Mr. Speaker

Blog. Stupid word, stupid idea. People who no one care about writing about stuff no one cares about while massively increasing the amount of mis-information available on the internet. Blogs are great. Like the bedroom house and techno producers before them, bloggers imagine that banging out some formulaic, uninspired crap will achieve them world-wide super-stardom and the esteem of their peers with minimal effort.

Unfortunately, just as boy bands need to turn out some musical vomit to be able to have adoring fans, the blogger needs to pen some shit.

Persevering, I rise up,,, I mean the blogger rises up to the challenge of their rivals, or, um, something. A masterpiece is born. All to do now is sit back and wait for the accolades that will pour in, in the form of ecstatic reader comments.

0 comments.

0 comments. Can there be anything more spirit crushing? Well sure there can, but it’s been weeks, and still nothing. Perhaps the readers are so awestruck they feel intimidated? Perhaps there’s a problem with the blogging software? Perhaps a hacker, oh wait! A comment! Yep, it says right there “1 comment”!!!

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What? No. It can’t be. Well, at least its a comment. Never look a gift spam in the mouth. In fact, if you close your eyes, and trust in your heart, you can actually believe that the comments really were meant for you. Here are the most insightful and english-esque ones that have turned up to Mr Speaker. I was going to delete them, but, you know, at least they’re comments…

Compliments

• thankd for great site
• Excellent blog, definitely worth a bookmark.
• A pleasure to look at, go on with this! Thanks!
• Thanks for sharing your insights with us.
• Good morning, I am new to this site. I have just learned about this from my supervisor, Gayle Broad Algoma University. I am going to read on and it’s very interesting to know
• Very good webpage you have here and best greetings to all your visitors
• Excellent idea and design! I’ll be back when I have more time…I`l go to …..
• Great website, it was actually quite helpful however I was wondering if you had anything pertaining to a particular topic, say for instance Nature. I said it was real helpful.
• Cool site, I’d say hi and best wishes, and more………

Aww shucks. It’s always nice to be complimented for your hard work. Thanks very much for those lovely comments dave61, a#43sd3, texas-holdem, animepornanimal, black older lady, and more…… I’m glad you enjoyed the site.

Insults

• you know sometimes, I wonder if theres anyone at the healm?
• Whatever, we’ll have to see about that.
• OMG you must be totally retarded.
• I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

There are some valid points here, I will concede. All have certainly helped me ponder my work with a token of quiet self-reflection. Thanks guys for the constructive, if somewhat direct, criticism.

Lost the plot

• wow , just found this site again . Back in Germany ,Dsseldorf are still going strong I hope to be in Holland with them in February . Check them out at the Gander on 13th Feb.
• The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been. Just email me at [removed]@postmaster.co.uk if you don’t want me posting on your site again.
• The Spice Girls? Is it a book?
• look to the skies. its february and the time is alway. on and on and on of the science. Play poker online.

Cool. Ta.

Well, that’s this post done. Can’t wait to be famous man. In the interim, always remember - “On and on and on of the science”!

Is “peak oil” for real? (warning, link not safe for design-conscious eyes) I don’t know, but I’ve been scouring for information about it for the last whatnot months. Mostly to avoid doing work, but also because I’ve noticed ‘lil signs and hints of it popping up more frequently lately.

Are the powers-that-be desensitising us in to the petroleumless reality of the not-to-distant future? Like they are doing with the aliens? Oops. Did I type that out loud? Anyway, here’s the latest I’ve seen in the medias about (peak) oil…

Gotta be worth a thought at least, with oil prices hitting record highs and blah blah blah…This one reckons “The oil cartel has set an unofficial target of 55 days of oil inventories in industrialised nations. Analysts estimate current stockpiles are around 52 days.” I think that means if they stopped producing oil right now, there would be 52 - 55 days of oil still stockpiled. Interesting hey. We’ll have to keep an eye on that one and see if it changes at all. Time to go to the library to look for historical data on this one.

Oil exploration aims to meet energy shortages - There are heaps of articles around like this at the moment. “Oil prices are so high, because demand is greater than supply”. And though I’m no economist, I’m pretty sure that thats supposed to be bad.

“Currently, the organisation is producing around 29.5 million barrels per day (bpd), which has ensured that demand is fully met, and global crude oil stocks continue to build,” Sheikh Ahmad said. But c’mon, thats Opec’s president Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahd al-Sabah. Seems like Opec might have vested interest. Oil prices did dip after he said it, so people smarter than me believe him I guess.

What’s happening to oil prices? - This article is beautiful. But boring. I’m sure it would alleviate all my concerns, but it’s just too long for this time of night. Though a highlighted bullet point does say “The tightness in supply position is expected to continue in 2005″ and isn’t appended with “, but don’t worry, it’ll be cool in 2006″

There is some big ol’ meeting coming up with the Opec bunch on the 16th. Hopefully I’ll be all studied up on oil by then. There’s just so much out there about it. Luckily I’ve watched this informative documentary from archive.org, and am well on my way.