I was getting ready for work this morning and overheard a snippet of conversation between my two sons.
Ross, age 6, said "...because God made everything!"
Ewan, age 4, replied "What else did he make?"
I had to smile. Not sure what prompted that little exchange as we're not especially religious.

I was a little miffed at hearing of a recent paydeal. The Daily Mash sums it up quite nicely. The mash could very well be my new favouritest site on the web. Oh and have this too!
This post contains no Youtubeness.

For the last decade I've been ranting to people about how our vocabulary is going to pot. Business-speak has slowly been encroaching into everyday speech. The BBC are just waking up to it and have published a rather good list of the most annoying: 50 office-speak phrases you love to hate. I'd dedicate a blog to it if I was incentivised enough to do a positive feedback that puts us all on the same page! It goes without saying that I hear this sort of wibble from people around me on a daily basis.

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by freres-hueon

Saul Bass style re-imagining of the original Star Wars opening credits.

Someone has recreated The Battle of Pelennor Fields from "Lord of the Rings" using Gummy Bears and Liquorice Allsorts! Fantastic.

These are good ads...

This is a great rant! Its not mine - I don't come from Texas. However it is a pet hate of mine where food producers sneakily downsize their products hoping you won't notice. They usually continue to charge the same price too. The rant I am refering to is of "Devoted Customer Upset Jimmy Dean Downsized Sausage 16oz To 12oz But Charges Same Price". Priceless - let it set the interweb alight! I'm not going to pass comment on the families size or of stereotypes of Texas dwellers, that just isn't relative, I just like his style. Now who wants a "Randy Taylor" t-shirt?

Outstanding!

Played in a very wrong key. Please note her amusing use of the trumpet as a laser gun in her "dance routine". Pffft!

Lifted from the Popbitch newsletter, this has to be one of the best blogs ever! This is what the internet was created for. Running from Camera is...

The rules are simple: I put the self-timer on 2 seconds, push the button and try to get as far from the camera as I can.

Then you need to get some of this...

Ah, the power of the internet. I love that you can read about happenings all over the world and then caste judgement over them. The story that I'm linking to is a great escape from the jaws of a shark. Whilst I'm pleased to hear that the victim managed to evade a spiky end, I'm a bit ROFL about the way its been reported. For instance I love the fact that the people in the water had discussed previously what to do should they ever be shark attacked.

"We've talked about it a lot, " Glen said. "The policy is if it goes for you, then you go for it."

Did they happen to discuss this in a boardroom? Policy? Fek that. I hate the way business speak is invading every day speech. The bonus to this piece of journalistic delight is the final quote.

Freakonomics has an interesting post about trying to marry into money. If the lady looking for rich love interest is for real then you have to admire her honesty. Then you realise that she's a divorce waiting to happen and all her potential suitors probably can smell that a mile off. I think she might need to go back to the drawing board and get hitched to a plumber, after all they're all minting it these days ;)

I love the humility in the first sentence of Cory's latest post... I, Robot in Romanian. The collective egos of the contributors on BB keep inflating. Yes, that's you too Xeni! See if you can spot any chest-expanding self congratulation in this post (Cory even refers to himself in the third person in the title).

I simply can't get enough. Natasha Kaplinsky recalled by Mattell. Well done NewsBiscuit!

This is a great tale of how Fleet Street used to be...

There's an unbelievable picture of a billboard advert for Grimsby College here. A sign happens to get in the way of one of the letters and gives the ad a completely different message. Must be seen (unless you are offended by the c word).

Customer service quality control at its finest: "Everyone gets served in under 10 minutes". Someone probably got a pay rise for implementing this business strategy.

Absolutely the best thing ever, until the next one.

These days you can't even enjoy the sun in your own backyard without the whole world knowing. Dutch TV couldn't resist trying to track down the unfortunate sun worshipper.

Looney story of the week comes from the Beeb: Woman allowed to sunbathe naked. Lynett, it seems, has taken a liking to sunbathing in the altogether. Fair enough. However the neighbour, upon spying the bountiful display, decided to video the scene as he found it deeply offensive. The story doesn't tell us if he actually challenged her at the time. "Oy, put some clothes on!", would have surely ended the matter rather than having to end up in court (and therefore in the full media glare). To me it's the neighbours eagerness to reach for the camcorder that's more disturbing than the actual offence. I feel that Mr Jones really needs to get a life. I'm sure it won't have done the prosecutors reputation much good to have brought this case to the court.