The Somewhat Ambitious

Hello, you sexy bitches. Once again, World of Nerdcraft has happened all over your face and/or clothing. Here’s a breakdown of what Tom, Alex and myself chatted about this morning:
- In human behavioral news, new research at the university of Kyoto indicates that young chimps may have better memories than college students. To be fair, [...]

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I love self-explanatory blog titles.
I also love Antiques Roadshow. Not even in an ironic way; my father was, and still is unless yesterday he had a massive career crisis, a dealer in antiques, and as a result the whole scene gets me fierce wet.
Yep. I just dropped some fierce wet in your lap.
The best thing [...]

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This is an actual ad. For an actual credit union. No joke. This is… oh god. This is so perfect I could shit.
/Paul

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Sometimes I look about at the state of the world and it makes me long for the days of yore, simpler times all, where a man was a man, a woman was a woman and midgets were included in the food pyramid. Gone now are the days of easy utilitarianism, where the ends always justified [...]

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Every Wednesday morning, I’ll be posting a video of a total lech. Someone who probably eats children and grooms his moustache with the lawbone of their dead mother. Today, you’ll be watching some vintage Euro-disco, a genre which should be shot into the centre of the sun, but can’t on account of the fact that:
a) [...]

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- We talked about the handcuffing of high-school girl Alexa Gonzales who DOODLED ON HER DESK. Because that’s a real issue for the New York Police Department.
- We had a chat about a kid who got in trouble for having a lego toy with a lego gun. Not a real gun, mind you, a lego [...]

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Ah, Tom Selleck. I first met you when you were going out with Monica in Friends (shut up, those were formative years for me). Later, I delved deeper into your musky waters with Magnum PI. Later still, I think I may have seen you in The West Wing. Or was it Boston Legal? Probably Boston [...]

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A Milli’ by Lil’ Wayne a.k.a. Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. a.k.a. Snuggles

Lil’ Wayne has here produced a dense and multi-layered text with an excess of subtle references and well-placed metaphors. I attempt to unpack certain of A Milli’s lyrical complexities after the break.
[Vol. 1, an analysis of Prince's self-descriptive 'My Name is Prince' can [...]

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Did you know that glitter is made from ground-up unicorn dick?
Yeah. I’m all ABOUT the glitter up in this piece.
/Paul

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This story is oddly appropriate, given that Luke is undergoing knee surgery as we speak (he’s having a kaleidoscope installed in it): the first ever knee replacement in a cat has taken place.
The new total knee replacement implant for the other leg was designed by Dr Fitzpatrick, Professor Gordon Blunn and Mr Jay Meswania of [...]

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