I've heard of repeats, but...

Uh. MTV just showed an episode of Pimp My Ride, followed by a five-minute edit of exactly the same episode. I mean, ok, I'm paying very little attention to the TV cos I'm stuck in the depths of Gnome VFS debugging, but I still bloody well noticed.

won't someone please think of the language?

I am sad to note that even a man who has great, funny, witty things to say about the movie title, "Snakes on a Plane" apparently doesn't know the difference between "bated breath" and "baited breath". and he's a goddamned WRITER. (he is funny, though)

take THAT, Mister Blair

Tonight on Newsnight:

"and finally this evening, the worst-kept secret in the cabinet is revealed: The Prime Minister, Mr. Blair, is on holidays... in Barbados. Downing Street's press office asked the press not to report this until Mr. Blair revealed it himself by placing a wreath at the Cenotaph in [wherever]."

and so on.

And then, the picture cuts to a weather schematic for Barbados, and the news anchor says, with some relish,

"and the weather in Barbados: [pause] rain. [pause] All week."

Cue guffawing waider.