Saturday, 31 March 2012
Friday, 30 March 2012
Thursday, 29 March 2012
BYE BYE CHARLIE.
This is the famous painting by street artist Banksy that was situated at the bottom of Highgate Hill in North London. It was a clever work, showing Charles Manson trying to thumb a lift to anywhere, on the road leading out of London, ironically it was in such a position that he could only be seen by traffic coming into town.I came past there yesterday and saw that after being there for years, Islington council decided that he is an eye sore and have sprayed over him. Shame.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
Monday, 26 March 2012
GRUMPY'S STRATEGY AND ADVICE FOR ONLINE POKER PLAYERS #1.
Selecting the right table is very important in cash games.
Suited connectors is a good hand to be dealt in a cash game, but not so good in the latter stages of a tournament.
Never underestimate the stupidity of your opponents.
If you are going to go all-in, pick the right spot.
If your opponent is chicken, keep putting the pressure on.
Don't get involved in any dick measuring contests....you might come up short.
Make sure you have a good hand, or a mug punter, if you make a big bet. Don't take a knife to a gunfight, you might get a nasty suprise.
If you have got a big pair, put them all-in.
Don't challenge strong players, challenge weak ones....that's what they are there for.
Most importantly, don't play with more money than you can afford to lose.
Sunday, 25 March 2012
THE KAZAKHSTAN NATIONAL ANTHEM VIRAL VIDEO.
This is Maria Dmitrienko. Maria won a gold medal for shooting, for her country, Kazakhstan, at a tournament in Kuwait recently. The poor woman had to uncomfortably stand there, with her hand on her heart, for nearly two minutes, while the organizers played, what they thought was the Kazakhstan national anthem.
In reality, the idiots had downloaded the spoof anthem by comedian, Sasha Baron Cohen, which he used in the film “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”.
Seeing as they downloaded it, why didn't they check it out to see that it came out?
Maybe they could have sussed it when it got to the part that says: "Come grasp the penis of our glorious leader"!
They even cocked up the Serbian anthem.
For your amusement watch Maria's embarrassment, with hepful sub-titles.
EVEN MORE ANOMALIES FROM MARS.
Martian igloos for Martian eskimos.
Martian plug spanner for Martian plugs.
Martian mirrors?
Now you see it....
Now you don't.How dare you say that NASA doctors the images.
Martian observatory so they can see Earth more clearly.
Yawn....More ufos.
This is the structure on Mars that I embedded and posted last year. They made me take it off, but you can see it on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1_gRc7IXQ
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
BOB GELDOF IS STILL SINGING HIS ONE BIG HIT "GIVE US 'YER FUCKING MONEY"
Last week I read about the speech ex-punk, Saint Bob Geldof KBE of Band Aid fame gave in his capacity as chairman of the 8 Miles Private Equity Fund to the SuperReturn International conference in Berlin.
Just so we are all on the same page here, wasn't "Chairman of a private equity fund" Gordon Gecko's occupation when he was the villain in the movie Wall Street?
On the 8 Miles website, underneath this happy snap, it says "8 Miles is a private equity firm focused exclusively on making private equity investments in Africa." Last week Bob promised a wonderful "....25% profit after only a year for investors."
So, there might be dough in Africa this winter.
He said; "I have learned that private equity....can be a major vehicle for positive change in this world."
Part of his education came in 2008 when he was paid $100,000 + first class flights and hotel accommodation to speak on world poverty for a for-profit Australian organisation.
Of course Bob will still do charity work....if the charity can afford him....and Bob 'aint cheap.
Punk was a long time ago and everyone has to move on. Johnny Rotten was probably the biggest star of the punk era. He did a reality show, which bless him, he walked out on and can be seen most ad breaks selling Country life butter. I don't hold it against him because he still acts in the same irreverent style that made the public like him in the first place.
Same too with Vivian Westwood. Nobody begrudges her success. She was a designer then and she's a designer now, she just gets paid more now.It has never crossed my mind where the Clash are now, or the Damned, or the Vibrators, or Slits, never mind the Buzzcocks. Punk was a long time back and those guys were part of a time, of an age, of a culture, that has woven itself into the fabric of what we are, who we are and why things are like they are. I'm sure the same has happened with hippies, mods and teddy boys.
When I've asked people what they think, the consensus is that although there is nothing wrong with what Geldof is doing, it is, on the other hand....just wrong.
I'll leave the last word to Russell Brand. who said; "It's not surprising that Geldof is such an expert on famine: he has after all been dining out on "I don't like Mondays" for thirty years."
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