Mixed reaction to the new Vaccines single, out August 2013

http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/track-exclusive-the-vaccines-melody-calling

I don't know if 'a bit disappointed' or 'underwhelmed' is more fitting here, but I do hope it's a grower!  It's not a BAD song, but it lacks that post-Ramones kick or the large sound of 'I Always Knew' the Vaccines tracks always have.  I like this song least of anything on Come of Age, and I think the first album as a whole was better than Come of Age.  I think the first three tracks on Come of Age are almost perfect, a perfect trio.

Posted this on Facebook.  Nueva Providencia, indeed!

Jajaja, ¡error de ortografía! ¡Nueva Proidencia!

New jokes

I was at the Tate Modern Gallery with my friend today and we saw a painting of a man with frizzy hair which had the name 'Garfunkel' written underneath.

My friend said, "I like it, but is it Art?"
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A Roman walks into a bar, sticks two fingers up to the barman and says, "Five beers please."
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Jim Apple finds introducing himself very problematic when holidaying in France.

While Jim Apple was having trouble introducing himself in France, at a hotel in Berlin, his friend Gordon Morgan was having similar problems when he arrived for breakfast.

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"Did you know that making a girl laugh is the second best way to get a girl into bed?" I asked my date.

"Really?" she asked. "What's the first?"

"A big fuck off knife!" I replied.

"Ha-ha, you're funny," she said.

"Well done, you've made a sensible choice."
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As my wife and three of her friends squeezed into the car after WeightWatchers, I muttered under my breath, "Fat fucking cows."

"What was that?" snapped my wife.

"You herd."
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We had a power outage last week and my PC, TV and games console shut down immediately, so I had to talk to my family for a few hours.

They seem like nice people.

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So Ian Brady wants the right to be able to kill himself.

Why don't the prison services tell him there is a gun buried in the jail somewhere, but don't tell him where it is?

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I've been trying to buy a train ticket online for over an hour now and I'm getting pissed off.

It keeps asking me, 'Where do you want to go?'

So I click on the icon that says 'Home' and then it makes me start again.
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My wife says she's leaving me because she's never seen me sober.

Fucking hell, I got married?
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I'm pretty sure I can throw a pound coin further than it would get me on a bus these days.
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I filled in a job application for the local council and under disabilities I put Narcolepsy and Tourette's Syndrome.

So not only will I be able to sleep at work, if someone tries to wake me up; I can tell them to fuck off.
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I went to see a psychic last night.

She looked at me and said, "In five years time you will have 3 children."

"But I already have 4 children!" I laughed.

She said, "I know, leukaemia is a bastard."
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"Army chief says cuts could be dangerous."

Let's hope nobody tells him about guns and bombs.

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"Do you know what the hardest part of the night is?" asked the taxi driver.

"Is it his shield?" I asked.
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After he exposed them for spying on millions of Americans, the US Government has charged Edward Snowden with, erm, spying.
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I've just made the best recipe for tofu ever!

Simply brush generously with extra virgin olive oil before lightly tossing it in the bin.
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My deaf girlfriend told me to fuck off.

That's not a good sign.

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It's not the size of my wife's breasts that concern me.

It's the length.
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Bad Guardian. Still concerned for Edward Snowden

On the cover of the Internet version of The Guardian on the night of July the fourth:  'Joey Chestnut downs record 69 hot dogs at Coney Island eating contest'.  Also in today's paper: 'Still bigger than One Direction' -- an article on the Backstreet Boys.  What happened to The Guardian?

I'm really concerned for Edward Snowden. As the Guardian editorial points out, he's a whistleblower, not a spy. 

As much as I support what Julian Assange has done, something about him comes across as a smarmy git. Snowden, not so much.

I'm really upset by Snowden's current statelessness.

In your 20s they say you discover that everything you learned as a kid was a lie. I'm thinking of 'Always Tell the Truth'. But only if it's a minor issue or your arse is covered.

U.S. Government also resting it's case in the Manning Trial.

White House petition to free Snowden (only open until 9 July):

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-edward-snowden/Dp03vGYD

I had more to write, but another time.............

May Edward Snowden land somewhere where he's free from persecution!

Free Edward Snowden!
As much as I support what Julian Assange has done, something about him comes across as a smarmy git.  Snowden, not so much.

I'm really upset by his current statelessness.

In your 20s they say you discover that everything you learned as a kid was a lie.  I'm thinking of 'Always Tell the Truth'.  But only if it's a minor issue or your arse is covered.

As the Guardian editorial today says, the man's a whistleblower, not a spy.

U.S. Government also resting it's case in the Manning Trial.

White House petition to free Snowden:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/pardon-edward-snowden/Dp03vGYD