Category Archives: Random Fire

The fat and the furious

Some news reports are just too weird to be plausible. When one thinks of John Prescott, the lard-ass ex deputy Labour party leader with an unsurpassed talent for inarticulate gibberish, a number of images spring to mind. One that doesn’t is John hunched over a toilet bowl returning his lunch to the wild. It seems […]

Random Fire 9

It isn’t just Geeklawyer who thinks Internet access is a human rights issue and that “three strikes” and you’re off the Internet is a music industry bullshit way of dealing with copyright infringement and their own broken business models.
More proof that the “War on Terror” is having absurd knock on effects on common sense. […]

Random Fire 8

A&E doctor runs out of patients and decides to create his own with his 5 digits.
Terminal 5 travellers run out of patience: refuse to provide their digits.
Local Government Minister caps police budget. ‘Lucky’ police stop & search discovers 1 kilo of crack in his car. Minister admitted to hospital after ’slipping’ in police cell. Bored […]

Random Fire 7

Geeklawyer has been busy today (rather than working he spent the afternoon watching “I am Legend‘, the ho-hum OK-ish remake of the impeccable 1972 Omega Man with Charlton Heston) so he doesn’t have much time to rattle off sweary posts and biting invective. But, here are some things that caught his attention:
1) Geeklawyer was off […]

Random fire 6

Race Jockey Keiren Fallon has earnt Geeklawyer a bob or two, so he was glad to learn of his acquittal of charges of racism.
On another (duff) note Karlheinz Stockhausen, avant-garde experimental 60’s composer, has died aged 79: Perhaps they’ll play his best work at his funeral. Boy, you wouldn’t want be at that without ear-plugs. […]

Random fire 5

Out of body experiences explained?
Open wi-fi connection theft again: remind Geeklawyer, why is it dishonest to access an open unsecured connection? Bonus points for doing so without analogies to open from doors.
Ruthie still hasn’t learnt how to drive. remember stoopid watch your distance in the wet.
The sanitary towel trademark infringement case between Tyco and […]

Random Fire 4

16 year old plus Girl Guides want a ’safe sex’ badge. Geeklawyer is available as a tutor, but not for the Brownies. Oh no.
The US is not interested in British opinions on the War on Terror. Wants to arrange the torture of people anyway. No shit?! really? - who’da thunk it.
Guantanamo trials a farce and […]

Random fire 3

Geeklawyer is sitting in a cruddy hotel in Wolverhampton - the Connaught Best Western Hotel (Best? harumph, fine if you like 1970’s retro and cold baths). He is waiting an eternity for breakfast to be prepared and he has a mildish hangover from the poor beer served in these parts.
And worst of all he had […]

Random fire 2

James at Disillusioned Discordian moans about the government trying to rein in the Freedom of Information Act when they realise that it hurts them. Bloody right too James it’s a friggin’ liberty.
Shiny new chic blogger (sexist? What!?) Law & Bollocks on life outside the City as a trainee solicitor.
Geeklawyer is unbelievably embarrassed about this: but […]

Random Fire 1

Geeklawyer often spots stuff he wants to comment on but can’t get the time to work up a full post - so he has decided to introduce a short quick multiple item category with one(ish) liner comments.
So …
1) Geeklawyer is relieved that Alex and the dudes at impact resisted the faux pas of Second Life […]