Tuesday's random link dump

Interesting article on western publishers' increasing veil/niqab fetish. Burqas are so in, baby.

A list of faux pas by country. Never call a German after 10 pm apparently.

At last your Star Wars figure collection can be complete.

See, this IS a funny Borat episode. And Hugh Laurie saves the day.

Woman shot six times in the head and lives.

The shopping bag bra. Or bra shopping bag. Whatever, it's a case of WTFery. Japanese? You betcha.

Bush speaks out against his critics.

Man arrested for hiding in toilet. Actually IN the toilet. Um... yeah.

Electrolux - It really sucks.

Twenty things you didn't know about Sesame Street.

So, I went into Borders yesterday and asked the assistant if they had anything by The Doors. "Yes," she replied. "A fire extinguisher and the newspaper stand."

Thank you, thank you, I'm here til Thursday.

Terry Pratchett: The movie

The first pics from the BBC Hogfather adaptation:

View the gallery here.



Looks rather good.

Apart from the pig.

Tony Robinson, David Jason, Joss Ackland, Ian Richardson, Nigel Planer, David Warner... Nice bit of casting, although there's some I'm more enthusiastic about than others (Ian Richardson as Death? Perfect. Joss Ackland as Ridcully? Eh...)