as a glass collector in a scummy pub....
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This is how I feel lot of the time

Rememberance Sunday...and for the first time, no Tommys were there. I feel very sad about this

"Dulce et Decorum Est " - Wilfred Owen


Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But...
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I'm moving to Northampton next year to start university

For once, I'm actually looking forward to the coming year

Today, I learned cardboard was invented in 1817.

I lead such an interesting life at the moment

UCAS is done mwa ha ha ha ha

A little after 11.30 tomorrow morning, NASA is going to blow chunks out of the moon.

Who said science wasn't fun?

Now...if they could just work on my jetpacks...

ps - if you want to know more about what they're doing, he's a video from thunderf00t explaining it all

Had what many would consider a perfect day. Had a job interview, got the job,then went round to my friends comic book shop, hung around with a beautiful woman who's into Ironman, drank wine, eat pizza, smoked dope. I'm confused to why I'm feeling slightly empty at the moment

Job interview today. Bugger

There is a spider that lives in my living room. His name is Boris, and he's a nightmarish mesh of fur, legs and fangs. We hold a truce, Boris and I. I let him live unmolested behind the TV and DVD, and he ceases to wage a guerilla war upon me. It was really the only thing that I could do. He was winning, you...
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An interesting article in New Scientist recently. A blueprint for a better world, here are the footnotes for your consideration.

beware of common sense
legalise drugs
give police your DNA
redefine the bottom line
find out if we can cool the planet
tax carbon and give the money to the people
learn to love genetic engineering
end the pillaging of the high seas
take Friday...
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