Duck and Cover

We can hide behind our fingers. It’s just as effective at avoiding the necessary solution.

The proof is in the history.

Spam: Is He Out There?‏

I received the following spam mail a couple of days back. I've long ago stopped wondering if people actually fall for this sort of bunk. (I mean, it's neo-Darwinism at its finest if they do: it's unlikely we'll make it through the next couple of centuries with the sort of tolerance and support we show to idiocy.)

Right. Back to the matter at hand, though:

From: Sophiya N. (bpotterfieldn@thepotterfieldgroup.com)
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:19:25 AM
To: [a whole bunch of e-mail addresses -- yes, that "privet"]

Privet, dear

Definitely no games only honesty.Once I was walking down the street in the early morning and I noticed this intricate spider web covered in dew. It looked like a string of pearls greeting the morning sun. The trouble is I had nobody to share this sight with. I should tell you that I don't go for one-night stands or casual sex. I believe that love is built on mutual respect. Respect for time, space, ideas, feelings and each other. I don't like arguing, I am a woman of peace and calm and love. I like romance and good food, quiet times in front of the fireplace. If you need the same, you’ve found me http: //charming-woman.com/greatloves/

Bye
Sophia

I'm trying my best to put myself in the shoes of whomever might feel compelled seriously to consider this, um... alluring invitation to quiet, "privet" times in front of the fireplace.

From: Sophiya N. (bpotterfieldn@thepotterfieldgroup.com)

Wouldn't you at the very least want the name to match the e-mail address, even remotely?

To: [a whole bunch of e-mail addresses -- yes, that "privet"]

I'm not the jealous type, but, seriously, I think this is gonna be an issue. Who're all these other guys? We haven't even started dating yet!

Privet, dear

If I'm gonna have to look up words in the dictionary just to see if they exist, this relationship is already in serious trouble. Especially if your pet name for me is a shrub.

Definitely no games only honesty.Once I was walking down the street in the early morning and I noticed this intricate spider web covered in dew. It looked like a string of pearls greeting the morning sun. The trouble is I had nobody to share this sight with. I should tell you that I don't go for one-night stands or casual sex.

Sophia, simply can't contain my excitement over the honesty. Or the intricate spider web. The dew was just added bonus. I've been out of the game for a while, it had completely slipped my mind that arthropod sightings lead to casual sex. I'd always blamed paganism for the latter.

I believe that love is built on mutual respect. Respect for time, space, ideas, feelings and each other. I don't like arguing, I am a woman of peace and calm and love. I like romance and good food, quiet times in front of the fireplace.

Not to mention you love yoga, walks on the beach, and margaritas. Or you should, anyway. You sound just my type, so I'm sure you're into all that stuff.

If you need the same, you’ve found me http: //charming-woman.com/greatloves/

I didn't find you that URL, you found it yourself. I can't take credit for the kind deeds of oth... hey, wait a minute. What on earth were you looking up there, Sophia? You're looking up charming women? Are all my stereotypical male fantasies about to come true?

Bye
Sophia

Le sigh. Just... le sigh.

Achille Devéria

Achille Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria was a French painter and lithographer (apparently). I was unaware of his work until... hmmm, I don't even remember WHAT the heck I was looking up on Wikipedia.

Interesting illustrations.

The Prodigy, "Omen"

The Prodigy are back to their old-school goodness. Check it out.

Or don't. (Ornery cuss! Hmph!)

Fail: Covert Security

Hmmm. This should go really well with my Secret Agent jacket...

"Sweetcheeks" Beckham

The Dutch have always been known for their friskiness.

The burden of marriage

"Wife"-carrying competitions: Hong Kong? Finland?

Wherever they originated, wherever they're happening today, they're still pretty fuckin' retarded. Lowest common denominator entertainment strikes again.

Suck my swordhilt

The suggestions in advertising are ever-decreasingly discreet.

On an not-so-unrelated note, it appears the futanari content in Metin 2 is pretty happenin'...

Amanda Palmer, "Leeds United"

I love this video, check it out. Don't forget to click on the option to see the video in HQ, in the bottom right corner.

You can find more Amanda Palmer stuff over here, on YouTube, aaand on the album's website.

A-Team

Nostalgic for the 80's cult TV show? Well, much like midgets in dream sequences, I've got good news for you (or perhaps terrible news, depending on where you stand on such matters). As reported by BBC News yesterday:

Ridley Scott to remake The A-Team

Director Ridley Scott has signed up to produce the big screen remake of 1980s TV show The A-Team, according to industry paper Variety.

The film, due out in 2010, will be updated so that the army veterans will have fought in the Middle East and not in Vietnam, Variety adds.

It says Joe Carnahan will direct and hopes to make a "popcorn movie" that "reflects on the real world".

The cult TV show starred George Peppard as Hannibal and Mr T as BA Baracus.

Dirk Benedict, as Face, and Dwight Schultz, as Murdoch, completed the quartet of mercenaries "accused of a crime they didn't commit".

Carnahan said 20th Century Fox had asked him "to make it as emotional, real and accessible as possible without cheesing it up", Variety added.

Actors including Bruce Willis and Ice Cube have been rumoured to be on board but no names have been confirmed.