Lateralus

Scotch is the breakfast of champions.

I think Torres and Gerrard will give us another season to try and sort things out. So long as we keep our strong spine (Reina, Agger, Carragher, Mascherano, Gerrard, Torres) I think we'll be alright. The Carragher international recall reminded me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJxocLDfEA

Man, we Scots really dislike the Tories. Almost makes me proud.

"Man is spirit. But what is spirit? Spirit is the self. But what is the self? The self is a relation which relates itself to its own self, or it is that in the relation that the relation relates itself to its own self; the self is not the relation but that the relation relates itself it its own self. Man is a synthesis of the infinite and the finite, of the temporal and the eternal, of freedom and necessity, in short it is a synthesis. A synthesis is relation between two factors. So regarded, man is not yet a self." From the introduction of The Sickness Unto Death by Kierkegaard. The language is deliberately obtuse, but it's interesting nonetheless. What we are is an experience which experiences itself. I subscribe to Camus' idea of the Absurd Man. It seems to me that he lays out the best methodology for a full and happy life in The Myth of Sisyphus.

You can get good sunglasses without spending fifty dollars. I have hands down the coolest pair of Wayfarers I've ever seen or worn and they cost two pounds.

If marriage has to be a casualty of an increasingly liberal society then so be it. We're gaining more than we lose.

I'll probably check this album out. I listened to Airplanes pt II to hear Eminem's verse and I thought it was pretty great. Didn't like the chorus at all though.

I have a hard time believing that nothing events like Gordon's slip up actually make any difference to voters.

No United States means no Hemingway. So the world would be terrible without the United States.

I don't see a problem with having a seperate topic for this discussion. As for your question... Whatever status makes it cheapest for the consumer is alright with me.

I can never believe it when I see British people say they want a Tory government.

I don't particularly believe in marriage, and the only time I would get married is if a woman I wanted to stay with demanded it. In that case I'd certainly get a prenup. Not getting a prenup might be seen as romantic or optimistic, but really it's just stupid. As for the divorced parents remark earlier, what an idiotic thing to say.

Wait, they made methadone clinics illegal in the UK? An amphetamine derivative called mephedrone was recently banned in the UK as it was supposedly causing deaths. I'm fairly certain that it's nowhere near as dangerous as the media made out, but the hysteria that followed lead to it becoming banned.

Those are dinner suits. Dinner jackets are usually two or sometimes one buttoned. All my suits are dinner suits - I don't like the look of any more than two buttons.

Candle in the Wind. Have neglected this song for too long. Too beautiful for words. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is fast becoming one of my favourite albums.

Now now, let's not start discussing bans.

Been on another black and white kick lately. Watched The Sun Also Rises yesterday, which turned out to be a real disappointment. It's possibly my favourite novel of all time, and I just felt like the movie was so wide of the mark, not to mention the fact that the cast was a little on the elderly side. Got through From Here To Eternity a few hours ago and was absolutely blown away. If I were a woman I think I'd melt every time Montgomery Clift was on the screen.

If you're going to read The Divine Comedy you can get a nice cheap paperback which will be fully annotated for your pleasure. Unless you're extremely well versed in both world history and literary history then there's parts of it that you just won't understand without a guiding hand. Oxford do a very nice copy as a part of their World's Classics range.

It was a fantastic game, though the penalty decision was a shocker. I don't think Walcott ever plays brilliantly. He has pace and that's about it. Here's hoping for a Torres hat trick tonight.

Discussion of literature is welcome, but if you're going to post writing, please use the Varrock Library (where writing goes to die). Shame, I know, but that's what it's for.

My, my. What I'd do to see The Libertines live.

Is this the same series we've already had in the UK? How can you not have David Attenborough narrating?

Idioteque, Pyramid Song, The National Anthem, Fake Plastic Trees and No Surprises. There's probably one I'm forgetting but I love these ones.

Not a club man at all myself. My enjoyment and ensnaring of women relies on being able to have a half decent conversation (or at least for people to hear what I'm saying). I'd stick with a pub anyday - The drinks are better and they're much easier to get.

Nobody else thought that Relapse was a real return to form for Eminem? I think it's one of his best albums.