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Me, New York and a 5th Floor Walkup has been renamed as Carpe Manana (URL unchanged at http://whosbetterthan.blogspot.com). Good luck with your move and new life Michael!

New York City Major Bloomberg is shortly expected to sign the anti-smoking bill approved by the City Council (via the Yankee Blogger). I am totally in favour. I am the kind of smoker who asks people at nearby tables in a restaurant if they mind me smoking, and does not think twice about stepping outside [...]

I remember reading a while ago somewhere that statisticians have been unsuccessfully trying for ages to come up with some mathematical theories about traffic patterns, in order to be able to foresee and prevent the occurence of traffic jams.

When I go out, I am always fascinated by how a gay club can be busy one [...]

I need to change my views on Hope. I ended up there on Saturday night and had a fantastic time (so much so that I completely forgot to join my friends at Crash and Beyond later on). The previous time I checked out the club, we arrived early and saw the empty place (not exactly [...]

8 scary designs - collect them all! (click on thumbnail for full view)

I'd heard about this but I hadn't seen it yet, until today when I received a carton of cigarettes from G. who's just back from Christmas in Ireland. New EU regulation on health warnings on the front and back of cigarette packs. Bigger, [...]

Hallo? Secret Santa? Don't you want to step forward? The Angie Stone CD you've sent me has been on repeat on the stereo since yesterday, and I'd like to thank you properly, unless you wish to remain anonymous, which is fine with me.

Oh come on, I won't bite - unless you want me to ;-)

Had a lovely Christmas thank you very much.

All the elements for it to make me depressed were there, lurking in the background for me to give in: flatmate away to see his family, most friends with their families too, jobless, boyfriendless and foodless (eight years abroad had made me forget that in the UK all [...]

UNNGHH*
*stifled sound as I try to speak through self-inflicted gag

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I may now also reveal who the recipient of my own stint as a Secret Santa was. So please meet Dave - it has been a pleasure to discover and read his weblog, and an early Christmas present in itself, for I do not think that I would ever have come across his website, had [...]

I am such a kid.

It is 5:19 am on Christmas morning. I just got up for a wee and then ran to the Politically Correct Christmas Tree (two pound forty-nine pence, Cancer Research UK charity shop, Clapham High Street) to unwrap my presents present. As happy and excited as if I were four years old, [...]

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Done! All my Christmas cards are on their way. I know I've missed the last posting date for most of them to be delivered in time for Christmas, but that's much better than two years ago (I sent them in January) and last year (I threw them away, unwritten, at around Easter time). I'm making [...]

One last "cheeky post" then I'll stop, cross my heart:

The Cheeky Girls headline Glastonbury 2003!

They may as well, since Glastonbury Festivals license application has been refused.

The Russians are Coming, or From Russia with (probably made up by their marketing department) Lesbian Love

I spotted three mentions of Tatu in the UK media this week: last Saturday on CD:UK, a long feature and photoshoot in the January issue of The Face magazine, and today on Popbitch. Their video is currently playing on [...]

Ha - I knew it! According to Popbitch, Brian Higgins co-wrote both the Sugababes' Round round and Girls Aloud's Sound of the Underground. (Actually, I think his studio Xenomania only produced the latter). I had a definite feeling about it.

Nag Nag Nag @ Ghetto is FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC !!!

A friend of mine, well, "nagged" me for ages about going there, and we finally did last night. If you are not averse to clubbing, can afford to go out on a school night and are in London, do not miss this. Oh, and being into electro music [...]

"THEY'RE TRYING TO STEAL OUR CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE…

…BUT IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO STEAL IT BACK!!"
From The Campaign For A Real Christmas Number One (via Guy)
Bye boys - Bah girls - Buy cheeky!

Which piercing are you?
At last! One of those "which ___ are you?" quizzes that speaks the truth. Not too sure about being "spunky" in large crowds though. (*checks meaning at Merriam-Webster Online*) Ooh, they mean "spunky" as "lively, spirited"? I guess I am then (cf. last Sunday afternoon at the RVT)
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While busy ironing shirts from his apparently neverending pile, multi-tasking Mike was already concocting his new exciting project-cum-final prize. So you think you're a Blogaholic? Enter the Troubled Diva competition to find out, then feel free to join the Blogaholics Anonymous chapter that my own score compels me to open shortly.

I have just received a CD-shaped packet from Amazon.co.uk. It must be from my Secret Santa (either that, or somebody else equally sweet has been thinking of me lately). Whoever you are, and if you are reading this, thank you for making my day. And Merry Christmas to you too. May you feel just like [...]

Sigmund Freud / Analyze this / Analyze this / Analyze this

I normally would not reveal the content of my dreams here, for I like to trick my readers into thinking that I have some sort of sanity left.

I am making no exception today, I'll just mention that I dreamt of a fellow blogger that I've [...]

Repeat after me: one yottabyte equals 2,417,851,639,229,258,349,412,352 nibbles.

Neglectable Saturday was balanced out by Memorable Sunday. Nothing worth mentioning before 5:30pm, when the day truly started with a fantastic RVT where everyone seemed to be in great form. Or maybe it was just because of my early "White Christmas" present to myself (TM Dave). I probably made a fool of myself by wearing [...]

Saturday: a completely neglectable day, with a late start due to having got home at 9am from A:M and consequent half-snooze on the couch waking up every now and then to find scary images on the telly of the Cheeky Girls strapped on a wheel with eggs being thrown at them, and performing a ballet [...]

Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain

The internet seems to be broken at the moment. I just went to BBCi it on to find out who won Fame Academy, and it incorrectly announces David's victory. How do you fix the internet?

Oh wait, David really won. Gaaad. Can't wait to see David's cameo role in [...]

Windows RG (= Really Good): the OS with an attitude - had me in stitches for the past ten minutes (requires Flash plug-in)

The timing could not have been any better. As Popstars: The Rivals Extra ended last night at 11:30pm on ITV, Pam Ann's Mile High Club started on Channel 4.
Unfortunately, I went to bed at 9 (which I believe I have not done since I was eight years old) with a backache after slouching over the [...]