12 January 2005

Murder pair 'love's young dream'. A retired teacher accused of murdering his wife and dumping her in a lake, tells a jury of his love for her. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] It was that groovy "murder her and dump her in a lake" kind of love. We've all been there. 10:01:17 PM    comment()

I now have one of them there mobile telephone apparatuses The contract seems slightly onerous. Could any lawyers out there tell me what "even unto the tenth generation" means? Also, what is "droit de seigneur"? 9:58:16 PM    comment()

'Torture' to uncover brain secret [BBC news] One aspect of the two-year study will involve followers of both religious and secular beliefs being burnt to see if they can handle more pain than others. Wow. That's a bit extreme. At the stake, presumably. 6:07:55 PM    comment()

Boulevard of Broken Songs A decidedly superior mash-up: Green Day "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" vs. Oasis "Wonderwall" vs. Travis "Writing to Reach You" vs. Eminem "Sing (For the Moment)" (Sampling Aerosmith's "Dream On"), by Party Ben. I found the link on the also decidedly superior 50 Quid Bloke weblog. 1:00:25 PM    comment()