death of the english language continues

Following my prediction, the Aertel headlines this morning included "UK - Labour loose 700 local seats", and the OED is now considering an entry for "bling bling".

Note, the Aertel thing isn't arbitrary. They tend, on the whole, to be pretty good about spelling and grammar, what with being our national TV station and all.

"News"

BBC news item which basically says nothing useful about cannabis, yet has a scaremongering headline.

ow

Feels like I'm coming down with something. 'flu, SARS, Friday-afternoon-itis, or maybe just a generic GI infection (they're all the rage). Bah. Have to hang about here for another 45 mins to do a conference call, then I'm gonna bail.

hell of a penknife

climber amputates own arm to escape boulder