tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34482232011-04-22T01:39:34.414Zthe blog!sthe feeling listless Blog! archiveStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872759382003-01-11T20:52:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.575ZBlog! I've been visiting Plain Layne a bit lately, initially because she looks a bit like Tori Amos but mostly because it isn't often you stumble across something so honest and elloquent:"I inhabit a world that has shifted into unbearable poignancy. A familiar-looking face in a bright bustling crowd will remind me of her, or any Spanish I overhear. My heart is broadcasting cliched songs of love Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872759262003-01-11T20:52:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.576ZBlog! Couldn't agree more Ranleigh:"Note to Self - From now on only go to Matinees. Do not, I repeat do not go to evening films. $9.50 is too much for a movie even if the damn thing does run something like 3 hours. Also, while matinees are virtually empty ensuring a relaxing movie going experience, evening showing are completely packed meaning you'll have to sit within the heavy oppressive Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872759132003-01-11T20:51:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.576ZBlog! Matt Haughey has been threatening to start The Ticket Stub Project for some years and it finally launched yesterday. It's fascinating, idiosyncratic and nostalgic. Already started glancing through my books looking for old tickets I can write about ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758982003-01-11T20:51:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.576ZBlog! Ladyblog's Erika:"I just got super glue on my tongue. Thank the Lord, it isn't stuck to anything. It's just there. It's annoying and hard and well, stuck. I guess I deserve it. I shouldn't have had super glue anywhere near my mouth. You see, I have several cracks on my fingers that are killing me, so I bought some super glue and filled in the cracks. I didn't buy the real super glue, of Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758752003-01-11T20:50:00.003Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.576ZBlog! DaisyBlossom offers a stunningly accurate description of what also happens to me at concerts:"When the matches came out and started playing, everyone starting moshing and slam dancing which had me crushed against the stage like you wouldn't believe. I used to mosh when I was like 15 and 16 but back then I didn't realize how annoying it is to be unwillingly part of it. I got the wind Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758642003-01-11T20:50:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.576ZBlog! Take care of yourself Dave. If you can survive university, you can survive anything ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758572003-01-11T20:50:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.577ZBlog! I feel you pain. The title says it all .... I hate trains, oh how I hate them. The journey time is one thing, but the fact that one is constantly surrounded by screaming kids, belching lads and chatty old ladies is quite another. Virgin have scrapped their smoking carriage in favour of a 'Quiet Coach' for one - having sat in one of these on the way into the city on Friday, I can honestlyStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758452003-01-11T20:50:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.577ZBlog! This is probably old news to everyone ... but I've just been reading 'Scotblog' and it's bloody good ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758382003-01-11T20:49:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.577ZBlog! When I was Star Trek fan, I would always look forward to Peter David's work. His prose seemed effortless in comparison to the other authors, his characterisation as close to the television as anything. His are the only novels I kept when I had the great clear-out. So it's rather fun that he's keeping a fabulously unstarry weblog. I've a feeling he's itching to get his hands on Buffy, Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758252003-01-11T20:49:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.577ZBlog! The irony of the Wrzl Weblog: You are searching for meaning of the life? We sure that we cant help to find the meaning of your life. But everybody knows, this is a search. The ultimate search. Search for a clue. You are going to find that clue from another human beings. Other people's wisdom, weirdness, happiness, delicacy, sorrow, stupidity... And the ultimate search begins here. It's Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758162003-01-11T20:48:00.003Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.577ZBlog! Altered Context made my heart melt:I talked to Samantha on the phone for about two hours today. The sound of her voice was so...perfect. I love her so much. We are without a doubt soul mates. What a feeling ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872758072003-01-11T20:48:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.578ZBlog! anna has posted something new:maybe i will get back to blogging when i can. maybe it will provide the necessary me time and the release that i need sometimes. maybe i'll leave this here until it disappears. but i thought i'd let the world know that i still exist. if you cared to know. I care ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757972003-01-11T20:48:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.578ZBlog! I used to think I was the only weblogger in Liverpool. It seems I was very wrong, and even worse than that someone is doing this thing better than I am. The magnificently titled 'Imperial Doughnut' covers mainly pop culture of the Adam & Joe kind. Today for example features a brilliant review of 'Bubble Bobble' the dragon game which I played for hours and hours on my Commodore 64. Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757862003-01-11T20:48:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.578ZBlog! Michelle at Demerol signed my guest book today and said some nice things. Her sight is an emotionally charged place and obviously work a visit. Particularly love these animated gifs, 360 degree cat swings around all the rooms in her department.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757752003-01-11T20:47:00.003Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.578ZBlog! In case you're wondering I'm still trying to work out how to review 'Waking Life' properly But while you're waiting perhaps I should point you in the direction of 'News of the dead', the weblog of Wiley Wiggins, the lead actor in that film and 'Dazed and Confused'. It's a ecclectic mix of tradional bloginalia, news about the projects he's working on and life's meanderings; from the Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757672003-01-11T20:47:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.579ZBlog! So basically general ambivalence all round then ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757622003-01-11T20:47:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.579ZBlog! Melissa is 'A Girl In Love'. As well as a positively gorgeous design, her writing style is light, breezy and above all, real. Especially love her review of 'The Musketeer':"We watched The Musketeer last night. It sucked. It didn't just suck in one arena, it sucked in them all. It isn't a pretty way to put it but there is no way to explain it better. There is no amount of clever and well Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757552003-01-11T20:47:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.579ZBlog! Ecritures, a Dutch weblog mixes photography with current affairs comment. Today's commentary regarding the Pim Fortuyn killing is particularly illuminating.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757522003-01-11T20:46:00.003Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.579ZBlog! Blind Date Blog. Don't even get me started.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757472003-01-11T20:46:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.580ZBlog! OK, that's it. I'm throwing in the towel. No more weblogging for me. I'm going to retire to the gills, become a hermit and talk to the trees for the rest of my life. What's the point in writing any further when I know that something like VerseGuru is flying around. The opening page signals something different -- a reproduction of an ancient science book, edited to become the Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757442003-01-11T20:46:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.580ZBlog! Sometimes you can't help but simply like the feel of a weblog. The simple design of Barbie's work draws you below the surface to find the kind of writing I've always tried to create here (well, up until last week). Teasing -- the details of the actual person to be found in that space between the lines:"So you want to know why a cure for cancer and AIDS hasn't been found yet? The world isStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757342003-01-11T20:46:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.580ZBlog! ?Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757272003-01-11T20:45:00.003Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.580ZBlog! Christy at PuppyShine has been reminded that some dates will never go away. For the rest of my life I'll remember which date I saw 'Bullet' and half of the Drew Barrymore film 'Ever After'; that I took my first day off sick from my current job.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757122003-01-11T20:45:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.580ZBlog! Being an ex-trainee librarian, I can't help seeing something in this post at AngryWhiteGirl ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757062003-01-11T20:45:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.581ZBlog! Cynthia, inside is a Japanese pop culture linkblog, which thankfully doesn't get bogged (blogged?) down in anime. It's got a light yet distinctive design, which demonstrates what can happen if a true artist is involved. Don't you just hate people who are more talented than you are?Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872757022003-01-11T20:45:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.581ZBlog! Well actually, many of them. The 'Heart My Domains' webring is a mess of bizarre writing and site design. All the things you might expect are there ... anime sites (creepy), people who've given up on the point of a blog (personal writing about life's narrative) and are simply posting web quizzes. Links to things which have been linked to a hundred times -- 'I've just found this site Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756942003-01-11T20:44:00.003Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.581ZBlog! 'Sex and the Single Girl' is a lovely girlie weblog, a bit like spending the evening with your mate's girlfriend. The one you keep company because her boyfriend is a bit busy: "I'm pretty lonely at the moment.... I can't even tell Matt this because I know how much he is working.... I don't want him to feel guilty... I just need him alot more than I have him right now. I feel like we dontStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756852003-01-11T20:44:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.581ZBlog! Nick Davies ... MorfaBlog ... Welsh ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756732003-01-11T20:44:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.581ZBlog! KookyMojo dreamt about me last night. Or the weblog. I'm not sure. She can't remember what it was about. Damn. Anyway, go and see her -- this is a work of intricate simplicity.