Scott Darroch

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

Why you require to pay Council Tax - Glasgow City Council Information about why you are required to pay Council Tax.

Glasgow City Council has a whole sovereign citizen FAQ

whoever wrote this was so very tired

glasgow.gov.uk/whyyouneedto...

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Yup, I’ll take this

Amazing stuff

A point that is generously covered in the (actually very good) local galleries.

@thefence.bsky.social delivered to home but transported to Collioure. Almost certainly the UK’s Only Magazine (on this beach)

I took a Sharpie from the table in the dressing room. There are always Sharpies around for signing things. I wrote on his record, “To Don: thanks for all the great songs. Brian Wilson,” Don was so grateful. It was almost like he couldn’t talk. He turned to leave. “Hey Don,” I said. “Wait a second.” I took the record back, crossed out “great,” and wrote “good.” Some people would have been mad, but Don just looked at it and laughed.

My favourite bit of Brian Wilson's memoir I Am Brian Wilson is when he talks about Don Henley of The Eagles waiting backstage for Brian, hoping he would sign his copy of Pet Sounds...

Brilliant brilliant stuff

This is fascinating (and rings true)

An important life skill to develop is the ability to not have an opinion on a thing.

This is because there are many things which it is not necessary for you to have an opinion on.

A related skill is recognizing that the list of things on which an opinion is required is different for everyone.

Perfect joke, just perfect.

This story (and most of The Poke) is unreadable on a mobile because of the pop up ads

This is really interesting, and useful in balancing sensible precaution and undue worry.

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."

Kurt Vonnegut man

I’m going for “pale child with worrying cough and slightly oversized flat cap”

It’s such a damn shame. Back to the box in the attic they go…

I still have a few hundred early 80s 2000AD plus the annuals and assorted specials. I have gone from assuming they are worths £££s to “not sure it’s worth the bother of selling”.

Excellent shouts all of them. Arguably Gandolfini the only one to break out beyond movie geeks, and is it notable that his was also through TV?

I’m trying to think of who else had that kind of background>lead career at that time. Samuel L Jackson? (Kevin Spacey arguably did it but turbocharged - Glengarry Glen Ross>Usual Suspects>Seven)

Gawd, he really was wasn’t he??

I hadn’t realised that. One of those really great character actors that slightly unexpectedly broke through to be ‘a name’. (I guess it was Breaking Bad for him?)

He’s in The Usual Suspects, something that surprises me every time I watch it

@zaltzcricket.bsky.social this piece of Bugle #merch is our Turin Shroud in that it’s faded, of uncertain vintage and features an image of our Lord and Saviour (alongside you). Looking forward to seeing you in Farnham.

Phone wallpaper screen using the image of HAL from film 2001 A Space Odyssey

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Did You Even Consider Every Possible Lived Experience Before Recklessly Posting Your Chili Recipe on Social Media? Look, I get it. You thought what you posted was innocuous. Still, did you stop to think about everyone who has ever lived and how it could make the...

"Did you consider the people who don't like chili? The people who are vegetarians? The people without tastebuds? The people who don't know how to turn on stoves? What about all those folks?"

Ramones standing by a wall with the caption "2024 hours to go".

Ok this is a pretty good meme.

Picture of Meditations, Rabbits by Hugo Rifkind, and 2000ad annual

Strong Christmas book work here @hugorifkind.bsky.social