Classic Penny Arcade October 24, 2008

I’ve occasionally been a bit worried that Penny Arcade is going off the boil. I’ve been reading it almost since it began (9 years and 340 days ago) and it hasn’t been making me laugh like it used to. Achewood has since taken over as my favourite strip, and I think xkcd is probably vying [...]

Daily Show ranks thin October 22, 2008

Having already lost Samantha Bee and Jason Jones earlier in the week, Rob Riggle will also be leaving the Daily Show to head for CBS. I’m more bothered by this than I was about the first two, I think, and he’s only been there since 2006. (Apparently – I’ve only been watching it since 2006, [...]

Take, on, me October 9, 2008

Adam Buxton wins Thursday.

Really? October 3, 2008

No, really?

Vice-presidential debate October 3, 2008

Biden put in a good performance, and won this debate. He generally managed to keep a leash on his monologues, though that didn’t always translate into succinct points. But he came across as intelligent, compassionate and experienced. Obama won’t be worried.
Palin was clearly extremely nervous at the start, and simply recited memorised points by rote, [...]

Bullshit asteroid heads for earth October 2, 2008

John McCain is pulling out of Michigan, a little over a month before the election. According to Michael Tomasky at the Guardian (a journalist who I like, but whose increasingly wild-eyed attacks on the McCain/Palin beast make me fear for his sanity if they end up winning) thinks this is a pretty big deal.
“This is [...]