“Sometimes I feel like the fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs. For six years I had declined to tell those kinds of jokes, because I have been told it is not presidential. But I feel kind of outdoorsy today.” –Bill Clinton I was distractedly travelling between East London’s public libraries [...]

To Hunter Stockton Thompson, born on July 18th 1937. Happy B-day, Doc!   SIR LARRY THE GEAR – THE OFF-LICENSE FIXER An empirical study of the wild variations in meaning of the word “gear”   “Take me down little Susie, take me down I know you think you’re the Queen [...]

 Odd happenings seen through wild Romanian eyes “Maybe this is the way it is for everybody, only you are weaker, or less lucky, or have seen something they all have not.” – Nick McDonell, Twelve A few months ago, on the 7th of April 2012, whilst the rich were attending [...]

“63 Possession of extreme pornographic images  (7) An image falls within this subsection if it portrays, in an explicit and realistic way, any of the following: (a) an act which threatens a person’s life, (b) an act which results, or is likely to result, in serious injury to a person’s [...]

“Amazing how grimly we hold on to our misery, the energy we burn fuelling our anger. Amazing how one moment, we can be snarling like a beast, then a few moments later, forgetting what or why. Not hours of this, or days, or months, or years of this… but decades. [...]

A consumer-biased spliff market analysis.   “It will be the general philosophy of the sheriff’s office that no drug worth taking shall be sold for money.” – Hunter S. Thompson. The High Priest of Gonzo was a great man and one of the few who knew what it means to [...]

“The hate continued exactly as before, except that the target had been changed.” – Orwell Fun is fast becoming an extreme sport. It seems that although it’s not illegal just yet, if you are suspected of being in conspicuously good humour, you are going to be closely watched and at [...]

A country boy’s completely unwarranted take on pop psychology. Under great duress I’m writing this frustrated and desperate letter and I’m urging you readers not to take it seriously. I am heavily under the influence of several drugs as well as alcohol and television, so I’m legally covered by temporary [...]