Catherine Conner
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World Cup Fever in Germany Reaches New Lows
Jul 8th
Okay, so I saw this World Cup themed toilet paper in the stores two days ago, before Germany’s 1-0 loss to Spain last night. But since then my curiosity about this product has started to get the better of me, and after our team’s performance last night, bottom-wiping seemed an appropriate World Cup theme. So by popular demand, I here document my experience with my freshly purchased World Cup Toilet Paper (“Soccer-field Scented!”).
"World Cup Edition 3-Layer Toiletpaper with Colorful Soccer Motifs. With Soccer-Field Scent!"
Political Ash Wednesday
Feb 18th
All over the world, Ash Wednesday is a day of Christian self-reflection and repentance. Except in Germany, where it doubles as a political festival. With beer, of course. More >
Car Accidents Waiting to Happen
Nov 19th
Some amazingly creative advertising (for a change). Especially clever is the McDonalds one — which I admit took me a good 20 seconds of staring to discover the magic.
Fingering the Culprit
Oct 9th
I’ve just noticed that my keyboard is dirty. How’s that for a spectacular intro to a blog post? Well, it isn’t (a spectacular intro, I mean. It is definitely a dirty keyboard — this wasn’t meant to be an existentialist post). Anyway, as I was saying…my keyboard is dirty, which is nothing new. What is new is the odd pattern.
I use one of these. It’s a nice size for my hands, and the individual key mountings mean that it tends not to collect crumbs (a big problem with other keyboards I’ve owned). But what I noticed today is that there are two keys on the board that are visibly filthy… the P and the ‘ (I mean the single quote mark…the key one to the right of the semicolon). On the surface of each key is a perfectly round clean white space surrounded by a ring of brown…I believe the technical term is “gunk”. This disturbs me. More >
A Day That Will Live In Parody
Oct 5th
40 years ago today occurred a very important event in my life. Yes, even though I wasn’t yet born, October 5 was a very important date: the birth of the comedy language that would enable me, years later, to communicate with geeks and humorists around the world. Oh, and that still makes me laugh, years later, after many many viewings.
Happy Anniversary Monty Python, and thanks for all you’ve done for me 
Celebrity Favourite Monty Python Moments: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8287931.stm
Thoughts from a Mac-Hater
Sep 29th
People who know me have often heard my anti-Microsoft rants. But I don’t think I’m an Apple Evangelist. In the interest of equal time, here’s a great little article from someone who hates BOTH. A LOT. And for very good reasons
“I don’t care if every Mac product comes equipped a magic button on the side that causes it to piddle gold coins and resurrect the dead and make holographic unicorns dance inside your head. I’m not buying one, so shut up and go home.”
“Recently I sat in a room trying to write something on a Sony Vaio PC laptop which seemed to be running a special slow-motion edition of Windows Vista specifically designed to infuriate human beings as much as possible. Trying to get it to do anything was like issuing instructions to a depressed employee over a sluggish satellite feed.”
Microsoft’s grinning robots or the Brotherhood of the Mac. Which is worse?:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/28/charlie-brooker-microsoft-mac-windows