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756682003-01-11T20:44:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.582ZBlog! The mark of a really good weblog is still being consistently good once the initial interest has died down a bit. Supermodels are lonelier than you think, collects together relevant news stories of the beauiful people (well just women really) together for our edification. Must agree with Monday 11th's post about the Julie Delpy GAP advert -- how did they manage to use such an awful Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756622003-01-11T20:43:00.004Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.582ZBlog! For fans of cultural diversity we have reborn-by-design, the work of an Israeli girl living in Canada. Mirroring this place, we have a blog which integrates personal insite with links to interests close to her heart. The post about weblog-as-memorial is particularly poigniant.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756512003-01-11T20:43:00.003Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.582ZBlog! For once it's refreshing to find a weblog as conventional as lipglosslolita -- and that isn't a criticism. As I've mentioned elsewhere I'm slightly worried about the trend towards weblogs which are unloved, unvisited and clogged up with online quizzes. beth's place is the sort of place I love to visit, striking just the right balance between life story, design and content. I think we Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756452003-01-11T20:43:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.582ZBlog! Black Robot has been feeling a touch of insomnia: "4:00am ... Still awake. The room is bathed a deep blue color from the TV. I decide to catalog every object in view. I stare at the odd looking lamp next to the bed trying to decide if it has some kind of secondary function due to the extraneous (and hideous) pieces of metal jutting from it. I decide I'm going to steal this and throw it Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756352003-01-11T20:43:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.583ZBlog! Anna Kiss is posting again: "there are moments when i feel happy and alive and well. then there are moments where my heart feels heavy with the sorrow of nothingness and i can do nothing but fear my future. i am incapable of articulating that which i feel. i do not have the language for the weight on my thoughts, that thorn in my side."Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756302003-01-11T20:43:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.583ZBlog! When I first named this weblog I originally invisioned it as a place to let off steam -- somewhere I could be mean spirited and ugly -- but I'm not that funny as well so who would want to read those sorts of bitter ramblings? We have livejournal for that. Tanya Headon has proved that with a bit of work it is possible. Her blog 'I Hate Music' is a vitriolic scream against the business ofStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756162003-01-11T20:42:00.002Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.583ZBlog! The Seethru weblog is an oddity because for something such a breath a way from being corporate it’s actually quite good. The obligatory mention for the tv show which spawned it ‘Attachments’ should of course be included here, but the work as a whole on Seethru has grown beyond it’s origins to make it an indispensable little portal. The linkblog is particularly well thought out – rather Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756082003-01-11T20:42:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.583ZBlog! The sister weblog is TrueFacts. Here Daniel gets to grips with Indian Loos: "Above all, using a squat toilet is like climbing a mountain: lose your footing and you are in serious trouble [I can honstly say that since using the squat toilet I am now much more in touch with my own arse]."Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872756052003-01-11T20:42:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.583ZBlog! Sometimes you just have to link. Daniel Byron is works as project visitor and he's "staying in a village in rural northern India " His weblog, NoWayJose is fragmentary work, but says more about working abroad than a hundred TV documentaries: "Things that aren't as exotic as people think (1): Again, in the countryside, one of my guides beckoned me follow him to a field. Here he pulled a Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872755932003-01-11T20:41:00.001Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.584ZBlog! Jacob Schwirtz suddenly becomes the envy of bloggers everywhere: "Yep that's me. Yep I'm on a Segway. Yep I am converted from skeptic to buyer waiting list." And looks very happy on it ...And now you can buy them at Amazon ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872755722003-01-11T20:41:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.584ZBlog! I've followed Moz's writing on Metafilter for some time but only now have I found myself reading his weblog, The Perfect Kiss. I'm speechless at his Valentine's Day post, a hoplessly touching story which will be familiar to most of us:"She was tall, I remember; cute, smart, and an editor at the local school paper. I wanted to ask her out and I stewed over the situation for a week or so; Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872754432003-01-11T20:37:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.584ZBlog! Heather has been gaining a certain amount of cultism throughout the internet with her Friday Five, something which I might start instituting next week.I never really got into the swing of the Friday Five. I like structure. I hate structure. One Word is much more my style.