I’m Giles Bowkett. This is where I post random things that are too small for my main blog and too big for Twitter.Tumblr (3.0; @giles)http://giles.tumblr.com/<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x8l37utZxMQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x8l37utZxMQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/236774442http://giles.tumblr.com/post/236774442Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:26:15 -0800<p>here’s how the game is played. first, you refuse to sign the bill unless it’s got some bullshit amendments in there for you personally, as well as a complicated system to avoid a bunch of “fears” that you’re not really even concerned about. then, when the bill comes back to you how you asked for it, you refuse to sign it because it’s full of all these pork-barrel amendments and complicated systems to avoid nonexistent risks. if you’ve really got balls, you even point out that the bill has way too many pages. no-one will ever calculate how many of those pages are in there because you demanded them.</p>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/235248371http://giles.tumblr.com/post/235248371Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:46:11 -0800<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kso2n1uzu61qz4u7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/234520136http://giles.tumblr.com/post/234520136Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:52:13 -0800<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnwew6i1O1qz4u7wo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/234397916http://giles.tumblr.com/post/234397916Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:37:43 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O3saE83MMkg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param 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src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskevhXHvH1qz4u7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/232484983http://giles.tumblr.com/post/232484983Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:26:02 -0800<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskev0XDJi1qz4u7wo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/232484706http://giles.tumblr.com/post/232484706Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:25:47 -0800<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kskeuf3zn91qz4u7wo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/232484405http://giles.tumblr.com/post/232484405Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:25:25 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fGq-9X3ho7U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fGq-9X3ho7U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/230307746http://giles.tumblr.com/post/230307746Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:57:49 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/19c9E-Z3ZKE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/19c9E-Z3ZKE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/228225221http://giles.tumblr.com/post/228225221Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:47:29 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KtIJXLE39hs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KtIJXLE39hs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/228213204http://giles.tumblr.com/post/228213204Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:31:25 -0700<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks93t8ILGV1qz4u7wo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/226418862http://giles.tumblr.com/post/226418862Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:53:31 -0700<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks7tutQ6cO1qz4u7wo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/225729905http://giles.tumblr.com/post/225729905Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:20:52 -0700<p><a href="http://www.swordsdirect.com/swords-rapier-umbrella.html">your one-stop solution for killing people in the rain with a limp</a></p>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/224650364http://giles.tumblr.com/post/224650364Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:40:53 -0700<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks46ihLKQg1qz4u7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/223663493http://giles.tumblr.com/post/223663493Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:03:52 -0700<p>I got this awesome catalog where you can buy a goat for a family in a third-world country and you give that donation in someone else’s name as a gift. It’s great, changing the world with goats. Or llamas. Whatever. But there’s one thing that freaks me out. You can donate chickens for like $20 or $60, a goat for $120, a water buffalo for $250, or if you want to go all out, you get the Noah’s Ark package, for $25,000, where they give 2 camels to two families in Tanzania, 2 llamas to a family in Peru, 2 donkeys to farmers in Kenya, 2 beehives to a family in Albania, 2 sheep to a family in Arizona, 2 pigs to a family in Arkansas, and so on and so forth. Which is all cool and awesome, except why the hell are Arizona and Arkansas on this list of third-world countries where you need to donate livestock? That’s not good.</p>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222935303http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222935303Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:58:56 -0700<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1t6icpdy1qz4u7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222352034http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222352034Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:20:41 -0700<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks1t60D8J91qz4u7wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222351804http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222351804Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:20:23 -0700<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" id="vxFlashPlayer4164" width="400" height="394"><param name="movie" value="http://publish.vx.roo.com/nypost/viral/flashembed/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullscreen" value="true" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="scale" value="noScale" /><param name="wmode" value="windowed" /><param name="flashvars" value="vxTemplate=http://publish.vx.roo.com/nypost/viral/VideoWindowViral.swf&vxSiteId=ac31f425-cfeb-43f7-a398-08185b2394d5&vxChannel=PostUsFeed&vxClipId=1458_767139&vxClickToPlay=clip&vxTint=&vxServerBase=&vxBitrate=700&vxCore=http://publish.vx.roo.com/nypost/viral/vxCore.swf&" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://publish.vx.roo.com/nypost/viral/flashembed/" width="400" height="394" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" scale="noScale" wmode="windowed" flashvars="vxTemplate=http://publish.vx.roo.com/nypost/viral/VideoWindowViral.swf&vxSiteId=ac31f425-cfeb-43f7-a398-08185b2394d5&vxChannel=PostUsFeed&vxClipId=1458_767139&vxClickToPlay=clip&vxTint=&vxServerBase=&vxBitrate=700&vxCore=http://publish.vx.roo.com/nypost/viral/vxCore.swf&"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222317427http://giles.tumblr.com/post/222317427Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:38:22 -0700