Tales of a Lagan Lover

I'm keeping this simple for Alan. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (2 days old)

I'm going to keep it simple because Alan Johnson has problems understanding science, evidence, truth, and above all he seems to have enormous difficulty understanding classifications. Or perhaps he is… more

The fuss about tags. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (3 days old)

I'm a bit baffled, I must confess, at the fury that has broken out here. On occasion, I have pointed out to people that they have forgotten to separate their tags with commas, resulting in a huge tag … more

Mad eyes, part 94. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (6 days old)

It is clear now that Alan Johnson wants to be our next mad eyed prime minister. We already know that he does not believe in science, or actual truth, or evidence, preferring rather the views of th… more

Nice helpful comment... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (8 days old)

See how helpful I am to spammers...… more

Government sacks scientist for telling the truth. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (8 days old)

The BBC version naturally makes more sense than the Daily Mail version. All we need to know about the Daily Fail's reporting is the biased and incorrect headline "Sacked: Drug tsar who claimed Ecst… more

Remind me, why should I obey the law? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (9 days old)

After all, our government ignores it, time after time, quite blatantly. Take for example the Phorm scandal, where BT spied on its customers. The government was told quite clearly to make BT stop doing… more

Might this be too good to be true? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (10 days old)

A recent message... Hello, Greetings Sirm // From the Desk of Mr. Pascal Gorkoffi, Jr. Auditing Department in (FINANCIAL BANK TOGO) Lome- Togo ; West Africa . -------------------------------… more

Well done, the Terminator! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (10 days old)

Arnie has not been getting much help form his state legislature, apparently, and got a bit naughty about it. I remember being told off for doing the same thing on Prestel, a while ago...… more

Love is all around From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (12 days old)

It is nice to feel wrapped in a cushion of the real thing, not some imposter like lust or fleeting fancy for someone you've just met. In a weird way, this reminds me of the kind of emotion I assoc… more

Told you so, part 94. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (13 days old)

"Well, that about wraps it up for God." … more

They must have used a microscope... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (15 days old)

A freebie in the Independent tomorrow, apparently... something small, but very poisonous... The artist got the wierd eyes right, but has exagerated the size of the brain.… more

Hand made furniture for Christmas? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (15 days old)

And why not? One of my brothers has just put some of his new pieces on eBay... For instance, this spice rack... … more

Why is the Post Office in a mess? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (15 days old)

Now I have no idea whether Adam Crozier was any use at all when running the Football Association, or even whether he did anything much there to get his pay. But here is what Wikipedia says about his w… more

Conversations with my Lover From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (16 days old)

He kisses my neck on his sofa, urgent, keen, smacking kisses. I don't want him to stop. "So nice how you don't just kiss my neck to turn me on, or turn yourself on" I tell him, squirming. "You kiss my… more

Conversations with my shrink From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (16 days old)

"Why do you think the way you view a friend differs from the way you view a potential lover?" "Why do you think it's a waste of time if you spend it with someone just for the company, who may or ma… more

Great feedback! From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (16 days old)

Hey Sienna, I was in the train station the other day and was looking for something to read for my journey and i came across YOUR book!! I haven't been on this site in a whole year or even blogged b… more

Tired of handbag spam? From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (16 days old)

This is the web site they are promoting, and it just happens to have a comment page... handbag them… more

The handbag spammer. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (17 days old)

This is who is hiding behind the IP address 123.161.77.87 inetnum: 123.160.0.0 - 123.163.255.255 netname: CHINANET-HA descr: CHINANET henan province network descr: China … more

Amy Winehouse's dad warns MPs.... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (18 days old)

Amy Winehouse's dad warns MPs alcohol can lead to heroin and cocaine. My thanks to the Daily Mirror for this fascinating insight. Only a few months ago, the government was given some advice about d… more

Don't click "Raj Rajaratnam, Founder of Galleon Hedge Fund Arrested" From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (22 days old)

The person or machine who keeps posting these things puts up what appears to be a link to a video. It is not. It is a link to a page that will attempt to infect your computer. To see if a page has … more

Guardian reading spider shock horror... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (24 days old)

One of my brothers (damn fine people!) sent me the link to this fascinating story, which appears far more likely than some of the fake stuff that has been planted in the press lately.… more

Friends From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (25 days old)

"Please excuse another 'Friends' analogy" says Jake, green eyes sparkling "but there's a really good one: Chandler and Monica!" He always compliments me on my clean bathroom, but am I really THAT a… more

If it acts crazy and looks crazy, it's CRAZY! From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (26 days old)

Looks like I had a lucky escape from the bigamistic clutches of CrazyCraig, aka the Mad Banker (see October/November '08 archives). Glad I wasn't the fool to accept his diamond, or any more of his … more

Phishing warning. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (26 days old)

If you get this one, don't click the link. It would install something nasty on your computer. Attention! On October 16, 2009 server upgrade will take place. Due to this the system may be off… more

The Tory pension theft was incompetent... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (27 days old)

When I heard that George (Bum Nose) Osborne was going to force people to work an extra year, paying extra tax and extra national insurance, before they could have the pension they had paid for, I … more

Get your library to lend you this book! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (29 days old)

I was going to write more about this wonderful book, and maybe I will later... From memories of a childhood blessed with an acute awareness of the wonders of nature to a present day crusade to save… more

"Call me Dave" is wrong. Gordon is right. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (29 days old)

You were not expecting me to say that second part, were you? I think it is significant that I saw this in The Telegraph, a proper newspaper, unlike the Murdoch trash Sun. Well for a start, would I … more

Smell my secret garden From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (30 days old)

For years, I'd been shaving my muff within an inch of its life, following Cashmere's comment that "hair traps smells". Not that I had a bulk of sofa stuffing down there beforehand, far from it - I … more

Leave casual sex to the professionals From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (32 days old)

It annoys me that some people seem to look at sex outside of established relationships as a sport or a hobby, to be enjoyed with new partners they don't know very well - like tennis or a pint in the p… more

iPod blues, man. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (32 days old)

I have an iPod Classic, 160GByte model. It's a superb piece of hardware. Unfortunately, it has software designed by and for cretins. And the web site Apple provide for "support" is unspeakably dire...… more