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872753862003-01-11T20:36:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.584ZBlog! There are many good things about StarrySheepy!. The writer Meike plays my second favourite instrument, the Viola. It's in a lovely shade of purple. She's my age (actually just a touch older). She cheered me up no end today when I read what she said about this site.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872753662003-01-11T20:35:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.584ZBlog! It's time for me to let you into a secret. Before I took my full time job I used to write television scripts. I had one great idea for a series which I was working on right up until some paid me for losing twelve hours of my life per day. I even sent my scripts to some people in the industry whose work I admire and generally got quite positive replies -- but there was one from someone Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872752182003-01-11T20:32:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.585ZBlog! I got 44 hits yesterday. I have regular readers. Which is why (on a smaller scale) Dawn's lifeuncommon post the other day has some resonance: "Ever since the lomolog was on MSN I've found it extremely hard to write here. Every word feels forced and contrived. It's just like back in English class in the 5th grade. Mrs. Culken would give us a writing assignment and I would panic knowing Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872751632003-01-11T20:30:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.585ZBlog! Falling Off ... Moved. Changed names. Now poetic.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872751202003-01-11T20:29:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.585ZBlog! And so to the fictional. Jamie's Way is a web-only teen drama produced out of Baltimore and to fill the gaps between episodes, the writers have begun a weblog to cover the distance between episodes. The staggering thing about 'The Joys of Being Jamie' is realism. Without all of the links back to the drama's own website this could be the musings of a real teenager. The only give away isStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872749662003-01-11T20:24:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.585ZBlog! There has been a bit of discussion of how weblog titles seem to correlate with the music world. You could argue that most titles can be split into two categories. Those which sound like a band name, and those which sound like album title -- for example, the remarkable 'Using Bees To Effect Vengeance'. You'd expect the cover for this album to now feature a picture of Osama Bin Laden Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872748862003-01-11T20:22:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.586ZBlog! And our final report tonight is of a hit and run accident which occured is Orange County last night. The victim, H, picks up the story: "I was in a hit and run accident with a really drunk asshole last night. If you live in Southern California and want to be my hero forever find him. He drives a silver/grey mid 80's American car with out of state plates (Nevada?) The plate number is Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872748492003-01-11T20:21:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.586ZBlog! In the spirit of my friend from Greece, Fani, returning after the christmas break (who I sadly won't see for a few weeks during her exams) I looked up a few Greek webloggers and found Fenia, the flight attendent's LogBook. I mean some weblogger's want to make, like, big statements and stuff, and others just link to stuff they like, but some just want to tell friends who they don't see as Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872747792003-01-11T20:19:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.586ZBlog! Some weblogs have names like 'The Adventures of Accordian Guy in the 21st Century' and can't hope to live up to their name. And then there are weblogs called Joey deVilla's 'The Adventures of Accordian Guy in the 21st Century' which are exactly that. This is a rich concoction of off-beat musicality and the usual bloginalia (I hereby copyright that word, although feel free to use it Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872745912003-01-11T20:14:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.586ZBlog! The US intelligence agencies are proving their worth yet again. Apparently the bomb in that man's shoe would have damaged the plane if it had gone off. And I've actually heard that the Earth revolves around the Sun... perhaps more fantastically, the weblogger Acme was on the plane and has written the obligatory entry: "You can imagine us being slightly nervous at this point. We were Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872745252003-01-11T20:12:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.587ZBlog! anything but sanity's Caro has been presenting the sanest example of being in love I've seen over the past few days counting down until the arrival of her 'toyboy'. His name is Evan and he's from Australia (although I suspect this isn't the character from The Secret Life of Us we're talking about). The piece which made me wilt: "Being with him and having him here is normal and odd at Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872744082003-01-11T20:09:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.587ZBlog! Some weblogs forego long lists of