British Self-Deprecation Taken to an Extreme. Guardian Unlimited | Sweet smell of failure. The possible loss of the much-hyped (here, anyway) Beagle 2 Mars Explorer has caused some dark humor. This article is a particularly funny example of it. It begins, “the stubbornly silent Mars probe Beagle 2 has reminded us what Britain does best: heroic failure….”... [Discourse.net]
Top Ten at BlogCritics. Here's a list of the various top ten lists posted at BlogCritics. That is, both this list and the entries on the list point to entries at BlogCritics. Oh, the hell with it.... [Joho the Blog]