I cannot believe how empty the lives of many Americans are. Who the hell want's to get up at 4:00AM to get to Wal-Mart and buy crap? This story is straight out of The Simpsons. Sad people, very sad.

What's so bad about torturing and killing the people responsible for penis enlargement spam? Ok, I wouldn't go that far, but I know how this guy feels.

My favorite quote is when the spammers blame their dodgy Russian rivals, saying "such firms gave a bad name to the penis enhancement business". Um.. yeah.

You know you've been using the internet too much when you misplace something in your room, like your left sneaker, and the first thing that comes to mind when looking for it is... "Oh, I'll just use Google..."

Jay Allen's MT Blacklist is the greatest Moveable Type plug in ever. If you don't know what I'm talking about, well, basically Weblog Comments have been rendered practically useless because of spammers who program robots to visit weblogs and leave notes that say thing like:

"Hey, great site! By the way, wouldn't you like a larger Penis? Just click here!"

The Spammers engineered a sneak attack, but Jay Allen has issued a phenomenal counter attack. It appears comments spam has had its 15 minutes of fame... for now.

MT-Blacklist - A Movable Type Anti-spam Plugin

Oh yeah, that means comments are back! (not that I ever got too many)

The roof of the Casa Mila in Barcelona is covered with chimneys which look like giant alien soldiers. In this photo it looks like the big chief is following a procession of lesser troops. Incredibly inspiring building.

Today I witnessed not one, but two counterstrikes against The Ostrich Guy. On two occasions someone stalked the ostrich and screamed at him behind his back. A revolution may be brewing.

My flatmate lent me some speakers for my laptop. Turns out they're magical. Every once in a while they start speaking Spanish. Actually, I think they are somehow picking up nearby people's cell phone conversations. Very wierd.

After several weeks of observation, I have produced a diagram illustrating the principal attack pattern of the Ramblas Ostritch, aka, Manuel.

The Ramblas Ostrich's favorite and most successful technique involves two groups of tourists heading towards each other. The Ostrich runs up behind the larger of the two groups (group A - see fig. a) and uses them as a shield while waiting for the right moment to attack a smaller and more vulnerable group (B). When the two groups are almost adjacent, the Ostrich darts out in front of them, letting out a blood curdling cry. It all happens too quick for the hapless group B to know what hit them.