My neighborhood:
30 Jun 2006 7 Comments
in Allegory, Blogging, Canada, Uncategorized
Another Windsor hits the headlines
Honorary Lance Corporal William Windsor was
stripped of his rank this week after attacking
the arse of a military drummer. The regimental
goat of the 1st Battalion Royal Welch regiment,
otherwise known as “Billy”, refused to march
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What do you call an unemployed goat? Billy Idol.
What do you call a goat at sea? Billy Ocean.
What do you call a goat that mimes? Billi Vanilli.
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>> Don\’t look back in anger <<
Christina Aguilera needs charm school
Christina Aguilera has always had a diva
attitude – arriving hours late for everything,
big demands, feuds with everyone from Mariah
to Kelly Osbourne.
Now with the release of her new album she\’s
learned a new trick. During promo interviews
she\’s refused to look at any journalist.
Instead, the diva insists that the interview,
for which she\’s usually two to four hours late,
takes place in a dimly lit room, where she sits
and stares in the other direction completely
to the journalists while they ask, and she
answers, questions.
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Hoffwatch: Dave is today receiving treatment at St
Thomas\’ Hospital, after leaving the Sanderson Hotel
in an ambulance. He "cut himself shaving", apparently.
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>> Belgian buffoonery <<
Jean-Claude just can\’t kick the habit
“,1] ); //–> and stay in line during the parade at the
Episkopi garrison, Cyprus, and ended up
headbutting a group of military drummers before
attacking them with his horns.
Now bad boy Billy has been demoted and has lost
the perks of his rank, such as being saluted.
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What do you call an unemployed goat? Billy Idol.
What do you call a goat at sea? Billy Ocean.
What do you call a goat that mimes? Billi Vanilli.
Mentos and Diet Coke 2.0
30 Jun 2006 6 Comments
in Art, Blogging, Censorship, Crime, Culture, Entertainment, Fans, Humour, Lush Life, Physics, Science, Videos, Weird
Well after all that, Revver allows embedding. Too bad WordPress doesn’t allow it, or I’d post the “approved by producers” version here. All I can do instead is link to it on Raj’s blog here.
For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s a video by two mad scientist types (one is allegedly a mad lawyer/scientist!) of a frolicing fiesta of fountains of diet coke and mentos.
Enjoy. And if you figure out how to embed it in a wordpress blog, let me know.
gherkin of terror!
28 Jun 2006 8 Comments
in Allegory, Blogging, Celebrity, Culture, Humour, Science, Videos, Weird
I resisted posting this for a couple of days…a couple of days too long. In future I resolve never to hesistate posting something just because it’s:
A) stupid
B) probably fake
C) really, really stupid.
Honestly, if she thought her life was ruined by her fear of pickles, just wait till she finds out what life is like as THE world-famous pickle pussy.
Operation Global Media Domination: no more games
28 Jun 2006 4 Comments
in Blogging, Books, Celebrity, Censorship, Crime, Culture, Entertainment, Family, Fans, Humour, Literary, Operation Global Media Domination, Physics, Porn, Science, Sex, Sports
It seems nobody cares if Harry Potter is dead. Nobody but the BBC, that is, which commented on my post about the story in the Guardian. The BBC is trawling my blog for readers: while I am somewhat stunned at this micro-, nay, nanomanagement, I’m okay with it if they’ll only give me the linkie luv. Translation: they don’t allow you to leave the URL of your blog your signature, ie like this: raincoaster. Frightfully Web 1.0 of them.
In other OGMD news, the Mento and Diet Coke Fountain Madness is dying out as those mad scientists lay the smackdown on YouTube and the video has been kaput for a week now, after nicely threatening the existence of my blog. I wonder how long you have to respond to those threats before the powers that be nuke the blog. Could be tricky, as I do not actually have electricity at home at the moment.
And although for the past several days it’s been beating the coprophilia out of the Beautiful Agony post, today nobody is interested in Watching the World Cup For Free. Is it over or something?
I only care about the Stanley Cup, yo. Do they even have ice in Carolina?
knitiloids!
28 Jun 2006 Leave a Comment
in Allegory, Blogging, Culture, Historical, Humour, Science, Squid, Weird
Two Squid-related posts in one day!!! Can you fucking stand it???
Pretty thrilling, eh?
From Knitie, via BoingBoing, comes news of these adorable knitting patterns. Craft your very own tentacled beauty from a vanished era; I prefer the longer, more squid-like version, but then I’m a size queen when it comes to Squid.
Hey, sometimes a Squid is just a Squid.
Every scary prehistoric beast should be made into a huggable toy, and I say it’s the nautiloid’s turn.
Their living relatives include the squid, the octopus, and the famous chambered nautilus.
Henry VIII: first known casualty of Atkins diet
28 Jun 2006 Leave a Comment
in Culture, Dating, Historical, Humour, Lush Life, Science, Singles
From Fortean Times. I have friends who’ve been on the Atkins diet, megaprotein, zero carbs, avoid carrots and many other veggies, as they’re terribly starchy; each and every one of them swears it works. And each and every one of them is overweight. What do they teach them in school nowadays? (besides math)
June 28. Henry VIII, the king who destroyed the fabric of monastic England and most of its sacred shrines, was born today in 1491. It used to be thought that he died of syphilis, but it was malnutrition that did him in, according to historian Susan Maclean Kybett; specifically, he didn’t eat his greens. It seemed that scurvy, caused by vitamin C deficiency, is the only disease that fits his symptoms – ulcerated legs, bad breath, collapsed nose etc. There was a prejudice at the time that only lower orders ate vegetables; the rich could afford more exiting things like venison.

Thank god that particular fad is over. I’m a little tired of going to restaurants with people who smell like abatoirs and who insist on ordering three courses and then whining about how they can’t eat two of them.
On the bright side, I’ve much enjoyed the extra servings of dessert and even convinced one poor sap that Martinis are high in carbs…here, let me get rid of that so it doesn’t bother you. You can have the twist, though.
fuddle duddle, the VIDEO!!!
28 Jun 2006 3 Comments
in Allegory, Canada, Celebrity, Censorship, Culture, Historical, Humour, Literary, Politics, Videos, War
One day in February, 1971: A great moment in Canadian history. Someone once said that in Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada has at last produced a political leader worth of assassination, and love him or hate him you just have to agree. Watch the video and make up your own mind.
Thanks to Raj for grabbing and re-formatting, cropping, and uploading. God knows I’m far too lazy to do all that myself.
Plus bonus: The October Crisis, the Kidnapping of Pierre Laporte
This is so damn earnest, it just may be the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen.
What say you all?


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