Considering the rampant rise in cryptic status updates on Facebook, I have created a little mascot called Eli the Cryptic Status Echidna.
You can either post a link to this blog post as a comment on their status update or you can copy the picture of Eli and edit the text above him and post it [...]
Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
February 22nd, 2010
Eli the Cryptic Update Echidna
January 22nd, 2010
Waiter! Waiter! There’s a fly in my… pizza.
Yes, I know, not the most cryptic of titles, but nevertheless a true story. As a friend of mine bit into her fifth slice (alas!) of Roman’s pizza last night, she discovered this little critter nestled inside the doughy pizza base. A delicious, protein-rich topping for Bear Grylls perhaps, but outright disgusting for regular humans. We [...]
January 13th, 2010
FOR SALE
1 Blog
Good condition- hardly ever used
Included in price: 3 witty writers who will make up to 1 post every 6 months; 2 regular readers
Price: Negotiable
November 17th, 2009
Car Guards and Protection Rackets
The business of public car-guarding is about as legitimate as any protection racket. A recent comment on one of our articles prompted me to illustrate by means of a thought experiment: a sentry service for pedestrians.
So I start a voluntary association (like a gang) and people with any credentials can sign up. The purpose of [...]
November 11th, 2009
Save Time, Forget The Panda
I’m not quite sure how the topic came up, but a few days ago I had a discussion with my friends and I came to a startling realisation: the giant panda is the worst-designed animal on the planet. Now you might be shocked by this statement. How could I possibly conclude that this delightful, furry [...]
November 3rd, 2009
Urinal TVs
I ask myself every day, is it the future yet? …That’s a lie, of course. But I used to, until I stopped after seeing Lady Gaga’s music video for Poker Face. I took that as a sure sign The Future had arrived. Considering we’re here though, in the formerly not-so-distant future of 2009 (pronounced in [...]
October 16th, 2009
My TEDx Experience
I went to my first independently organised TED experience with Jozua today. When I say today, I really mean this morning because we didn’t go back after lunch.
Technology Entertainment Design is about spreading ideas something something… They’ve got a bunch of videos. Videos of really great, knowledgeable speakers (most of the time) and they’re freely [...]
September 5th, 2009
Hilarious Muppets Bloopers!
I know I’ve already made a post about long-lost TV classics from my childhood, but the list would be incomplete without at least mentioning The Muppet Show…
August 23rd, 2009
Woza Wimpy
I landed up at a Wimpy last weekend- Wimpy breakfasts make my heart happy (you’d probably imagine that they would make my stomach happy, but trust me, it’s my heart). Wimpy coffee also makes my heart happy. Collectable items that I have very little use for make my heart… you guessed it, happy! So it [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous 
Tags: Big Fish, breakfasts, coffee, collectables, poetry, poor English, Steve Buscemi, Wimpy, woza 
3 Comments »August 13th, 2009
My Precious Suit
So here I sit, shoes shined, tie tied and sports jacket sported, in celebration of a favourite holiday: International Suit-Up Day. I’m not a huge fan of How I Met Your Mother – I’ve seen a few episodes and found them pretty chortle-worthy but it seems too much to me like Friends for a new [...]
