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I've been giving online dating sites another whirl recently. No dates yet. I've been on Tinder and OK Cupid as I don't have any money to pay for subscriptions. I don't like Tinder because it forces me to be a shallow person and only 'like' people based purely on appearance since you can't even...

That cover is a bit disconcerting.

This looks good. It's difficult to beat the 'book of the moon' edition that came out years ago on Beez, that was a real beauty of a release, but this looks good in its own way and I sold my book of the moon set (which I regret!), so I'd be interested in this for sure. I love Wolf's Rain.

I've never actually seen a Dragon Ball film, apart from the Hollywood job. Brolly is hilariously wench, he must be one of the muscly-est cartoon characters even created. I think I'd probably fall into the "Brolly is badass" camp. He's wench, has gauntlets, and even earrings for a touch of...

I feel a bit bad having compared my brother to the likes of Tony Robbins and the person who wrote The Secret. He's not quite like that lot and not deliberately exploitative as I believe they are, his world view just falls somewhat in line with (and has probably in part been shaped by) those...

@Phobos Yeah, this is what I'm doing. I heard him talking it over with my mum (who is super encouraging as only a mother can be) this morning though, and I do worry about him. He has been influenced so much by all those capitalistic self help gurus throughout his life, people like Tony...

I have an older brother, we're very different, and if I'm honest I think he's pretty immature in many ways. Recently he's been mentioned the idea of him becoming a life coach. Now, I don't know much about life coaches, all I know is that they sound ridiculous, but if their remit is to give good...

"Real teen delinquents" That can't be how they're officially billing them? They could have surely thought up less exploitative phrasing than that. Unless the whole idea is to exploit them. I thought the Grateful Dead was pretty exploitative to be honest, it was an awful and highly derivative...

I'm with ayase, I really don't understand it when people say that British tradition has died out or is frowned upon. It's as alive and well as it's ever been from what I can see, and I live in London, and people always say that London has no sense of common tradition or culture (which is just...

Just found out Ursula Le Guin passed very recently. What a loss. Such a lovely writer, I really believe she makes anyone who reads her work a better person.

@ayase On your point about religion, I'm not so sure that a similar thing to what you describe happening to racism, a mellowing and slow but gradual improvement in tolerance, can't also happen to religions as well. If you compare where Christianity is in this country today compared to 100 years...

Excellent post, Rui! That's how I feel too. I don't like everything about the British value system, I certainly don't like everything about the city I live in, but I do love it's multiculturalism. I can't imagine ever fitting in in a place that wasn't multicultural. And maybe that is because...

I'm a believer in multiculturalism, I raised was in it, I think it makes a society richer, more vibrant, stimulating and tolerant. I've always believed the benefits far outweigh any potential negatives. It's a vision of how I've always thought the future of the world should be, multifarious...

@ayase On the marriage point, apparently it's not any more straight forward, I think something similar to the same salary requirements still apply. I believe it was straightforward up until a few years ago when the rules where changed, ostensibly due to a proliferation of sham marriages (though...

But do you really need that much to not be a burden to the state? It still seems like our home office hates foreign people to be honest. My friend's boyfriend is from an Indian slum, so has basically no money and no chance at upward mobility due to being in a low caste. The Home Office won't...

It's insane how hard it is for people to come and work in England from abroad. I think the minimum wage threshold required by the home office is a salary of £55k. That is simply nuts. I know unfettered immigration probably isn't possible, but that is just taking the pee.

Glad to see Google celebrating Virgina Woolf's birthday. Love her. Maureen Duffy (who I also love) has written a play about her that's showing in London in February: Hilda and Virginia - Jermyn Street Theatre

Exactly, but we were trying to organise a language exchange, so it would be completely understandable if it was a slight language error, and thus I did wonder if it referred to the date. But I'm pretty sure it referred to the hour, and after googling it I found out that some Asian countries do...

Me too! I've worked really hard and have accrued a small fortune, it's currently at around the minus £60,000 mark. I hope to add more to this minus fortune in time and with hard work. Hey, I've discovered another odd confusing thing today. Someone wrote me an email and said "I'll be free at...

Hallo!