A BNP member caught on tape saying there is no Black Mozart. Okay, so that happens to be true — Mozart is Mozart after all — but the overall tone and intent of this… read the article, anyway.
Anybody still think the BNP aren’t dangerous?
Some of you may know I’ve become rather fond of the D&D-based webcomic The Order of the Stick which uses stick figures drawn in Adobe Illustrator. There’s a thriving community full of artists who draw various figures in the OotS style for avatars and the like, and some tutorials for Illustrator and Sodipodi — which is the program Inkscape forked from.
So I had a go in Inkscape, and it turns out that it’s not hugely difficult to do simple pictures. So here we are: Thog finally gets some ice cream with sprinkles. And a Flake!
Well, I’ve read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Was it worth the wait?
Yes.
Rowling’s writing has definitely improved. The tone of the book is slightly different, the characters have moved on, the plot has progressed… and it continues to do so. Roll on book seven!
Go-ahead to pave over 40 graves
What kind of delusional planning authority grants this permission? It’s not even like they’re untended graves of forgotten people — there are people alive in the area who went to the funerals for some of them. Relatives still tend some of them. It’s abhorrent, and I hope that the Baptist Church authorities involved will block it.
Last night was the 50th Eurovision Song Contest. Most of you probably knew that. Many of you won’t care, some actively hate it. I found it rather enjoyable, although the voting was as bizarre as always.
Still, my worst fears were not realised: Moldova didn’t come close to winning, despite some worrying votes from various countries. They were by far the worst song, although Turkey put in the worst performance I think — the number of obvious mistakes in their set was shocking.
I’m not going to comment on the United Kingdom’s final score, because I have no idea why we garnered so few votes. Greece did, however, have a reasonable song — one of the best, possibly. Well done to them and hopefully they can afford to host the contest next year after their expenditure on the Olympics.
Yesterday I bought myself a Nintendo Gamecube. Nice little thing, purple with a groovy orange light on the top. Not sure orange exactly matches, but… got a Wavebird wireless controller which is very nice. Three games as well, which should keep me occupied for a while. They are:
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — cel-shaded Zelda excellence. Looking forward to The Twilight Princess which is due out late this year I think. I might even have finished Wind Waker by then.
Mario Power Tennis — very silly, very fun.
Super Monkey Ball — if Mario Power Tennis is silly, Super Monkey Ball is absolutely insane. Roll on!
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