Shaun’s Musical Oddessy 2008
Current mood: blustery
Category: Music

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Google Fun Part II
Current mood: recumbent

Yes.  It's time for more google fun. I, like many people, am a closet egomaniac. I like nothing more than receiving recognition for my limited achievements and generally being famous. Luckily, there is a foolproof method of measuring your own fame... put your name into google.

Most likely something will come up that refers to you directly... eg a swimming badge you won when you were seven, your myspace page or your last hit record.

More interesting is the stuff that your namesakes are up to. Amazingly, two people can have the same name and lead different lives! lol.

Apparently, I'm a member of the Sherlock Holmes International Society (http://groups.google.com/group/The-Sherlock-Holmes-International-Society/browse_thread/thread/d9e1c79067eb8e99) . My main concern appears to be the question that has plagued mankind for centuries: Who was the best Holmes?! A chap named Harold Golson puts forward his suggestion of Jeremy Brett, but A.J. Raffles helpfully points out that "you could argue the merits of this actor over that until the cows come home", illustrating that Holmes fans will never fully agree on the best proponent of the famed detective. Enlightening.

Also, I had a light blue Land Rover stolen at somepoint between April 27th and 29th April 2004 (http://www.glass-uk.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=156). If you find it, I live in Hertfordshire. lol.

Shockingly I also live in Devon and, naturally, I'm very concerned about the issue of crazy pet psychiatrists, commenting that some woman who claims to talk to animals is "as mad as a box of frogs" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/devon/content/articles/2005/10/04/pet_psychic_feature.shtml). I actually agree with my imposter here, so maybe I'm not who I thought I was.... could it be possible that my real identity is exactly the same as my fake one....

The answer is no. These people are not me, I am better lol. So yes, google yourself and find out about the mentalists who share your name...its bizarre!

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Google Fun!!
Category: Religion and Philosophy

 HOW ANGRY IS THE WORLD!??

As everyone knows, the level of anger in the world can only be measured in terms of the ’Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-Fluffy Bunnies Ratio’ (Lowthian, 2007). The word ’arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh’ is so far the only term in the English language capable of describing the anguish and despair associated with genuine anger and frustration, whilst ’fluffy bunnies’, in addition to being happier than ’a kitten with a Q-tip’ (no, me neither...), are also the only mortal enemy of anger. Satan and his minions hate nothing more than to be confronted with a flock of fluffy bunnies, singing the theme to the ’Bodyguard’, each wielding a red heart balloon with ’I  U’ scribed upon it.

TERRIFIC!..... looooooookkkkk.....

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Journalistic Responsibility? No thanks, we're British

Been doing a bit of angry blogging as part of an internship for the online thinktank Knowledge Politics. This is good, cause everyone knows i like a good rant lol. The first entry is below...or check out the original source mannnnn

The ongoing discussions for the future of the European Union prompted a swathe of criticism from Britain's tabloid newspapers, using any feint notion that negotiations had not proved successful to accuse the organisation of bureaucratic failure and the British government of failing to protect the national interest. Irrespective of one's views regarding European integration, the overt Euroscepticism exhibited by both the black- and red-top rags presents worrying challenges to the potential for balanced political debate in a country where tabloids are read by in excess of 8 million people every day.

The left-leaning journal, Social Europe, was particularly critical of the Daily Mail's reporting of the recent EU summit, commenting that "it really is sad that irrelevant facts and rumours are obviously more important to some parts of the British media than real politics". True enough, the fact that Blair and Sarkosy dined at the exclusive Thiou restaurant has little to do with the intricacies of supranational cooperation and diplomacy, but more worrying are the factual inaccuracies in the same article, which suggest that the EU may be controlled by the French as and when they see fit and cut the number of member states from 27 to 25.

Sure, the Franco-German axis wields significant influence in Brussels, but in the British context, where despite constant scandal, the print media is generally trusted as a primary source of political knowledge for a significant proportion of the country's population, the tabloid press should be more aware of its responsibilities to provide accurate information to its readers. The exaggeration of intra-European rivalries does little for the prospects for balanced debate, leaving governments torn between being seen to be pro-Britain domestically and pro-European in supranational negotiations.

Neutrality is not a goal the press has ever aspired to, nor should it, but factual accuracy is a cause worth striving for, even if we never will know the true impact of President Sarkosy's choice of dessert on the balance of power in Europe.

SL

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Hazar!! Shaun's First Blog!

Ahoy there! (that's pirate for 'hello')

Welcome to my first blog, like my first colouring book but slightly less colourful. Anywho I'm in Bangalore, India (pronounced In-dee-a) at the moment, volunteering for the music mag RAVE, which, contrary to popular belief involves very little raving indeed. It does however give me the time to write pointless musing and rants such as this one.

Turns out our brave boys back in the UK have foiled a plot by some nasty terrorist types to take down planes, cause a bit of a cafuffle and generally, you know, disrespect the Queen and such like. As such, it seems necessary to adopt a Nazi-like control over our movements at airports. Apparently it's not okay to limit people's freedom, except in those circumstances where it is. Like now for instance. Fortunately, passengers at British airports in the next few days are free to endure several hour delays, handsearches, general surliness from those burly security types and the world's longest queue for polo mints at Heathrow WH Smith.

All is not lost, for the good people at the Department of Transport have increased our freedom further still by relieving us of all that weighty hand luggage we so dearly hate to keep by our side when travelling. I guess I'd never thought of a copy of Harry Potter as a terrorist device before but I guess tarnishing the book market with turgid plagiarised material is a particularly heinous crime against humanity. At any rate, no nine-year-old shall be clutching their copy of JK Rowling's latest adventure through the departure lounge, for books have been deemed a threat to security the type of which has never been seen on British shores. God forbid what could happen if we allow the wrong people to take their sunglasses case onto an aircraft....oh the humanity!!!

Anyway rant over. lol. I'm not in the least bit annoyed at the prospect of a long delay on my flight back to the UK...that's mainly because I'm not allowed a personality on the plane either....threat to security and all that!

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