Carl the Webmaster

I figured this would happen eventually.

BEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) – China has added ghosts, monsters and other things that go bump in the night to its list of banned video and audio content in an intensified crackdown ahead of the Beijing Olympics.

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The new guidelines aim to “control and cleanse the negative effect these items have on society, and to prevent horror, violent, cruel publications from entering the market through official channels and to protect adolescents’ psychological health”.

It’s one thing with the porn crackdown — I get that. But Poe, Lovecraft, etc?

With Zune and Slinky

View from seat 5E.

Unmanned electioneering table, outside the polls.

Isn't this cute?

A guy in a chef's outfit was buying this. Ten boxes penne, one bottle Advil.

Seemed funny at the time.

Obama sign – on the DC metro.

Some teams put up their championship banners in their home arena. The WNBA's Washington Mystics are no exception.

Three cheers for the Mystics! Attendance Champions!!

Cmon.

Well, the clock saga is over. Last week I got my new all-in-one clocks. And I have to say they’re pretty nice – and, for now, accurate.

These are from OfficeClocks.com — specifically

Dial style 6. Vinyl Finish, Dark Blue. Four 8” Clocks: Beijing, Tokyo, Dallas, London, “Model HL Custom Time Zone Wall Clock”.

A nice, clean font and design, though not quite as clean as the Swiss Railway style from Mondaine.

Thanks Jim!