Life is just a bowl of All-Bran…

I can’t get enough of eccentricity. The Ig Nobels celebrate odd science and bizarre achievements. Nobels oblige celebrates studies on hula hooping, the infamous Dasani incident, and the inventor of karaoke, who failed to patent it.

I realise I seem to have gone blogging mad today, but going through a pile of papers I have discovered a whole rash of stuff I really wanted to talk about. Citizen Kubrick is Jon Ronson’s story of combing Kubrick’s archive in search of the certain something that would exlain this most reclusive of directors. I have a bit of a thing for “2001″ (see below) though I confess I’ve not really watched any other films of his knowingly.

So, what is Kubrick’s “Rosebud”? A custom-made cardboard box…

Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | Under eights v middle eights is a fantastic analysis of great rock & pop classics by six- and seven-year olds.

Of all they things they heard, they loved Smells Like Teen Spirit the most. Having said that, their yardstick is Busted(RIP).

Hilarious.

Ironic or what?,
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This is a bit late, as you can tell. It came completely unsolicited from I know not where.

It has a gloriously unknowing tone to it. Why is it handwritten? Why is emailing not “sending”?

And how much custom does this small businesswoman get?

Very peculiar. This is touted as the biggest charity event since Live Aid, and is only being broadcast in its entirity on S4C and Radio Wales. Why?? It’s not like it’s just a Welsh event, after all!

TV coverage has been odd. One hour on BBC2, two on Five, no acknowledgment of each other’s coverage. Come on guys, it’s for charity.

Both showed an identical song (Charlotte Church doing a Mariah Carey all over Fields of Gold). The other artists have included Craig David, who made that oddest of all protest songs Come Together sound as corporate as you like, along with a nonsensical rap which he insisted on repeating twice.

I know Live Aid had many off moments, but at least we could watch it all.

It’s the time for resolutions, isn’t it? Well, time to post again then.

What can I add to the many things that have been said about the Asian tsunami? Very little I guess.

I do know one thing though: the love of God can be expressed so readily to the millions affected, by giving to all the aid efforts. Our church, small as it is, has been very generous. The people of the UK have been similarly generous, with millions being given. And there seems to be a bidding war between countries as to who can give the most.

is it too much to hope that this might be the year when the world gets serious about dealing with poverty, and that Christians might be at the forefront of this?