April Fools! Yeah, I only wish…

I wish I could say this post was an April Fools Day joke … but alas, no. It would seem, even with the US and UK getting new heads of state since 9/11, the un-fucking-believably asinine paranoia campaigns against "terrorism" aren't letting up. Now, over on this side of the Atlantic, at least we're not [...]

Reason No. 3* I will never move to the UK

(Really, this ought to be reason #1, but it's the third reason I became aware of, chronologically speaking.)
In the UK, the police can raid your home based on "unusual heat patterns" spotted via aerial infrared photos. Indeed, it seems that aerial surveillance is the order of the day over there. At least the Telegraph article [...]

Is the nightmare over yet?

In years past, when I visited the UK (which happens to be where I am now), I'd tell people where I was from, and they'd exclaim, "Alaska?!" as though they didn't realize you could actually get here from there, and then they'd ask one of a handful of questions:

Is it really like Northern Exposure?
Was it [...]

Search of the Week: teen sex religion britain

I'm not even sure where to start with this one … it almost wants to be a sentence, but comes across more as a couple of two word search phrases accidentally stuck together. I want the searcher to come back, and answer a few questions:

Are you implying there is a fringe religion in Britain that [...]

On the Web: thefword.org.uk on cunt

An entirely more sensibly reasoned and sober analysis of the "cunt" issue than you'll ever find here:the f-word – Taboo for Who?