links and complicated front pages (ahem) and just offer the content in a pure, yet exceedingly focused form. The inaccurately titled inessential is filled with moments of genuine inspiration: "Brent’s Law of Feline Behavior: The only way to stop a cat from crying at a window is to open the window; the moment you do that, he’ll go cry somewhere else." InStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872742992003-01-11T20:06:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.587ZBlog! Sometimes you just link things because of the title -- presenting Aaron Humphrey's The Den of Ubiquity. He must write his weblog in his sleep -- or have his brain strapped to some device which trips his words out whilst he's doing other things. How he finds the time I really don't know. But it isn't just the quantity -- it's the quality of the writing, which captures the detail of all Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872698422003-01-11T17:56:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.588ZBlog! Ann Elizabeth made me laugh tonight. A proper laugh. A belly laugh. It seems she's been attracting the wrong sort of attention from pensioners. Actually I'm frequently touched by her work -- she's an absolutely amazing photographer. If I was to make that film, I'd want this to be my opening shot...Moved. Still a wonderfully talented photographer. There are so many good artists out Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872696992003-01-11T17:52:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.588ZBlog! Vodkabird's Vikki sacrificed a quiet life to stand her ground against the tyranny of others when she visited The National Gallery of Scotland today. I can attest there isn't anything worse than self-righteous people sticking their noses in. One of the Commuter Life posts I never brought you happened during that time when buses home were more infrequent. An entire bus stop full of peopleStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872696742003-01-11T17:51:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.588ZBlog! More globe-trotting to Stockholm were Justin Steen of Wigan Express is having a creepy time of it with his landlady, who decided to re-organise his flat a bit during a show and tell for potential new tenants: "So we go home. And we just couldn't believe our eyes. Every single item of furniture, every ornament and every other movable item was in a different place. About 90% of our Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872696442003-01-11T17:50:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.588ZBlog! As we’ve discussed before, people can leave and return from your life without warning, can be with you for long and short times and it’s what you do during that time that’s important. WockerJabby’s Rabi Whitaker relate's how a year ago she didn’t know Peter and now he’s one of, if not the most important part of her life. Sometimes weblogs aren’t trying to make any grand statements about Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-872695372003-01-11T17:47:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.589ZBlog! Cheesedip is one of those pieces which is so bloody good, it's difficult to review. How can some make all this seem so effortless?The design of Cheesedip hasn't changed significantly; I had actually forgotten how good the content was. Just added it to my daily links bit in my favourites. What have I missed?Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-850698822002-11-25T20:15:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.589ZBlog! Milk Plus -- it's about films ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-845988792002-11-15T23:51:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.589ZBlog! I feel you pain. The title says it all .... I hate trains, oh how I hate them. The journey time is one thing, but the fact that one is constantly surrounded by screaming kids, belching lads and chatty old ladies is quite another. Virgin have scrapped their smoking carriage in favour of a 'Quiet Coach' for one - having sat in one of these on the way into the city on Friday, I can honestlyStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-842243012002-11-08T13:48:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.589ZBlog! What do you do if you're the editorial team for a well known daily newspaper and you find lots of interesting articles from rival newspapers and websites, but you're honour bound not to link to them from your own paper's website? You start your own weblog. The writers of The Guardian's Online section have put together onlineblog using all of the tools available to the rank and file Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-842241132002-11-08T13:44:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.590ZBlog! And so to anatomy. The Breast Chronicles is probably as Beavis might have said in the mid-nineties 'The greatest thing I've ever seen.' It is weblog simply, completely, perfectly about breasts. And before the sniggerers amongst you go click, be warned -- it's an intelligent exploration not some seaside smut. You won't find old shots of Barbara Windsor or Melinda Messenger. You will Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-842239792002-11-08T13:42:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.590ZBlog! One of the better descriptions of the conditions we live in today and the public's reaction to them can be be found at jish.nu. On Wednesday, he posted this: "Since September 11, I have taken 16 flights. Lemme tell ya, the "random searches" at the airport certainly don't feel random." The responses in his comments box are very telling, as are his measured responses. Having never