The Arab Orson Welles

Yesterday, the greatest film director of the Arab world has passed away. Youssef Chahine was not just a master professional but a tremendous artist and generous human being too.
He will be missed terribly.

'S' is for sinister

Check out the new starbust advert... is it just me or is this one of the most disturbing, unpleasant bits of footage ever inflicted on the nation's kids?

And now for something completely different...

Here's the new offering from the JibJab team. Simply brilliant!

Something for the mind..

If you care about science, or at least about combatting rampant stupidity (creationism and all its friends) do yourself a favour and make it a habit to visit the excellent badscience website by Ben Goldacre or checkout the regular saturday column in the Guardian.
Seriously, read it every week and weep at the state of science coverage in the media. Ben is easily in my top ten list of "greatest humans alive"
No, Really, I mean it!

Newsflash from the White House! Mandela no longer on official US terrorist list.

The US government's reputation as a world-leader when it comes to pioneering political stances is yet again highlighted by the announcement (less than 48 hours ago and barely twenty years after his release) that Nelson Mandela, someone the rest of the world had so far naively assumed was a notorious, dangerous and undesirable terrorist was, in fact, NOT a notorious, dangerous and undesirable terrorist but a great statesman and the closest thing humanity has to a modern saint..

Our heartfelt thanks to US administrations (present and past) for staying ahead of the curve and leading us all the way to the true, definitive state of enlightenment..

Amen