It was kind of tricky finding a good goth club during my time in Paris in 2009 (well, that was my experience). I found out almost at the end of the six months that there was one just round the corner from where I was living on Blvd des Batignolles in 17eme, on Rue Lechapelais (http://www.baldesvampires.net/)

Don't forget that former Danish premier, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, was NATO Secretary General between 2009 and 2014. That may well be something that pissed Putin off (along with all the other things that piss Putin off).

He sure does.

"What would a teaspoonful of neutron star do to you?"

Uh, help the medicine go down?

This is real journalism.

Throughout the day, PUAHate refugees ... referred admiringly to mass killers and rapists with the sort of admiration that functional members of society reserve for professional athletes or pop stars.

To a person who spoke Anglo-Saxon, the word "mann-cynn" may have been synonymous with "humanity" because they didn't think women were important. From the perspective of people 1,000 years ago, humanity really was "a group of men."

"Exfoliate".

Uh ... OK. And should I put this paper bag over my head, too?

Paul passed the gummi jabbar test, and is the Kwisatz Haribo.

That's just dead fucked up.

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

Poop emoji with eyeballs submitted. Just wish there was a comments box.

It took me five or six years to become fluent in Danish when I moved from my native England to live in Copenhagen, but even though I've not lived there for nearly three years now, I can slip back into it when tourists speak it in San Francisco. I recently startled a couple at a MUNI stop who were discussing, in…

Servalan? Ridiculous? Please. I was going through adolescence at the time, and I used to dream of being Avon ... :)

Eh eh eh calm down.

Hmm. I think it's pretty clear, listening to them sing, that Bowie and Robert Smith from the Cure, among others, are English.

Top Tip: If someone sounds Australian, it's much better if you ask them if they're from New Zealand instead. If they *are* a Kiwi, they'll be delighted. If they're from Oz, they'll just say, "Nah, mate; I'm an Aussie", and won't take offence. Kiwis get mistaken for Aussies all the time, and they don't like it.

For clarity, I was born and raised in England (Essex), so I have zero trace of an American accent, so people try to guess where I'm from. My French is quite weird (and not very good), after spending six months working in Paris (and in Belgium, which certainly didn't help). I studied Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian,…

I lived in Copenhagen for eight years, and became fluent in Danish. But the Danish I speak has a very Copenhagen accent. I was in a diner recently with my dad (we were driving down to San Francisco, and stopped for some pie). At the next table was a group of six Danish girls, and I could hear them discussing (in…

Australians are crazy. Don't mess with the Aussies.