Why so ugly?

A good question. Have you noticed how every blog these days kind of looks the same? Have a look at a few in the links list on the left. Nice clean lines, pretty pastel colour scheme, nothing to upset gran if she happened upon one while looking for a cheap yoga class close to her favourite needle shop. Most blogs are two column affairs - the central bit for the posts - and the right or left for favourite links and fascinating biographical details. STOP! OUR MAN HAS THREE COLUMNS. Why? Our Man likes ugly! In fact, that point is so important, he highlighted it in red. Why? Why the hell not? Oh, and why the ugly typeface that looks a bit like a typewriter? Because this is journalism, baby, THE FIRST DRAFT OF HISTORY. And that ain't always pretty. Or grammatical. That's why.