(it’s been a long day)<\/p>\n\n
First, someone has written a script<\/a> to count the number of times the word “Nazi” appears on the front page of Melanie Phillips’s<\/a> web site. Now all we need do is graph it over time, and then compare the output to the Rapture<\/a> Index.<\/p>\n\n Secondly, my son, a smoker, tells me of a tragic side-effect of the smoking ban in Swedish bars. They now no longer smell of tobacco, this is true. But the owners of at least one of his favourite dives have had to install powerful extractor fans to get rid of the new smells of fart and BO.<\/span><\/p>\n\n The other remarkable thing I have read this evening is the discussion by Rafe Colburn<\/a> and Tom Coates<\/a> of how much time people spend playing World of Warcraft.<\/em> But that’s a proper essay somewhere. Now, if only I could remember the blog idea for tomorrow’s Guardian.<\/em><\/p>\n\n If you’re too old for vulgar T shirts, but still lust after funny ones, this may make you laugh<\/a> as much as it did me. See also the Chaucerian chat-up lines<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (it’s been a long day) First, someone has written a script to count the number of times the word “Nazi” appears on the front page of Melanie Phillips’s web site. Now all we need do is graph it over time, … Continue reading