We are in the middle of a global economic recession. Though I certainly wasn’t in any doubt about it before, I had it systematically reinforced during my recent visit to Las Vegas. Things are bad in Sin City… and getting worse.
…more after the break…

An uncertain neon oasis…
May 12th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Gambling · If I had a Million Dollars · Nostalgia · Poker · Things that are hot · Travel · Vegas
Do not touch the rabbit, the rabbit is hot!
April 3rd, 2009 No Comments
Just in time for Easter…
Entertaining and yet mildly creepy (at least to my eyes) but I wonder why he didn’t do the most obviously hilarious method: Bunny on a hotplate!
Tags: Photography · Stupid · Things that are hot · Wacky
The Album Cover meme…
March 23rd, 2009 No Comments
As usual I’m weeks late to the party on one of these, but here’s mine.
The idea behind this meme is that you combine random info from randomized sources to create a CD/Album cover for your fictitious band. Ikinci Qala brings a sort of Ladysmith Black Mambazo vibe to mind and the album title/artwork meshed surprisingly [...]
Tags: Music · Stupid · Things that are hot
If you haven’t seen Coraline yet…
February 26th, 2009 No Comments
Get out tonight to see it in 3D. Neil Gaiman’s twitter reminded me today that the Jonas Bros in 3D is likely to take over all the 3D capable screens at a theatre near you tomorrow.
You owe it to yourself not to miss this in 3D as it’s one of the few movies where it’s [...]
Tags: Movies · Things that are hot

Alan Moore’s sandy vagina…
February 18th, 2009 No Comments
Don’t get me wrong, I love Alan Moore’s work, I love Watchmen in particular but he’s a hypocritical angry old hash addict. In the lead up to the Watchmen release the media have been writing the usual stories about Alan Moore. We all know that Moore doesn’t like the idea of film adaptations of his [...]
Tags: Blog · Movies · Stupidity · Things that are hot · Toys aren't just for kids
30 Rock - St. Valentine’s Day
February 13th, 2009 No Comments
As the follow up to the brilliant “Generalissimo” from last week, “St. Valentine’s Day” had a lot to live up to. While it didn’t quite hit that high water mark it still managed to make me nearly do a spit take a few times.
Liz and her hot-as-a-cartoon-pilot new flame Dr. Baird (Jon Hamm from Mad [...]
Tags: Things that are hot · TV
Yikes, what happened there?
September 15th, 2008 No Comments
Apologies for the interruption, the internet connection in Big Sky was the shit (I was only able to steal wireless from another condo at long range) so updating was so inconvenient that I became lazy. Who wants an update without photos anyway!
Besides which, time was pretty packed while we were there and evening mostly involved [...]
Tags: Awesome · History · Summer 2008 Trip · Things that are hot