The Somewhat Ambitious

Long-term readers of The Somewhat Ambitious will know that, alongside North Korea, our other despotic regime of choice has always been the mighty Russia. I mean, what’s not to like? Brutal and bloody history, oppressive landscape and unlivable climate, plentiful concrete factories and open strip mines, and a fine line in the dourest/most alcoholic politicians [...]

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Here at The Somewhat Ambitious, we…
Hang on, I’ve been dead silent for weeks! Where the shit are my manners? I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry. To say I’ve been sick/busy would be true, but it wouldn’t make things any better either. So here’s something which will make it all up to you.
You’re welcome.
Like I was [...]

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Yesterday, Luke addressed the hilarity Korea is offering to the world. Granted, some people define ‘hilarity’ as ‘tragically improverished military posturing and general cockbaggery’, but some people also went to see the Jonas Brothers 3D concert experience at Imax. Everyone has their pecadilloes. Well, here’s something similarly endowed with the twin guns of tragedy and [...]

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I can quite honestly say I would take a far more pressing interest in Australian parliamentary happenings if they bore more of a resemblance to those of South Korea:

So, that happened yesterday. Democracy. The highlights are multiple, but I particularly enjoy the lady screeches at 0:10 and the awesome fighting moves at 0:26. Apparently they [...]

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When I was five, way back when in the heady computing days of 1990, my father dazzled the family by bringing home our first PC – a large, grey, boxy 286 Amstrad with a DOS prompt, a 5 1/4 inch disk drive and a black and green word processor. And I loved it. Yes, even [...]

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Ok, it’s been quite a morning. Let me fill you in on the past 24 hours, as a LOT of weird and tragic shit has happened.
1) Farrah Fawcett died, aged 62, of anal cancer. Jesus.
This is just awful. Confusing, pointless, and an awful way to go. Also, previously I’d have giggled at the word anal, [...]

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Well well. You all showed up. Some said it couldn’t be done. Some said it was too late.
Ok, that’s enough vague bullshit meant to get you vaugely hyped. WELCOME TO NO FUCK FRIDAY! This is the fourth in our ongoing, and questionable, segment wherein the rules are very simple:
1) Luke and myself present one video [...]

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Tim and Eric.
Apart from being one of the best things on television, Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job stars one of the most terminally brilliant F-grade celebrities of all time, David Liebe Hart. For those of you unfamiliar with Hart, he ran a show on LA public access television, entitled The Junior Christian Science [...]

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As the loser of No Fuck Friday 2, Luke had the dubious honor of getting waterboarded today, with milk. Manchux (who can be seen holding the teatowel over Lukes head) was there, as were a bunch of our friends, all apparently giddy at the prospect of seeing Luke drowned in full cream milk. Let us [...]

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Gum. Is there anything it can’t do?* Maurizio Savini is an Italian artist, and has created an almost unsettling series of staggering gum sculptures. Not only are they huge in terms of size, but the sheer degree of pedantic minutia is exhilrating. To get a more thorough idea of the premise behind these (in particular, [...]

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