flown Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-842238962002-11-08T13:40:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.590ZBlog! And so to Japan, the country with the white flag with a big red circle on. Rather like the same shops appearing every city (I mean does Birmingham need so many Pizzahuts?), weblogs throughout the world seem to have many of the same links to American culture no matter where they are written -- not so gmtPlus9 -- where for once I feel like I've hopped off the boat into another country. DayStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-841710342002-11-07T13:53:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.590ZBlog! Tinka said lot's of nice things about this weblog yesterday, so I'm going to return the complement today. Her latest post is an interest exploration of 'The Phantom Edit' which underlined something I've noticed in many television shows. It's always difficult to work out why some shows stop being any good, or don't make sense in the context of their original intent. Northern Exposure's Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-841708762002-11-07T13:48:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.590ZBlog! Godfuckingdamnit. Yep. Pretty much.Well it was the time of that year. What's here is very well written by 'god'. Wouldn't it be funny if this is how He is expressing himself on Earth?Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-841707802002-11-07T13:45:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.591ZBlog! It's about time for another blogging superstar so today we'll pay homage to Jason Kottke. He's the most linked to blogger at Bloxdex and it's not hard to see why. As soon as that page downloads there is feeling we are in the presence of quality, with it's simple functional design. Frequently linked to from the front page of Mefi, with Jason it's isn't so much the subject matter as they Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-841706522002-11-07T13:42:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.591ZBlog! I'm including this for having the wordiest title for a weblog I think any of us has seen. It's full title is Obeying the Inscrutible Exhortations of my Soul. Also with added blog definition: "This is my homepage, where I aim to amuse myself and, potentially, others. You'll find that I use this space to discuss topics of interest to me (and, potentially, others), share bits of informationStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-840866522002-11-06T00:10:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.591ZBlog! Juliet O'Keefe's Eculogues is the site I hoped this would be until I realised that I like trash culture too much. An intelligent weblog which feels like a meal not just a snack.Blogonhold. My intellectual fix, the BBC Four of weblogs, I'm surprised Juliet hasn't taken a break before now what with find so many interesting topics every day. See you soon.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837424702002-10-30T00:16:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.591ZBlog! Here is something you don't see every day -- a weblog with it's own radio station. Slightly North of Tomorrow is the work of Erin and Shawn a couple from Seattle. Erin (who strangely shares my birthday) seems to be the more talkative of the two. Yesterday she experienced the kind of bureaucrassy we're somewhat used to in the UK when trying to get a passport: "I called the Canadian Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837422152002-10-30T00:10:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.592ZMetaBlog! Blogger Gangbang is one of most ambitious things I've seen in some time -- and since I've not posted for a few days and I'm going to be away for a few more I thought I'd include as many blogs as I could in one place. A disperate band from throughout the web, this fragmented mixture of tradional weblog and discussion board feels like one of the voice poems of Glenn Gould, with it's Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837420792002-10-30T00:07:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.592ZBlog! LostSoulMates ... from little acorns ...Catch them while their young ... and watch as the only entry appears. I'm even more confused than I was before. I mean haven't these people heard of email? Or is this some way for spies to swap important information embedded in some guff about 'micromarkets' what in? Exploding pens? Secret agent watches?Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837419262002-10-30T00:03:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.592ZBlog! Sunday Hero Melissa has had one of the best ideas I've ever heard -- read it yourself, it involves dietry staples and little else. With a simple, effective design, this actually feels like the blog Alanis Morissette would write given half the chance, her words directed at the world in general and generally someone specific: "I don't like you. I'm sorry. That's just the way it is."Almost Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837416712002-10-29T23:57:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.592ZBlog! Mindy's 5ilver always makes me smile just for being so up-beat and for her lovely pink design. Her article yesterday about visitors to her site makes me wonder about you lot. I watch my hit rates and I see that the site was visited over three hundred times this week. Who the hell are all you people? Now that I've got BlogBack installed you've the perfect opportunity to let me know... Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837411252002-10-29T23:44:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.592ZBlog! John Munsch -- how do you pronounce that surname?Munch. Munsh. Mush. No, still don't know ...Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837410212002-10-29T23:41:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.593ZBlog! Sometimes (just sometimes), clicking the recently updated list at Blogger can turn up some wonderful things, so tonight we have the bi-lingual 'true moments', underlining again how dumb I feel just speaking the one language. I'm sure the latest post is as insightful and spiritual as the writing a few days ago: "I think respecting is a part of living at the present moment. When you are inStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837409172002-10-29T23:38:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.593ZBlog! Can't help but adore anything called 'Ain't too proud to blog' especially when it's this lush to look at. The attention to detail is stunning, almost everything everywhere curious and amusing -- from quotes ('You're so vain, you probably think this blog is about you' a particular favourite) to a link list which is entertaining in itself (you can be sure 'My So-called Wife' will find Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837407432002-10-29T23:35:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.593ZBlog! It would be hard to imagine The Naked Blogger doing commercials for a supermarket (suggestions welcome for what kind of product endorsement he would go for). This has bags of personality, and a subtle line in activism, which can always be a good thing.Still excellent -- his writing on various showbiz scandals in particular. Talks to friends, talks to everyone else.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837402052002-10-29T23:22:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.593ZBlog! It's been said this weblog is prolific -- but not as much as Stafani Louise who seems also to have Asimovitis. Like all good bloggers she just writes about the detail of her life: the therapy of bathtime, the dangers of warehouse shopping, the importance of good pins in corkboards.Blogone! Which is a shame because I made it sound quite interesting (!?!) -- her blog twinning page is Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837399892002-10-29T23:17:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.594ZBlog! Sometimes I wonder whether all my editorialising is that important, and you wouldn't be happier if I just offered a list of links like Ben Strawbridge's excellent work. He doesn't post often, but he posts well...Just started posting again after a six month absence. Spare.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837398832002-10-29T23:14:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.594ZBlog! Six Layer Kate reads like the conversation between some friends who meet in a coffee shop or bar every night after work to swap stories about how their day has been. Kate's hilarious story about visiting the doctor reminds us that we should never try to get into a conversation with anyone unable to switch automatically between jargon and they way normal people talk.Kate and friends are Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837397082002-10-29T23:10:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.594ZBlog! For some reason, I love that there is a weblog out there called 'Driven by Boredom', which sounds like the evil twin name for this site. Luckily, it's a very rich site, feeling like one of those late night Channel Four shows with Terry Christian. The place for Britishers to go and learn about American Sports...Still a pretty fair estimation, although it actually seems even more extreme.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837392832002-10-29T23:00:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.594ZBlog! The gigglechick's fractured words feel like an open mike night at the local pub. Just don't heckle her, not when she's stubbed her toe.Erin seems to have hit the same wall I have ... she doesn't post as much as she did so really focuses on the details.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-837390462002-10-29T22:54:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.594ZBlog! Blog of the Day simply offers an unusual blog per day. Sublime.Oh how post-modern. Making Blog of the Day my Blog of the Day. It used to kill me sometimes looking for a new blog to link (which is possibly why I don't do as often as I did), and yet here's this guy finding something new pretty much every day. Sublime.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-834245572002-10-23T21:22:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.595ZBlog! The Ultimate Insult is Zen in its simplicity. Drop off a link, get out. For once, here is someone who just wants to entertain.Wierd. It looks like blog*spot URLs are like real estate ... one person moves out, another moves in. Hey Leah. Now that you've got the house, when are you going to move in?Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-772269662002-06-01T19:43:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.595ZBlog! Did you know there is an Italian Metafilter, Veramanent? Trying to cross the cultural divide, I became a member and posted. It's about a girl who's parents are suing her school because she received low grades in Latin. I made the point that in my school you could choose to do woodwork instead. My Italian is, well, non-existent so I used the translator at Alta Vista, assuming what I wasStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-772269402002-06-01T19:42:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.595ZBlog! I've always wanted to visit Coventry, but never found the time. Luckily, I now have Louise's World to follow each day, at least to give me a flavour. She's just become a student nurse at the local University and this in the minutae of her life. It'll be interesting to read over the next few months as she copes with student life. Good luck, Louise!
