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Big Brother has started again. The intro show was alright, best bit was watching them work out that the gold door wasn’t going to open. The big twist turned out to be Big Brother calling a housemate to the diary room before telling them they will automatically be up for nomination unless they get the most nominations at the end of the first week. If they don’t the person with the most nominations will be immune. Thing is, she didn’t seem to get that. Obviously it’s her secret and all. All the other housemates seem VERY outspoken, very.

Also, there was Johnny Vegas’ new show, that had him drinking and smoking through the show, some heavy duty abuse of the audience, him drinking from an audience members shoe and perhaps the best bit, his Celebrity Pub Lock in - where they all got hammered and he got into a hitting contest with Martin Offiah. Good job.

Blair disagrees with himself ;)

Guinness Lolly!

“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.”

starwars: a female perspective via

Why do we lie, and why are we so good at it? Because it works - The Homo sapiens who are best able to lie have an edge over their counterparts in a relentless struggle for the reproductive success that drives the engine of evolution. As humans, we must fit into a close-knit social system to succeed, yet our primary aim is still to look out for ourselves above all others. Lying helps. And lying to ourselves–a talent built into our brains–helps us accept our fraudulent behavior.

An article in todays Indie about reality tv shows and it’s effects on people with any kind of emotional dysfunction.

Producers will want to deploy characters whose weaknesses, foibles and disfunctions render them likely to respond with watchable stress or conflict to scenarios the TV company concocts. Serious mental health professionals are likely to select contestants who are so stable that watching them calmly resist the provocations around them would be like watching paint dry.

Therein lies the problem isn’t it. Big Brother starts on Friday.

Why English is Hard to Learn - 9. The farm was used to produce produce. via via