digital.goth.geek

As written on ThankYouTony.com[1]

Mr. Prime Minister,

Thank you for your support. Not just in the war in Iraq, but all that you do to help democracy.

It’s nice to know that someone over there has a head on their shoulders, and can realize what it’s going to take to get rid of terrorism!

I wish there were more gentlemen like you and our President Bush.

If this is typical of the mood in the USA right now, we’re fucked. And by we, I mean the whole fucking planet. Shit.

[1] Don’t go there, unless you want to gnash your dentures into dust.

The BBC explains it all in Look Around You.

Oh, and I start a new job tomorrow. Wish me luck-type-stuff.

Evidence exists that people have been making and wearing clothes for at least the past 30,000 or so years and advances in materials science, practicality and form have transformed clothing styles and designs over time. So what’s the latest and greatest addition to the world of modern 21st Century fashion? Reflective silver-foil spacesuits? No. A material that never needs cleaning? No. What was it then?

The poncho. A square blanket of wool with a hole for your head.

I’m glad these last few millenia haven’t been wasted.