It's been interesting to see Louise's Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-764572252002-05-12T12:33:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.595ZBlog! Moby [via Amelia]
Moby posts up to ten times a day sometimes, updating fans on the tours and publicity sessions, mixed with traditional bloggy comments, this post, for example, about the recent assassination of Pim Fortuyn. The internet is a level playing field everyone.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-764571462002-05-12T12:25:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.596ZBlog! I thought Amelia was quite a rare name until I discovered the zootgirl. OK -- so including the new film and this blogger, that makes two. Today's post reminds me of working at the college library all those years ago and watching my fellow students leave their belongings at their desk whilst they go off and photocopy and take a break before returning and creating merry hell because theirStuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-764570852002-05-12T12:20:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.596ZBlog! Off On A Tangent is another of the more journalistic weblogs. It's tagline is something I'm sure we can all aspire to: "Cold Beer, Hot Girls, Fresh Links" Magic!
Les writing. More links.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-764569392002-05-12T12:08:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.596ZBlog! what's in rebecca's pocket? has already had a lot of media exposure and with good reason. It's difficult to think of a day when I've visited and not found something interesting. When I first logged on, this was my home page of choice (her counter must have gone through the roof). Since I'm off working on other things tonight (hence the slightly slow blogging) I thought it important to Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-764568822002-05-12T12:03:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.596ZBlog! Julie Andersen's latest post about the special place of her teenagehood, 'The Hill', offers a nostalgia and wistfulness some writers have been trying to create all their careers. I'm reminded of the two places I can always go to if I need to remind myself of everything. The first is at the side of the lake in the park where I live. A friend and I once agreed it would be a 'great place Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-759281192002-04-28T16:49:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.597ZBlog! According to The Blog Twinning Project, my twin is blogjam: /usr/bin/bloke -- which is odd because he seems to be doing things better than I am...
See -- I link to something, then everyone links to it.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-759280302002-04-28T16:47:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.597ZBlog! Sometimes weblogs are just FUN -- and so to France where we find 'mybluehouse' daily offering something to make you smile. Broadly. Thanks for cheering me up Becky!
Ditto. Many times.Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-759279872002-04-28T16:45:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.597ZBlog! I'm coming to the conclusion that all profressions are represented by weblogs. Even world famous authors like Neil Gaiman have them, and like the rest of us, he's just finding his way home. If only other celebrities kept them, we wouldn't have to make-do with hearsay. Neil's blog has been particular good in the past few days as his site tries to come to terms with an attack of the Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-759278812002-04-28T16:40:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.597ZBlog! Despite being royally flamed by her in this Mefi thread (she was probably right, I was stereotyping), it's difficult to continue without acknowledging linuxkitty's weblog. Her fan club at Yahoo has over a hundred and sixty members? Why? perhaps it's posts like this which excudes how we all feel about our parents sometimes. Oh and this which made my hair stand on end...
Shocked to Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-759277632002-04-28T16:35:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.597ZBlog! As you all know, any weblog with a title like utopia with cheese will find it's way here eventually. But I'm not shallow, I won't just include it for that. I'll include it for insights like this: "I'm still unable to work or do anything constructive for more than a few minutes at a time. This'll mark probably the sixth business day in a row that I have stared at CGI code for a few hours,Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-759276552002-04-28T16:31:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.598ZBlog! My nightly trawl through the internet for the best of blogs leads me through some strange corners. I've tried to keep this site fairly wide-ranging (and that seems to be working - my average hit number is growing weekly) -- but many sites simply offer the lives of their writers. I've tried to offer sites which are particularly unusual, or extemely well written or offer a glimpse into a Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448223.post-759273842002-04-28T16:20:00.000Z2008-09-25T16:32:27.598ZBlog! skomsvold I would easily have included for the name. Would even include it for the reliance of green on black, something I miss from telneting the internet at college. I'm actually including it for the new entry about alcoholism -- which is some of the best none-WTC weblog writing I've read in days. Tomorrow 1995.
A name change to Nadablog, and the archive seem to have gone somewhere. Stuart Ian Burnsnoreply@blogger.com