Lord Winston’s appearance in adverts for “clever milk” (“fishy milk” would be more accurate, but clearly St. Ivel’s marketing consultants felt it didn’t quite project the image they wished to convey) has convinced me further that we are sliding into the Judge Dredd universe. In Get Smart, entrepreneur Otto Sump markets a new brand of… Continue reading Milking it for all he’s worth
Day: November 8, 2005
Women like comics – scientific fact
According to the New Scientist: Women get more of a buzz out of cartoons, a brain-imaging study has found, with their brains feeling more rewarded by a funny joke than those of men.
Too much TV
I managed to catch the last 45 minutes of the Beeb’s new retelling of Much Ado About Nothing. It was better than I expected it to be, although I still can’t see the point of doing Shakespeare without the language (he isn’t particularly remembered for his great plots). Perversely though, it reminded me of one… Continue reading Too much TV