Welcome to the weekly subscriber mailout for www.benlagenlive.com, "where news has no sell-by date", not least because we're not selling it, although we do sell ad space on the site (including a new lost pets page), but also because we bring you fresh information 24/7, so there's no danger of the news "going off". We may change that, actually. It seemed really clever last Friday, and the animation Wayne knocked up is pretty cool, but the analogy doesn't quite work. Ideas welcome!
This week we're replacing the CERN Black Hole Watch Box with a complete set of up-to-date financial market tickers (only Hang Seng so far) because it's clear that Global Economic Meltdown is the new End of the World. If you're one of those people who thinks financial news is boring, think again. Only good financial news is boring. Bad financial news is interesting, and catastrophic financial news is downright exciting.
It's not all rollercoaster thrills, however: behind the excitement there are some very sad stories, as my mate Paul explains in this week's podcast. Paul works at one of the big City banks (we can't say which one for legal reasons, but it begins with two Ls), and he has a knack for explaining the consequences of the coming monetary cataclysm using simple animal metaphors and foul language. And it's not just wealthy traders who are being affected. Paul has already had to sack the bloke who weeds his allotment, and he says it's not going to be a very Merry Christmas for the woman who cleans his boat either.
The top 3 most visited stories on www.benlagenlive.com for the week ending 21.09.08 were:
1. Gordon Brown Resigns
2. Brown Resignation Story: Correction
3. "Where News Has No Sell-By Date" exploding UHT cream animation.
Also this week, an exclusive video "interview" with the Cerne Abbas giant as he undergoes renovation. Has he always been such an impressive figure, or was he just glad to see me? Find out at www.benlagenlive.com!
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