Obviously something is better than nothing, but I'm not a fan of the "do something immoral, make up for with a flashy gesture" school of ethics. This is like cheating on your spouse and showing up with a shiny, diamond bauble e.g. the damage is already done and no conciliatory gesture will change that. It feels…

Probably not, but maybe cases like Breivik (ill or just an insanely shitty person?) are making me more jaded about the depths of human nature.

Shhh, don't tell them I secretly smeared the Americans' wheels with superglue a la Wacky Races. They certainly won't be expecting the black circle that I painted in the side of the velodrome either. *evil laugh*

Mmm - sounds amazing! I'm an absolute sucker for any iteration of the mint-chocolate combination, and I have so much foodie jealousy over the ubiquity of good quality, fresh Mexican food in the USA.

Exactly - a lot of Americans seem to relish claiming this online, but I've never personally observed it.

Diagnosed/diagnosable with a recognised condition vs. the sort of insanely shitty person who thinks that sending death threats is acceptable behaviour.

And just a slight hesitation in the baseless nastiness, that'll cost him, but overall some very bilious wordplay from Bilbo Ballbaggins.

Ha - definitely enough fodder here for either one genre-straddling magnum opus of the teen movie world.*

Ugh, people can be so ridiculous - they seem to expect restaurants to bend the laws of science in the name of customer service. If you want the impossible, go to El Bulli.

I know, right?! And with Murray and Smith and Ainslie and Rutherford* I.am.dying.over.here.

Shame - Ellen Page is just so adorable.

We'll be millionaires. If Fifty Shades of Grey can start out as fanfiction, then surely it's time for a hit movie from an internet forum.

Maybe so, but at the end of races I saw a lot of swimmers suck up mouthfuls of pool water and fountain it out in celebration.

Nicely done.

In recognition of current services to Truth, and in the interest of future moments of Truth, I hereby present you with this ceremonial set of golden hammer and nails.

Good point - my foray into online grocery shopping was quickly cut short when the mousses that I ordered turn up as flat as pancakes.

Lifehacker = supportive non-parental adult influence i.e. cool teacher that the protagonist lets down by trying to hang with the beautiful people, but whose respect they recover by the end of the movie.

It’s also arguable that for some women motherhood* can lead to missing out on or otherwise hindering other “great human experiences”.

I always wondered why some genres of restaurants, like Chinese, almost always deliver, but others, like classical French, almost never do.

Every time I start getting jealous that Americans can watch True Blood as it airs, I'll think of this.