Twitter destroyed my ability to write more than 140 characters at a time. This blog is unlikely to ever feature anything of substance again.

A year ago, I dismissed Lady Gaga as just-another-nobody-pop-artist; see-Jessica-Simpson(-who?).

Half a year later, I’m literally shaking and crying because I have tickets to see Lady Gaga in March. (OMGOMG!!1!!1!)

Lady Gaga ate my heart.

* Australian Government trials opt-in filtering via free net-nanny software and nobody uses it
* Government proposes country-wide opt-out filtering but no ISP wants it
* Government participates with the public in a televised discussion forum where the public tells them to fuck off. CEO of iiNet explains to the Government at great length why a filter is a terrible idea
* Government approves the internet filter with no opt-in or opt-out for the public

Mark Twain (was supposed to have) said it best: “Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.”

No Clean Feed: because the only good thing about censorship is ████ and ██████.