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Todd Brunner
Todd is a disturbed and possibly dangerous human being. Under no circumstances should you listen to anything he has to say, nor should you, even in an emergency, ever take him seriously. We've also heard rumours of an anal plug called "The Intimidator", but it's really none of our business. You've been warned.
You called for a Libel Reform Bill – and the Government has listened
On Friday, 9th July Justice Minister Lord McNally said the Government has listened to the 52,000 supporters of the Libel Reform Campaign and has made a “firm commitment to action” to protect freedom of speech and the public interest with a bill to be published in the New Year. The Bill will be the first attempt from a Government in more than a century to undertake fundamental reform of our libel laws.
Scientists to Occupy Local Church - Congregation Outraged
In an unprecedented move, historic St James Church in Tunbridge Wells was sold by the Church of England last week and is apparently to be turned into a scientific laboratory of some kind. The listed property, built in the early 1800s, was acquired by Australian shipping magnate, Roger Minton, for an undisclosed sum, after 8 months of negotiation with the Church of England and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council. According to sources in the former church congregation, the sale had not been expected to go through, and the turn of events has been met by both shock and outrage by churchgoers and local residents.
Local man unable to enter shop
Confused Tunbridge Wells dry cleaner, Richard Grimley, became paralysed at the door of a local newsagent yesterday after reading a sign warning of "Human Faeces". The sign was actually just advertising a news story in a local paper, but upon seeing it Grimley was plunged into a catatonic trance. Customers of the newsagent were dismayed at having to navigate around Grimley's stationary figure to enter and leave the shop, as he stood transfixed and unresponsive until police arrived.
It's been a long time
Hello! it's nice to be back after nearly 7 months of inactivity here at Mankind Sucks. 2009 was a strange year, one in which I completely lost all control of my life. And one of the things to suffer from that was this site and all its various content.
2009 was the year the recession really hit me personally and pretty much slammed the door on all personal projects, while I lived a life of near poverty. Good fun! And while the writing was on the wall for the year to come back in December of 2008, I still resolutely launched a new show, "So Sue Me", and tried to make it a regular thing. As the hideous year progressed, this became more and more difficult, as I had to scrounge harder and harder for shitty jobs that payed a fraction of what they had a year before. Such is the life of an independent contractor.
A Bag of Tricks (Part 2)
A very pleasant good day or good evening to you, whatever the case may be. What follows is the second part of a story that began in the last installment of this show. If you missed the first part, I would highly suggest checking that out before continuing here, as otherwise, you won’t have a rat’s chance in a snakepit of knowing what’s going on. You’ve been warned.
A Bag of Tricks (Part 1)
Hiya people. I’m back. Once again I went away for awhile and once again I have returned. And while I keep telling myself that this type of behaviour must certainly stop if I intend to build any kind of audience for anything that I do, I fear that that circumstances may again deter me from my noble ambitions sometime in the future. It seems to be a repeating theme. But let me say this: I do fully intend to make this show a regular weekly thing as soon as my life will allow it. What’s more, I also still intend on launching a second show, a video podcast, as soon as I can find an appropriate person to host it, or in fact, decide on just which one of my many fine podcast ideas to actually pursue. Perhaps if I wanted to be very “social web-ish” I would post all my ideas and let my massive fanbase decide for me. But no, that would give sleazy and sneaky web entrepreneurs the opportunity to steal my ideas and become the next big internet celebrity instead of me. And that aint gonna happen. No, I think I’ll decide myself, and soon, I promise.
A Night At The Opera
There’s this pub in my town called the Opera House. The establishment is so named because, yes, you’ve guessed correctly, it used to be an actual opera house many years ago. As local legend has it, the use of the building as a theatrical establishment was limited to a mere few performances back in the early years of the 20th century, after which it was unceremoniously turned into various incarnations of community hall, scout hut, bingo hall, and for sometimes lengthy periods, vacant space.
Shite Happens
Hiya stranger. Nice to be talking to you again after a ridiculously long break of nearly eight weeks. And I’d like to assure you that a gap of this length between shows on a podcast that appeared to be weekly, is in no way the norm. Rest assured that during every one of those eight weeks I was thinking about the show, but just not doing anything about it. The reason for this is as boring as it is true: too much work – the paying kind – and too little time. I know, it sucks to lose sight of what really matters while trying to make a buck, but hey, it’s the same shit we all have to deal with. Or is it?
Who The Hell I Am
Now that you have been pounded with five podcasts full of my uncompromising opinions, you are probably wondering something along the lines of “Who the fuck are you?” And this is a perfectly reasonable question to ask, given that you are taking a bit of your precious time to listen to this show. But let us remember that we live in a world where every nobody on the planet empties the contents of a brain handbag on the internet every day. So who the fuck do I have to be? Let’s just say that I’m claiming my share.
I Want You To Want Me
This week I’d like to talk about the difference between need and want, specifically as it applies to how human beings relate to each other. As it’s a distinction that most people never make, it’s certainly worth looking at for that reason alone, but I’d also like to talk about it because understanding this difference it is key to how I live my life. Now, in case you hadn’t noticed, clueing you in to how I think is what this podcast is all about, and the reason I do this is, of course, completely selfish. You see, I’m hoping that by selling you my unconventional personality, I can later sell you something else that you might otherwise not want to buy. The whole thing is a huge plot to swindle you, that I gleefully undertake because, (a) I NEED to feel superior to other people in order to feel good about myself, and (b) I WANT the large piles of cash that this podcast and its conceptual offspring will undoubtedly net.
