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Cerritos to Glendale in six minutes

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-bESEq8bKc

SHOT with the Flip and then speeded up to 150 frames/sec in Virtual […]

Random pic of the week

A PANORAMA overlooking the Vale of the White Horse. Click for the bigger […]

It’s head-meet-desk time

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered what is believed to be the oldest confirmed site of human habitation in America, just outside Austin, Texas. The settlement has been dated to around 15,500 years old and for some the scientists involved have apparently gone “too far”.

Because this is Texas, where intelligence is not exactly a prerequisite for residency, the local creationists are up in arms that some smarmy book-learning type done declare that humans might have been around a full 9,500 years before the earth was magicked into being. This is, after all, the state where a lawmaker wants legal protection for college professors who teach […]

Taste Test: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY sandwiches were a staple when I was growing up. I don’t mean I ever ate them, they just seemed to be everywhere — in books, on telly, in comics, in films. Not in British books, telly, comics and films, though; we has proper sarnies like salt ‘n’ vinegar crisps, tomato sauce, cucumber, salad cream, and Marmite. It seemed to me that America must run on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as there were references to them everywhere, and it didn’t help that in Britain, jelly is the stuff that comes in cubes, dissolves in warm water and is used […]

Congressional Cup Yacht Race

THE 47th annual Congressional Cup Yacht Race kicked off on Tuesday just off the pier outside our apartment building. Apparently it’s the most prestigious yacht race in America, which I have to admit amazed me because it was being held just off the pier outside our apartment building and not, say, in Newport Beach or Monaco. Anyway, after taking pics of the bird bath I trod the boards of the pier to take some […]

Possibly the greatest bird bath EVER

IT’S not every day you get to see two girls taking a shower in broad daylight on a busy street. They were there to promote PETA’s push for veganism to help water conservation. Apparently, every pound of meat you eat equates to six months of showers, meaning I owe myself roughly 16 showers a week. Yesterday they were in Hollywood, but today they showed up on Second Street so I had to go. But enough of the fat Welsh bloke and on with the show!

Ooo, and I took the Flip:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vSoDp4q5nQ

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A beautiful California morning

THE weather’s atrocious today, so off to the beach I went to take some pics. It’s much more interesting then when it’s bright and sunny. Click for the full-size image.

Looks like they’re going to have to cancel the yacht race that’s supposed to be happening […]

Random pic of the week

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Five reasons why BBC America fails on every level

BACK when I became aware that BBC America existed, I knew we had to get it added to our Charter cable lineup. An extra $30 a month seemed a small price to pay so I could have a channel that would be actually worth watching. At least that’s what I thought at the time…

It didn’t take me long to realise that BBC America isn’t really the BBC. It’s also not worth the $30 extra and it’s very probably going to be dumped when we move and get Verizon’s FIOS service. I barely watch it; the only time I tune in is […]

Never in my life did I think I’d actually *want* a washing machine

BUT I do, oh how I do. Right now, offered the choice between a Chilli Red Mini Cooper S with all the trimmings and a Samsung 4.3 cubic feet, 12-cycle Ultra Capacity Steam Washer with matching laundry pedestal including a storage drawer, I’d take the non-drivable option.

Now I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking, “But Mut, you’re such a cool and sexy guy. Why the sudden desire for a mundane domestic appliance?” Well, firstly I’d tell you that you’re thinking of the wrong person, and secondly I’d tell you that I’m sick to the bleedin’ gills of sharing laundry facilities with […]