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POPSHappy, happy Holidays! (Do you like my very elaborate image!) I hope you all have a lovely break over the holidays, however you celebrate it. England is covered in a layer of fog at the moment, and a large number of flights have been cancelled, so I'm crossing my fingers that I'm going to be able to fly home to my family on Christmas eve. Erk! My absence on Clipmarks is due to the enormous amount of work I've been doing lately. I'm very pleased with myself and I've actually made a lot of progress; there's always room for more, though! Take care all, and enjoy yourselves! anon x
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POPS'Social contract' with Britian (Guardian) Do you agree with this proposal? (I can almost predict who will and who won't.) It seems to be a attampt by the Government to force every single meber of society to abide by its rules.
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POPSKidman pregnant This only fuels my notion that Tom was the infertile one in the coupling and that this baby he's had with Holmes isn't actually is. (I don't know why I care. I think it's because Cruise freaks me out and I would run for the hills if I met him.)
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POPS'Queer, gay, homosexual ... ' (Guardian) Like every other expression of human culture, homosexual and heterosexual identities are historically transient. They haven't always existed, and they won't last forever. Indeed, the weakening, blurring and eventual dissolution of the labels queer and straight will be final proof of the demise of homophobia. Um. It's a take on this that may be more about semantics than anything else, but from the social constructionist and post-modernity points of view, what Tatchell claims here could make sense.
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POPSEgos on the web (Guardian) This piece struck me, not least because of the many altercations which take place here on Clipmarks. When you write for the web, you open yourself up to breathtakingly vicious vitriol. People wish things on your mother, simply for bearing you, that you wouldn't wish on Hitler. Humorous but with a hint of truth?
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POPS'Michael Richards' on-stage meltdown exposed a racist subconscious.' (Guardian) This lady really doesn't like Richards - and it seems with good reason! The best part was about halfway through, when Richards knew how deep in he was but wasn't man enough to stop and apologise right then. No, homie just had to keep going, desperate to find a punchline that doesn't exist when you're not actually trying to be funny. I'd thought the incident made its own gravy, so to speak, and needed little commentary. I found this amazing too; Richards knew that he'd gone completely overboard bbut he still didn't stop. He wasn't as vocal, but he still didn't shut up. I can see why this writer gave him the name Michael Richards, King of Unearned Ego. Indeed!
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POPS"The Cool List 2006" (NME) I'm not entirely sure I agree with this list, but anyway. The Gossip are a cool band, though. I am pleased to see Karen O there - she's just about the 'coolest' there is.
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POPS'A Call to Arms' (Guardian) Why, during a period of transformative social change, is sociology not back at the forefront of intellectual life and public debate?
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POPSRussian ex-spy dies in hospital (BBC) Question: is it wrong of us to assume that just because it's Russia, this man must have been poisoned? Are our views on such places so entrenched that we cannot think of another explanation? I mean, there is no evidence to suggest, really, that he was poisoned.
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POPS"All Muslimed Out" (Guardian) This clip follows on from something I was suggesting to Godfrey recently, but is interesting in its own right. I'm glad that Muslims are finally standing up (somewhere) and saying, 'Right, enough already. We never asked for this scrutiny and examination.'
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POPSI've never seen a queer.... I saw this as I happened to be scanning something else. I just don't know what to say about such convictions. I'm ashamed to live in a society where such sentiments are still held. Good grief.
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POPSWhat would you do with Pete Doherty? I can't help but think that the media coverage he receives each and every time he steps out of line is encouraging rather than prohibitive. Not that that's his only problem, of course...
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POPS'Smack' by Melvin Bragg Following on from a quote from Trainspotting I saw here earlier, I thought I would post this. I've never had to detox from heroin, thankfully, but it sounds about right.
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POPSNeat tricks to teach your body Some little-known practical tips about your body, such as: If your throat tickles, scratch your ear. If your hand falls asleep, rock your head from side to side - etc.
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POPSSome anti-Dawkins quotes Following on from this clip , I investigated the official Dawkins site. These are some of the things people say to him. I think it's all very well defending your beliefs, but this stuff is just hilarious!
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POPSNaomi Campbell is a bigot (The Superficial) Is is wrong of me to in some ways believe that black people would be naturally less inclined to be bigoted because they've been on the receiving end of so much bigotry themselves? The above (granted it's only a sample of one) doesn't attest to this theory, but there you go...
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POPSLost: the story so far (Guardian) Muddled about the first two series? Never seen the show but want to give it a try? Ahead of Lost season 3, which starts next Sunday, Benji Wilson offers a handy revision guide and tests your knowledge with our Lost quiz I'm not a fan myself - it's all too involved for me - but this might be useful to those who are.
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POPSTwo annoying FF extensions Either I just don't get them, or they just don't work. Yoono is to designed to 'suggest' pages for you to view based on what you have stored on your bookmarks. I think it's also supposed to keep your bookmarks stored so that they can be synced on a number of machines. Frankly, it does neither of these things. (1) It 'couldn't find any sites' for me when it was trying to recommend them (I have hundreds of bookmarks so it wasn't for a lack of material) and when it did recommend something, it was one of my own bookmarks! (2) My bookmarks on the Yoono server were never updated no matter how many times I changed them and then 'synced' them. Bookmarks from months ago are still on the server and have clearly never been synced. In addition, it really slows FF down. Rubbish.
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POPSCareNet's Purity Ball Preview Click through to youtube for the video. This level of paternal 'interference' with his daughter's love and sex life is disgusting to me. And disturbing. And there's a definite suggestion of pedophilia whether or not it's ever acted upon.
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POPS[Saddam's] 'Death won't bring repentance' (Guardian) I completely agree with this. Hanging someone is easy for us and easy for them. There's no need for him to show remorse or to face years of punishment because he's dead. For Saddam, that's the easy way out. Lock him up for the rest of his life - that's punishing him.
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POPSAnd this is what we call 'celebrity'! What happened to being famous and 'celebrated' for having talent and for wanting to change things? Now, it's about punching people in the face, it seems. What a damning indictment on our society.
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