Search Requests " He who has no job should search for a camel " I knew that would come in handy one day ...

Big Brother proves the theory out of sight, out of mind . I wouldn't be surprised if Lynn had been sitting there watching shouting ...

www Rogue's Gallery of the Weblogging A-List. For some reason I thought Steven Den Beste would be younger; Jason Kottke would be ...

Life It was my last day of work today. This is the kind of place were whenever anyone leaves, they just disappeared. I found out today ...

Site News Still looking for submissions for the end of first celebrations -- email with your favourite moments -- but also want to compile...

Gender ' flat as a board ' is a feminist showcase of small breasted women. No really.

Fashion Cartoon Couture . Jaunty. [ Metafilter ]

Health Whenever I get a headache I very seldom take asprin. Partly because I know my immune system will cope with it eventually, but also...

Big Brother And so despite my best efforts, Sophie is leaving Big Brother tonight . The voting ratio 85:15 doesn't seem that fair, bu...

Nature In the 1930s, Sequoia National Park in California became home to a large market place. It was designed to attract visitors to the ...

Architecture The Big Brother concept in general is of course a very micro version of a planned community, which are apparently becoming in...

TV (oh what the hell) Big Brother Did the hairs on anyone else's back stand on end as the housemates of Big Brother 3 discussed Jade...

TV The Sophie supporting campaign starts here. I can see how she feels in 'Big Brother'. When I was at University in my second y...

Usually I cried tonight. I cried so long and so hard my throat hurt. I felt the tears falling down my cheeks and I chocked. I haven...

Film One of my favourite films of the 1990s was the low budget 'Walking and Talking', an ensembe piece set in New York with younge...

Film On the bus this morning I described ' Baise-moi ' to a friend as an ultra-violent porn film. That description doesn't ev...

Logobar An aging John McEnroe . Excellent biography, by the way.

Games I never could follow 'Dragon's Lair'. Don Blum's fantasy action coin-ops were a nice idea on the drawing board, bu...

Commuter Tales In the film 'Stardust Memories', Woody Allen steps onto a train which has chugged out of a Bergmanesque nightmare. ...

Film Spider-man [review laced with spoilers] I should start by saying that this is a great film. It's entertaining and exciting an...