Told You, I Did

Last year, I thought "how cool would it be to have a Talk Like Yoda Day, you know, like Talk Like a Pirate Day?" I wasn't the first to have the idea — and I certainly won't be the last — but I've finally managed to throw content onto talklikeyoda.com in time for the proposed […]

Everybody Gets Everything He Wants

Willard: I'm here a week now . Waiting for a mission. Getting softer; every minute I stay in this room, I get weaker, and every minute Charlie squats in the bush, he gets stronger. Each time I looked around, the walls moved in a little tighter. Kurtz: I watched a snail crawl along the edge […]

Gotta Love Councils

Got a letter through from my local council , telling me a local play area — swings, slides, other public-body approved child death traps — has "been put forward as a site for environmental improvement". The real genius part of it is this: Please refer to the enclosed plan for details of the proposed scheme. […]

Talk Like Yoda Day?

Tomorrow is, as always, Talk Like a Pirate Day . It's a day when everyone should talk like a pirate. There's no real reason behind it, other than it's fun. However, I'd like to nominate May 21st as Talk Like Yoda Day . Why May 21st? It's the date in 1980 when The Empire Strikes […]

Sexiest Ad Ever

Danish model Maria Gregersen frolics in the rain and spins around in the street to the tune of Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's a Lady". This is the TV ad for Lacoste 's new fragrance for women: Lacoste Inspiration . Yeah, yeah, I thought as I idly watched, another ad with a bouncy model showing […]