"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." - John Cage

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I will be in Penang from Friday to Sunday. Hopefully it won't be two more days of Ma-laysia than I can stand.

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"I am known as something of a philosopher. Some ask me, 'Why are we here?' The answer is often complicated... but today we are here to kill all those bastards."

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Me: remember simgirls?

Xephyris: was that some maxis game? i dont' really rememebr


Me on Batman Begins: Katie Holmes is very cold in the last scene.

flyingfaeries: YES! She is such a bitch in the last scene! No emotions at all. HOW CAN YOU NOT HAVE ANY FEELINGS WHEN YOU'RE KISSING CHRISTIAN BALE?! Siao woman.

Me: That's not what I meant by cold :)

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Time Commanders

"Time Commanders is a new TV game show from the BBC and Lion Television featuring teams of contestants battling against a computer loaded with the tactics of the greatest military minds of all time. Utilizing the latest Total War Engine, With famous battles from history and contestants from all walks of life, the show has proved to be very popular indeed."

The narrator is very mean. During the Adrianople episode:

"Like all good politicians, this team of councillors could continue to debate the details of this battle all day. But with the clock ticking, the time for talking is over."

"Jan's experience in the council chamber begins to show. Despite appearing to agree with her general's direct order to keep her troops together, Jan blatantly has her own agenda and splits her cavalry off to the right immediately."

Host: "You are four politicians. I expect you to be able to portray this terrible defeat as a victory... The thing with politicians of course, is that normally you like to argue and argue about who got it wrong, and there's no real conclusion. But here, of course, we can tell you who got it wrong."

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Skirting around Sweden's heat (6 August, 2003)

"He asked his boss whether he could wear shorts for comfort as temperatures hit 25C (77F).

But when his boss said "no", Mr Lundgren decided to find an alternative. And he began showing up to work in a skirt.

Mr Lundgren is exploiting a loophole in the firm's dress code, which allows skirts to be worn but does not specify which sex should be wearing them.

As Mr Lundgren settles into the driver's seat, the navy blue skirt slides up his thighs just above his bony knees, revealing a pair of hairy white legs.

"It's even better than shorts. It's unbearable driving a bus in long trousers when the sun is blazing through the windscreen, but with the skirt it feels just great," he says."