Robert Cresser's

Cresser

Following yesterday's discussion about Robert Cresser's (the famous brush-and-string shop on Victoria Street), we found that they used to have a website at http://www.robertcresserthebrushshop.com, although there's only a placeholder page there now. The Google cache, on the other hand, still has a brief history of the shop.

But in case it should fall out of the cache at any point, I've pasted it in here:

( A brief history of Cresser )

Don't switch horse mid-apocalypse!

From today's Grauniad, WRT the US election campaign, this article describes an (unfortunately now barred) alternative use for a campaign idea. Further information (and links to links to examples) can be found here (can you tell that I have too much time on my hands?).

sclerotic_rings linked yesterday to this article about losing patience with a conspiracy junkie.

It in turn links to links to this article, which should be interesting to any fans of Ken Macleod (Dark Light's going very nicely, thank you. I'll probably buy Engine City as soon as I'm finished, assuming I don't find out that I really do own a copy before then).

Moving further on (via a link) I find that allegedly there are five new phrases that are too indecent to be used on South Park (which has to mean they're pretty felching indecent, let's face it). They are :
Asshole
Spooge
Goddamnit
Jesus Christ!
Ass Rammer

Spooge?

Obviously I've had a sheltered upbringing. Anyone know what it means? Maybe we should have a poll on this.