The Web just showed me an ad for a Discovery Channel show called “Naked and Afraid”, a show featuring a male and female survivalist put together in a survival situation. But they’re totally naked.
I hate television.
p.s. a survival challenge where the participants have literally no clothes to start with would be a cool idea, maybe. This show, however, seems to cynically exploit the male/female together naked thing, making it sucky.
I find Russell Brand funny 50% of the time, and the other 50% is split between innocuous and annoying. But I did just hear him say something (in the Secret Policeman’s Ball, an Amnesty International 50th anniversary benefit thing), and now I guess I’m a fan:
“Popular culture functions like a pink pony, trotting through our brain, shitting glitter.”
Thanks for that, Russell.
“I may have to put on socks again, but I don’t have to put on those socks again.”
Everyone involved in the production and sales of this item is an asshole.
I just needed a pair of tweezers, man.
you bet your bottom dollar.
The time delay between when it stops raining and when people fold up their umbrellas.
The pleasure one derives from having chosen exactly the right shoes to wear.
One might legitimately ask why I still use iCal, with alternatives like Fantastical on the market. Honestly, I don’t really know why. As a matter of fact, this is probably the irrelevant little wart that pushes me over the edge:
That’s right — iCal’s reminders do not respect the 24-hour global system preference. I suppose that shouldn’t come as a surprise, since iCal itself doesn’t.
McDonald’s “Salad”
But what’s the alternative?
My spirit recoils.
Don’t exaggerate.
