Infinite Stupidity

This story is inspired by the song ‘Eli The Barrow Boy’ by The Decemberists. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that it’s a fanfiction though. A youtube embed to the song is posted at the end for your benefit

My old buddy Eli was a pretty hard working guy.

Some of these aren’t necessarily going to have been released in 2009, just that I’ve seen them this year. Plus I can’t really be arsed sorting these into any real order, just know that they are the five that gave me the most pleasure. Without further ado:
1) Låt den rätte komma in (Let The Right [...]

So I finally broke down and got an iPhone. It took me a while since I was waiting for the cost to come down and the plans to be worth it here. Am I glad of the purchase? Oh fuck yes.
I’ve only had it for a few days but it’s already made things easier [...]

Novikov self-consistency principle – A theory stating that if a traveler through time (outside of the Many-Worlds interpretation) could create a paradox (by killing their own ancestor, for example), the probability of that event happening is zero. IE, a person could not go back in time to kill Hitler, as a paradox would be created [...]

I’m sitting on my front porch with a cigarette and a glass of wine, and I feel disconnected. Not too bad at the moment, but still slightly wrong somehow. I know that as soon as I leave my house, it’ll get worse.
I lost my cellphone today.
There’s something kind of gratifying about being able to get [...]

Out culture as a whole has a love affair with love.
I know, that’s a stupid fucking phrase to use, or it could be the best fucking turn of phrase to ever slither its way down my nervous system through my fingers and into a collection of ASCII characters. But it’s true. We can’t watch a [...]