The Somewhat Ambitious

Or is it? Sure, you might think that nothing interesting happened in World War II, or that the Cuban Revolution was a hell of a bore, or that Afghanistan is about as fascinating as watching sand grow. But would you still think that if you had Spiderman fucking shit up in a war-torn city?

Or perhaps [...]

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I can’t recall having read anything which sums me up better. Seriously. The other day, I only had a limited amount of cash on me and had to cook dinner. I was terrifying close to impulse-buying an Ice Age 3 pez dispenser. I almost went hungry for a Pez dispenser. And I don’t even like [...]

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It’s Monday! Again! If you’re in a shit job and you’re on the cusp of quitting for all the right reasons, but can’t muster up that final screed of willpower, this MIGHT help. I say might because you really can’t dictate what will or won’t spur people to do things. I guess if you could [...]

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Image comics, I label I generally avoid with all the tenacity of a… very… uh, tenacious thing*, has released The New Brighton Archaeological Society. Mark Andrew Smith and Matthew Weldon have tried to fuse influences such as Peter Pan, Lord of the Rings and several mythical eastern tales. The story centres around a group of [...]

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If you’re having trouble following this subprime mortgage malarkey (vintage profanities are making a comeback, so you’d best step correct), you aren’t alone. I for one love a good visual aid, so imagine my relief when I found a webcomic/slideshow entitled The Subprime Mortgage Primer. It’s surprisingly thorough, and very informative, in a whimsical way. [...]

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Kids are Awesome is a webcomic I dug up recently, and whilst the authors name is obviously a pseudonym, the comic itself is quite good (if you’re a fan of Red Meat like I am, I’m sure you’ll get a kick out of it). There’s something [...]

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The first World Of Warcraft trade paperback has hit stands in Australia today. I’ve only read the first three issues before now, and I’m a sucker for a hardcover trade, even if the cover art is blindingly mediocre. Regardless, the story (which I’ll admit doesn’t push any narrative boundaries) follows an amnesiac who washes up [...]

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This morning on the Breakfast Show, I discussed:
- How a Japanese man faked a kidnapping to get a Nintendo Wii, and the possibility that Japanese appliances don’t actually talk, but are accompanied by prankster ventriloquists.
- The viability of the first impending commercial jetpack, and why jumping out of trees with umbrellas doesn’t work.
- The new [...]

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In what appears to be evidence of an extremely sloppy ancient martian civilisation, the Phoenix lander may have found poo on Mars. To fill you all in, in June NASA revealed the instruments on Phoenix had found Martian soil was not toxic, as had been thought, and could be used to grow crops such as [...]

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