Catching up with the excellent writings of Chris at prosaic (whose new design is simple and elegant), I was directed to an article at sfgate.com (The Obesity Crisis), which is fascinating and rings true. I am sure that, over the last ten years, the amount of food I have consumed has increased massively as a result of the size of the portions that I eat (rather than eating more meals). Anyway, methinks I should head off to the gym now and resist the urge to simplify the look of this site …

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Things I should speak about but there’s too much happening in the world:

• The Tories are holding a ‘gay summit’, which is a shock to those of us who remember Margaret Thatcher’s rants. I am certain that, at one point, it was the Conservatives who wanted to round us all up and shoot us.
• Andy points to a site for hot Brazilian men, which amuses me for some reason that I can not explain.
• And over at Man of the Moment, I am receiving a lot of comment spam on Andrew Kinlochan, which means I need to find the time to upgrade this instance of Moveable Type to implement some of the spam-blocking features. In researching them, I notice there’s a whole raft of new functionality in the next release. I am, sadly, excited by this news.
• Six Apart, the guys behind Movable Type, have grown phenomenally this year. Mena’s written something about it, which goes to show how difficult it can be to communicate when you’re a small company.
• Lance Arthur has written 13 Reasons Why You Could Be My Boyfriend, and, as always, it’s a very well-written piece. But one of the items really struck a chord with me for some reason: ‘6: You Have Passion‘. It got me asking myself, ‘what subject am I passionate about?’ and, right now, I am not so sure (although I can go on about my newfound love of the gym and roller casters if I am pushed). I don’t think that’s healthy.
• Dan Savage got legally married – but to a woman: ‘We emphasised to the clerk and her manager that Amy and I don’t live together, we don’t love each other, we don’t plan to have kids together, and we’re going to go on living and sleeping with our same-sex partners after we get married. So could we still get a marriage license?’ How fantastic.
• And I learned a new acronym today: SPIM (spam over instant messaging). You heard it here first (maybe).

What a great day.

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Oh dear, technology is really getting the better of me. Reading my selection at Bloglines, Matt at Hit or Miss pointed me to his TV recommendations page. One of his recommendations is Hedwig and the Angry Inch, which I have been meaning to view for a long while. So, a quick search at MyDigiGuide, and I see it’s on Sky Movies 1 this Thursday. Now, when Sky+ implements some kind of web interface, I will be away.

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Did I miss much while I was away? I know I missed Tom winning a Bloggie or two – congratulations to him. plasticbag is always interesting reading but ‘Why do bloggers kill kittens?‘ must be one of my favourite posts of recent times. His idea of ‘a representation of a person online’ is a good idea about what a site is – including mine – but I have to say that I just plain enjoy his writing – regardless of if I agree with it or not.

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2004: Here We Go Again
2004: Riding The Top Coasters In The World
2003: Geneva, 12 August 1949